Muscle Cars

Everyday you drive on the highway while commuting to and from work, you always see the unfortunate man or woman who was caught during the stampede. Many of us don't sympathize, until that poor...

Some of the things that were lacking in a 40 year old muscle car is the ability to rapidly come to a stop. Although most people tend to focus on acceleration. Deceleration is also important. A...

If you own a muscle car and want to sell it, you need to reach a niche market. Chances are you won't sell it for what it's worth by just advertising in your local paper unless you live in a large...

Watching a muscle car generate enough torque to lift its front wheels off the ground can be exhilarating. With a little ingenuity and some modifications, you can learn to do a wheelie in your own car.

The Mopar 383 "big block" is the one of the most famous racing engines to come out of the 1960s muscle car era. Generally, building a big block is a more expensive task than building a small...

Muscle cars are the series of cars that were mostly manufactured out of Detroit from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. The main feature of a muscle car is that car makers placed large V8...

If you are interested in owning a muscle car, you may not know how to go about buying one. You should first decide which year and model you are looking for and then set out to find the car. There...

Many people take enormous pride in owning a muscle car. These classic vehicles look and sound great when they cruise down the road. If you happen to own a muscle car and desire to do some work on...

Preparing your classic muscle car for public viewing can be time-consuming, but once your car is fully restored, you can proudly show it off to your friends, neighbors and other car enthusiasts....

When you think of a Camaro, Mustang, Trans Am or Corvette, the term muscle car immediately comes to mind. These often "souped up" vehicles have been popular for decades and still evoke a sense of...

The term "muscle car" is used primarily to describe mid-sized American cars with rear wheel drive and V-8 engines. Think of cars used in drag racing scenes in teen movies of the 1950s, or...

Car shows and muscle cars go together like peanut butter and jelly. Some car afficionados bring their rides just to show off. Others use car shows as an extremely efficient means to advertise a...

Competing in car rallies is a thrilling way to race and have fun in your muscle car. Rally sports have a rich history that began in Europe and is now popular worldwide. Car rallies are divided...

Finding a good car mechanic can be a hassle. But when you're looking for a mechanic who specializes in muscle cars, the search can be even more frustrating. A high-performance vehicle, the...

Looking to celebrate cars with plenty of power and intimidating grilles? A great way to do that is to join a muscle car club. Most of these clubs are very open to accepting new members. Have you...

Few things are as frustrating as owning a beautiful car that you're unable to fix. To an avid Super Bee enthusiast, the ability to find parts is paramount. It takes a legwork, particularly if you...

The Dodge Super Bee was one of the finest examples of the Mopar Muscle Car Age. Designed as competition for the Plymouth Road Runner, the Super Bee was a sleek, powerful, yet affordable vehicle....

In 1964 that designers at Pontiac decided to drop a big block V-8 into a mid-size Tempest chassis and call it the GTO (Gran Turismo Omologato) Package. The light-bodied, big-engined street-fighter...

Classic Australian muscle cars are popular among collectors Down Under, taking their place alongside American and British counterparts as a dream item. Known more commonly as the Aussie muscle...

The Mopar Nationals are held every year at the National Trail Raceway in Columbus, Ohio. The race weekend is full of heart-racing battles between high powered cars. More than 50,000 fans visit the...

Use these easy, quick tips to pick up 5 tenths at the dragstrip in your 5.0 mustang. Without breaking the bank.

Chevrolet's Corvette is the quintessential American sports car. It represents the American automotive industry with its sleek frame, high performance and immediately recognizable shape. During the...

The Shelby Mustang is a specially modified Ford Mustang named after designer Carroll Shelby. He worked with Ford to make the cars from 1967 to 1970. The Shelby Mustang is considered one the...

The engineering of the Hemi internal combustion engine, through its bowl-shaped or "hemispherical" combustion chamber, creates a more powerful engine by providing greater airflow for a better fuel...

Muscle cars have been around since the first horseless carriages began racing on dirt roads. But it wasn't until the 1960s, when Detroit automakers Ford, Chrysler and General Motors produced...

