The Other Guys: 5 budget Toyotas to build epic projects from
By now you’ve may well have seen our Budget Toyota Showdown where we put two very different $4000 Toyotas up against each other. One is a late model 1.6-litre Corolla,...
Engines are more than the sum of their parts
Power has never been easier to come by, as engines benefit from more than a century of continual research and development. But as we enter a new era where street cars...
Sometimes the factory makes the best parts for your project
We all froth saving up to buy a part. When that box turns up and you get to lift out the shiny new Doohickey to go on yourThingamibob, there is a...
Big turbos win the Internet but aren't great on the road
Making more power is always the goal of modified cars, right? Well, if you think that, then it sounds like you haven't watched Marty's epic episode where he made his...
The Lotus Cortina set the stage for M3s, WRX and Evos, and countless other rad cars
People tend to think of cars from the '60s as being muscle cars, English sports runabouts, or exotic supercars. But, for people who love mid-size performance cars like the Mitsubishi...
Why stock parts are sometimes needed in project cars
If you've watched the episodes where MOOG discovers the ECU is fried (CLICK HERE) and then when Marty and VAG Commander Myles fix it in secret (CLICK HERE) through a...
We bet you won't be able to pick every variant of the GM T-car...
In the 1970s vehicle manufacturers cottoned onto the idea of large-scale platform-sharing to minimise development and tooling costs. Companies like General Motors had a mind-boggling number of brands (GM alone...
Does the VW Golf or Honda Civic have a greater legacy?
JDM fans and Euro-tuners typically don't have much crossover, and in each of their respective scenes they have their own front-wheel-drive King. For fans of Japanese cars it is the...
How to work out if your engine is dead
Sometimes things don't go right, and we end up with an engine making unhealthy noises, or performing poorly. Marty recently went through this with his Levorg (CHECK THE VIDEO HERE)...
Why are "barn finds" so important to some people?
We have all seen the Internet melt down when someone stumbles into an old garage and finds a long-abandoned car - but why does this happen?
Just how fast are our favourite supercars?
Many car fans are drawn to supercars because of their outlandish looks, wild engine sounds, and storied top speeds. But, are these famous old beasts actually fast? Today we have cars...
How the Crusty Cuore came to be
Have you seen our adventures with the rusty, crusty Daihatsu Cuore? If you haven't CHECK OUT THE SERIES OF VIDS HERE where we take Australia's saddest Cuore and turn it...
