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
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
1000hp Vortech-blown VK Blue Meanie tribute
Anthony Safar wanted to push the Blue Meanie envelope with his latest VK, resulting in 1000hp of gold-plated glory
Video: Sending our 1UZ Lexcen to the moon!
In this episode of Carnage, the 1UZ turbo V8 Lexcen goes big on the Maxx Performance dyno
World’s first 11-second Ranger Raptor
The Maxx Performance Ranger Raptor cracks into the 11s, and on the standard driveline!
Dave Carpenter’s epic Drag Challenge adventure
The late Dave Carpenter trekked over 3000km each way to put his Camaro through five days of torture
Video: Street Machine hall at MotorEx 2024
J-Bens takes a tour of the jam packed Street Machine hall at Meguiar's MotorEx 2024