Monthly Archives: May 2014

Mopar Muscle: Listen to the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Scream

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The 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT powered by the Hellcat Hemi is the most powerful V8 vehicle ever produced by the Chrysler Group and today’s Mopar Muscle Thursday clip features the supercharged Mopar muscle car clearing its throat.  We don’t get to see the 600+ horsepower Hemi-powered Challenger doing anything other than sitting still while someone ...

Product Review: Tire Blocks

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The concept of a pneumatic tire is fairly simple: A rubber carcass contains a pocket of compressed air between it and the rim. All good until something makes a slice, slash, gash or even a pinhole in said carcass. Then suddenly that air you compressed to act as a buffer between the tire and wheel [...]

The Engineer’s Playground: Mercedes-Benz 600 Limousine

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              The Mercedes-Benz 600 limousine celebrated its 50th anniversary just last year. This larger-than-life and in many ways imposing car easily can be considered the spiritual successor to the 1930′s Grosser Mercedes-Benz 7.7-liter top-of-the-line car. Even if you are not familiar with pre-war cars, the distinct identity of the […]