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1972 Ford F-350 Gets Supercharged Godzilla Swap, Becomes Off-Road Monster
1972 Ford F-350 Gets Supercharged Godzilla Swap, Becomes Off-Road Monster

5 Nov 2021, 12:44 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The combo is good for an incredible 1,300 horsepower, which is three times more than a stock, Godzilla-powered Ford Super Duty truck

 
Tommie Lee’s Teenage Daughter Crashes Her Jaguar, She Almost Has a Meltdown
Tommie Lee’s Teenage Daughter Crashes Her Jaguar, She Almost Has a Meltdown

28 Oct 2021, 09:04 UTC · By: Monica Coman / Crashing your car is stressful, but having someone else drive and crash your expensive vehicle? Ten times more irritating, as Tommie Lee noted

 
Hemi-Powered Ford Mustang Fox-Body Is Sweet Blasphemy, Runs 8s
Hemi-Powered Ford Mustang Fox-Body Is Sweet Blasphemy, Runs 8s

18 Oct 2021, 09:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / We've all seen Fox-body Mustangs stuffed with turbocharged or supercharged Ford V8 engines under the hood, so here's something a little different

 
Rare Bizzarrini 5300 GT Hits Public Roads, Showcases Corvette-Sourced V8
Rare Bizzarrini 5300 GT Hits Public Roads, Showcases Corvette-Sourced V8

23 Sep 2021, 15:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chances are you won't see a supercar like the Bizzarrini 5300 GT very often. And it's safe to say that many of us won't ever see one in the metal

 
2023 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Could Get Cadillac Blackwing Parts, Up to 668 hp
2023 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Could Get Cadillac Blackwing Parts, Up to 668 hp

27 Aug 2021, 08:25 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Chevrolet is reportedly working on a new version of the Camaro ZL1. The latter might come with parts from the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing for more performance.

 
Young Engineer Crafts Insane Tiny V8 Engine Out of Wood and It Works Like a Charm
Young Engineer Crafts Insane Tiny V8 Engine Out of Wood and It Works Like a Charm

13 Aug 2021, 06:19 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / A YouTube video shows a master craftsman and engineer create a miniature V8 engine out of nothing but wood. Fully completed, it’s about the size of a quarter.

 
Buying a Used U.S.-Spec Nissan Pathfinder R51: 5 Common Issues To Watch Out For
Buying a Used U.S.-Spec Nissan Pathfinder R51: 5 Common Issues To Watch Out For

10 Aug 2021, 12:34 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / The third-generation Nissan Pathfinder is an excellent choice for those who are looking for a reliable used SUV but these five issues are likely to occur

 
Guy Builds Wooden V8 Engine Smaller Than a Coin, Makes It Run
Guy Builds Wooden V8 Engine Smaller Than a Coin, Makes It Run

27 Jul 2021, 16:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / This guy made a V8 engine that is smaller than a coin, all from a piece of wood. the pistons he used measured only 3 mm (0.11 in).

 
The 33 Stradale: Alfa Romeo’s Masterpiece and the Pinnacle of Italian Design
The 33 Stradale: Alfa Romeo’s Masterpiece and the Pinnacle of Italian Design

26 Jul 2021, 14:25 UTC · By: Vlad Radu / Back in the late 1960s, Alfa Romeo created the 33 Stradale which today is considered by many enthusiasts and experts to be the most beautiful car ever built

 
1968 Chevrolet Chevelle Is a Forgotten Wreck, Still Has Numbers-Matching V8
1968 Chevrolet Chevelle Is a Forgotten Wreck, Still Has Numbers-Matching V8

25 Jul 2021, 18:08 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Chevelle has been off the road for decades and lost its front clip and interior. But it still flexes a matching-numbers V8 of the 396 variety

 
Abandoned Oldsmobile F-85 Gets First Wash in 25 Years, V8 Comes Back to Life
Abandoned Oldsmobile F-85 Gets First Wash in 25 Years, V8 Comes Back to Life

25 Jul 2021, 10:28 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / In production for only three years, Oldsmobile's Rockette engine is as rare as they get. It's also GM's first aluminum V8, launched long before the ZL-1

 
1976 Rogers Bonneville Jet Boat Gets LS V8, Sounds Like a Muscle Car Now
1976 Rogers Bonneville Jet Boat Gets LS V8, Sounds Like a Muscle Car Now

30 Jun 2021, 11:41 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Hitting 100 mph in a jet boat is totally doable with an LS V8, but this mill will also need a nitrous system to get there

 
1981 Pontiac Trans Am Gains Big-Power Chevy V8, Ditches Malaise-Era Lethargy
1981 Pontiac Trans Am Gains Big-Power Chevy V8, Ditches Malaise-Era Lethargy

27 Jun 2021, 18:46 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Trans Am was still selling like hotcakes in the early 1980s thanks to its appearance in "Smokey and the Bandit," but its performance was lacking

 
Abandoned 1971 Buick Riviera Gets a Second Chance, Takes First Drive in 30 Years
Abandoned 1971 Buick Riviera Gets a Second Chance, Takes First Drive in 30 Years

20 Jun 2021, 19:24 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / This Riviera has been off the road for around 30 years. And it spend these three decades out in a yard. That's always bad news for classics, but it still works

 
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Gets New and Loud 427 V8, Goes Cruising Without the Hood
1967 Chevrolet Camaro Gets New and Loud 427 V8, Goes Cruising Without the Hood

8 Jun 2021, 13:34 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The proud owner of this Chevy now has a modern V8 mill to brag about and it's taking it out for the mandatory break-in without a hood in place

 
Remember the Vector WX-3? Here's Why You Should
Remember the Vector WX-3? Here's Why You Should

28 May 2021, 18:40 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Designed as a successor to the W8, the WX-3 never saw the light of day. Only two prototypes were built before Gerald Weigert was kicked out of his own company

 
Hennessey Venom F5 Flexes 1,800-HP V8 at Amelia Concours d'Elegance, Sounds Mean
Hennessey Venom F5 Flexes 1,800-HP V8 at Amelia Concours d'Elegance, Sounds Mean

26 May 2021, 12:25 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Sure, the Venom F5 sounds best when it's being revved up to speeds in excess of 100 mph, but its idle sound is one the meanest out there

 
Plain-Looking 1966 Dodge Coronet Is Actually a Hemi Sleeper
Plain-Looking 1966 Dodge Coronet Is Actually a Hemi Sleeper

25 May 2021, 14:17 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Unlike other Hemi cars, this coupe will pretend to be a mundane midsize until you let the "Elephant" V8 loose; it's probably the best Hemi sleeper out there

 
Astra DTM Racer Lapping the Nurburgring Is Proof That Opel Should Offer a V8
Astra DTM Racer Lapping the Nurburgring Is Proof That Opel Should Offer a V8

24 May 2021, 13:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Opel built a V8-powered Astra for the DTM series back in the early 2000s; seeing it on the 'Ring again makes me wish the Germans would offer one now

 
1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Sees First Daylight in Decades, Has Numbers-Matching V8
1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 Sees First Daylight in Decades, Has Numbers-Matching V8

15 May 2021, 21:05 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Before it went into indoor storage for a few decades, this Mach 1 was driven for around 76,000 miles and it has quite a few battle scars. But it still runs