Engine of the Week: Oldsmobile Jetfire
This week on GT Speed, we bring you the Oldsmobile Jetfire. What’s so special about this engine? Well aside from being the first turbocharged production engine to feature water methanol injection; it’s...
27 liter Rolls Royce Merlin Engine in a road car.
You need to see this Rolls Royce Merlin Engine crammed into a car. The Merlin V12 engine is most famous for powering the Spitfire fighter plane, one of Britain’s most iconic aircraft from WWII. This 60º...
This V6 Corvette is a drag strip record setter
Wait a minute, V6 Corvette? What’s up with that? Well, Al-Anabi Performance and Alan Johnson Performance Engineering developed a V6 engine by basically cutting off the two front cylinders from a 481X...
Twin Turbo Chevelle SS tears up the dyno.
Watch this twin turbo Chevelle tear up the dyno. This 1964 Chevelle has over 900 horsepower, courtesy of two 88 mm turbochargers running just around a wimpy 8 psi, but that’s not all. Since this build...
Watch this supercharged LSX Datsun 280Z
You need to check out this supercharged LSX Datsun 280Z. LS swaps are commonplace in car culture, and are a well-documented, relatively easy, and effective way of getting performance, but sometimes, you want...
A brief history of the Nissan Skyline GT-R
Brief history of the Nissan Skyline GT-R Back in the eighties, Japanese car manufacturers were experimenting with innovative concepts, astonishing performance, and numerous incursions in motorsports. One...
How it works: Twin Scroll Turbo
How does a Twin Scroll Turbo work exactly? Well, that’s a great question, and it deserves a proper answer, but first, why would we even want a twin scroll turbo? Twin scroll refers to the turbine housing...
Ford Scorpion Diesel engine: 6.7 liters of awesomeness
While recently Ford has had a myriad of amazing engines in their lineup, one that has been severely overlooked is the 6.7 Ford Scorpion Diesel. This engine is actually very interesting because of its...
The most amazing BMW F1 Engine.
The M10 derived BMW F1 engine Back in the eighties, Formula one was in what we now call the start of the golden era, innovation was banging at the doors of performance, and the multiple F1 teams were on the...
Watch this bonkers Homemade Straight Eight Cylinder Engine.
When we think of straight eight cylinder engines, the only thing that comes to mind seems to be vintage racecar prototypes from the 1920’s. However in recent times one man has built a supercharged inline...