Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Watch Ford freeze the crap out of the GT350
Weather testing is a big part of vehicle development, and while automakers spend plenty of cash shipping cars all over the world for durability testing, there are some evaluations that are best done in a controlled environment. For that, companies turn to climate chambers....
Thursday, December 18, 2014
2015 Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 Kicks Serious Ass!
Sadly, Ford discontinued the SVT Raptor for the 2015 model year, and even though we fully expect a 2016 version to bow in less than a month at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, that hasn’t stopped the folks at Hennessey from making a 2015 version...
Does The F-150′s Fake Engine Noise Bother You?
Earlier this year, I had an opportunity to test-drive the 2015 Ford F-150 at the official press launch in San Antonio. After spending most of the day in the fantastic 2.7L EcoBoost, I jumped into a Lariat with the 3.5L EcoBoost. I’ve driven several EcoBoost-equipped F-150s...
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Have No Fear, Aluminum is Here
The 2015 Ford F-150 will be the largest mass-produced vehicle made mostly out of aluminum. Once the Rouge plant in Dearborn is running at full capacity, they’ll be producing an astonishing 60 trucks per hour. Not only is that a lot of trucks, but that’s a lot of aluminum.
When...
Saturday, December 13, 2014
TorqShift Swap is Possible with Enough Time and Money
In the forums a question keeps appearing asking about the feasibility of swapping a later model transmission into an older truck. While it is possible, it sure isn’t practical. EVERYTHING is possible given enough time and money.
If you have the time and money I can put...
Horsepower! - 996HP, 311CI Ford
"This is just our mule engine," says Stock Eliminator racer John Calvert. That may be, but this mule looked much more like a thoroughbred when we watched John and noted engine builder and tuner Kenny Duttweiler spin Calvert's supercharged, four-valve motor up on Duttweiler's...
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Shelby GT350R, new Raptor, Ford GT expected to headline Ford Performance NAIAS announcements
UPDATE 12/11/14: The new performance division is officially named Ford Performance.
The Ford Mustang Shelby GT350? It appears to merely be the tip of the spear for Ford, which may well have a performance onslaught waiting in the wings, ready to steal the limelight...
The Dodge Charger Hellcat uses unicorn magic, gets 22 mpg
Well, it's official: The 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat runs on unicorn magic. Chrysler has announced the car's EPA figures, and against all odds, they don't fall somewhere between 0 mpg and 0.1 mpg. The 707-horsepower, supercharged 6.2-liter V8 in the nose of...
Watch a drift team build a 1200 hp, twin-turbo, 4-rotor Mazda Miata
From the hood-routed quad waste gate dumps to the eight-injector intake manifold, everything on this NC Miata has been thoroughly massaged and reengineered to accommodate what's essentially a purpose-built R26B—the four-rotor that powered the ludicrous 767 and 787B Le...
Corvette Prototypes and Concepts - Trend Setting: Part 4
General Motors makes hundreds of kinds of cars and trucks. Some sell hundreds of thousands of units a year, which makes Chevrolet’s Corvette a complete enigma. Given the small number of Corvettes sold every year, it is a modern American manufacturing miracle that the...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
BLOWN 2015 MUSTANG AUTO
Automatic Weapon
Boost Works mates a Kenne Bell 2.8H to an automatic GT and puts down 623 to the wheels
We have seen a lot of impressive performances from power-adder-equipped 2015 Mustangs. However, many of these cars have been heavily modified, manual-transmission-equipped...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray - Rapid Prototyping
Standing in at 170 pounds, Steven Fereday isn’t exactly an imposing figure. The dude’s so skinny complete strangers hand him Burger King gift certificates on the street. Maybe that’s part of his cover, because in the racing world looks can be very deceiving. This is a...