Author Archives: Marcus Slater

Dyno Wednesday: This 2500 hp Big Block is a Black Hole Generator

Sweet mother of… Wow. Now, if you’re fan of drag racing, then you probably have an idea of what a boosted big block is capable of. There’s almost no limit to the amount of power you can get out of these things if you set your mind to it. I’d say 2500hp is a good [...]

Mercedes Updates SL and SLK for 2013

The enjoyable driving experience offered by the Mercedes-Benz SL and SLK sports cars will be expanded further with a number of new features that are available starting April. The four-cylinder, six-cylinder and the eight-cylinder models of the vehicles will feature the Driver Assistance or the COMAND Online package that offers the latest high-resolution color screen display on [...]

Muddy Mondays: F150 Pulls Through Mud Pit

This might not look like much when compared to some of the other manic mud-runs we’ve seen, but sometimes simple is fun. This guy is presented with a minor mud impediment and a trailer with ...

Tuned F10 M5 Attacks the Air Strip

Out of the box, the M5 will walk just about everything on four wheels. It’s a surprisingly fast car while stock (probably because it’s underrated from the factory). But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t benefit from a little underhood finagling. Because, honestly, what doesn’t benefit from a little underhood finagling? The guy in this M5 has put, in [...]

Hennessy and Bugatti Tussle For Title of Worlds Fastest Car

Bugatti. They company that broke records in speed, power, and price has been knocked off it’s throne by a little car company by the name of Hennessy. You might’ve heard around the net that Hennessy’s new Venom GT managed to crest 265.7 mph last week. That’s a solid lead over the Veyron’s electronically limited 258 mph. Not bad [...]

Drag Race Mondays: LS9 Powered Z28 Runs 9s

Remember that LS9 Camaro that we featured a while back? Well, here’s another video of it doing what it was built to do. The last one was just it sitting on a dyno. This time it’s putting that power to work. And boy does it work.

Scion FR-S Goes Snow Drifting on Frozen Lake

Down here in Southern California, it’s spring time. It’s not like we have seasons here (what is this “snow” you speak of?), but we still love drifting. You’d think that without snow and stuff, we’d have one over on places like Norway which suffers sub-freezing temperatures for months on end… This video has me thinking [...]