Author Archives: Zack Klapman

Countach versus Aventador [video]

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By Zack Klapman It’s Rocky versus Tyson. The Countach is arguably the Lamborghini that started it all. The Miura was a svelte bombshell but the Countach had the most real estate on bedroom walls, and its angular look continues to this day. V12, tires as wide as Texas, seats as vertical as a church pew. [...]

Hybrid Tech: 1990 Camaro RS w/ LS1 Swap

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 The 3rd generation of Camaro wasn’t the brand’s greatest: cars in the 80s were slow. Even hundreds of ft-lbs of torque won’t make me forget the sub-200 horsepower figures brought about by smog restrictions and fuel shortages. Today’s V8 engines are as efficient as ever, but back then they were like a volcanos plugged by [...]

The LS2-Powered “BRZ06″ Could be the Goodest of a Good Driver’s Car.

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Photos by harshcougar AKA Chris Demorro I have been fortunate enough to drive both the Subaru BRZ and its slightly more over-steer-inclined cousin, the Scion FR-S, multiple times. I even got to drive them back-to-back at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I’m not bragging, I’m just pre-emptively striking against the usual internet comment, “I bet this [...]

Thoughts on the 7-speed manual?

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    The refinement and perfection of propulsion, in the name of fuel economy, is at a fever pitch. The benefit for you and I has been the increase in both horsepower and efficiency in any engine available. But the most perfect engine in the world is nothing if it reaches the ground through a [...]