Articles by Kian HEAGNEY
Having spent his teenage years racing and wrenching on cars, Kian studied journalism at university only a few years ago before launching his career as a fresh-faced intern at Street Machine in 2018.Now a full-time staffer, Kian’s role includes writing for SM’s print and digital platforms, helping behind the scenes at the magazine’s premier Drag Challenge events, and filming and co-presenting Street Machine’s aptly named YouTube video show, Carnage.Instagram @kianheagney
Home-brewed, turbo LS-powered Holden EH Special
Tim McClure brought his home-brewed, turbo LS-powered EH Special all the way from Western Australia to take on his first Drag Challenge
Vale: Aussie drift legend Levi Clarke
The Aussie drift scene has lost a legend this week with the passing of Levi Clarke
Garry Rosser’s WB-fronted HQ Holden One Tonner
Garry Rosser’s WB-fronted HQ Tonner went from scrapyard find to Top 20 Summernats stunner
Video: Street racing in Rockhampton!
JBens checks out the legal street drags at Rockynats 2024
Video: Seven-second turbo Honda K24-swapped Celica
Brendon De Ruyter combined a Honda K24 four-pot and an ugly 80s Celica to make a 1200rwhp, seven-second drag-and-drive weapon
Video: Supermang is back!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty brings back a fan favourite
Dubbo MotorFest returns for 2024
The second running of the Dubbo MotorFest is set to go off on 31 August, followed by a huge cars-and-coffee event the following morning
1800rwhp, twin-turbo LSX-powered HR Holden panel van
Aaron Gregory enjoys terrorising fellow no-prep racers in his beastly 1800hp HR panel van
Blown Coyote-powered Ford F100 pre-runner in the build
Fekete Fabrications’ pre-runner-inspired off-road racer made its debut in a semi-finished state at MotorEx in May
Video: Finishing touches for the 427ci LS-powered VS ute
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty nips up some finishing touches on our VS Commodore ute build
Bought for $1000, this VL has done over 90,000km for charity
Scott Rankine is saddling up the Team Bitzamissin VL for a wild off-road trek from Bendigo to Townsville, all for a fantastic cause
American Mister Zachary loses his mind at Aussie burnout cars
Mister Zachary of Hoonigan fame checks out some top-tier Aussie burnout cars currently wreaking havoc in the US
Video: Forced to pull the 427ci engine from our ute
In this episode of Carnage, it’s no steps forward and two back with our VS Commodore ute build
Auction watch: LeBrese XC Falcon, VY GTS, R32 GT-R and more!
The weekly Grays classic car auction has turned out some crackers to break the cold winter chill, so let’s take a look!
Haltech’s new 10-inch digital dash is stunning
Haltech’s new uC-10 digital dash is right around the corner, so we take a closer look
World’s first LT1-swapped Holden!
Corey Edwards is sick of LS swaps, so he chucked a new-age LT1 in his HT Premier for a world-first conversion
Video: The twin-turbo, 427ci VS ute runs!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty gets our Dart LS-powered VS ute running for the first time!
Wheelstanding Winternationals victory 30 years in the making
Victor Tsatlogianis took home top honours in Super Sedan at a jam-packed Winternationals 2024
Video: Getting the 427ci VS ute ready to fire!
In this episode of Carnage, Scotty inches ever closer to firing up our VS ute for the first time
Crusty L98-powered HT Holden wagon sleeper
940hp of turbo LS lurks under the skin of this crusty HT Belmont wagon