The Dodge Charger joined the high-performance car boom of the mid and late 1960s and eventually became one of the most popular muscle cars on the American market. Its initial boxy straight...

No one person can lay claim to the design of the Pontiac GTO, America's first true high-performance muscle car, but the concept of stuffing a 389-cubic-inch V-8 engine into the existing Pontiac...

General Motors produced the Chevrolet Camaro from 1967-2009 with the exception of the 2003-08 model years. Five generations of the Camaro were manufactured with the second and third generations...

The Ford Mustang--who doesn't love this classic car? The first of its kind, the Ford Mustang has somehow become one of the most popular sports cars ever. But no one thought it would achieve cult...

The Chevrolet El Camino filled the niche by offering a pickup truck in a passenger car body. The El Camino was mounted on a station wagon platform, giving the owner the feel of a passenger car but...

The 1970 through 1974 Dodge Challenger was a late-comer to the muscle car wars of the early 1970s, serving as an answer to Ford's Cougar, a luxury-type muscle car. But it more than made up for its...

Throughout its long history, the Chevrolet Corvette has consistently recorded progressively higher top speeds with each passing decade. While not known during its early years for its agile...

The Mustang GT is almost always equipped with a rear spoiler, unless it's a convertible model. Other Mustang models may or may not be equipped with a rear spoiler. Many owners remove the spoiler...

The high-performance Ford Mustang SVT Cobra and the Cobra R are limited production vehicles manufactured by Ford to serve as a step up from the Mustang GT in performance packaging. With the...

The Dodge Challenger is one of America's great muscle cars. Although it was only produced from 1970 to 1974, it left quite a mark on the classic car hobby. The first two years of production were...

Superchargers and turbochargers are both performance-enhancing add ons that essentially do the same thing with slight differences. Both perform what's known as forced induction--and both have...

This article will describe the first steps in a muscle car restoration, in this article we'll go through the evaluation, and tear down processes.

Code named "Allegro," the 'Stang, as it is known by many Mustang sports-car enthusiasts, is an American icon of 20th-century transportation technology. Nearly meeting its demise in 1979, it was...

The perfection of the hemispherical engine by Chrysler in the early 1950s recast how American automakers manufactured and marketed engines for their cars. Since the debut of the "Hemi," automakers...

The term "muscle car" refers to a type of car that was produced by American automobile companies during the 1960s and 70s, a time often referred to by the automobile enthusiast as "The Muscle Car...

The muscle car is not only a staple of car culture, but of American culture as a whole. These powerful machines made an impact from the moment the first American car was fitted with a...

The Chevrolet Chevelle was the Detroit automaker's mid-size offering intended to rival the Ford Fairlane and bring back some of the excitement generated by the 1955 to 1957 Chevy Bel Air models....

The Ford Mustang was first unveiled on April 17, 1964, to an audience of thousands at the World Fair in New York City. Originally developed in the early 1960s as a two-seater, the Mustang was...

The abbreviation "GT" has a close association with performance among Ford enthusiasts, something the car maker encourages and continues to foster through several models.

Chevrolet was a major player in muscle car war waged in the mid and late 1960s between Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge and Plymouth. While Chrysler is credited with igniting the muscle car era with its...

The Chevrolet El Camino was produced by General Motors from 1959 to 1960, and again from 1964 to 1987. Over its 30-year run, GM offered the El Camino with a wide variety of engines and...

The legendary Dodge Charger was produced by the Chrysler Corporation from 1966 to 1978, leading the automaker into the muscle car wars of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Charger was conceived...

The C-6 transmission is a heavy-duty three-speed automatic transmission manufactured by Ford Motor Company. The C6 was almost exclusively used for high performance vehicles and trucks. The C6 is...

Historically, the Ford Mustang has been an American favorite. Although there are differences between the V-6 and the GT (V-8), either model will give you years of driving pleasure. The GT Mustang...

Since its introduction in 1964, with the distinct "1964-1/2" model year, the Ford Mustang has been an iconic American muscle car. It became increasingly beefy and powerful before sinking in the...