Street Machine

2 days ago | streetmachine.com.au | Kian Heagney

We’re back working on our little two-door TA Torana in this episode of Carnage, as Scotty continues the rust repairs to get the car one step closer to hitting the road. In recent episodes on the TA, you would’ve seen Scotty replace the front floorpans with Rare Spares repair panels and sort out a few other rusty spots around the car. Although the bulk of that work is done, this week’s episode has Scotty finishing off the job.

3 days ago | streetmachine.com.au | Andrew Broadley

First published in the March 2009 issue of Street MachineThere’s something about the superbly understated look of a clean early-girl Commodore slung low over a sweet set of rollers that really does the trick. It’s even better when it packs the punch to match the presence. With a 355-cube Holden stroker sucking back on a cool 14lb per square inch of compressed air from a Vortech V2 pump, Leigh Whyte’s VH is blessed with equal measures of show and go.

1 week ago | streetmachine.com.au | Kian Heagney

If you’re a big fan of the Iron Lion and got excited when you saw what’s under the bonnet of Kelvin Mann’s 1997 VS Commodore ute, we’ve got some sad news for you. What you’re actually looking at is a carefully disguised 6.0-litre L76 LS.

1 week ago | streetmachine.com.au | Kian Heagney

It’s a long-awaited episode of Carnage this week, as our ‘Supermang’ VN Berlina – with its troublesome, supercharged 4.2-litre stroker L67 finally sitting pretty up front – hits the hub dyno to see if all the headaches were worth it. In recent weeks, Scotty has been battling the stroker engine at every turn to get it to work. First, a clearance issue with the rotating assembly required a new and smaller Crow Cams camshaft that would play nice with the Mahle pistons and H-beam rods.

2 weeks ago | streetmachine.com.au | Kian Heagney

“MY 1990 S13 Silvia K’s has been the bane of my existence since I got it! I purchased it in early 2020, rescuing it from a shed it’d been sitting in since 2014. It was right before the dreaded spicy cough hit and the market for these car went bananas. She was honest but a bit beaten-up, and I soon discovered the CA18DET it came with was a dud. So, between lockdowns, I swapped in a new marketplace-find CA in a mate’s shed.