EDITOR’S NOTE: Courtney Barber loves driving, wrenching on vehicles, and road trips—big, BIG road trips! You may know Courtney from her “Project Road Warrior” 1965 Mustang, which she drove to Alaska and back. You can catch up on that project here. Now, Courtney is beginning a new adventure with Project Road Warrior 2.0, a 1978
EDITOR’S NOTE: Courtney Barber loves driving, wrenching on vehicles, and road trips—big, BIG road trips! You may know Courtney from her “Project Road Warrior” 1965 Mustang, which she drove to Alaska and back. You can catch up on that project here. Now, Courtney is beginning a new adventure with Project Road Warrior 2.0—and that adventure
In today’s video, engine builder Richard Holdener is going to show you the dyno results of a previously modified 5.0L Ford engine before and after a cam swap (and unplanned valve spring replacement). Before the cam swap, Holdener is starting with an engine constructed of a BluePrint Engines 306 cubic-inch short block crate engine (a
If you happened to catch Part 1 of this series, then you’re up to date with what we are doing with this 1969 Pontiac Firebird, but if you’re not, let us bring you up to speed. With a dream to get behind the wheel of a classic muscle car, your author picked up a less-than-wholesome
Our friends at RideTech have once again partnered with Barrett-Jackson to bring another exciting 48 Hour Build to this week’s WestWorld event in Scottsdale, AZ. In conjunction with a team of partnering manufacturers, RideTech is spearheading the transformation of a 1971 Camaro into a Pro-Touring masterpiece in 48 hours. The project will be completed over
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian must do nothing but build engines and write stories about them. We have visions of his shop, Birchwood Automotive, set deep in the woods with Mavrigian keeping little forest creatures for friends. His latest engine build is a 427—well, it’s a hybrid of sorts that blends the best of the Gen 1 small
Editor’s Note: Mike Mavrigian must do nothing but build engines and write stories about them. We have visions of his shop, Birchwood Automotive, set deep in the woods with Mavrigian keeping little forest creatures for friends. His latest engine build is a 427—well, it’s a hybrid of sorts that blends the best of the Gen
Karen Salvaggio of Thunder Valley Racing is no stranger to building and racing Factory Five Racing MK4 Roadsters and Type 65 Daytona Coupes. So when Factory Five wanted to beta test the race-ready ‘R’ version of the Gen 3 Daytona Coupe, she got one of the first kits—#002, in fact. The Daytona Coupe-R represents the
In the real world, sometimes life and unforeseen issues cause a project to get off course and backburnered for a bit. It’s probably happened to you, and it happened to us with our ’68 Mustang build. One of the biggest hold-ups was the necessity of replacing the framerail and lower core support on the
In this episode of Project LS Next, we find out what Mike Mavrigian’s 440 cubic-inch LS engine made on the dyno—after he installed the induction system, ignition, and a pair of valve covers. Don’t cheat and scroll to the end of the story—that’s not cricket. [portfolio_slideshow id=64153] Induction System We opted to go with a carbureted
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