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Compression ratio is the number every engine builder throws around, and the one most can’t actually explain past ‘higher is better.’ Roadkill Extra host David Freiburger breaks down exactly what it measures, why pushing it too far invites engine-destroying detonation, and how builders actually raise or lower it on a real engine. One top comment argues the fourteen-minute video teaches the concept better than a university engineering class. Here’s what actually earned that praise.
Plymouth built the 1971 ‘Cuda with a look it never repeated: quad headlights, fender gills, and billboard graphics found on no other year. UFC president Dana White picked exactly this rare-bodied ‘Cuda for a full restomod, swapping in a 425-horsepower 440 and a Curry 9-inch rear end. The result became one of MuscleCar’s most-watched builds ever.
This compilation strings together ten vintage television commercials for Ford’s 1970 lineup — Maverick, Thunderbird, Mustang, Torino, and the performance-focused Mustang Grabber — straight from period broadcast masters. Watching them back to back reveals exactly how Ford pitched five very different buyers in a single model year, from budget compacts to muscle car performance. It’s a snapshot no modern retrospective fully replicates. Watch to see 1970 advertising exactly as audiences originally saw it.
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A George Barris-customized 1968 Dodge Dart GTS convertible spent years chasing criminals on TV’s Mannix before disappearing into obscurity and eventually turning up dilapidated in a field. Automotive reporter Dave Kunz tracked it down, confirmed it by its hidden Barris touches, and restored it to its on-screen British Racing Green with the original 340 V8 still under the hood. Jay Leno takes it for a drive to find out why this compact GTS could out-hustle flashier detective-show muscle cars of its era.
The 2026 Dodge Charger R/T swaps its Hemi V8 for a 420-horsepower twin-turbo six branded SIXPACK, a name Dodge borrowed from a legendary three-carburetor 440 V8 option from 1969. A veteran reviewer tested the ,000 loaded version, and the comment section couldn’t agree on whether it still counts as a muscle car.
At the 2017 New York Auto Show, a small Florida company stole attention away from every major manufacturer with a car that technically should not exist: a modern Trans Am making roughly 1,000 horsepower from a NASCAR-engineered 455 big-block. Built on a Camaro-based chassis and priced well into six figures, it is less a restoration than a full continuation of Pontiac’s most legendary nameplate. Read on to find out what your money actually buys.
Somewhere in a shop that once belonged to a bankrupt car company, a wiring harness routed a few inches too close to the accelerator pedal linkage. It sounds minor. It wasn’t. American Motors issued a factory bulletin over it, and NHTSA logged it as a formal safety campaign. If you’re chasing a 1971 AMC Javelin because it’s one of the last genuinely affordable muscle cars from the era, that’s exactly the kind of detail that separates a great original find from a car that needs real attention before it’s road-trustworthy. Here’s what a 691,000-view full build episode, decades of AMC ownership experience, and the federal recall record actually say about buying one.
Dodge built just 22 Super Bees with the 426 Hemi in 1971, and only 9 of the entire model year got a factory power sunroof. This Hemi Orange survivor in the Brothers Collection somehow has both — see what a four-speed, sunroof-equipped Hemi Super Bee actually looks like up close.
The 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T spent that model year quietly overshadowed by a six-pack-fed newcomer and a certain winged fastback stealing every headline. Buried in the order books, though, is a detail that sets it apart from nearly every other Coronet built that year: an engine option so rare that barely more than a hundred buyers ever checked the box. Read on to find out why collectors are finally paying attention.
A professional car appraiser shows the winter storage routine he actually uses on his own Firebird, and it’s not the checklist most owners follow. One fuel-tank detail from the comments could be the difference between an easy spring startup and an expensive repair bill.
At 6Sixty Street’s Pre-72 class, there’s one rule that never bends: if your muscle car wasn’t built before 1972, it doesn’t line up — and if it can’t drive itself to the start line, it doesn’t race at all. No trailers, no tow rigs, no exceptions. It’s a throwback that turned a grassroots meetup into 44 minutes of Nova-on-Nova rematches and one Ford truck nobody saw coming.
This compilation kicks off a new monthly format built around the best street races a single month produced, and the headline pull says it all: an 850-horsepower Camaro against a heavily built Nissan GT-R, reportedly hitting 180 miles an hour. Both platforms represent completely different paths to serious street power. Which one actually gets there first is the whole point of watching. Check out the full top-10 rundown above.
A pink American Motors sports car sat in Jay Leno’s garage with a story bigger than its paint job. Behind the color was a 1960s marketing stunt, a beauty queen’s grand prize, and a headline that resurfaced decades later on a car show.
Dodge tried going all-electric with the Charger Daytona, and enthusiasts made their disappointment clear. For 2026, the brand is walking part of it back — dropping the Hemi V8 but also the electric-only approach, in favor of a 3.0L twin-turbo inline-six making up to 550 horsepower under a legendary name pulled straight from 1970s Mopar history: SIXPACK. At around $55,000 for the Scat Pack trim, this is Dodge’s answer to enthusiast backlash. Watch to see whether it actually delivers.