Monthly Archives: February 2014

Hennessy Tuned Chevy SS Runs 11.84 sec 1/4 Mile

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The good people at Hennessy Performance have been busy. Really busy. Specifically, they’ve been making some serious go-fast products and entertaining videos to showcase the work they’ve been doing with the 2014 Chevrolet SS sports sedan. Take a look at the SS section on their website and you’ll see they’ve completed production on a number [...]

JE Pistons New Asymmetrical LS Pistons For Street Applications

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Ah, the marvels of technology; it’s a wondrous thing and great for gearheads that just wanna go fast. In this case, JE Pistons hopes to revolutionize the LS industry with what they claim are the first off-the-shelf asymmetrical pistons. What’s an asymmetrical piston? Without expanding into an engineering dictation, asymmetrical pistons have different sized skirts, [...]

In Case You Didn’t Know: The SLR is for Real

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It’s true that you learn something new everyday.  I just discovered that I was misinformed about commercials.  How silly of me to think that television ads are typically for products that are necessary and/or affordable to the vast majority of consumers. This mid-2000s spot from Mercedes-Benz for the SLR McLaren taught me it’s worth alerting […]

Harleys at Work: The Topper H and Utility Box

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  Harley-Davidson released the Topper in 1960.  It was powered by a single cylinder two-stroke engine mounted horizontally in the frame.  The 10 cubic inch powerplant could produce up to 9 horsepower using a high compression head and larger carburetor available only the “H” models.  It’s top speed was 60 miles per hour and boasted […]

Lamborghini Murcielago + Halal Chicken Cart NYC

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What do Italian exotics and chicken have to do with each other? Other than being two of my favorite things, probably nothing – besides the one serendipitous evening when Signature Car Collection decided to drive their Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 by NYC’s legendary Halal Cart on 53rd and 6th for some food. Naturally, considering the the [...]