Enough lead-up—it’s time to start tallying some points in Episode 3 of the Horsepower Wars: Pony Wars 2017 Ford Mustang GT vs. Chevy Camaro 2SS challenge. Want the rules for this multi-faceted contest? Check out Episode 1,and if you want to see each car’s baseline performance, check out Episode 2. You can find all the
Tony Schumacher locked down his first Top Fuel victory of the season Sunday, emerging victorious at the 18th annual Fitzgerald USA NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals in Bristol, TN. Ron Capps in Funny Car, and Jeg Coughlin Jr. in Pro Stock also won their respective categories at the 11th of 24 events on the 2018 NHRA
Dad is a pretty remarkable guy. From fixing leaky faucets and wonky vacuum cleaners, to building impressive hot rods, cruisers, and off-road rigs, he’s a got a knack for making things right. Our fathers have taught us a lot, like the importance of the breaker bar, how to make the perfect mid-project snack, and (for
Every year, we ask readers to chime in with some of the best bits of advice they’ve received from their Fathers. …And without fail, every year we get the same three responses: Never Buy A Ford. Don’t Drive a Mopar. Stay Away from GM. Automotive loyalties aside, we do get a ton of good ProTips
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I would like your opinion on my ‘61 Comet 2-door wagon. It’s a car that will be used for local cruise nights and Friday night street-legal drags. My question is how much horsepower would I need to get into the mid 12-second range? I see all sorts of online estimators but quite frankly, they
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The Blue Oval of Ford Motor Co. is as American as baseball and apple pie. It is synomomous with Detroit steel and the Industrial Revolution. Regardless of your brand preferences, Ford cars and trucks are one of the key pillars of automotive performance, for which our passion unites us all. [NOTE: Does Dad prefer Chevy
The folks at Horsepower Wars are pitting a 2017 Ford Mustang GT against a 2017 Chevy Camaro 2SS against in a friendly competition they’ve dubbed “Pony Wars.” You can see the Pony Wars contest criteria in Episode 1 here and see some of the baseline testing in Episode 2 here. But before they went to
When Dennis Chillik purchased his first car—a 1968 Ford Torino GT—he couldn’t have imagined that 50 years later he would be piloting it down the quarter-mile in a Summit Racing TV commercial. Same goes for Bob Cook, who drives his “Crazy Grandpa” 1957 silver Corvette Gasser in the opposing lane in Summit Racing’s ‘Bragging Rights’
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