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5 Muscle Cars So Insane Their Engines Refused to Stay Under the Hood

by Jack Harmon

Five muscle cars and dragsters in this roundup share one trait: their engines refused to stay hidden under the hood. One entry, a supercharged coupe nicknamed the “Screwed Coupe,” even had its own model year corrected by sharp-eyed viewers in the comments. Behind the spectacle is a real engineering reason these hood-through supercharger setups exist, tied directly to the gasser and nostalgia-drag scene’s history. Find out why builders cut through sheet metal on purpose, and just how much boost these vintage chassis are being asked to survive.

They Ripped the V8 Out of a 1966 Mustang and Dropped In a Turbo Honda Engine – Now Fans Can’t Agree If It’s Blasphemy or Genius

by Jack Harmon

Jarred and his dad pulled the V8 out of a 1966 Ford Mustang and replaced it with a turbocharged Honda K24A engine, built with a 67mm turbo, a Nissan 350Z transmission, and standalone KPro tuning — all in their own garage. The swap has split viewers between calling it blasphemy and calling it genius. Watch the full build to see which side you land on.

This 1973 Plymouth Duster’s Tired Slant Six Just Got Replaced With an Engine No Mopar Purist Saw Coming

by Jack Harmon

Vice Grip Garage’s 1973 Plymouth Duster is losing its famously indestructible slant six and weak 904 automatic, but what Derek drops in their place isn’t the Mopar-correct choice anyone expected. A 351-based stroker, paired with a heavy-duty 727 TorqueFlite, sends this budget-performance fastback in a direction that’s already sparking debate among Mopar loyalists in the comments. Longtime fans are also reminiscing about their own Duster and Dart memories along the way. See exactly what Derek chose to build this Duster around, and why it’s dividing the Mopar faithful.

Classic Custom Car Show Muscle Car Auto Racing

by Ross Mills

There’s a version of the car show hobby where everything sits behind velvet ropes, and a completely different version called ‘show and go,’ where a raw rat rod lines up next to a numbers-matching muscle car and both get to prove themselves on real pavement. That format has built a following the static car show never could, mixing generations of builders in the same parking lot. Read on to see what makes ‘show and go’ events different — and why they keep pulling in new builders.

He Crammed a 1,500-Horsepower Hellcat Into a 1968 Dodge Charger Named ‘Tater’ — And It Actually Runs

by Jack Harmon

“Tater,” Westen Champlin’s 1968 Dodge Charger, has taken plenty of abuse across his build videos, but stuffing a supercharged Hellcat engine rated near 1,500 horsepower into its 58-year-old unibody pushed things further than usual. The swap leans on aftermarket Holley EFI to run a powertrain that chassis was never designed for, and it shows almost immediately once real torque hits the driveline. Fans in the comments are already calling Champlin an honorary member of the Hemi brothers for what happens next. Watch how far belt slack and 1,500 horsepower can push a vintage Mopar before something gives.

Chevrolet Only Built 69 Real ZL1 Camaros in 1969 – So MuscleCar Teamed With Chevrolet Performance to Build the 70th From a Bare Shell

by Jack Harmon

Only 69 real 1969 ZL1 Camaros left the factory. MuscleCar and Chevrolet Performance set out to build a 70th from a completely bare shell, with welder Tommy Boshers doing fabrication work fans can’t stop praising. One viewer who saw a real ZL1 in person as a 13-year-old in 1969 says the tribute build comes close to capturing the original. Watch the full build unfold.

Ford’s Answer to the Road Runner: This Genuine 1970 Torino Cobra Hides a 375HP Super Cobra Jet Almost Nobody Remembers

by Jack Harmon

This 1970 Ford Torino Cobra hides a genuine 429 Super Cobra Jet under its shaker hood scoop — an engine one longtime dyno operator calls the most powerful he ever measured in his shop. Muscle Car Campy takes a close look at a survivor that commenters say routinely embarrassed 440 Mopars and 396 Chevelles back in the day. Watch the walkaround and startup in full.

859hp Manual Mustang vs 808hp Hellcat Redeye vs Camaro ZL1 — The One Disadvantage That Could Decide This Drag Race

by Jack Harmon

Three modified American muscle cars go head-to-head in the UK — a tuned 770-horsepower Camaro ZL1, a stock 808-horsepower Hellcat Redeye, and an 859-horsepower Mustang saddled with the only manual gearbox in the fight. Carwow’s drag race has racked up nearly 14 million views, largely because of how close the supposedly disadvantaged stick-shift car gets. Watch the full run to see if horsepower or gearbox wins out.

Corvette Z06 vs Mustang Dark Horse vs Dodge Demon: Three American V8s, One Quarter-Mile, and a Winner Nobody Saw Coming

by Jack Harmon

A Chevrolet Corvette Z06, a Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, and a Ford Mustang Dark Horse line up for a quarter-mile shootout with horsepower numbers ranging from 507 all the way to 819. On paper, it’s not a fair fight. On the strip, CarReels captures a result that has viewers arguing in the comments about just how much a mid-engine layout is worth. Watch to see which car actually crosses the line first.

Jay Leno Fires Up a 1979 Trans Am — And Everyone Forgets This Was the ‘Bandit’ Car’s Biggest Year Ever

by Jack Harmon

Jay Leno takes the wheel of a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am on loan from the Audrain Automobile Museum — the same black-and-gold decal car most people know from the movies, but with a mechanical story that’s easy to miss. According to fans in the comments, this was the year Pontiac’s W72 400 actually out-accelerated the Corvette. Watch Leno find out if the reputation holds up.

Only 2,144 Left the Factory Like This — Watch an All-Original 1970 Chevelle SS 396 L78 Attack the Quarter-Mile

by Jack Harmon

This 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS is one of just 2,144 built with the solid-lifter, 375-horsepower L78 396 — a genuine, numbers-matching example with its original buildsheet, protecto-plate, and only 50,000 miles on the clock. Road Test TV puts it through a quarter-mile pass that has viewers debating just how much quicker it could go with a harder launch. Watch the full run to see for yourself.

This Abandoned 1970 Corvette Was Left to Rot for Decades — The Transformation Is Breathtaking

by Jack Harmon

A 1970 Corvette that spent years abandoned and neglected has been torn down to bare fiberglass and rebuilt from the ground up — chrome, engine bay, and all. This was one of the lowest-production years of the entire C3 generation, and it still carries the last full chrome face before federal bumper rules changed the car’s look for good. What started as a write-off ends up looking, and running, like it never sat still at all. Watch to see just how far this transformation goes.

A classic black vintage car with shiny chrome details and whitewall tires.

Chevrolet 150 1957 Black Widow Sedan NASCAR tribute

by Kiril

A shell company with a boring name built a handful of Chevy sedans in 1957 that were so fast NASCAR banned the technology under their hoods for more than 50 years. This tribute wears the Black Widow paint scheme and drivetrain spirit of that legendary program, built off-books to beat the competition without General Motors’ name on the invoice. Here’s the story behind the ban.

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