First 2022 COPO Camaro – Behind the Assembly Line

March 15th, 2022

The COPO (Central Office Production Order) Chevrolet Camaro is the unicorn for GM muscle car enthusiasts. It is a performance-oriented version of the Camaro that buyers can customize with a variety of engine, transmission and differential combinations. This video documents the build of the Collins COPO Camaro. Get ready to be impressed. Just outside of Detroit, Michigan is the Village of Oxford. Oxford is home to the COPO Build Facility where stock Camaro chassis are transformed into works of art. Rich Rinke (Head of the Facility) takes us through the process in this detailed build video. Component quality and craftsmanship Read More

Alex Taylor’s 1955 Chevy Heats Up the Dyno Ahead of Sick Week 2022

February 5th, 2022

This video introduces us to drag racer Alex Taylor and her rank 1955 Chevrolet 210. She has brought her shoebox Chevy to Jessie’s Garage in Bowling Green, Kentucky for a dyno tuning session with Ryan White from Holley EFI. This is all in preparation for Sick Week 2022, a weeklong drag-and-drive competition that takes place in Florida and South Georgia. Proudly displaying a natural patina, Alex’s Chevy is powered by a 525 cubic-inch Dart motor with an iron block. The bottom end features such high-quality items as a Crower crankshaft, BME pistons and custom fabricated one-piece billet main caps. Forced Read More

Restomod 1973 Pontiac Grand Am – 600HP Street Monster

October 25th, 2021

Greetings fellow drag racing fans, car enthusiasts and speed aficionados of every ilk. Meet a pair of Shawns and an extraordinary Poncho. Regulars will remember the first Shawn from Autotopia. The second Shawn is the owner – and primary builder – of this exquisite machine. Shall we begin with the stance? The highly modified stock frame has been fully boxed and outfitted with a four-link coilover setup in the rear. A Global West coilover kit was used to upgrade the front and all four corners are equipped with QA1 double adjustable shocks for a full custom ride. It all gives Read More

Dream Crusher Corvette Terrorizes Ice Cream Cruise

August 26th, 2020

Eric and his menacing Corvette showed up at the Ice Cream Cruise (I-29 Dragway, Iowa) to win races and chew bubble gum. Turns out that Eric (Crazy Legs) was all out of bubble gum. With tons of heavy hitters on hand, he will have his work cut out for him. Our focus car – a C5 Chevrolet Corvette – has been redesigned since last season. Gone is the cumbersome 6.0-liter truck motor and a lightweight (all-aluminum) 7.0-liter engine, built by Mike Lough Racing Engines, takes its place. A monstrous crankshaft driven ProCharger supplies the forced air induction and shifting duties Read More

1969 Ford F100 Shortbed – 1000HP Supercharged Monster

May 29th, 2020

Meet Jason Scudellari, owner of this extreme 1969 Ford F100. Jason is a car builder by trade, but he has really outdone himself with this unique project. In fitting fashion, Jason built this truck to suit his own needs. From bumper-to-bumper, every bolt and nut are specially chosen to make this truck go faster and handle better under the most challenging of driving conditions. Under the hood is a GM LS1 small block V8 engine with forged internals. The engine and cylinder heads are built to accommodate a big blower on high boost. A large ProCharger is responsible for delivering Read More

Nasty Turbo Trans Am vs. TVS Mustang GT500 and More – Street Hits

May 21st, 2020

Time to get back out on the streets and what better way than a bit of roll racing on the interstates of Old Mexico. This band of merry competitors took a journey down south to let it all hang out in one-on-one head-up roll racing action. Let’s drop in and have a look – First up is a contest between a C6 Chevy Corvette and a 5.0-liter Mustang. The ‘Vette has a built engine and an A&A (Corvette) supercharger. This car is prepared and tuned by Lethal Performance and it can make 840hp. The Ford also has a built (Coyote) motor, Read More

New Challenger Hellcat World Record

December 10th, 2019

Greetings drag racing fans and gearheads from every walk of life. Meet the Epling family; Leon, Jason and Logan. This clip also introduces us to the Epling Garage Dodge Chellenger SRT Hellcat. Before the end of this video, this car will be the fastest quarter-mile Hellcat (and the fastest stick shift Hellcat) in the world. The previous Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat record was also held by the Epling family. It was 7.69-seconds. The new record is 7.66-seconds @ 178 mph. That’s fast! The body of the big Dodge is stock and all-steel. Only some lightweight glass has been added. On Read More

8-Second Twin Turbo S10 Pickup – Drag Racing

October 9th, 2019

Burnt orange is a beautiful thing on an automobile. So is a big motor with a pair of turbochargers. This S10 pickup truck just happens to have both. Let’s take a closer look at this sweet ride. The heart of this 8-second street monster is a forged 370-cubic inch LS engine (Trick Flow cylinder heads) with a pair of massive turbochargers. Holley fuel injection components and a Holley intake manifold are also on full display. On 24-pounds of boost, the truck produced 1,100hp to the rear wheels. It is (officially) a beast. This is a fairly new build and the Read More

Low Rider – Twin Turbo Galaxie 500

August 27th, 2019

Call them whatever you like; gearheads, hot-rodders, a speed shop, performance shop or a racing station – fact is that Bones Fab is creating art. All it takes is a little time, a lot of know-how and a big pile of cash. Bones took this 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 and turned into an absolute restomod monster. First impression? This car is huge! It’s 19-feet long and (even with significant weight reduction strategy in play) weighs in at approximately two-tons. Luckily, these guys have off set the girth with raw horsepower. Under the hood is a Robert Pond Motorsports SOHC 7.0-liter, Read More

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