The 2013 Viper is said to be officially unveiled at the New York Auto Show in April 2012

 Titan Motorsports has released its stroker kit for the VR38DETT engine found in the 2007+ Nissan GTR. The kit features a 94.4mm stroke crankshaft which increases the factory 3.8L engine to 4.1L with standard bore pistons, up to 4.3L with overbore pistons. The billet crank features scalloping as well as knife edged counterweights to reduce weight and increase crankshaft aerodynamics. The crank also features a 2.200" rod bearing which allows for a larger variety of bearing material availability over the factory Nissan bearings. The kit includes Carillo rods and CP pistons produced to Titan Motorsports specifications, designed for an increase in RPM range and horsepower. The pistons are available in standard bore, over bore, or custom bore to customer specifications. The complete kit including crankshaft, rods, pistons, wrist pins and rings retails for $9,995.00 and is available for…

A one-off 2013 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 prototype used during the development of the upcoming 650-horsepower muscle car has sold at auction over the weekend for a staggering $300,000.



As we first reported last week, this particular Shelby GT500 can’t be titled and licensed for street use.



However, like many other one-offs, the car’s value comes from its rarity. The prototype vehicle was driven by Ford’s SVT team over thousands of miles and has been signed off by Carroll…

These days it seems like people will race anything, from lawn mowers to beer coolers. Truck racing of many forms has been around for a long time, as have tractor pulls, drag racing, drifting, so on and so forth. But still, it can be hard to imagine that the same tractor-trailer truck hauling a load of LCD televisions to Best Buy may also moonlight as a drag racing legend.

And yet we came across this video from the 2009 Truck Rodeo, a Canadian celebration of all things Big Rig that include a crazy quarter-mile races between fully loaded semi trucks. Watching these haulers literally haul their front wheels off of the ground makes for a fascinating spectacle.

The Truck Rodeo celebrate its 30th year in 2011, taking place in a small town of 1,250 in Ontario, in eastern Canada. Trucks from around the world…

Announcing the rebirth of the Honda NSX, one of the most iconic sports cars of the 1990s, which will return in 2015 an American-built, rear-engined Acura with all-wheel-drive. Here's something to get excited for. The NSX represented the pinnacle of Honda's sports heyday of the 1980s and '90s. Launched with input from Formula One great Ayrton Senna, the NSX set a brace of technological firsts -- from its aluminum monocoque frame to the variable valve timing that would become a standard on engines worldwide. The NSX wasn't the fastest or most-powerful supercar, but reflected Honda's balance between power, weight and handling -- a sweet spot that few cars have ever achieved.…

Have you ever wondered where the components you purchase and utilize on your race car were designed and built? Something might come from a small facility with rather primitive manufacturing processes, while others are spit out of large, mass-produced production facilities, but regardless of which, the curiosity to see the process from behind the scenes is intriguing.

Our good friends at MSD Ignition recently filmed and released a tour of their two facilities located down in El Paso, Texas, providing a look many will never get the opportunity to witness firsthand of just how and where all of their industry-leading ignition system products come from.

House in a pair of facilities – one for production and the other for front office…

CNC Engine Dynamics is set apart from all other companies in the engine building business by its attention to details in cleaning procedures, equipment usages, and assembly processes. Each of these details is also complimented by a proper environment.

Log on to there website @ www.cncenginedynamics.com

Literally, every free space in and among the Precision Turbo booth was chalked full of its high-tech turbochargers. If you aren’t familiar with Precision Turbo & Engine, they’ve been a leader in the turbocharger technology for street and race applications. PTE offers a complete line of replacement, upgrade and custom turbochargers featuring the exclusive CEA (Competition Engineered Aerodynamics) compressor and turbine wheels.

Additionally, PTE manufactures its own line of intercoolers, boost control products, electronic fuel injectors, and is a top distributor for stand-alone engine management systems and fuel systems components. On tap for this year, PTE brought to the floor their new CEA Turbine Wheels, Entry level turbochargers, blow-off valves, and stainless steel v-band…

Motor oil is motor oil, right? Yeah, we already know the answer to that one. How about, “All synthetics are the same, just with a couple of additives, right?” Nope, wrong again.

We’re big believers in Royal Purple‘s line of 100-percent synthetic oils and lubricants. And while other synthetics or blends start with somebody else’s products and merely “add to them,” Royal Purple’s synthetic oils are uniquely theirs, down to the last drop.

Now for 2012, Royal Purple is offering a cool new street machine line designed for high performance late models (no longer under warranty) or rip snortin’ classics looking to maximize their gasoline…

German racing component manufacturer Motorsport 24 is in the middle of reinventing the wheel with their newly developed headers for the S65. After a year of research, the M24 team is confident that they have improved upon the already stellar original BMW design. While these headers are still in the middle of optimization and development, initial testing has shown an increase in power as well as a substantial reduction in exhaust gas temperatures.

M24 will be releasing a direct-fit road car version of these headers, meant to fit on any street exhaust system, as well as a true racing version for S65 V8 engines. IND is M24′s North American distributor, and we all felt very fortunate to see preview photos of these early prototypes. Please stay tuned for updates!

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