Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, TECH, Videos
Can You Make Hellcat Power From A Chrysler 5.7? Engine Masters Slaps A Paxton Blower On One To Find Out!
When it debuted in the early 2000s, Chrysler’s 5.7L Hemi was a stomper. Rated at 345 horsepower in trucks and 340 horsepower in the cars early on, it was a good volley into the horsepower wars....
Like Your Tractors Loud And Fast? We’ve Got A Collection Of Them Just For You!
Brian Lohnes loves tractors, just like he loves big, lumbering trucks and anything else that is utilitarian in nature. I don’t see the draw, personally. They are cool in their own right, but...
Nothing But A Scratch! This Suzuki Samurai Goes For A Quick Roll In The Grass!
The Suzuki Samurai is an interesting little vehicle. It is like a scaled-down Jeep CJ in many ways, and that’s not by accident: the Suzuki Jimny was intentionally built by Suzuki to be a...
Hey, Honey, Watch This! Bringing The Wife Along During An Aussie Burnout Competition!
Guys, a tip for you: if you have your wife or girlfriend in the car, you really might want to think about what you are doing before you decide that now would be the perfect time to show off your...
Does Bashing In Your Headers Really Hurt Power? Engine Masters Tests Out The Theory!
When I got around to putting headers on my Project SuperBeater Dodge Mirada a few years ago, I got lucky in the fact that none of the tubes needed a tap to fit anywhere. They were still an absolute...
Supercross Showdown! Weston Peick Fined $5000 And Suspended One Race For Throwing Blows At Vince Friese!
Close-proximity competition breeds frustration and anger. Guys who would normally be cool with each other turn into demons once they are placed on the course against one another, and that’s...
Take A Close Look At An Australian Legend, The Holden Torana A9X
In America we had the death of the muscle car in the early 1970s due to the combined efforts of the insurance industry, the onset of emissions controls, and a shift in tastes from fast and flashy to...
Class Is In Session! Learn About The Ins And Outs Of Braking With Randy Pobst!
The one feeling that will make your heart drop into your gut is when you really botch braking while at speed. Lock the brakes with the roadway quickly running out and you risk not only a mess in the...
Hot Rod Garage’s 12-Valve Swapped Dodge Gets Some Suspension Rehab And Gets Rid Of The Peg Leg!
Just dumping in an engine powerful enough to stall the Earth’s rotation is not the final answer to a project car…in fact, on it’s own, just adding power without addressing such...
Check This Out: Fourteen Killer Go-Kart And ATV Performance Ideas!
When I was a kid, I had a few Honda ATC 200 three-wheelers. I loved them, but after I got over the learning curve of pull-starting the damn things when they were cold, got over the fear of the power...
Would You Rather: Which Overly-Enthusiastic 1980s Lukewarm Hatch Would You Take Home?
The mid-1980s was the time when auto manufacturers cautiously, carefully and nervously picked up the book of performance and started flipping through the dusty pages to see if there was a way that...
And The Angels Sing: Listen To This Stock Mustang GT350 Book It From 0-170 MPH!
Ever since Ford dropped the bomb that is the Mustang Shelby GT350 last year, everybody’s main course is not so much the power…that was a given…but the absolutely spectacular noise...
Classic YouTube: Giving A Tired, Rusty And MOT-Failing Jeep Cherokee A Proper Sendoff
Not every car is a Rolls-Royce, or Duesenberg, or 1957 Chevrolet, or Hemi ‘Cuda…most are pedestrian tools that have a limited life, and once that life is used up, they generally hit the...
