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!
1200hp twin-turbo small-block Chev dyno – Video
Travis Fink’s twin-turbo 400ci small-block makes 1200hp on the engine dyno
Twin-turbo 434ci Dart Windsor – Mill of the Month
Danko Knezevic from Adicted Performance in Hallam, Victoria, spends his days building highhorsepower street, strip and burnout engines for all of his customers to play with.
Supercharged 6.2-litre LSA – Mill of the Month
GM’s 6.2-litre supercharged LSA is a very ‘it’ engine right now
Steve Bezzina’s 540ci Pro Line 481X – Mill of the Month
Steve Bezzina’s XW Falcon has long been the quickest leaf-sprung street Falcon in the country, and has seen two different turbo small-block V8 combinations over the years
Alon Vella’s 450ci Windsor – Mill of the Month
Alon Vella’s Drag Challenge Radial Aspirated-winning big-inch Windsor
Why is the Ford Barra motor so good?
Why Ford’s six-cylinder Barra motor has the potential for huge horsepower
Blown 355ci Holden V8 – Mill Of The Month
Despite the fact that this engine was never built to race, it makes pretty good power with 651 horses on tap
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
V12 LS goes to a custom block – video
Two crazy Aussie brothers cut and shut a pair of LS1 V8s to create this monster V12
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