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Fully restoring and engine-swapping vintage cars doesn’t come cheap, of course. Both the Gildred Racing Super Coopers we ...
Such was the case for Davin and the rear axle for the ’37 Ford. The Frankland Quick Change unit is fairly simple on the surface, but it still needs to go together correctly in order to work properly ...
People watch as classic cars pass by Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, during the 45th annual Wheels of Time Rod & Custom Car Jamboree in Macungie. (April Gamiz/The Morning Call) A 1953 Ford F-100 owned by ...
The 55th annual Street Rod Nationals is being held at the Kentucky Exposition Center through Sunday. The National Street Rod Association has held the national show in Louisville for 27 straight years.
This is the meanest, most capable version of the latest Mustang, amplifying its sports car tendencies. This greater focus asks greater sacrifices of drivers, both from a daily driving perspective and ...
On the flip side, if you have a car that has a sudden rush of force the second you press the accelerator, it has a high torque figure. With this understanding, it will make more sense why an EV ...
The outcome is 670 hp and 420 lb-ft of torque and a racy 8500-rpm redline. Edmunds has all the specs. An eight-speed dual-clutch transmission routes power to the Z06’s rear wheels, and paddle shifters ...
This car may not be as fast as the Teslas and Porsches on this list, but let’s be honest — zero to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds is stunning, and it looks cooler than the Model S in the process.
493 Wedge Big-Block Street Engine Makes 611 lb-ft on Westech’s Dyno. This affordable pump-gas, solid-roller Chrysler is all about making lots of torque all across the rpm range.
The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...
That’s why, compared with European sports cars at the time, American performance cars had lower horsepower figures but higher torque. Taking a 3.8-litre Jaguar E-Type and comparing it with a 4.7-litre ...
A camshaft is a metal rod that drives an engine. There are one or more cams, or irregular lobes, that actuate parts of the machine along the rod. As the shaft rotates, the larger parts of the lobes ...