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Lessons learned from a six-year stint building nitromethane funny car engines

I spent the first half of the 1970s wrenching on supercharged fuel Funny Cars. Those familiar with the breed know that even back then, nitromethane-burning Funny Car engines had short fuses and made ...
autoevolution

Jeff Gordon Was the First Customer To Get Involved in Building His Own Chevy Corvette

Former NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon went to the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky to help build the engine of his Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X ...
Autoblog

Chevy Is Letting Buyers Build Corvette Engines Again, But Only for Top Trims

Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X buyers will get access to an awesome experience in the spring, and they’ll get some cool goodies to remember the occasion. Corvette announces Engine Build Experience for Z06, ZR1, ...
Hot Rod

Behind the Build Episode 8: We Visit Ruffian Cars in Orange County

In Behind the Build Ep. 8 presented by Hagerty, we head to Fountain Valley, California, to visit Ruffian Cars, where founder Chris Ashton has built a reputation on one bold promise: “Building wild ...
Jalopnik

Yes, There Have Been Production Cars With More Than One Engine

From Hot Wheels toys to crazy SEMA creations and crowd-claiming dragsters, twin-engine cars are nothing new, but they certainly are a novel way to take your custom build to the next level. After all, ...
The Rice Thresher

From CAD to competition: New club aims to build race car for 2027

Beneath fluorescent lights and accompanied by the hum of conversation, a group of students tinkers on computer-aided design software, building a race car from scratch. For the newest team in Rice’s ...