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Lindsey Fisher on May 15, 2012
Anyone can drive a nice looking ride, or even a built one for that matter, but if you’re looking for the true gems in the automotive world, you have to seek out the cars built with true dedication and passion. Brian Hobaugh’s ‘73 Camaro is the perfect example.
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Dragstrips are businesses, and they are subject to the same laws of economics as any other business. Good ones will flourish, while mismanaged ones will fail. But racing enthusiasts have a major role to play in the success of a track – we are the only ones that can control the demand for a dragstrip’s services…
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Admittedly, I’ve never ridden in a 10 second car before, and this was even my first time to ride in a supercharged LS powered car. But it’s safe to say that St. John’s beastly black C5 has made a believer out of me….
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Chris Demorro on May 10, 2012
For a price, Corvette buyers have the option to actually build the supercharged LS9 engine that goes into their Corvette ZR1. Beau Blackwell got a chance to do that, and had this stop-motion video of the process filmed while he built the motor…
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John Gibson on May 8, 2012
At 76 years-old, Vic Edelbrock Jr. shows no signs of calling it quits. Recently we got the opportunity to sit down and talk with Vic Jr. about the early days of Edelbrock, his father, and the current state of motorsports. Read the exclusive interview here.
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Lindsey Fisher on May 7, 2012
Car modifications come in all shapes and sizes. Where some enthusiasts would be content with just adding some interior details or a little bit of power to their cars, JCG Restorations & Customs offered Karl Dunn the complete package- a first-gen Camaro so unique that it would take hours to pour over all its detail
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We caught up with Stewart Weissman, owner of this 5th Gen SS that won the Goodguys’ Standard of Excellence award at their Del Ray event last fall. Virtually every area of this car has been customized, and it has the performance to back up it’s looks. Click here to get all the details on this “gold-skinned” hottie.
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Paul Huizenga on May 2, 2012
The Camaro ZL1 is, without a doubt, the Best Camaro Ever. But when the world is filled with amazingly capable cars all competing for the same limited pool of well-heeled potential buyers, is that good enough? We got a chance to sample the ZL1 for himself – and here’s our take.
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Lindsey Fisher on May 1, 2012
The C7 is an important milestone for the Corvette. It is, after all, the next generation of America’s favorite sports car. But, with all the hype we’ve been seeing lately, most of which is merely exercises in guesstimation, we’re kind of over the new model. More renderings of the model continue to surface, however
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If anyone ever tries to tell you that the world of LS1 swaps has gotten stale, then they’ve clearly never seen this. Justin Miller recently filled us in on the details of his LS1 swapped Willys Jeep that he plans to use as a street/strip/show triple threat. Click here for all the details on this LS1 Army buggy…
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Paul Huizenga on April 24, 2012
It’s no secret we’re in love with the 5th gen Corvette, but this one is something special. 7 liters of C5R under the hood, with a Vortech supercharger to supply boost, it delivers more than 900 horsepower to the crank, runs 180 in the half-mile, and still can take you anywhere you need to go in comfort and style.
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Lauren Hargrove on April 20, 2012
It seems like nobody ever builds a car for the SEMA show at a leisurely pace, but Shane Wagner took it a step farther by holding down a day job, starting a new business, and crafting this amazing 5th Gen Camaro all in the span of a short two months.
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Clifton Klaverweiden on April 20, 2012
It happens to all of us; we crawl under the car to finally get started on one project, and notice five other projects that we still need to get around to. It can be disheartening and frustrating to say the least. But rather than get mad at your project car for what it isn’t, why not enjoy it for what it is?
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Clifton Klaverweiden on April 19, 2012
There are tons of stupidly-powerful LSX powered late-models out there, but few of them get put to use the way Josh Forster’s standing-mile Z28 does. We recently caught up with him during a tuning session at Cunningham Motorsports, where he was prepping for the Mojave Mile and aiming for 200 MPH…
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Clifton Klaverweiden on April 18, 2012
The COPO Camaro is officially on its way, and it won’t be long until these beasts start tearing up a drag strip near you. In the meantime, out friends at GM Performance Parts sent us over the Official Spec Sheet for the COPO to tide us over. Reading it through, we found quite a few good surprises. Check it out!
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Clifton Klaverweiden on April 17, 2012
Remember back in the early 1990’s when the 454SS Trucks were all the rage? For their time they were some tough pickups, but the folks at LaFontaine Performance Center have expanded idea of a “muscle truck” and powered it with a thoroughly modern 454 mill – the LSX454. Meet the LPC GT454 GMC Sierra. Check it out…
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Paul Huizenga on April 13, 2012
The Lunati Great Cam Giveaway contest continues on powerTV as we announce our first LSXtv winner. If you didn’t win this week, don’t worry because we will be accepting entries for the second LS giveaway until April 19th at 2 PM PST.
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Paul Huizenga on April 6, 2012
Back in March, we kicked off our Lunati Great Cam Giveaway as we gave away six cams across a variety of our powerTV online magazines. Since then, each magazine will rotate out giving away two cams each Friday for the next two weeks, and now it’s LSXtv’s turn!
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Paul Huizenga on March 27, 2012
How do you make the best even better? With more power, of course… In the case of this particular Z06, that extra bump is provided by an Edelbrock E-Force supercharger system, which is only fitting because the car is Vic Edelbrock, Jr.’s personal ride…
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Andrew Wolf on March 27, 2012
The innovative team at Accessible Technologies Inc., the name behind the ProCharger supercharger brand, opened their doors to the powerTV team, allowing us a virtually all-access look inside the design, manufacturing, and assembly process that goes into their self-contained supercharger systems.
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