Articles by: Mark Arblaster

Nick Dailianis’s blown 360-cube VC Valiant
It’s fat, loud, blown and built with a licence to thrill …meet Nick Dailianis’s Valiant

490ci 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Road Runner might be quick but not as quick as this wicked Plymouth

Kenda 660 Drag Radial Series at Willowbank Raceway
With a mega-payday on offer, it was on for young and old at Willowbank Raceway during the Kenda 600 Radial Riot meeting

POR440: Arby’s Drag Challenge preparation
Arby’s efforts to improve his VG Valiant’s 60-foot times yield promising results in the run-up to Street Machine Drag Challenge

Bernie Makhraz’s twin-turbo 447-cube LX Torana
Bernie Makhraz’s twin-turbo Torana already looks set for seven-second passes, with sixes not far behind

Joe Zullo’s eight-second, naturally aspirated Holden 202-powered dragster
Joe Zullo’s eight-second modified dragster became the fastest aspirated Holden six-powered car in Australia at this year’s Winternationals

Greg Carlton’s epic FJ Holden ute
Greg Carlton got together with his mates in Dubbo to craft this budget Aussie masterpiece

1000rwhp blown & twin-turbo BA FPV GT
Joe Russo and Autotech Engineering turn Ford’s much-maligned 5.4L modular motor into a genuine mauler thanks to two turbos and a blower!

Danny Landsdowne’s 2JZ-swapped VL Commodore wagon
Danny Landsdowne’s 2JZ-equipped VL wagon is heading for the six-second zone

Flashback: Street Machine Supernats 2002
Eastern Creek thundered as Supernats went off

Chris Kurumolla’s six-second billet RB30-powered VL Commodore
Powered by a screaming, 10,000rpm billet RB30, Chris Kurumolla’s VL Commodore has stormed into the sixes

Gallery: Brashernats 2024
Brashernats 2024 drew burnout nuts from far and wide to Sydney Dragway for a day of tyre-hating mayhem

Tony Di Mattia’s 700hp pro street 1966 Mustang
Absolute power, total control – if there was ever a car that summed up Street Machine’s ethos, this sweet-driving, balls-out ’Stang is it!

Flashback: The magnificence of Brisbane’s Harry’s Diner cruise
Arby gets trance-like at Queensland’s Harry’s Diner amid the gleam and rumble of 50s and 60s cool

Jamie Jeffreys’s 2500hp radial Fox-body Mustang
Jamie Jeffreys’s blown big-block Chev-powered Fox-body Mustang is on a six-second mission

Platinum record: 388-cube HT Monaro
Tougher than a $10 steak!

3000hp pro street LJ Torana – MRMAD
With over 3000hp on tap, the MRMAD Torana just keeps getting quicker

Blown Holden 355-powered KE Corolla wagon
It looks like a giant toy and goes like a race car

Mike Ward’s twin-turbo Chev Nova
Mike Ward's twin-turbo Nova has reset the drag-and-drive bar for Aussies racing in the US

Chris Orchard’s Nascar-powered VH Commodore
Chris Orchard’s screaming NASCAR-engined Commodore skid car serves it up to the blown brigade