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What's happening with MOOG's 180SX?
At the end of May 2020 MOOG dropped a new video on the MCM channel showcasing a car he'd wanted to buy for many years: a stock 180SX. You can watch the full reveal HERE but basically the thing is a complete unicorn today, being almost factory-fresh. However, since then one question the boys are smashed with is "what's happening with MOOG's 180SX?" Well, he still owns it and plans to feature it on the show, so we sat down with Mr MOOG to find out a bit more... After your history with Taylor Drift, what led you to pick up your Museum...
Understanding Engines Part IV - what you should do BEFORE you book in for a tune
Getting your project car running is mad, as Marty found out IN THE LATEST EPISODE. So how do you do that? If you've put an aftermarket ECU in your car, then download the tuning software and watch a few tutorials on how to use it. At bare minimum you should have a look around it to familiarise yourself with it, so you can download a base map and do basic diagnostics on your car once you get it running. You'll also need to do some set-up so the ECU knows what engine it's meant to run. Telling the brain box the...
Why Ignition Timing is the key to your engine operating properly: Understanding Engines Part Trois (that's 3, but all fancy like in French ooh-lala!)
So you want to jam more llamathrusts into your engine and you've swapped a month's worth of cursed gypsy gold for the biggest boomstick you can get from your friendly online parts store. But your engine won't work and nobody wants to come to your birthday party... what the deuce went wrong?! Before you huck all your fairy bread into the backyard in a fit of rage, you need to calm your farm, check all your paperwork, and realise The Internet lied to you. Watching Marty and His Royal Dudeness, Tony, cam the LS3 in Black Chops IN THIS EPISODE will give you many...
How to fix your V8 (Understanding Engines, Part 2)
After you’ve added an aftermarket exhaust and intake, upgraded the factory valve springs and had a tune done, the next step in NA performance for an LS V8 involves swapping the cam to something spicier than the factory’s bumpstick that has all the duration of a broom handle. But, when it comes to upgrading the cam don’t just go for the biggest number. In the same vein as yeeting a turbo from a bulldozer onto your mostly-stock two-litre four-cylinder, going “full send” on a race cam in your street car will end in tears and sadness, just like that time...
Understanding engines: how a camshaft works (part 1)
While we love our choo-choo spooly bois and whine-box screamy screws, when it comes time to taste the big-capacity pushrod life of a V8 we really need to start learning about camshafts and how they make your engine awesome. This will be a multi-part series as we look at the process of upgrading a cam in a modern, street-driven pushrod V8 engine, starting with the basics of what a camshaft is, and how it works. When General Motors released the LS V8 on the world in 1997 it ushered in a new era of smoothness and enhancements not found in traditional...
