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VIDEO: Garage 419 pits GT-R against rented Hertz Corvette... with nitrous

The Garage 419 team is anything but conventional, so when they say they're going to race a Nissan GT-R against a $500 competitor, you know it's going to be entertaining. Host Matt Farah had the easy task of rolling to the strip in the Godzilla of street racers, with 478 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and launch control at his beck and call. Editor Gene Sanchez had the tougher task of obtaining a $500 car to challenge his co-worker. Sanchez had a couple tricks up his sleeve, though, as he rented a $200-per-day LS3 Corvette from the Hertz Fun ... Read more →

Exceedingly Adequate: 1040-hp Hemi-powered Rolls-Royce Noah Joseph

Click to view the Hemi-powered Rolls in hi-res Remember back in the day when the engine output on a Rolls-Royce was listed as "adequate" or "more than adequate"? We don't know what the old guard ...

Autoblog Project Garage: Cold-air intake, Part II Eric Bryant

With some minor disassembly performed in Part I in anticipation of a new cold air intake, we also performed a few modifications that will be explained further in some later posts. Now that the car ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part II Eric Bryant

In the previous installment of this series, we discussed the function of nitrous oxide on a theoretical level. Now it's time to take a look at the hardware that is required to successfully employ ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part I Eric Bryant

Nitrous oxide is known by several names - "nitrous", "spray", "the bottle" , "giggle juice", "laughing gas", "N-O-S" (just please dignify yourself and don't refer to it as "nawz") - but yet it's ...

VIDEO: Garage 419 pits GT-R against rented Hertz Corvette... with nitrous 11 months ago on Autoblog

The Garage 419 team is anything but conventional, so when they say they're going to race a Nissan GT-R against a $500 competitor, you know it's going to be entertaining. Host Matt Farah had the easy task of rolling to the strip in the Godzilla of street racers, with 478 horsepower, all-wheel ...

Exceedingly Adequate: 1040-hp Hemi-powered Rolls-Royce 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click to view the Hemi-powered Rolls in hi-res Remember back in the day when the engine output on a Rolls-Royce was listed as "adequate" or "more than adequate"? We don't know what the old guard would make of this, but adequate doesn't even come close. This vintage Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow has ...

Autoblog Project Garage: Cold-air intake, Part II 2 years ago on Autoblog

With some minor disassembly performed in Part I in anticipation of a new cold air intake, we also performed a few modifications that will be explained further in some later posts. Now that the car and components are ready for installation, let's dive under the hood to finish up this project. ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part II 3 years ago on Autoblog

In the previous installment of this series, we discussed the function of nitrous oxide on a theoretical level. Now it's time to take a look at the hardware that is required to successfully employ nitrous as a power adder. Most nitrous users will start with a kit, the thoroughness of which varies ...

Demystifying nitrous oxide, Part I 3 years ago on Autoblog

Nitrous oxide is known by several names - "nitrous", "spray", "the bottle" , "giggle juice", "laughing gas", "N-O-S" (just please dignify yourself and don't refer to it as "nawz") - but yet it's also perhaps the least understood piece of technology that is available to a modern hot rodder. ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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