The Chicken Coupe By Matt Graves Pro Touring is an awesome way to build a car, as we all know. When you take a highly desirable muscle car and update it with all the “go fast,” high tech parts, these cars go from lousy handling to high G-Machines. With the advent of the LS engine and all the new suspension technology, Pro Touring cars are mixing it up with the best in … [Read more...]
Project No Name: American Powertain T-56 Magnum and Centerforce DYAD Clutch Install
Project No Name Chevelle V3.0: American Powertrain T-56 Magnum and Centerforce DYAD Install In our Project No Name '66 Chevelle, we just finished building LY6 6.0L engine. If you remember, this engine is going to receive some help in the form of a TorqStorm super charger. The car already had a T-56 in it from a LS1 1999 Camaro. This trans had been beat behind the old BBC that … [Read more...]
Clutch Diagnostics Guide by American Powertrain
American Powertrain is known as the leader of overdrive transmissions. One thing we noticed recently on their site is that they now sell Centerforce Clutches. Clutches, especially in a car that sees cruising, auto crosses, and maybe even strip duty can be hard to figure out. Even harder than figuring out the right clutch, is figuring out what went wrong, when things go … [Read more...]
Holley LS Fest West 2018…WOAH!
Holley LS Fest West 2018 A lot of hangovers can happen while in Vegas. Being the town that never sleeps and with an seemingly endless flow of adult beverages, it's not hard to be wiped at the end of the weekend. For us, we have a car show hangover from being at the Holley LS Fest West 2018! An endless weekend jam-packed with LS engines, we need a week to recover from all the … [Read more...]
Car Feature: Valerie Pichette’s Red Hot For Teacher ’88 Trans Am
Short skirts, high heels, and tall hair. The 1980's were a hell of time for music and innovation. Just like in the 1950's where the cars were space race influenced, the 1980's cars were futuristic with high tech. Enter Tom and Valerie Pichette's 1988 Pontiac TransAM GTA. If Pontiac was able to go into the future in 1988 and grab parts, this is how the car would end up. Full … [Read more...]
Eric Pierce’s 1971 Chevelle “Big Booty Judy”
While on the Hot Rod Power Tour this year, we saw thousands upon thousands of beautiful cars and trucks on the road. One ride that caught our attention was this bright orange 1971 Chevelle. After tracking down the owner Eric Pierce and giving the car a closer look, we were in love. There's much more than the bright orange paint job on this '71 Chevelle. Eric got bit by the … [Read more...]
