Custom Engines
Modified engines are the lifeblood of our sport and we love to showcase the most powerful, beautiful and inventive examples each year.
While V8s are a major focus, we cover almost anything of interest, including vintage engines such as the Ford flathead, late-model Japanese sixes and even Mazda rotary engines!
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FeaturesGurney Eagle-headed 372ci Windsor with GT40 history
This rare and historic race engine is destined for a pro street XR Falcon currently being pieced together for its unveiling at Summernats 35
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NewsMopar HurriCrate twin-turbo six announced
Team Chrysler pulls the cover off a 3.0-litre, twin-turbo inline-six crate motor
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FeaturesWestend Performance-built blown 355ci Holden V8
This polished and gold painted beauty was built by Westend Performance for Andrew ‘Macca’ Mcallister’s HT Kingswood cruiser
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Features4/71 blown EFI Holden 202
Everyone knows that if you want a load of power on the cheap, the tried-and-true Barra or LS is probably the best way to go – but where’s the fun in that?
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FeaturesBG Engines-built blown 389-cube Warhawk LS combo
Damian Baker of BG Engines is a big fan of World Products’ Warhawk LS7X block, which he’s used as the basis for the blown 389-cube head-kicker you see here
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FeaturesWild billet block Holden 202
Want to know how to make over 400hp at the tyres with a naturally aspirated Holden six?
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FeaturesTurbocharged 406ci LS combo - Mill of the Month
This stonking turbocharged LS combo is destined for Charlie Sant's next project, a HSV-styled VN Commodore
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FeaturesProboost turbocharged 3.8-litre Ford Barra
This blacked-out monster from Newcastle’s Blacktrack Performance will make all the numbers thanks to a nuclear-tough package
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FeaturesEngine ID guide - Ford, Holden, Chrysler & Chevrolet
An easy guide to spotting classic street machine engines
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FeaturesWarspeed 383ci stroker Gen III LS1
Warspeed Industries is preparing this individual-throttlebody stroker for a tough LX hatch street car
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FeaturesTech: Billet blocks - what makes them so special?
As new billet blocks for the Holden V8, Barra six and Cleveland V8 hit the market, we take a dive into what makes them special
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CarnageVideo: The 1JZ-swapped Trolvo gets a new turbo!
In this episode of Carnage, we fit a new hairdryer to the Trolvo in the pursuit of nines!
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FeaturesCam Waters is having a Supercars-bred Windsor built for his XB coupe
Here's what happens when a professional Supercars racer commissions an ex-Supercars and Nascar engineer to build a ball-tearing mill for his street machine
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FeaturesFrenzel Supercharger - Mill of the Month
Only 12 Frenzels were originally produced back in 1949, making them an esteemed early blower for Henry’s venerable sidevalve V8, the ‘flathead’
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Features325hp Holden six with Phil Irving 12-port head
Our 2018 SMOTY winner gives his Phil Irving-equipped red motor a birthday
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Features420hp EFI 265 Hemi six
Peter Haravitsidis built this hot Mopar Hemi six for a friend's VG sedan streeter
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Features600hp supercharged Holden 253
An anatomical analysis of Australia's toughest and angriest thongslapper
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CarnageVideo: Tearing down the Carnage Lexcen 1UZ V8
On this episode of Carnage, Scotty tears down the 1UZ V8 engine for our Toyota Lexcen project
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CarnageVideo: Putting the Trolvo’s 1JZ back together!
Scotty finishes the cam upgrade on the Trolvo, this time with no breakages!
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FeaturesDrag Challenge-ready turbo LY6
Brad Lowe and the crew from Warhorse Inc in Rutherford, NSW chose a late-model GM small-block as the heart for their VL Commodore gunning for eights
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CarnageVideo: The head goes back onto the Trolvo!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty starts bolting the head back onto the Trolvos 1JZ
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Street Machine TV540ci blown big-block Chev
This Dandy Engines-built mill is good for 1580hp on methanol
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FeaturesPro Flo built 750hp 427ci Clevor
Old-school Ford muscle with a new-school twist
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Features627hp 350ci Holden V8 combo - Mill of the Month
Not everyone is out to LS the world