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Mark Still is a man of limited sports car experience, but is long on fabrication skill. So when he decided he wanted to build a hillclimbing monster, he started with what he was into: old Corollas. Now, his 1975 Coupe has the V8 and subframe from a Lexus SC400, an Eaton M112 Supercharger from a […]

The Smoking Tire puts Dinan’s massaged BMW 1M coupe through its paces in the Angeles Forest. With 450 hp and 450 lb/ft of torque from its twin-turbo I6, it could be just what the 1 Series M needs. Or, it could be a bit too much. What do you think?

Should You Add Turbos to Your Super Rare Ferrari Race Car? A traditional Ferrari enthusiast, who found himself with a 1-of-32 factory built Ferrari 348 Challenge race car would probably leave it stock. But Stacey Slead and Steve Maxwell are not traditional Ferrari enthusiasts. Instead, they built what might just be the perfect Ferrari tuner […]

The Smoking Tire takes to the canyons with TWO beautiful Detomaso Pantera’s. One is a highly original car with a big-dollar concours restoration, the other is a completely customized SEMA build by the legendary Ringbrothers. Which way would you have it?

Two cars with a similar mission, maximum speed, and totally opposite ways of getting there.Matt and Zack hit the Angeles Forest with 1,200 HP and $350,000 in sports cars: The 2014 Dodge SRT Viper and the 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S. Build a 911 Turbo at: http://www.porsche.com/usa/ Build a Viper at: http://www.drivesrt.com/2014/srt-viper/

The Smoking Tire revisits one of our favorite subjects on /TUNED, Corbin Goodwin, to see his newest monster creation: The Jettamino. It’s a diesel Jetta turned into a pickup truck that has a nasty habit of oversteering constantly. Watch the Original Zero F*cks Given RX7 Here

The Smoking Tire gets our hands on an ultra-rare Lamborghini Countach LP5000QV, and can’t resist taking it out with the $480,000 Aventador Roadster to see which is better, old or new.

Preview “Cook Your Ass Off Here!” - http://full.sc/1h5Jngj Matt finally, after 6 months of searching and 5 months of restoration, gets to take his Barn-find Delorean home. Here, we go through the entire car, show what’s been updated, how it runs and sounds, and what it’s like to finally take your dream car home. Note: […]

Matt gets to hear the Delorean running for the first time after rebuilding the engine with the Stage 2 upgrades. It sounds like a 911! **When he refers to something “sounding terrible, he means crappy iPhone audio, not the car.

In the past I’ve thought of air suspension as a modification reserved for trucks, low riders, and show cars. But what about sports cars? Is it possible to have the look you want at a show, the handling you want at the limit, and the practicality of clearing speed bumps and driveways? The guys from […]