500+ hp from a junkyard 4.8L Vortec LS? Yep, and it's easier than you think. Sure, new crate engines are great if you have the cash, but there millions of engine possibilities sitting in junkyards all ...

The third generation of the Pontiac Firebird was produced from 1982 to 1992, and the Trans Am GTA couldn’t do better than 240 horsepower from 5.7 liters of displacement for the final model year. Be ...

Turbos and superchargers have made extra power almost easy to come by. Thanks to them, even tiny four-cylinders can make the type of numbers that used to be reserved for big-displacement engines. That ...

Throwing speed parts at stock engines is about as pure as hot rodding gets. From stacking carburetors on utilitarian flat-head Ford engines to bolting a big blower on a world-weary small-block, the ...

Having successfully applied low-buck, 76mm, eBay turbo systems to both the Chevy LS and Ford Modular engines, we decided to try doing the same thing to a modern 5.7L Hemi. Junkyard Hemi Shopping Right ...

Given enough time and money, a skilled builder can turn pretty much any car into a drag racing monster. But transforming a hunk-of-junk Camaro into a dragster that can run in the 11-second range using ...