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LS-Engines are an old-enough platform to make junkyard scavenging fun. This is a guide for junkyard dogs who are looking to find good LS parts for a bargain.
Edelbrock’s E-Force supercharger kit for the C6 made it easy for late-model Corvette owners to add a little boost to their naturally-aspirated Y-bodies. Now, the tuning experts at Lingenfelter have taken that hardware and adapted it for the C5, turning these inexpensive Corvettes into blown street terrors.
The 4LXX automatic overdrive transmissions are a great way to “get shifty” no matter what you use your car for. In stock form they are great for mildly modified street cars, and they can be modified to take a beating from 1,000 plus horsepower engines. We talked with three top trans builders to get all the info.
Completing the interior of our ’69 Dodge Charger R/T – Killer Kong – was only half of the job; we still had the dashboard to complete. With some finesse, some skillful craftsmanship and a lot of help from some industry friends, our Mopar’s dash is looking top notch!
Dart’s new Big M Pro series Big block Chevy engine block brings a number of advancements to the table for hardcore racing engine builders, most notably bigger bores, shorter strokes, and larger cam bores. Join us as we take a closer look at this popular new engine block.
AEM Electronics has launched their new 4-Channel Wideband UEGO controller, allowing the racer or hardcore street enthusiast to monitor all eight cylinders (with two units) with accurate air/fuel ratios. We hook two controllers up to our LSX 388 motor as we tune it on the dyno.
Beehive springs, such as those offered by COMP Cams, offer a huge number of benefits over stock style cylindrical springs; reduced valve spring mass, faster valve acceleration, increased valve train rigidity, reduced valve train component stress and a whole laundry list of other positives.
Our 3rd Gen Camaro project car gets the performance suspension treatment with upgrades from Spohn Performance, QA1 Shocks and Eibach Springs.
We step out to the PowerTV garages for an install of a new set of Dick Cepek Torque wheels, and Mickey Thomspon Baja STZ’s on the PowerTV 2011 F-150. We then head out for an on and off-road jaunt, to test the meddle of the new rolling stock
Our perennial project Mopar, “Killer Kong” is coming together pretty nicely now that we’ve gathered some of the coolest stuff the aftermarket offers to put together a stock-but-not interior package that is as clean and simple as it is beautiful to look at.
We decided to put some R-E-S-P-E-C-T back into our project car, a third generation F-body Camaro, that we have dubbed Project Respect. We opted to upgrade the 700R4 stock transmission with a heavy-duty TCI Super Streetfighter 700R4 transmission package.
The innovative team at Accessible Technologies Inc., the name behind the ProCharger supercharger brand, opened their doors to the powerTV team, allowing us a virtually all-access look inside the design, manufacturing, and assembly process that goes into their self-contained supercharger systems.
Part 2 of our test on MSD’s new Atomic EFI Conversion kit takes us to the streets of Southern California. With dyno testing done and the car owner having approved the retro appearance of the installed kit, it was time for some real world testing.
Taking a look inside zMAX additives. Controversial for sure, you can take a look at the information and decide for yourself if you believe additives make sense for you to try.
In our quest to bring some props to the oft maligned third-gen F-Body Camaros, we have begun upgrading our project car with an all new set of hoops from Weld Racing. This update includes the RT-S wheels as well as upgrades to the new tires with Toyo.
We installed the e-Boost Street into our Mustang with a minimum of muss and fuss by following the excellent directions provided by Turbosmart USA. Additionally, we previewed their more powerful E-Boost 2 boost controller.
Following months of development and numerous real-world test outings during the late winter, Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels launched their all-new ET Street Radial Pro P275/60R15 tire at the Radial Revolution “Lights Out 3″ last month, creating a record-setting frenzy among the racers.
Which is the better car, a new Mustang GT or a new Camaro SS? While we’re not going to give our opinion on which one we like better, with help from host Jessica Barton, we took these cars to BBK Performance and threw the company’s most popular bolt-ons at them and ran them on the dyno after each step.
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Our project car gets an upgraded rearend with Moser Engineering’s Built-to-Order 12-bolt rearend kit along with some much needed suspension from Spohn, Eibach, and QA1. Read on to find out how we completed the install and what’s invovled when getting your third-gen ready for the canyons…
Diagnosing an overheating engine usually starts with the radiator. But sometimes the problem goes much deeper than replacing a radiator though. We talk to two industry experts who help us to determine whether an overheating issue is the fault of the radiator, or something else.
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