Muscle Car Heaven

Tag: engine

  • GT-R-powered Toyota 86, Lexus LC GT500, MV Agusta F4Z by Zagato: This Week’s Top Photos

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    A tuning firm in Australia has shoehorned the engine of a Nissan GT-R into a Toyota 86. Not content with a standard GT-R engine, the mad tuners used a stroked 4.1-liter example capable of delivering upwards of 1,000 horsepower. They also decided to add a mean-looking wide-body kit from Japan’s Rocket Bunny. This little sports…

  • Collector on mission to recover U2 Trabants

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    Some enthusiasts have very targeted, niche car collections. Perhaps you know a person who’s way into the Amphicar. There’s a chance someone is grabbing as many examples of the BMW Isetta as they can find. Someone perhaps even has a love for the Yugo. Collector Tim Cunningham is looking for Trabants. The idea of collecting…

  • Here’s how your AC works and how you can recharge it

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    You know that when you push the button marked “AC” you should feel a nice cooling breeze upon your body in short order. Those two letters stand for air conditioning, and it’s within this system that magic happens. At least, that’s as far as you know at this moment. You understand the inner workings of…

  • Man pays for speeding ticket with 22,000 pennies

    —

    by

    publisher
    in

    A suburban Dallas man has paid for a speeding ticket he received with pennies to, in his words, “make a big spectacle of it.” Brett Sanders says he was ticketed for driving 39 mph in a 30 mph zone in his Frisco, Texas, neighborhood. Even though he admits he was speeding, he says the police…

  • 2017 Lincoln MKC preview

    —

    by

    publisher
    in

    Lincoln’s entry-level crossover SUV, the MKC, gains a few new technologies for the 2017 model year, highlighted by an auto start-stop system that cuts the engine at traffic lights to reduce emissions and save fuel. The start-stop system is newly available on 2.0-liter, all-wheel-drive versions of the MKC and is standard on the front-wheel-drive…

  • BMW Shows Off More Vehicles With Power-Boosting Water Injection

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    BMW held a presentation at its test center in Miramas, France during the past week where the automaker showed off a number of its upcoming powertrain technologies. The highlight was an i8 technology demonstrator fitted with a hydrogen fuel cell, and alongside it BMW showed a fuel cell-powered 5-Series Gran Turismo, a 2-Series Active Tourer…

  • Reborn TVR Taking Deposits For New Sports Car From July 7

    —

    by

    publisher
    in

    It’s exciting enough that Les Edgar and his investor consortium have promised a new TVR for 2017. But revelations that designer Gordon Murray—you might remember him from a little car called the McLaren F1—and legendary engine builder Cosworth will be involved with the next-generation machine has translated to some serious excitement…

  • Mercedes-AMG Teases Something Fast In New Video

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    We all know that pretty much everything from Mercedes-AMG is fast, so the caption in this latest teaser video from the official Mercedes tuner doesn’t really give much away. But look beyond the mere words and perceive what else the video is telling us. The sound you hear is clearly the revving of an engine,…

  • America’s Vitesse-AuDessus Is Rendering Entire Supercars In Carbon

    —

    by

    admin
    in

    Carbon fiber and supercars go together like chocolate and peanut butter. But most of the time—at least on exterior pieces—paint hides the beauty of the weave. These creations from Maryland-based firm Vitesse-AuDessus, on the other hand, show how tremendously the material’s infinitesimal detail can transform already breathtaking…