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.


Jason Petts’s LS1-powered ’55 Chev Sports Coupe
Modern mumbo wrapped in a classic Chevy shell

Vlad Kovacevic’s genuine General Lee Dodge R/T Charger
Vlad Kovacevic learns that being a movie star isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Mark McKay’s 1000hp 2002 Dodge Viper RT/10
What do you do if your Viper has lost its sting? Inject more venom

Jeff Proud’s 1977 XC GS Falcon coupe
Looking back on Jeff Proud’s Laser Red XC coupe

Johnny Wilson’s PIG-383 HK GTS Bathurst Monaro
A genuine Bathurst Monaro doing eight-second quarters? You betcha!

Alexis Margaritis’s seven-second LC Torana on the dyno – video
Alexis Margaritis has had a couple cracks at Drag Challenge and even joined the seven-second club, but now he's looking for more

Flashback: Peter Grmusa’s mental ATRISK XR Falcon
Two builds, two Summernats burnout wins and 1000hp

Flashback: Street Machine Summernats 21
Summernats celebrates 21 events in style, with huge crowds, killer cars and just a little bit of craziness

Dean Perkins’s 383-cube Roush Yates D3 NASCAR engine – flashback
Looking back on the former Kiwi touring car champ’s Roush Yates D3 donk from his much-loved XD Falcon

Flashback: Steve Loader’s blown 532-cube VE Commodore – UNLOAD
Steve Loader upped the ante with his tyre-frying UNLOAD Commodore

Steven Loader’s UCSMOKE blown big-block HT Premier – flashback
Most people wouldn’t dare but Steven Loader built it for burnouts

Flashback: Springnats 2009
Witnessing the limits of adhesion and sanity at Shepparton’s Springnats, 2009

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