No matter how fancy or expensive a car is in the beginning, the good majority of the production run will almost always end up as junk. This is a good thing. Those that continue to drive any sort of aging classic will need parts, so the wheels don't fly off and the engine won't catch fire. For these and many more reasons the automobiles is one of the most recycled consumer … [Read more...]
Canepa Open Wheel Porsche
Crossing a dune buggy and a sprint car together by way of a Porsche engine made perfect sense to Bruce Canepa and Paul Newman in 1980. Front engine Sprint Cars and Indy Specials had been tearing up Pikes Peak Open Wheel ranks for some time, so Canepa figured a rear engine Sprint Car would be a winner for 1981. The original version sported a Porsche 911 naturally aspirated mill, … [Read more...]
The Golden Gator
More can be better when it comes to forced induction. The Al Lidert Golden Gator rear-engine dragster ran with Chase Knight at the wheel, a supercharger on top of the intake manifold, and not one but two turbochargers feeding the 464 cubic-inch hemi engine underneath all the plumbing. Two turbos boosting a supercharger through a Hilborn mechanical fuel injection system at 60 … [Read more...]