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Tubbed, blown Boss 302-powered XP Falcon

Jan 28, 2025 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

First published in the September 2009 issue of Street MachineWanna stand out from the street machining crowd? It’s easy — just don’t build the same car as everyone else. Melbourne’s Scott Hayes subscribes to the ‘dare to be different’ philosophy. After all, when was the last time you saw someone supercharge an XP sedan? Don’t get us wrong — the early hardtops are bloody beautiful cars but with so many of them on the show scene, you could be excused for thinking they came out looking that good.
Video: The Carnage ute makes over 1000kW at the hubs at Summernats

Jan 9, 2025 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

In this age of outrageous social media stunts, it can be tough getting our humble Carnage web series to stand out amidst the sea of influencers and YouTube superstars. To cut through all that online noise, I came up with the idea of driving our eight-second VS Commodore ute all the way from Melbourne to Canberra to make 1000rwhp – or more – on the dyno at Street Machine Summernats 37.
Vortech-blown LSX-powered HSV GTO

Dec 4, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

First published in the December 2007 issue of Street MachineIt’s pretty loud — you know it means business when you hear it running.” That’s what Troy Higgins has to say about his crazily powerful HSV GTO. But what sounds like it means business to Street Machine readers would probably have your average citizen heading for the bomb shelters. “Yeah, under hard acceleration it is very loud,” Troy is forced to admit. Why?
Ron Barclay’s ’32 Ford five-window coupe

Nov 30, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

First published in the March 2005 issue of Street MachineThis sweet ‘32 Ford is the product of what occurs when one of Australia’s most respected street machiners, Ron Barclay, turns his hand to building a hot rod. Ron is the bloke who won the 1990 SMOTY award with his ground-breaking HQ ute, a car that made its impact not with monster wheel tubs or sky-high blowers, but with great attention to detail, heaps of cool factor and real world build-ability.
Budget-built 9-second VN Commodore

Sep 30, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

First published in the October 2012 issue of Street MachineSpeed costs money — but exactly how fast you can go for how much is always up for debate. WA brothers Josh, Lindsay and Con Oosterwaal decided to have a crack at 13s for $1300 with a $250 VN V6 Commodore the boys nicknamed ‘The VN of Fury’. After sourcing a cheap turbo with a leaky oil seal along with an external 50mm wastegate from eBay, they modified the factory V6 headers to suit and stripped out the interior.
Family project: Jesse Bourke’s HT Monaro GTS

Aug 24, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

Could there be a better bonding experience between father and son than rebuilding a classic car? We don’t think so. Sure, fishing and camping can be great ways to spend time with the old man but it doesn’t have the long-term contact of building a car. First published in the March 2008 issue of Street MachineJesse Bourke’s dad, Shane, used to race an HG ute in his youth so it was natural that when it came time to choose a project they were swayed in that direction.
How to install a Haltech Nexus R5 VCU

Aug 19, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

Sure, things were great 30 years ago when you could pick up a cool piece of Aussie muscle for a few grand, throw some performance parts at it and have some fun on the street or strip. But most of those cars really weren’t that quick by today’s standards, and the very few properly swift machines at the pointy end of the sport were crafted by legends achieving goals the rest of us could only dream about.
Mark Dall’Acqua’s two blown V8-powered Ford Escort RS2000s

Aug 1, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

First published in the January 2008 issue of Street MachineIt’s every man’s dream, twins,” says burnout legend Mark Dall’Acqua. “One for drags and one for burnouts — what more could you ask for?”Mark’s well known to Street Machine readers. His cars have been featured many times over the years, from his blown red and gold XT GTs (Sept ’87 and July/Aug ’88) through to his white and green 351 Clevo-powered Escorts (July/Aug ’89 and Jan/Feb ’93).
Family heirloom, Vortech blown and injected XY Fairmont

Jul 12, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

Project cars come in all shapes and sizes. Some get clapped-out bangers, some buy unfinished projects and others grab the keys to the car that Grandad bought new 30-odd years ago. This car joined Steve Peters and his family way back in 1971. First published in the November 2007 issue of Street MachineSteve’s dad wanted a brand new XY Fairmont to serve as the family truckster, and the Bronze Wine (with white roof) T-bar auto was ordered with a 302 Windsor under the hood.
Shane O’Halloran’s 360-cube VH Valiant hardtop

Jul 5, 2024 | streetmachine.com.au | Scott Taylor

Most Aussies over the age of 30 know what a Valiant Charger is — the cool Chrysler coupe was the stuff of legends. Designed and built for a minimal budget, the sharply styled two-door captured the imagination of the buying public and sold like hot cakes for the first few years of production.