Articles by Iain KELLY
Iain (or Marv, as he’s known on the internet) has worked in automotive journalism since 2002, when he was Street Machine’s work experience kid.He has contributed to a range of titles, focusing mostly on modified late-model cars, street machines and hot rods. Following his time as editor at MOTOR, Marv returned to freelancing in 2014.He has also worked with Mighty Car Mods to build cars and write two books for them, and authored the 10th anniversary book on the World Time Attack Challenge.Instagram @aka_marv
Warspeed 427ci LS built for Finke Desert Race torture
Troy Worsely pieced together this 427ci LS-based combo to handle the extreme conditions and high RPM performance of a client's off-road racing Trophy Truck
Does this man have the world’s best job?
Just ahead of the Furious 7 launch in April 2015, we spoke with Dennis McCarthy; the bloke who finds, builds and maintains the coolest cars that feature in Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters
Bruno Cavallo’s blown LS-powered HK GTS Monaro streeter
Having stepped out of Pro Stock racing, Bruno Cavallo built this blown HK GTS Monaro streeter to help fill the 195mph void
Warspeed 1520cc Toyota 5K combo
Warspeed's Troy Worsley has rebuilt his KE38 Corolla wagon mill into a 1520cc monster
Mechanical Stig’s Drag Challenge tips
Drag Week and Drag Challenge veteran Ben Neal gives you the lowdown on what to pack to help your Drag Challenge experience run smoothly
BLOWNK: Brendan Simpson’s HK Holden Premier
Brendan Simpson kicks his goal of owning a blown HK Prem streeter
Adrian Donohoe’s 1UZ-FE-swapped Holden EH ute
A Japanese heart in an Australian icon
Eddie Khazi’s 1700rwhp HQ GTS streeter
Think building an elite car is tough? Try doing a 1700rwhp HQ Monaro streeter at the same time
Carpocalypse now: Shed fires and how to prevent them
The ultimate nightmare for any street machiner is a garage fire, as SM’s Iain Kelly discovered
Dave Andrews’s pro street LC Torana
Summernats 17’s Best Tuff Street car has some serious mumbo
Bare-metal, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro build
Slammed, tubbed and dressed in its birthday suit, this in-the-build, blown Noonan Hemi-powered HT Monaro has attitude for days
Fitting airbag suspension to your street machine
Modern, computer-controlled airbags aren't just for the low 'n' slow crew. Here's what's involved in fitting airbag suspension to your car
LS-swapped BMW E30 taking on Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge
BMW's E30 is a small, light, rear-drive platform begging for some proper grunt, which Shayne coote was only too happy to provide
Grooty’s Race & Resto-built BMW M20B25 six combo
Danno ‘Grooty’ Groot built this BMW hot six combo for his partner's '85 E30 race car
1100hp blown LS-powered HG wagon reborn
This 1100hp HG wagon was raced to death, but it's now been given a whole new life back on the streets
Home-brewed crusty L98-powered HQ sleeper
Brian Petrass had never built a car before, but his patina-cloaked, 409hp HQ is all killer, no filler
Suicide-door Holden VE SS-V ute
With a turbo 403ci stroker LS up front, race car underpinnings and a Summernats elite-winning finish, Peter Robson's VE ute is one of Queensland's coolest streeters
Alan Butler’s Harrop-blown, Chev big-block-powered 1968 Toyota Crown
This 900hp, blown big-block Chev-powered Toyota Crown was over a decade in the making
RAW TC Ford Cortina wins Horsepower Heroes Aspirated V8 class
While turbo street cars are all the rage, some blokes prefer tough, no-nonsense aspirated screamers like this raw TC Cortina
Tech: Bolt-on mods for Gen III + Gen IV LS engines
GM’s modern Gen III and Gen IV small-block V8s are among the most versatile engines in the hot-car scene, and it is stupidly easy to make them sing