Tech Projects

Four hundred twenty-seven is a number that carries a lot weight in the high-performance world. There’s Chevy’s fabulous 427ci big blocks, including the fearsome L88 (450 advertised horsepower, around 550 […]

A few weeks ago, I wrote a Jeep Wrangler YJ Buyer’s Guide that details what you need to know before shopping for this often-overlooked Wrangler generation. Truth is, that article […]

I’ll tell you right up front—I’m a diehard Ford enthusiast and have been for more than 50 years. That was pretty challenging in high school back in Maryland with a […]

In the long history of the Gen I small block Chevy, there are a couple of high-water marks most everyone knows about. The first was the 375 horsepower, fuel injected […]

Back in the Before Times, Jeff Latimer of JGM Engineering in Southern California wanted to do some road racing and built a 357 cubic inch small block Chevy for a […]

The Summit Racing website has more than 12,000 listings for shock absorbers. The selection ranges from simple hydraulic shocks to gas-charged, single- and double-adjustable, off-road, and specialized racing shocks for […]

I’ve been building cars for decades, including a lot of Corvettes. Over the years, I’ve owned and worked on C2s and chrome bumper C3s. I even toiled for the NCRS […]

You can check out the other installments in this series here: Going Shop-Ping Toyota Land Cruisers may have a cult following, but most of the faithful wrench their own. And […]

Put in the correct order, the numbers four, two, and seven have an almost mythical aura to the Bowtie faithful. That’s because some of the most iconic machines to come […]

Our project vehicle—a 1995 Toyota Land Cruiser named “Beast”—had 250,000-miles on the original engine. There were signs of a head gasket leak, a known issue with these engines at high […]