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Video: The New 2018 Corvette C7 ZR1 Sounds Amazing!!

Carspotter Jeroen caught a camouflaged Corvette ZR1 prototype mid-test, its supercharger whining like, in one viewer’s words, a TIE fighter, complete with visible exhaust flames and a Mercedes seemingly overtaken in the process. Filmed near known manufacturer testing routes before Chevrolet ever confirmed the car’s final specs, the footage remains a rare, unscripted look at the development mule behind one of the most track-focused Corvettes Chevrolet has built. Watch to see what gave this disguised prototype away.

Plymouth Satellite 1967 images

by Ross Mills

1967 was the year the Plymouth Satellite got quietly outranked by its own family. The new Belvedere GTX arrived that year with a 440 wedgehead V8 and the 426 Hemi, an engine Plymouth had already been selling in the Satellite since 1966. The Satellite carried on as Plymouth’s value performance pick, powered by a 383 available with either a two-barrel or four-barrel carburetor. Here’s how the B-body pecking order shifted in a single model year.

Classic green vintage muscle car displayed indoors.

Ford Torino 1968 GT “390 Power!”

by Kiril

This two-owner 1968 Ford Torino GT carries a documented 390 four-barrel rated at 335 horsepower, backed by window stickers, the original invoice, and a title copy tracing it to day one. Ford built the Torino to go head-to-head with the Chevelle SS and GTO, and this survivor still wears the paper trail to prove it earned its place. Read on to find out what period testers clocked at the drag strip.

Man explaining in a garage workshop with tools and equipment.

1969 Chevrolet Chevelle For Sale

by Wes

Most restored Chevelles come with a history full of guesswork. This 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS does not, its original 396 V8, TH400 transmission, and 12-bolt posi rear end are all numbers-matching and documented, complete with the factory build sheet that specified them from day one. Finished in the uncommon factory color Burnished Brown and treated to a full frame-off restoration, this California car has the paper trail most restored muscle cars only claim to have. Watch to see what a fully documented survivor actually looks like.

A classic black muscle car doing a burnout on a street with spectators.

DEATH PROOF Nova Burnout and V8 Sound!

by Kiril

A matte black 1970 Chevrolet Nova built as an almost exact replica of Kurt Russell’s villain car from Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof rolls through a cruising night in Helsinki, Finland — and the burnout that follows makes clear why the exhaust note mattered as much to the build as the paint job did. Nearly two decades after the film’s release, the car is still instantly recognizable to anyone who’s seen it.

Classic blue muscle car parked indoors with an open trunk.

1968 Plymouth GTX in B5 Blue Paint

by Kiril

A 1968 Plymouth GTX in B5 Blue with the rare 440+6 Six Pack setup would be notable on its own, but owner Kevin Plummer’s reason for buying it is what turns heads. He spent years chasing down the exact car his father owned when he was a boy, and he’s owned it since 2015. The comment section fills with strangers telling nearly identical stories about their own fathers.

A black Dodge Challenger with red racing stripes at a car event.

Big, Bad,…Customized 194MPH 2008 Dodge Challenger Superbird ‘GRIZZ’ With Over 1000rwhp!

by Wes

GRIZZ isn’t a real 1970 Superbird – it’s Joel Highsmith’s modern custom tribute build, and it’s chasing numbers no factory aero car ever touched: over 1,000 rear-wheel horsepower and a 194mph top speed. Gearhead Flicks’ feature has drawn nearly 725,000 views, plus a sharp-eyed comment correcting the car’s own naming and a wild detour involving a theft and recovery. Find out where GRIZZ is racing next.

Front view of a classic orange muscle car parked outdoors.

Do Muscle Cars Still Exist?

by Kiril

Do muscle cars still exist, or did the breed die with the 1970s? The orange 1969 Pontiac GTO in the photo, wearing the stripes and spoiler of the short-lived Judge package, is the perfect place to start that argument. Pontiac built just 6,833 Judges that year, and the Ram Air IV cars could run the quarter in the low 13s. Read on to find out how the definition was born, why it collapsed, and whether today’s V8 coupes deserve the name.

El Camino 1964 to 1967—The Second Generation

by Ross Mills

Chevrolet took a two-door Chevelle, chopped it behind the B-pillar, and created a truck that didn’t look or drive like one. The second-generation El Camino grew from a mild six-cylinder hauler into a genuine SS396 performer by 1967. Read on to see how a utility vehicle ended up with a 375-horsepower option.

A powerful blue V8 car drifting with smoke all around.

15 Best Sounding V8 Engines

by Wes

VisioRacer’s countdown of the 15 best-sounding V8 engines has racked up 3.7 million views, and the comments turn into a timestamp-by-timestamp debate over a supercharged Hellcat whine, the Shelby GT350’s flat-plane Voodoo V8, a 6.4 Hemi, and even a surprise Volvo entry. Watch the full list and see where your favorite lands.

1965 Dodge Coronet 500: Dodge’s Overlooked 383 Sleeper

by Kiril

Dressed in conservative, formal styling with no hints of performance, the 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 hid a genuine 330-horsepower 383 V8 under its hood — a true sleeper riding on the same B-body platform that would soon become the fastback Charger. Overshadowed for decades by Chrysler’s Hemi and 440 Six Pack cars, it remains one of the most overlooked ways into real period Mopar performance. Read on to find out what made it tick.

Dodge Charger 1970 – brutal V8 and exhaust sound!

by Kiril

A 1970 Dodge Charger can hide anything from a mild 318 to a snarling 440 Six Pack under that Coke-bottle sheet metal, and the difference shows the instant the throttle opens. Here is what separated the base R/T 440 Magnum from the Six Pack and the Hemi, why the 1970 car was the last and most refined of the second generation, and why collectors still chase the numbers-matching examples. Read on to find out what is really making that exhaust note.

Ford Motors Flathead V8 engine 1932 to 1953 Part two

by Ross Mills

The same Ford flathead V8 sits under the hood of both a glossy black ’32 Phaeton and a working maroon late-1930s pickup, wearing the same chrome V8 badge either way. Its single-piece ‘monoblock’ casting solved a flaw that plagued earlier V8 engines, and it became the foundation of the postwar hot rod movement. Read on for how lake pipes, relieving, and Ardun heads turned a Depression-era workhorse engine into a performance icon.

A red 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT with black stripes on display.

1970 Mercury Cyclone GT 429 Super Cobra Jet Pilot Car

by Wes

This 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT was built to be crushed. As a factory pilot car used to validate Mercury’s production line, its entire purpose ended the moment testing wrapped up, most cars in this role never survive to see a public road. This one did, and it came loaded with the Super Cobra Jet package: a 375-horsepower 429 V8, four-speed manual, and 4.30 gears built for straight-line speed. Watch to find out how a car that was never meant to exist ended up in the Brothers Collection decades later.

1966 Ford 7-Litre 427 Convertible in blue.

1966 Ford 7-Litre R-Code 427 Convertible

by Wes

Only two buyers in 1966 ordered a Ford 7-Litre convertible with the dual-carburetor R-Code 427 instead of the standard 428 — and this Brothers Collection car is one of them. Muscle Car Of The Week digs into what actually separates the R-Code’s cross-bolted big block from the ordinary version riding under most 7-Litre badges. Watch to see why this one stopped the crew in their tracks.

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