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.
13 SECOND FALCON FOR UNDER $1300 – VIDEO
Can you run a 13-second quarter mile for less than $1300? Scotty finds out
SIX-CYLINDER XP FALCON SKID RIG
Just because you're on P-plates doesn't mean you can't have a good time - or rip a decent burnout
Dodge Challenger Demon update – steeper gears, cold air and a big box
We get ever closer to the big reveal of what will be the craziest muscle car of all time - the Dodge Challenger Demon
1972 blown Valiant VH hardtop
Dave Gruger's decade and a half love affair with his blown VH Hardtop was worth the wait
1934 BLOWN CLOSED CAB PICKUP HOT ROD
Nick Crocitti has a ripper first go at a hot rod with his blown, slammed and naked 34' closed cab pickup
392-CUBE HEMI-POWERED 1955 DESOTO FIREFLITE
Damien Veness's 1955 Desoto Fireflite packs a 392 Hemi in a solid dose of Mopar cool
Seen-second street-driven twin-turbo HQ Holden One-Tonner
Jarrod Wood's twin-turbo big-block became the fastest car in Drag Challenge history in 2016
Nine-second turbo 1958 FC Holden
Paul Coles's smoking hot FC Holden runs nine-second passes with a straight six
239ci Ford Flathead V8: Mill of the Month
Feast your eyes on some hot-rodding porn – it’s 239 cubes of injected flathead fury heading for a cool 1935 Ford Cabriolet belonging to Sydney hot-rodder Geoff Oppy.
HARRY’S TURBO BIG-BLOCK HQ HOLDEN AT DRAG CHALLENGE – FULL STORY
The full story on what happened to Harry Haig's turbo big-block HQ Holden on Drag Challenge 2016
BURNOUT MASTERS 2017 – THE GOOD OIL
The 2017 Burnout Masters list so far and the comps they'll need to win in order to qualify
WORLD’S BIGGEST BURNOUT FIRE – VIDEO FLASHBACK
Justen Brown's Commodore Ute puts on one of the wildest burnouts we've ever seen
KRANKY BURNS DOWN KANDOS – VIDEO FLASHBACK
Looking back on the time Kranky set fire to everything at Kandos
MELBOURNE’S SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CAR MEET SHUT DOWN
Popular car meet held at the Eastlink Inbound BP servo in Melbourne's East has been shut down
Dodge Demon update – more power, less weight and big rubber
Dodge has released some more teaser videos about the forthcoming Challenger SRT Demon
HALTECH & POR440 DO DRAG CHALLENGE 2016 – VIDEO
Mitch and Luke from Haltech borrowed Mark Arblaster’s POR440 VG Valiant hardtop to take on Street Machine Drag Challenge 2016
AUSTRALIA’S QUICKEST STREET CAR HDT275 RUNS 7.37@186MPH
Terry Seng’s VC Commodore just set a new Aussie street car record, but he’s got plans for a new car so he can push into the sixes
CRAZY SWEDES DO DRAG WEEK IN 540CI OPEL ASCONA – VIDEO
Magnus Frost came all the way from Sweden to take on Drag Week 2016 in a wild nitrous-huffing Opel Ascona
Powerhouse Engines supercharged 950hp LS combo – video
Powerhouse Engines unleash some more horses from the blown LQ9 in Matt Smoors’s FSTGMH VK Commodore
Dodge announces new Challenger SRT Demon – video
Dodge’s new teaser video hints its forthcoming Challenger SRT Demon might run on E85