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!
General Motors ends production of the LT5
The most powerful production engine in GM history is sadly no more
Pro Flo built 750hp 427ci Clevor
Old-school Ford muscle with a new-school twist
627hp 350ci Holden V8 combo – Mill of the Month
Not everyone is out to LS the world
Video: A guide to LS engines in Australia
The full breakdown of the LS engines locally delivered in Australia, from LS1 to LS9
Tunnel-rammed 505ci Ford FE combo – Mill of the Month
You could say Todd Keen has a bit of a thing for 60s Super Stock drag cars
8/71-blown, mech-injected alloy LS3 combo – Mill Of The Month
While EFI has revolutionised the driveability of big, angry engines, nothing in that world can match the tough look of a mechanically injected V8 wearing a filthy, whoppin’ great blower
Harrop-supercharged 403ci LS – Mill of the Month
These days, it’s not uncommon to come across regular streeters with four-digit power levels, and a boosted LS motor is a popular way to join that club
Supercharged L67 rebuild, part two – Carnage
Part two of our rebuild of the L67 for our ‘Supermang’ VN Commodore
Video: Harrop-blown 7.3-litre Ford Godzilla V8
Harrop Engineering throws one of its new TVS2650i superchargers on a Ford Godzilla motor to see how furious it can get
General Motors 6.6L L8T engine
With its new 401ci iron small-block, General Motors makes 6.6 the number of the beast
Procharged 347ci Windsor Ford V8 – Mill of the Month
This stout small block is the perfect mill for Matt Hourigan’s ’71 Mercury Comet
540ci twin-turbo big-block Chev
This twin-turbo big-block Chev is poised to transform the Aussie street car game
Ford Godzilla 7.3L V8
A new big-inch, pushrod production motor from Ford is here to hurt feelings
4/71 supercharged Holden 186 – Mill of the Month
This pump-fed 186 might look old-school, but it packs some killer tricks to make far more power than grandpa’s HR ever had!
Kaase Race Engines 429ci big-block Ford combo – Mill of the Month
Howard Astill has been tasked with fitting this monster 8.6-litre donk into a street-driven retrotech XC Falcon
Peter Brock’s 1979 Bathurst-winning Torana A9X engine – flashback
Peter Brock set the lap record on the final lap of 1979 Bathurst race with no oil in the 308 powering his race-winning A9X Torana. Or did he? We ask the two engine builders who were there
1600hp billet RB28 with over 50psi! – Video
We check out another big-horsepower RB build on the dyno
ProFlo Performance-built 598-cube big-block Chev – Mill of the Month
ProFlo Performance-built combo is good for over 1000rwhp on pump E85
MPW Performance-built 426ci Gen 3 Hemi – Mill of the Month
And now for something completely different: a balls-out, twin-turbo Gen 3 Hemi!
Speed Demon’s twin-turbo big-block engine in detail
Inside the 3100hp, twin-turbo big-block Chev that recently made George Poteet’s Speed Demon Streamliner the fastest piston-powered vehicle on land