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Pikes Peak’s thin air punishes forced induction, which is why the 1969 Camaro known as Big Red traded its usual supercharged big-block for a naturally aspirated combination built just for the mountain. Another competitor drove his twin-turbo street Mustang nearly 3,600 miles round-trip simply to reach the starting line, then raced through goats and fog. Read on to see how two very different preparation strategies played out on the same 12.42-mile course.
Engine Masters puts a stubborn garage myth to the dyno: does a 3-inch exhaust really outperform a 2.5-inch system, or does it depend on what’s bolted to the other end of the pipe? Real back-to-back testing, presented by AMSOIL, replaces forum arguments with actual horsepower curves. Over six million viewers have watched the results, and builders are still citing them years later. See what the numbers actually show.
Engine Masters takes a completely stock Chevrolet 305 small-block, keeps its original cast crank, rods, and pistons untouched, and feeds it nitrous until something finally gives out. Along the way, one host delivers a line about nitrous and human error that viewers still quote, and a perfectly timed Spanish slang word becomes its own small viral moment. Watch to find out exactly how much a genuinely stock 305 can take before it lets go.