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A Ford Shelby GT350 built by Cordes Performance Racing runs an F1A Procharger, ARH long tube headers, and E85 fuel to a claimed 923 horsepower at the wheels — on a completely stock bottom end. At Shifts3ctor’s California Airstrip Attack in Coalinga, it lines up against a Chevrolet C7 Corvette Z06 kept close to factory spec. The horsepower gap looks enormous on paper. Watch to see whether launch and traction close it at all.
A 1972 Plymouth Roadrunner packing a 440-cubic-inch big block (rated 280 horsepower under 1972’s stricter net rating system) lines up against a 2002 Corvette Z06 and its 405-horsepower LS6 V8 at Estonia’s 2015 ABCS drag event in Haapsalu. On paper it looks lopsided, but big-block torque and modern chassis engineering rarely settle their arguments on paper. The pass pits fifty years of engine philosophy against each other in one quarter-mile. Watch to see which era of Detroit muscle actually wins the light.
December 2017’s Houston Cars and Coffee started like any other early-morning meet — until a Dodge Viper owner made a mistake in front of a crowd already filming. RP Productions captured the chaos, the cars, and the moment that split viewers into two very different camps. Watch to see what actually happened.
A turbocharged Buick Regal Grand National running an estimated 1,000-plus horsepower crashes into the wall during a quarter mile pass, though everyone involved walked away. Commenters identified the car’s history in detail, a previous 427 LSX block swap from an earlier turbo V6 setup that once ran an 8.3 second pass, plus a 106mm turbo and a 5,500 RPM stall converter. Viewers debated what actually caused the crash while praising the driver’s safety. What really goes wrong when four-figure horsepower meets an eighth of a second of bad luck?
A 1970 Dodge Challenger chases down a 1968 Dodge Charger in this scene from the largely forgotten 1997 television remake of Vanishing Point, built around the famous line, It takes a Mopar to catch a Mopar. Decades later, Mopar fans in the comments are still debating whether the movie’s own premise actually holds up, and still wincing at exactly what happens to the Charger. Watch to see whether badge loyalty was ever really the deciding factor.
A nitrous-fed 1970 Chevy Impala, a four-door family sedan by any normal definition, lines up against a Mustang LX and a supercharged Shelby GT500 in this quarter-mile footage. The results have viewers arguing for years about sandbagging, wheel size, and whether an unglamorous big-block sedan deserves a spot in the same conversation as a factory-supercharged Mustang. Watch to see who actually crosses the stripe first.
A vintage 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T commercial has quietly become a cult favorite for reasons that have little to do with horsepower: a blustering, law-enforcement bit built around a Southern sheriff that viewers now recognize as an eerie preview of Buford T. Justice, seven years before Smokey and the Bandit made the archetype famous. Behind the joke sits a genuinely serious muscle car, available with everything from a 383 Magnum up to the 426 Hemi. Watch the full spot to see where the joke started.
This numbers-matching 1970 Plymouth Cuda pairs its factory 440 Six Pack V8 with a pistol-grip 4-speed and a restoration matched down to the original paint and trim codes. In the comments, one owner recalls an unrestored French example with the same drivetrain selling for ,000. Watch to see what a correctly restored Six Pack Cuda looks like today.
Dave’s 1973 Ford XA Falcon Superbird — one of around 750 built — hadn’t run since 1988. Twenty-five years of silence later, the engine finally gets its first crank in this video, with a full restoration promised to follow. For a car this rare, every attempt carries real stakes. Watch to see if it fires.
This ’68 Plymouth Barracuda wasn’t restored for a car show — it was cast as the villain’s ride in the 2004 film “Highwaymen,” starring Jim Caviezel, and put through real stunt driving on public roads outside Toronto. Fans still debate the reverse-chase sequence and mourn what the stunt work did to a genuine Cuda. See the scene that’s kept this movie alive in car chase circles for two decades.
A rare 1970 Yenko Nova — one of only 175 built with the solid-lifter LT1 350 — lines up against a car most fans would never expect to see at a drag strip: a supercharged 1964 Studebaker Challenger R3 known on the Pure Stock circuit as “plain brown wrapper.” One car carries a legendary tuner’s name. The other carries a Paxton supercharger and a reputation for embarrassing far more famous machinery. Detailed specs, a genuine underdog story, and a finish line that does not care which badge looks better. Watch to see which one gets there first.
Dodge didn’t build the Charger 500 to win car shows — they built it to win NASCAR races, flush grille and all. Bud Lindemann puts this 426 Hemi example through acceleration, braking, and cornering tests loaded with one-liners that are still quoted decades later. Watch to see why enthusiasts call it the holy grail of Chargers.
This head-to-head lineup pits vintage muscle — a numbers-matching Cobra Jet, a classic Hemi Charger, an old-school Camaro — against Dodge’s Hellcat, Demon, and Chevy’s ZL1 in a series of quarter-mile drag races. One matchup even needed a handicap start just to keep things fair. Which era actually wins when the light drops green? Watch the full lineup to find out.
A freshly rebuilt big-block Chevy, a Muncie M21 four-speed, and 4.10 gears meet a light 1969 Camaro built in the spirit of Don Yenko’s legendary COPO cars — and the tires lose the argument almost immediately. Viewers can’t stop talking about the sound, and one small dashboard gesture at the end says everything about what this build means to its owner. Watch to see the first real pull.