Fastlane Inc are now selling their 600 rear wheel horse power, 2006 Ford Mustang Twin Turbo on eBay. The car is currently bidding for $22,000.00, with a buy it now price of $38,900.00 and is being sold through Sprauer Motorsports of Houston, Texas. The car features a push button start ignition, racing stripes, 20,000 miles, 3D Carbon body kit, twin 60mm turbos, Steeda suspension, and much, much more. Check out the eBay listing by visiting their eBay listing link.
Chrysler LLC today celebrated the production launch of one of the industry's most highly anticipated vehicles—the all-new 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8®. Dodge Challenger is back in Chrysler's line-up as a modern muscle car with a new SRT8 model. A full line-up will follow in the 2009 model-year. Consumer interest in the Dodge Challenger has been some of the highest seen at Chrysler.
Iowa farmer Thomas Krumm went to his local Ford dealer to order a Mustang GT convertible and unwittingly ordered a piece of history – his Mustang is the 9 millionth built by Ford Motor Company. He discovers that today when he picks up his milestone Mustang at Gookin Ford in Story City, Iowa. Krumm, a farmer from rural Story City, became interested in Mustangs through his daughter, Rachael, a Mustang enthusiast who saved enough money to buy her first Mustang at age 17.
The Zandy Wagon is the brainchild of Zan and Randy Martin, proprietors of Martin & Company Advertising (M&C). Having specialized in the automotive aftermarket for nearly 25 years and helping a who's who list of clients build killer project cars, they decided it was time to build their own and showcase the truly exceptional products manufactured by their many clients.
Their choice: a one of a kind 1957 4-door Chevy Wagon Bel Air Townsman coated in Sherwin Williams custom ZANDY red. One of only 27,000 ever made, this big red Diva represents a complete frame off restoration with lots of original cues and a few slick surprises to capture your attention. We have seven clients sponsoring the Zandy Wagon: MAHLE Motorsport, Jiffy-tite Motorsports, Cherry Bomb, Zoom, StrongArm, Harmon's, E3 Spark Plugs, and Howell Engine Development.– Leslie Maxwell
Saleen is offering, for the first time in company history, its high performance 302 cubic inch (5.0L) premium crate engines for sale through its Speedlab Aftermarket Division. The engine will be available in either short block or long block varieties to satisfy the most seasoned of engine builders and power enthusiasts.
Popular Mechanics have gotten their hands on the new 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 and posted their review of the new muscle car on their site, with comments like "now it’s time for the real rubber roastin’ to begin" and "After flogging the 2008 SRT8 on the track and driving home in insulated comfort, we can safely say that the Challenger ain’t what it used to be—it’s a whole lot better". To read their review, click here.
For performance enthusiasts, the new 2008 Ford Shelby GT500KR’s driving dynamics should be as big of an eye-opener as its acceleration, torque, horsepower and stopping performance. The new model features an array of enhancements designed to give it the same poised and predictable handling at 120 mph as it has at 60 mph, according to the performance engineering team at Ford SVT in collaboration with Shelby Automobiles. The team has created the fastest production Mustang ever. This Mustang can take curves at speed.
When it was introduced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit earlier this year, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s power was estimated at 100 horsepower for each of its 6.2 liters of displacement. GM Powertrain has completed SAE certification of the ZR1’s supercharged LS9 V-8 and the results exceed the estimate: 638 horsepower (476 kW) and 604 lb.-ft. of torque (819 Nm).
NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Car racers will soon head to Summit Motorsports Park at Norwalk, Ohio for a chance to win $50,000 at the 2008 K&N Horsepower Challenge Race. Racers are not the only ones that can win. You can enter the sweepstakes for a chance to attend the race courtesy of K&N and a chance to win the Pontiac G6 courtesy of General Motors by entering “The K&N Horsepower Challenge” Sweepstakes.
There's been some more Camaro love posted at Camaro5.com, this time, a 6 minute video was posted of the 2010 muscle car playing around its test track at Nurburgring. Click here to view the video.
Our performance friends over at Fastlane Inc. in Houston, TX, have hooked up Ted Hua's Dodge SRT Charger with the first ever twin turbo SRTT system that pushes over 557 horse power, and 542 foot pounds of torque, at only 6 pounds of boost! Amazing! Check out the YouTube video below.
Ford Racing has launched an all-new web-based initiative, www.fordperformance.com, that puts a face and a place on Ford Motor Company's connection to enthusiast clubs and the performance aftermarket. The Ford Performance Group is centered on a web portal that helps facilitate a more interactive relationship between Ford and its past, present and future performance customers.
1bad350z at Camaro5.com has tipped us with new photos of the sexy Camaro. This time, the car was spotted with performance brakes, which appear to be made by Brembo. Check out the photos inside.
In an article by the LA Times, NBC has announced the return of the "Knight Rider" tv series this Fall. The announcement comes nearly six weeeks before the other big networks are set to release their newest primetime lineups. The Knight Rider series joins 12 other new shows for the Fall of 2008.
Earlier this year in Florida, YouTube's nottasrt4 spotted a Nissan 350Z with a "modified K&M Supercharger" in the wild. With camcorder in hand, he recorded a mini-documentary of what he saw. Upon catching up with the youthful driver of the 350Z a second time at a stop light, nottasrt4 rolled his window down and got an exclusive interview with the driver, revealing the true power of this sweet ride with 422 HP at the rear wheels. The driver claims his K&M blower runs at 14 PSI, his chipped 3.5L has stainless-steel twin cold air intakes, and rocks a stock exhaust which actually gets "better horsepower with the stock". The videos have to be seen to be believed.
Props go out once again, to Camaro5.com for the tip of new 2009 Camaro photos that have been posted. If these photos don't do enough justice, you can click here to view a video of the Camaro in action. Click the FULL STORY link to view all 16 photos!
Leading with innovation, Chrysler LLC launches industry’s first online Customer Advisory Board to establish ongoing two-way dialogue with customers and gain their insights on product features and technologies. The online Customer Advisory Board’s closed forum leverages the leading-edge technology of Passenger, which is the leader in on-demand customer collaboration, to engage customers in active collaboration about products and business efforts.
Does it sound very logical to take a previously manufactured muscle car, and bring it back to the market as a fuel saving Honda? Definitely not, but apparently GM's North American Vice President, Mark LaNeve, thinks so. “We won’t position it as a muscle car,” he says. “The mainstream positioning will be fuel economy, design and a V-6". What a retarded idea. Check out the full article by clicking here at Businessweek.
