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If you’ve ever attended a Goodguys Show you know the focus is on pre-1973 on Friday and Saturday, but when Sunday roles around, anything American goes. This allows enthusiasts who have newer American vehicles to participate in the fun, and also opens the doors to younger generations of hot rodders – check it out
Project BlownZ gets a power upgrade in the form of a brand-spankin’-new ProCharger F-1X supercharger. We spoke with ProCharger’s Sergio Schifman, who was happy to detail some of the performance advantages of this new piece. Testing and race results inside!
One lucky bidder on eBay won the opportunity to work with Ed Pink Racing and a bunch of SEMA members to build the perfect engine for his father’s Chevy truck. Check out the story to see what parts he chose and the dyno results.
For the last several months, we’ve been teasing about our ultimate Chevy project car receiving its very special LSX engine from our friends at BluePrint Engines. Luckily, the 1964 Chevelle, appropriately named Project BluePrint, is now finally ready for the process we’ve all been waiting for – check it out!
The dynamometer is the handiest tool in your toolbox – it can assist you in diagnosing many issues along with providing the real-world horsepower and torque figures your car puts to the ground. We go behind the scenes with Dynojet to find out the real deal, and show you our new in-ground 224xLC…
Those familiar with the popular saying, ‘Hard Work beats Talent, Every Time’ should relate to our tale of our infamous drag racing project car ‘BlownZ’. But our crew pounded away and we proved the slogan true, recording our first seven-second run in Pomona.
Clear weather, rockabilly style, music for all generations, and of course, hot rods and customs to turn every kind of eye; the hot rod gods were smiling this weekend as the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association pulled into Loveland, Colorado for the 16th Colorado Nationals. Check out the action inside!
One of the first shows that kicks off the season each year is the Michigan F-Body Meet and Greet, near Milford, Michigan. Hosted by the Michigan F-Body Association, it draws hundreds of Camaros and Firebirds and for the past several years, it has also drawn the attention of GM engineers. Check out the scoop here!
Follow along as our intrepid English Corvette dude Nigel Dobbie experiences the Hot Rod Power Tour…
When it comes to being the queen of autocross, Mary Pozzi is the gal to beat, and she proved this once again at the Goodguys 13th Del Mar Nationals earlier this month, where she walked away the Pro Class and Goodguys Shootout winner. Check out her amazing second-gen Camaro inside!
Whether you’re a classic Chevy fan or modern muscle is more your style, the reintroduction of the COPO Camaro in 2012 was a Chevy enthusiast’s dream come true and a game changer for the industry. And now thanks to Pace Performance, you can commemorate the car’s continuation with the official COPO Build Book.
Tri Star Engines has been providing Chevy enthusiasts with replacement engines and transmissions, as well as performance engines for their vehicles, since 1988. While you’ve certainly heard of it before, you only have to look at the company’s long list of Chevy products to see what they offer for Bowtie fans.
Adding to their stable of incredible E-Force line of components, Edelbrock now has an E-Force Supercharger for classic musclecars and street rods. Check out the video and watch this supercharger pump out 753 horsepower on an SBC.
In a market full of competition at all levels of price, performance, and quality, how do you stand out from the rest? Simply build the best parts you possibly can, and let the customer be the judge… Check out our inside look at Akrapovič, and follow along as we upgrade a C6 Z06 Corvette with their slip-on syste
More than 70 Novas came out along with about 125 attendees for the 2013 Steve’s Nova Site BBQ held at the Total Cost Involved Engineering facility in Ontario, California. It was a day of food, fun, cars and charity for all involved. Check it out here!
Since the beginning of The Build, the folks over at American Modern Insurance Group have done a ton of work to their 1965 Malibu in order to get it ready for its full rebuild. But before they can fully commit the car to make-over mode, the crew must separate the body of the car from its tweaked frame.
Take a close look at this 1955 Advance Design 235 ci I-6-powered Chevy 3100 pickup. We found this sweetheart for sale through e-Bay by Seaview Buick-GMC in Lynnwood, Washington. The dealership claims it has gone through a complete body-off resto’ and has fewer than 800 miles on it since the rebuild.
The Camaro Z/28 is likely to be the pinacle of 5th Gen Camaro performance, but there are still plenty of other potent Camaros for us to enjoy in the meantime. Click the link to see the results of Edmunds recent track test of the capable 2013 Camaro 1LE…
In a case of “who woulda thought,” ROUSH Performance has stepped up and acquired the rights to Street Legal Performance, better known as SLP. For those of you who have been asleep for the last 20 years, ROUSH is the epitome of late-model Ford performance tuning, as SLP is (or was) to the late-model GM contingent.
It doesn’t get much better than F-bodies and boost! Step inside and see how this Trans Am owner propelled his street car to over 1200 horsepower.
Bill Widen, driver and owner of Signatures Across America Racing Team, dazzled the crowd at Irwindale Dragstrip on Thursday night under the lights, as he raced against a turbo charged VW on the Lucas Oil TV show Won and Done which airs on MAV TV.
We bring you one of the funniest things we have seen in days, no … months, no … years. The Ten Cars That Are Likely To Get You Pulled Over. The list begins with any Supercar and ends with a Toyota Solara (which one of our staffers owns). He says it’s his “spare” car. Right.
Corvette Racing finished 4th and 5th in the Tequila Patrón American Le Mans Series at Long Beach, and unofficially shares the top spot in Manufacturer Standings with BMW at 34 points. Looks to be a good start to the season on the heels of a first-place finish at Sebring for the No. 4 car.
Holley Performance has really made a name for themselves over these last few years as a leading source of LS-swap components for the popular Gen-III and Gen-IV GM small-block engines. But they can never leave anything well enough alone, and they continue to tweak their components for ultimate performance.
More than 400 pre-1975 street rods, custom and classic cars and trucks lined the streets surrounding the historic Orange Plaza in downtown Orange, California, Sunday the 21st of April 2013. An estimated 15,000 spectators were on for the 19th annual Orange Plaza Car Show hosted by the Orange Sunrise Rotary.
American Racing has been a leader in aluminum and magnesium wheels for the rod scene since 1956, and their signature Torq Thrust style wheels have become a hot rodding staple. At California’s recent Del Mar Nationals, American Racing made an appearance, and many rides present sported their products.
This ’69 Camaro SS was given a breath of fresh air, literally, in the form a ProCharged blown LSX. Packing 412 cubic inches, Eric Gustafson’s Camaro reminds us what Pro Street is really all about. It’s a class winner at a recent NMCA event, and makes all LS enthusiasts proud.
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Rick Hendrick’s passion for collecting Corvettes goes beyond first-of purchases. A majority of his collection carries a bit of history and has a story to tell, as we see with his 1967 Corvette Roadster Convertible featured on TheBlock.com
The ’67-72 Chevy and GMC C-10 pickup trucks have been quickly gaining momentum in popularity with enthusiasts in recent years. We constantly see them at car shows and pro-touring events all over, and it only makes sense that aftermarket companies like Lokar are creating custom touches like these.
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