Articles by Scott TAYLOR
Raised in a house without 240V electricity, at age 16 Scotty was inspired by early issues of Street Machine to build an HQ ute from the chassis up. During the 90s he dived head-first into drag racing and has lived his life a quarter-mile at a time ever since.As the internet gained popularity, Scotty designed his own how-to websites and helped create Slick 6 Packs magazine, before securing a full-time position at Street Commodores.He then freelanced exclusively for Street Machine for eight years and started a successful YouTube channel called Scotty’s Garage, before joining the SM team full-time in 2013. Since then, Scotty has helped create Carnage and Drag Challenge while supporting a shed full of modified Mopars.


Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 22
What depression? It was all smiles in Canberra for Summernats 22, 2009

Fuel-injected 454-cube 1976 Holden HJ Statesman De Ville
David Di Natale's Holden HJ Statesman mainlines fuel straight into it's big-block

Vortech-blown big-block XD Falcon
There’s nothing subtle about a blown, injected big block-powered Falcon

Tubbed, blown Boss 302-powered XP Falcon
It may have four doors but this is no taxi

Video: The Carnage ute makes over 1000kW at the hubs at Summernats
Scotty drives the Carnage twin-turbo VS ute to Summernats 37 and breaks the 1000rwkW barrier on the Haltech Horsepower Heroes dyno!

Jason O’Leary’s LS-swapped EH Holden
The Gen III donk is just the latest change in a 20-year ongoing project

Expression Session: 413 Max Wedge-powered AP5 Valiant
Imagining an Aussie-built AP5 Valiant with a grunty 413 cubes of Max Wedge muscle

Vortech-blown 427 LSX-powered HSV GTO
Troy Higgins wanted a horsepower monster — with 1150hp at the wheels, that’s what he’s got

Ron Barclay’s ’32 Ford five-window coupe
Looking back on Ron Barclay’s street-neat ’32 Ford coupe

Budget-built 9-second VN Commodore
Back in 2012, the Oosterwaal brothers built a 9-second VN Commodore for just over 10 grand. Here's how they did it

Family project: Jesse Bourke’s HT Monaro GTS
Building this genuine HT GTS Monaro was the ultimate family adventure

Video: How to install a Haltech Nexus R5 VCU
Scotty shows us the ins and outs of installing a Haltech Nexus R5 into our Drag Challenge-spec, twin-turbo VS Commodore ute

Mark Dall’Acqua’s two blown V8-powered Ford Escort RS2000s
Mark Dall-Acqua has the perfect ride for every situation

Family-heirloom, Vortech-blown and injected XY Fairmont
Steve Peters kept Granddad’s XY Fairmont just as he got it. Except for the blown and injected V8

Shane O’Halloran’s Pro Street VH Valiant hardtop
Released as a luxo-barge, the VH hardtop makes a great muscle car. If you can find one

Billy Shelton’s SICKO HQ Monaro
Looking back on Billy Shelton’s former SM cover car, a trophy-winning HQ Monaro

Mud racing: Kukerin Creekbed run
Good clean fun? Hell no, this is Kukerin Creekbed racing!

Pro Street 622ci LH Torana
A couple of hog-hunting buddies pooled car parts to race at the sharp end of Modified Street

Ultimate sleeper: Scott Briant’s 11-second Datsun 120Y turbo V6
It was cheap to build, ran low 11s and did a ton of very fuel-efficient road miles. We look back at Scott Briant’s crazy Datsun 120Y

Stunning 1967 Shelby GT500 Mustang
Forget about replicas and movie stars; this Shelby GT500 is the genuine article