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This EvolutionPerformance-built Shelby GT500 makes a staggering 2,000 horsepower — enough to earn owner Brian Devilbiss the nickname “Wheelie King” as it lifts its nose pass after pass. But the real story is what it does on the runs when the front wheels stay down. BigKleib34 caught a full weekend of the car owning the strip. Watch to see 2,000 horsepower fight physics and mostly win.
Bob Gough grew up idolizing European sports cars and dismissing American muscle — until a 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S changed his mind for good. Over twenty-three years of ownership he’s fitted a Tremec 5-speed, a 340 V8, and nitrogen shocks, turning it into a corner-carver that leaves Porsches behind on the right road. Petrolicious captures both the car and the conversion story beautifully. Watch to hear why he was wrong about muscle cars.
Stuffing a Viper’s V10 into a Dodge Charger isn’t a bolt-in job — Dodge itself only pulled it off with a one-off factory concept making 650 horsepower. Everyone chasing that swap since has fought custom front suspension work and impossible packaging just to make ten cylinders fit where eight used to live. This 1968 Charger is the latest to take on that fight.
The Drive heads to Jay Leno’s Garage to hear the comedian and lifelong gearhead pick his favorite American muscle cars, and the choices say a lot about how his mind works. Alongside a 1971 Dodge Challenger and a seven-liter Ford Galaxie 500 sit two wild cards: a 1,000-horsepower rear-wheel-drive Oldsmobile Toronado and a crate-engined Buick Roadmaster. When you can own anything, these are the ones that earn a spot. See what made the cut.
Road Test TV lines up a small block Dodge Demon against a big block Camaro for a quarter-mile showdown, and the launches alone are worth the price of admission. The Demon nearly puts its front bumper on the ground under violent weight transfer, while the Camaro answers with a serious 8.69 pass. Two very different engine philosophies chase the same clock. See how the small block and big block settle it.
John Wischmann rolled into Rocky Mountain Race Week with a black twin turbo big block Camaro and a brutal two-part goal: run seven-second quarter miles at every track and finish the entire event without a single vehicle failure. On a race week that forces cars to drive public roads between drag strips, that is a genuine test of both speed and survival. 1320Video captures whether a car this violent can hold together for a week. See if he pulls it off.
Ocean City, Maryland, spring 2015: a crowd, a camera, and a lesson in exactly what not to do behind the wheel. This widely shared clip earned more than a million views by capturing the moment a bit of showing off goes sideways in front of everyone. It’s equal parts cringe and cautionary tale. Watch to see why the title says it all.
The 1970 Plymouth Superbird’s 24-inch wing and stretched nose weren’t styling choices, they were wind-tunnel mandates built to win NASCAR races at over 200 mph. Fewer than 2,000 were sold to the public, only 135 got the 426 Hemi, and Richard Petty drove one to 18 victories in its only production season. Here’s the full walk-around on what made it work.
That Edelbrock intake bolted to your engine started as raw material poured white-hot in a Southern California foundry — and this video follows the whole journey. Edelbrock opens the doors on its two American facilities to show how a legendary speed part goes from molten metal to finished casting. It’s the side of hot-rodding most enthusiasts never get to see. Watch how the magic actually gets made.
Two big-block heavyweights, one strip of Florida asphalt, and a margin of victory measured in a couple of tenths of a second. Road Test TV lines up a 1967 Ford Fairlane GT against a 1969 Plymouth GTX at Palm Beach International Raceway and lets the timing lights settle the argument. Both cars run deep into the elevens. Watch to see which badge takes the win.
Before CGI, a movie car chase meant real steel, real speed and a stuntman betting on his own reflexes. This clip pulls a classic sequence from 1973’s “White Lightning,” starring Burt Reynolds at the height of his good-ol’-boy fame and a 1971 Ford Custom 500 doing the heavy lifting. Full-size Fords weren’t supposed to move like this. Watch to see what a big sedan could really do.
Ask ten enthusiasts for the ten greatest muscle cars ever built and you’ll start eleven arguments. This countdown from the Next Level Channel takes a swing anyway, hand-picking the heavy hitters of the American performance era and calling out the real power behind each one. Some picks are obvious. A few will have you talking back to the screen. See whether your favorite made the cut.
Most project cars start clean. This Dodge Challenger started as a hail-totaled insurance write-off, and Stanley the Dirt Monkey turned it into a Mad Max machine on a bare-bones budget. Think three-inch lift, truck tires, baja LED lighting, underglow, and a bed-liner body coating. It is everything a Challenger is not supposed to be, and that is the point. See how a totaled Mopar became a wasteland warrior.
Every collector car claims to be rare, but this Mustang makes a claim that stops you cold: possibly the rarest in the world, with only two known to exist. When production numbers get that small, the provenance matters as much as the metal, and this one has a story worth digging into. Extreme Mustang rarity almost always traces back to something unusual. See what makes this pony car a two-of-two survivor.
Once a year, a stretch of Route 66 in El Reno, Oklahoma gets shut down and turned into a legal drag strip for the Small Town Weekend event. Muscle cars line up on the most famous road in America while a car show, burnout contest, and downtown cruise round out the weekend. It is grassroots racing on hallowed asphalt. See why laying rubber on Route 66 hits different.