Modified engines are the lifeblood of our sport and we love to showcase the most powerful, beautiful and inventive examples each year.
While V8s are a major focus, we cover almost anything of interest, including vintage engines such as the Ford flathead, late-model Japanese sixes and even Mazda rotary engines!
Inside ex-HDT XU-1 Saggy Sarah’s blown 202 Holden six
The rescued racing icon’s donk gets a refresh after 15 years of track action
Grunt Hunt: Holden V8 build secrets
The best options for building a stout street Holden V8 in 2025, thanks to Precision International
Video: 1000hp, Harrop-blown Godzilla on the dyno!
We head to Dandy Engines to see what a ‘normal’ 1000hp+ 7.3L Godzilla V8 build involves!
Benny Neal’s naturally aspirated 2JZ-GE combo
Benny Neal built this 3.0L 2JZ-GE combo for his latest project, a GX81 Mark II family-friendly JDM cruiser
BK Engines-built 363-cube Windsor V8 combo
BK Race Engines built this 363ci high-revving Windsor to replace an LS fitted to a customer’s Cobra
Speed Pro’s 434-cube supercharged Clevor combo
Speed Pro’s Marcus Cripps pieced together this 1500hp Clevor V8 for his drag-and-drive XB Falcon project. We can’t wait to see the end result at Drag Challenge later this month
BK Race Engines-built 383-cube Holden V8 combo
This 814hp combo is one of Bill Kaglatzis’s wildest Holden builds yet
EJR Performance-built 434ci Clevor combo
EJR Performance’s 434ci Clevor proves simplicity can still deliver a brutal 710hp punch
BG Engines-built blown 388ci LS combo
This 8/71-blown monster pieced together by Damian Baker at BG Engines is destined for a client’s burnout car
Inside ANMLXY’s 1060hp, naturally aspirated, 462ci Clevor small-block
Peter Tsekenis’s insane SBF gets a freshen-up from BK Race Engines, with sights set on Drag Challenge
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
Blown 632-cube Kaase Boss Nine
The Polito name is synonymous with high-revving Pro Stock power, but this monstrous blown BBF destined for a customer’s ’39 Zephyr is something altogether wilder
4/71 blown, 202-powered EK Holden ute set to debut at MotorEx
There’s a cool EK ute set to be unveiled at MotorEx 2025, and it’s powered by this 500hp blown Holden six
Chevrolet W-series 348 & 409 V8s (1958–1965)
Launched in 1958, Chevy’s W-series big-blocks delivered brutal performance
ProFlo Performance-built, blown 383-cube Holden V8 combo
ProFlo breathes new life into this Holden V8, transforming it from nitrous-fed to blower-powered. The refreshed combo is destined for a customer’s VL Commodore
Whipple-blown 542-cube big-block Ford combo
Tim Gruber from Queanbeyan Engine Service pieced together this tough combo with a monster Whipple and 1500hp on tap for a customer’s F100 burnout car
Warspeed’s Harrop-blown 400-cube LS combo
Warspeed Industries push the small-cube boundaries with this Harrop-supercharged 400ci LS, destined for a tough street/drag VN Berlina
ProFlo Performance Harrop-blown, 427-cube LS
This 1225hp, 7.0L LS is destined for a customer’s HJ Holden show car, which will become a streeter and then possibly raced later on
Ford 427-cube SOHC ‘Cammer’ V8
The 427ci SOHC Ford V8 proved that the Yanks could go high-tech when they wanted to
Buyer’s guide: Late-model crate engines
Here’s the hottest late-model crate motors available right now – including some of the wildest bent-eights Detroit has ever offered!