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!
427-cube blown LS next – Mill Of The Month
Troy Worsley at Warspeed in NSW has just put the finishing touches on this masterpiece for a customer’s VK, and it’s not your garden-variety cam-and-heads type of deal.
Powerhouse Engines 427ci big-block Chev with eight-throttle EFI
427ci big-block Chev with EFI and individual throttle bodies makes over 700hp
Guide to LS engine swaps
How to fit an LS engine into just about anything
427ci twin-turbo Windsor engine
The Dandy Engines XW is back on track, and owner Frank Marchese has resumed his pursuit of a six-second pass at 200mph.
LS engine variants part two – Generation IV
In part two of our LS family tree, we look at the Gen IV-series starting with the LS2
Blown 398-cube LS Next Dart block
We take a closer look at the blown 398ci LS-based mill from BG Engines in NSW
Castle Hill Performance’s 460ci big-block Chev – Mill of the Month
We take a close look at Castle Hill Performance’s big-block Chevy mill
LS engine variants part one – Generation III
After almost 20 years in production, there are dozens of LS engine variants, so here is he skinny on the LS family tree
Dandy engines-built Ford 380ci Cleveland – Mill of the Month
Robert Kardum is expecting around 700hp on the dyno from his 380-cube Clevo, built by Frank Marchese at Dandy Engines in Victoria
3500 horsepower LS motor in the build – Henson Racing Engines
We check out some killer builds at Henson Racing Engines, including an LS combo aiming to make 3500hp at up to 90psi
Project VL – forged bottom end RB30 assembly – Episode Five
In this episode of Project VL we’re back at Powerhouse Engines assembling Aiden’s RB30 engine
Project VL – big boost RB30 engine build – Episode Four
In this episode of Project VL it’s full steam ahead on Aiden’s RB30 engine build at Powerhouse Engines
Kranky’s 515ci big-block Chev makes monster grunt on engine dyno – video
Damo from BG Engines in North Richmond has been playing around with the motor out of Rod Waters’s KRANKY HQ Holden on the engine dyno
LS conversion kit for a first-gen Holden Commodore – part two
The finishing touches to the Castlemaine Rod Shop/Waddington Street Rods supercharged LS-powered VL Commodore build
LS conversion kit for a first-gen Holden Commodore – part one
Castlemaine Rod Shop builds a supercharged Holden VL to showcase its revamped LS-into-early-Commodore conversion kit
Engine ID guide – Ford, Holden, Chrysler & Chevrolet
An easy guide to spotting classic street machine engines
710hp Holden 383 stroker V8 with 367-cube combo
James Melmoth from Melway Competition Engines (MCE) puts together some of the toughest street ’n’ strip Holden V8s around
History of the Holden V8 part two: 1980-2000
In part two we look at the blue and black series motors plus the developments through to the last Aussie-built Holden V8 of the VT Commodore and VSIII ute
History of the Holden V8 part one: Red Motor 253, 308 & F5000
We take an in-depth look at the history of Holden’s Aussie-built V8 and the many changes it went through over 30 years. WhichCar is the home of Street Machine magazine.
Favourite engines from our Facebook page
Our Facebook readers tell us what their favourite engine is and why