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 ...
Motor Trend

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 ...
Top Speed

5 Best LS Engine Swaps

You swap an engine when you want more power, and the GM LS range of engines is, with the Honda K-engines, the logical choice to achieve this. The LS engines are a range of small-block V8s made from ...
Motor Trend

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 ...
Jalopnik

High-Performance Kit Cars That Are More Affordable Than They Look

Sure, building a car model is fun, but putting together a life-size, working version of a car you can actually drive is so much more satisfying. Kit cars are essentially prefabricated parts you ...