Looking at the import tuning timeline, Ultimate Racing is a well-established entity. The Toronto-based tuning shop opened its doors in 1992 when chief proprietor Johnson Lii had too many cars to tune ...

First-time engine builders and those working on mass-produced powerplants commonly use off-the-shelf pregapped piston rings. However, high-performance engine builders seem to spend a lot of time ...

Last year, famed Toyota tuner Stephen Papadakis decided he was going to build a 1000-horsepower drift car out of a new Toyota Supra, and retain the factory BMW B58 turbo inline-six engine. After ...

Don Nicholson is drag racing's answer to Rip Van Winkle. He's cut more lights, raced on more outlaw strips, and won more races since he started driving Don Blair's sprinter back in the late '40s than ...

With a supercharged V8 under the hood and a long list of track-ready goodies to back it, the Chevy Camaro ZL1 is an impressive machine right from the factory. Now, however, Georgia-based tuner ...

Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build custom racing engines in San Diego, California and their latest creation is a 6.0-liter V12 that’s being prepared to go hunting for land speed records. While Aardema ...

Slowly, but steadily, the new Tesla Model S Plaid is ticking all the boxes off the bucket list. Racing the tuned or factory stock quarter mile heroes has been double-checked on more than one occasion, ...

A new dyno test shows just how powerful the Purosangue’s naturally-aspirated 6.5-liter V12 really is ...

The new 2020 C8 mid-engine Corvette is powered by a 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V-8 producing a claimed 495 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque from the factory. One new owner was curious enough to ...