Lessons learned from a six-year stint building nitromethane funny car engines

I spent the first half of the 1970s wrenching on supercharged fuel Funny Cars. Those familiar with the breed know that even ...
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MCE Engine Build - Street Road Racer 427W - Part 2 In Our Two-Part Series

Last month, we introduced you to Blair Jennings of Santa Barbara, California ("Eight Barrels-No Waiting," Mar. '06). When Blair started planning his '66 Mustang fastback project car more than five ...
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Nissan 350Z VQ35DE Engine Build - NA Power Building

It’s been well over a year since we did a street cam test on the VQ35 to show you the kind of power that a set of extremely streetable cams can make with an uncorked engine. Now we’ve stepped into the ...

Toyota Built A Hemi Engine 60 Years Ago – And Almost No One Remembers

While the Mopar HEMI is undoubtedly the most well-known hemi V8 ever made, Chrysler wasn't the only automaker to build them — ...