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This 1969 Camaro rolled into V8 Speed & Resto Shop already stunning — silver paint, red leather, and a 700-plus horsepower 540ci Shafiroff big-block with a T-56 six-speed. The problem was a stock suspension that could not handle the torque. Watch as the crew installs a full Detroit Speed QUADRALink setup, Currie axle, and Forgeline wheels without disturbing that flawless bodywork.
Jamboolio’s “Best Muscle Car Sounds of 2018” rounds up eight of the loudest American V8s the channel captured that year, from a 1,000-horsepower nitrous-fed Camaro to a supercharged Hemi Challenger. The compilation has since raced past 4.4 million views, becoming one of the channel’s most-watched uploads. Each car gets its moment: startup, rev, and the kind of exhaust note that makes strangers turn their heads. Which one hits hardest is up for debate.
This 1973 Dodge Charger claims a custom 605 cubic inch big block making 805 horsepower, numbers that were never remotely possible from the factory. A real ’73 Charger Rallye topped out around 280 horsepower from its 440 Magnum, respectable for the era but nowhere close to this. So what does it take to turn a genuine Rallye-package Charger into an 800-horsepower monster, and how much of the original car survives the transformation?
Two high-dollar Mercedes-AMG machines line up against one modified Corvette, and the badge that usually ends the argument does not fare the way you might expect. DragtimesInfo captures a C6 ZR1 tuned to a claimed 720 horsepower squaring off with an SLS AMG and a Weistec-built C63 AMG on a Russian drag strip. It is the old American-versus-German debate settled in a few seconds of elapsed time. Watch to see whether the value proposition beats the prestige badges.
This 1967 Camaro SS396 convertible carries the rare 375-horsepower L78 big-block, a factory option most buyers skipped in favor of the milder 325-horsepower version. Finished in Granada Gold and pulled straight from The Brothers Collection for V8TV’s Muscle Car of the Week series, it’s the kind of car that turns a fiftieth anniversary into an actual event. Watch to see what else makes this one stand out.
A 1969 Ram Air IV GTO, one of only 759 built, takes on a 1970 LS6 SS454 Chevelle, one of roughly 4,475, in a quarter-mile grudge match between two of the rarest muscle cars either brand ever built. Displacement versus high-RPM engineering settles an old argument in real time. Watch the run — and the burnout that follows it.
Dodge built more than 20,000 examples of the 1969 Charger R/T, but only a few hundred left the factory with this car’s exact combination: a 425-horsepower 426 Hemi paired with a 3-speed automatic. Hidden headlights and a NASCAR-inspired fuel door tie the design directly to Dodge’s racing program. With just over 50,000 miles and a home inside the Brothers Collection, this Charger has been driven, not just displayed. Watch Episode 90 to see what makes it rare.
Plymouth’s 1969.5 Road Runner A12 traded the expensive 426 Hemi for three two-barrel carburetors, a lift-off fiberglass hood, and a genuinely stripped-down attitude – no hubcaps included. Only 615 were built, split between automatic and 4-speed manual transmissions, backed by a 390-horsepower 440 that could turn high-12-second quarter miles in period testing. It was Plymouth’s answer for buyers who wanted Hemi-level intimidation without the Hemi-level invoice.
Rumors chasing the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon”s horsepower figure climbed past 900 before SRT”s engineers ever finished their own testing. When the official SAE-certified number finally landed, it told a different story — one backed by an NHRA-certified quarter-mile run instead of internet speculation. Here is what the real number turned out to be, and why it did not need any exaggeration to make history.
A factory-spec Chrysler 318 isn’t supposed to be a threat to anything, let alone a 350-cubic-inch Impala SS running 20-inch wheels. But this Plymouth GTX/Road Runner’s small-block has been re-sleeved to run 340 pistons and was still chasing carburetion gains after this run. Watch to see whether a budget small-block Mopar can actually hang with modern iron.
Only 503 examples of the 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona were built to legally race NASCAR’s biggest ovals, and this one still wears its original T5 Copper paint, Magnum 500 wheels, and numbers-matching 440 V8. Built to exploit a rules loophole, the Daytona flew so fast that NASCAR rewrote its rulebook to stop it. See what five decades of survival looks like on one of the rarest wing cars ever built.
This chopped, chrome-heavy 1950 Cadillac street rod is built on the same Series 62 platform that carried Cadillac’s groundbreaking new V8 into showrooms that year. Today it runs a modern 6.2 liter engine making over 500 horsepower. Here is what made the original Cadillac V8 such a big deal, and how far this build has taken it.
Mr. Norm’s Grand Spaulding Dodge did not just sell Mopars, the legendary Chicago dealership modified, tuned, and raced them under its own name, building a reputation that still adds weight to any car proven to have come from its lot. This triple-black 1971 Challenger R/T packs a genuine 426 Hemi, pistol-grip 4-speed, and Super Track Pak, backed by an original Grand Spaulding bill of sale. It is Mopar history with the paperwork to prove it.
A Raven black 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 might look like just another big Ford sedan, but the R-code stamped on its 427 tells a different story — 425 factory horsepower, dual quads, and a 4-speed manual built for the drag strip rather than the driveway. Pulled from The Brothers Collection and featured on Muscle Car of the Week, this survivor represents a rarer, race-bred side of Ford’s full-size lineup that most collectors overlook. See what’s hiding under that long black hood.