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A pair of 88-millimeter turbochargers mounted directly in the grille of a first-generation Camaro is not a subtle build choice, and it is not meant to be. Turbos that size are reserved for big-block combinations chasing four-digit power, and everything behind them has to be built to match. Read on to find out what a setup like this actually commits a builder to, and why the first-gen body keeps getting chosen for it.
A weekend freeway cruise turns tense fast when a Hennessey-tuned C7 Corvette Stingray, pushing roughly 600 horsepower through an ECS supercharger, spots a patrol car mid-pull at triple-digit speed. The comment section has turned into a swap meet of near-miss stories from viewers who’ve had their own close calls at similar speeds. Watch to see how close this particular encounter came to going a very different way.
This CasualRacing compilation strings together some of the most expensive mistakes made behind the wheel of a 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat. From a bystander offering body shop directions before the dust even settles to a dealership salesman sprinting clear of a demo drive gone wrong, these are the moments Hellcat owners hope never make it online. Watch to see just how fast that much power can turn a green light into a very public lesson.
A routine Coffee and Cars meet turns chaotic in seconds when a Mustang driver revs aggressively toward a crowd of spectators, captured live by High Tech Corvette’s Facebook feed. Two small children were knocked aside in the scramble to get clear, though no one was seriously hurt — a near-miss that reignited debate about the unwritten safety rules car meets depend on. Watch the unedited footage that has viewers siding firmly with the crowd.
Ringbrothers built their 1969 Camaro ‘G-Code’ with a supercharged 416 cubic inch V8 making a claimed 1,000 horsepower, Detroit Speed suspension, one-off IROC-inspired wheels, and an interior one commenter compared to a Pagani. TheSmokingTire took it out to find out if a SEMA showstopper like this could actually be driven — and the reaction in the comments is split down the middle. Watch to see which side you land on.
Plymouth only offered this exact combination for a few months before moving on, which is precisely why the A12 Road Runner remains one of the most talked-about mid-year muscle cars ever built. Wearing Vitamin C Orange paint straight from The Brothers Collection, this particular 440 Six Barrel car represents a stopgap Chrysler engineered on the fly to answer a very specific rival. Watch to find out what problem this car was actually built to solve.
Wider tires mean more grip — or so every car enthusiast has been told. Engineering Explained’s Jason Fenske put that assumption to the test at NWAPA’s 2017 Mudfest, running sixty-to-zero braking tests across twenty-seven different AWD and 4×4 trucks and SUVs with a Vbox data logger. The results complicate the simple version of the story muscle car owners repeat about tire width, weight, and stopping distance. Commenters, including more than one physics teacher’s former student, dig into exactly why. Watch to see what the data actually says.
A decade ago, filmmaker Anthony Giampapa pointed his camera at a Thanksgiving morning parking lot and simply let it run, catching an unscripted mix of muscle cars doing what they do best. There’s no narration, no sponsor, and no script — just the raw sound and smoke of a grassroots burnout meet that still holds up ten years later. It’s a small, unpolished clip with under a thousand views, but it captures something plenty of bigger productions miss entirely.
High Tech Corvette put a nearly 1,000-horsepower C7 Z06 up against a purpose-built Chevy Nova in a straightforward roll race, and the result was not the foregone conclusion the horsepower gap suggests. Viewers who expected the modern Corvette to walk away were surprised by how close it actually was. Watch to see which car takes it.
Nate Rider breaks down what it actually costs to turn a classic muscle car into a modern-driving restomod — real numbers, real trade-offs, no vague “it depends.” From drivetrain swaps to suspension upgrades, this cost breakdown functions less like entertainment and more like a planning document for anyone considering a build of their own. Watch to see where the money really goes.
For years the Dominator Dart made its reputation on a nitrous-fed Hemi, exactly the way street racing reputations were traditionally built. Then Joe Woods tore the whole combination out and replaced it with a 632-cubic-inch big block Chevrolet and a pair of 88mm turbochargers. In a Mopar. Read on for why a die-hard Dodge racer walked away from the setup that made his name, and what a 1967 A-body brings to the fight.
Miguel Perez’s turbo AWD Chevy Silverado — nicknamed “Lady Bug” for how rough it looks — was built around a stock 5.3 pulled from a junkyard two weeks earlier and an eBay turbo running 35 pounds of boost, for a total cost around $750. His opponent’s Ford Lightning was built for real money and rated at 700 horsepower. Texans have a hashtag for exactly this situation. Watch to see who actually crossed the line first.
This 1948 Studebaker Commander keeps its groundbreaking postwar styling but swaps everything underneath for modern GM hardware — a Chevrolet 305 V8, a 700R4 overdrive automatic, and a Camaro front subframe with Mustang II-style steering. It’s a build that raises a fair question about how much of the original Commander survives beneath the sheet metal. See the full restomod in the photos below.
A Voodoo flat-plane V8 that revs to 8,250 RPM, a Tremec six-speed built to match it, and one owner’s E85-tuned example — this Shelby GT350 review digs into what makes Ford’s naturally aspirated Mustang halo car different from every GT500 and Terminator Cobra it gets cross-shopped against. Watch to see if it lives up to years of anticipation.
Andre Gordon’s blue 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger runs a genuine 340-cubic-inch V8 with a four-speed manual and Hurst pistol-grip shifter — a far cry from the Fiat-based compact Dodge revived decades later, or the Pro Stock Dart five-time champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. campaigns at the NHRA’s top level. Read on to see how one nameplate ended up telling three completely different stories.