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, Kianâ€™s role includes writing for SMâ€™s print and digital platforms, helping behind the scenes at the magazineâ€™s premier Drag Challenge events, and filming and co-presenting Street Machineâ€™s aptly named YouTube video show, Carnage.Instagram @kianheagney

Video: Our new project car – a twin-turbo LS Holden ute!

In this episode of Carnage, we reveal our new project! And it’s going to be our wildest, best build to date

5000km Red CentreNATS road trip in a Barra-powered EK Holden

A pair of old Holdens, both with significant amounts of Blue Oval engineered into them, take on the big Red CentreNATS road trip

1000rwhp 2JZ-swapped VL Commodore sleeper

Chris Ethell's VL Commodore makes 1000rwhp with a Japanese inline six, but there's no RB to be seen

Greg Eslick’s slammed HQ Monaro

With an LS3 up front, Greg Eslick's black-as-night HQ coupe is a Summernats Top 60 stunner built for the street

Video: Why running a seven is harder than you think

Reckon over 1000rwhp in a dedicated drag car will walk you into the seven-second club? In this episode of Carnage, Scotty breaks down why that isn’t always the case

Video: Cat Hewitson’s NASCAR-powered, VK-fronted VL Calais drift car

Catherine ‘Driftcat’ Hewitson built this NASCAR-powered Calais as the ultimate drifting weapon

Video: Chasing a seven with our Barra MX-5!

We take our 1000rwhp, Barra-swapped MX-5 for one last ride to see if it can crack into the sevens!

Video: What is compressed air supercharging?

Can you go fast on tanks of compressed air? Bloody oath you can, and we’ll explain how and why

Video: The Barra MX-5 goes crazy-quick at the track!

In this episode of Carnage, we take our 1000rwhp Barra Mazda MX-5 to the track – with some amazing results

Insane Aussie Ford F100 prerunner build will be 100% street-legal

Fekete Fabrications is in the middle of what’ll likely be one of Australia’s wildest street-registered prerunner builds

The Fords of Shannons’ 2023 Winter Online Auction

We take a look at some of the tough Fords up for grabs at the Shannons 2023 Winter Online Auction, which ends tonight!

The Japanese and Mopars of Shannons’ 2023 Winter Online Auction

We check out the tough Mopars and exotic Japanese metal up for grabs in Shannons 2023 Winter Classic Car auction, which winds up Tuesday night

The Holdens of Shannons’ 2023 Winter Online Auction

We take a look at some of the hot lions in Shannons 2023 Winter Online classic car auction, with less than two days to go

Video: 1UZ wiring complete! And TH400 conversion underway

In this episode of Carnage, Scotty buttons up the wiring on the 1UZ Lexcen swap and runs us through the Turbo 400 gearbox conversion

LS3-powered ’32 Ford a certified tyre destroyer

The wild drift rod will be headlining a cool trio of drifters headed to World Time Attack Challenge this September

Video: Aussie drifter is taking a BF Falcon to Japan!

Queenslander Luke Fink is shipping his XR6 BF Falcon all the way to Japan to show how good Aussie cars are at going sideways

905hp Clevor-powered XY Fairmont ready for Pacemaker Radial Aspirated action

Tony Di Biagio of TDR Engines is bringing his mammoth XY Fairmont back to Drag Challenge to show what the aspirated fellas are made of

Clinton Kelly’s eight-second HT Holden Premier primed for Drag Challenge

We have a quick chat to Drag Challenge returnee Clinton Kelly about how he plans to tackle this year's event in his eight-second HT Premier

Turbo LS-swapped Hyundai iLoad sleeper

Reckon this is just your average plumber's van? Think again!

Video: Using a Haltech universal loom to wire up our V8 Lexcen

In this episode of Carnage, Scotty begins the process of wiring the Haltech ECU into our 1UZ V8-swapped Lexcen project