The Rodeo‘s Big Brother
Like the rest of the Axiom's operating hardware, its V-6 engine is a known quantity, but it's from a different section of the Isuzu warehouse. Instead of the Rodeo's 3.2-liter DOHC 24-...
Snap It Up
Handling was dominated by the Charger's inherent understeer characteristics, a function of both the massive Hemi engine in the front of the car and the large front anti-sway bar. The unde...
The Path to Hot-Rodding Fame
By day, he fine-tunes future suspension systems as GM’s vehicle-dynamics authority. At night, he constructs the sweetest ’69 Camaros big money can buy. Mark Stielow, Pro Touring’s 46-year...
Innocent of the Gross Understeer
The fiberglass hood has five—count 'em, five—NASA-type hood scoops, all functional. Four of them merely open into the engine compartment, while the fifth provides a ram-air effect for the ...
Performance Results
"Maybe for street engine I make mistake — aluminum heads are expensive and that weight doesn't matter on the street." But he's not going to compromise the performance just to take money ou...
1955 Chevrolet Corvette – Road Test – Car Reviews
The Corvette engineering corps wanted more power. Corvette advertisers wanted more power. Corvette aficionados wanted more power. The Ford Thunderbird team...well, they probably would have...
Cerametallic Brakes For the Track
Originally published in Sports Car Illustrated in December 1957.
For the guy who is really serious about his racing, a heavyduty brake and suspension package is offered in an all or not...
2003 Lincoln Navigator – Road Test – Car Hutt Reviews
It's no secret that most of us laboring at 2002 Hogback Road scrunch our noses when handed the keys to a vehicle that weighs upwards of two-and-a-half tons. But it is also true that in 2001...
How Light Can it Get?
The bigger brakes, wheels, and tires; the dry-sump lubrication system; the various cooling upgrades; and the big-bore exhaust all add weight to the car. Offsetting these increases require...
2002 Jeep Liberty – First Drive Review – Car Hutt Reviews
When friends ask us which SUV to buy, we often counter with an interrogation aimed at uncovering the inevitable truth that they never plan to go off-road and that they only need to haul a ...