 |
Before a torn-down Chevy 350 can become a running engine again, it has to survive the machine shop — where a block gets bored, honed, and resurfaced to tolerances no home garage can match. Motorz’s Chris Duke walks through this often-skipped step as part of a five-episode small-block rebuild series. See what separates a properly machined block from one that just looks rebuilt.
The 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS LS6 454 carried a factory rating of 450 horsepower and 500 lb-ft of torque, the highest gross horsepower GM ever officially assigned a muscle car. This feature breaks down exactly why that number happened in 1970 specifically, and why regulatory changes the following year made sure no muscle car would ever match it again in the same way. Even Mopar loyalists show up in the comments to give credit where it’s due. Watch to see the case laid out in full.
Every Corvette built since 1981 has come out of one town: Bowling Green, Kentucky. This video walks the assembly line itself, hand-fitted composite panels, box fans the size of tables, and a floor so clean workers joke about it in the comments. Multiple owners in the replies talk about flying in just to watch their own car come together. Watch to see how a two-seat icon still gets built almost entirely in one place.
Long before Chevrolet confirmed anything officially, rumors were already swirling about a mid-engine Corvette that could finally challenge Ferrari and Lamborghini on their own turf. This pre-release deep dive covers the leaked specs, the “Zora” nameplate speculation, and the anticipated late-2018 arrival that had Corvette fans equal parts thrilled and nervous. Would breaking sixty years of front-engine tradition pay off, or price out the everyday buyer who made the Corvette what it was?
EricTheCarGuy tears down a Ford 302 for the long-running #FairmontProject expecting a straightforward rebuild — until the inspection turns up a problem that changes the entire plan. The video’s own description admits the block likely won’t work, then pivots straight into the next phase: a turbo kit already in development. Watch to see exactly what disqualified the block, and what comes next.
Car News Central counts down seven of the rarest American cars ever built, from a two-off Duesenberg SSJ capable of 140 mph to a Corvette L88 whose real horsepower figure still sparks arguments in the comments. Along the way: an eight-car Trans Am convertible run split evenly between automatics and four-speeds, and the last Studebaker fast enough to matter. Watch to see the full list.
This 1967 Dodge Charger was not built for a dealer lot — it was assembled for Dodge’s stand at the International Auto Show, loaded with options and powered by the 426 Hemi most buyers could only special-order and hope for. Now preserved in The Brothers Collection, the car still carries its factory show-car details, right down to a four-bucket-seat interior fans call one of Chrysler’s best. Watch to see what almost sixty years of careful preservation looks like up close.
A Chevy Monte Carlo’s wheels detach mid-burnout at Track Mania Car Show 2K17 in Memphis, spinning freely on the pavement while the car itself grinds to a stop. Commenters point to oversized 24-inch wheels and stock supporting hardware as the likely culprit. Watch the moment that turned a routine burnout run into one of the scene’s most-replayed clips.
Car News TV’s silent, subtitle-only countdown of the highest-horsepower classic muscle cars includes a 1969 Camaro ZL1, a big-block Chevelle that left one viewer speechless, and a Trans Am, AMX, and Shelby Cobra whose stated numbers didn’t survive contact with the comment section. Viewers caught a Hemi badge attached to what looks like a 440, and a Cobra horsepower figure understated by more than a hundred. Watch the countdown, then see what the audience corrected.
This 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T showed up at the 2013 Pigeon Forge Rod Run wearing a 426 HEMI badge, one of the rarest engine options Dodge ever put in a midsize body, and got nothing more than a quick, unscripted walk-around. No narration, no backstory, just a camera and a car worth stopping for. What that raw footage reveals, and what separates a documented HEMI Coronet from the clones that outnumber them, comes down to details most people would walk right past.
MotorWeek’s John Davis takes Dodge’s 840-horsepower Challenger SRT Demon to the one place it was actually built for — a drag strip — and comes away with a Guinness World Record-setting wheelie on camera. Commenters call it a milestone episode, tracing Davis’s career all the way back to a very different MotorWeek review: a 1992 Pontiac Firehawk once described as “barely street legal” with 340 horsepower.
David Freiburger uses this Roadkill Extra episode to preview the final chapter of the Crusher Camaro’s retro makeover while breaking down electric versus mechanical gauges — and the real tradeoffs most builders don’t consider until they’re already mid-install. It’s practical, hands-on advice from someone who has made both mistakes already. Watch for the gauge tips most builds skip entirely.
Only 678 Buick GSX Stage 1 models left the factory in 1970, and this Saturn Yellow 4-speed is one of them — a 360-horsepower, 510 lb-ft muscle car that Motor Trend clocked at 13.38 seconds in the quarter mile, its fastest test of the entire year. One former owner kept this exact combination for twenty years. See what made Buick’s forgotten muscle car a legitimate contender.
Episode 67 of the Motorz rebuild series picks up the Chevy 350 build at its most consequential stage — the top end, where a single missed torque step or skipped sealant can undo three prior episodes of careful work. Viewers with decades of small block experience have weighed in throughout, flagging two specific mistakes worth avoiding and trading tricks that never make it into a written manual. Watch to see exactly where a home rebuild can go right, or wrong.
Hagerty’s Stefan Lombard spent time with a 1963 split-window Corvette to explain what makes the C2 the most collectible generation in the model’s history — and where buyers get burned if they don’t know what to check. It’s a buyers guide built from decades of watching these cars change hands, including one correction Hagerty had to issue after the fact. Watch to find out what even an executive editor got wrong on camera.