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What are the worst mods you've ever done to a car?

Time to come clean and admit to the world the automotive sins of your younger self

Turbo LS-swapped Hyundai iLoad sleeper

Reckon this is just your average plumber's van? Think again!

582ci Pro Street Holden HJ GTS tribute

Mark Attard's tough-as-nails, 1050hp HJ Holden is the physical manifestation of the pro street dreams of his youth

Readers' rockets: Custom HJ Monaro, slamed Beetle, WB pano + more

We check out some of our readers' cool rides from the July issue of Street Machine

From rest to 289km/h: German road trip in a 2023 BMW X3 M Competition

Big, brash and bold: BMW’s medium SUV has both X and M factors needed for the Autobahn

Rob Herrington's 800hp XY Falcon

Drenched in acres of black and punching out north of 800hp, Rob Herrington’s all-motor XY is a streeter to fear

Little League 253 engine build - part two

Conclusion to the Little League 253 V8 engine build story

Little League: Hotting the mighty 253!

Presenting the most-requested tech yarn in Street Machine history – the Little League Holden 253 build up!

1000hp street-and-strip 605-cube Chrysler Hemi

Here's one for the Mopar faithful, from BK Race Engines in NSW

Twin-turbo V10-swapped HJ Holden and other awesome reader projects

We check out our readers' current projects from the July issue of Street Machine

Rocky Sarkis's show & go LH Torana

This perfectly contemporised Top 60 Torana proves just how good a classic muscle car can be in 2023

Sleeper King: Shane Bridge’s 429 Mk1 Cortina

Sporting factory looks but with a 429 Ford big-block under the bonnet, Shane Bridge’s Mk1 Cortina was one of Australia’s first and most-iconic sleepers

Barra-powered EK Holden heading to Red CentreNATS

Paul Rockes is taking his epic Ford-powered Holden to Red CentreNATS in Alice Springs

The Ice Road (2021) - ripper car movies

This mission is on thin ice

The man behind M: A chat with Frank van Meel

Controversy, challenges, EVs and retaining its identity: the future is fraught for BMW M. We speak to the man tasked with dragging a performance icon into a new era

Reader's Rocket: Sam Zullo's HT Monaro

Ever since Sam's first red HT Monaro was stolen 40 years ago, he told himself he would have another one some day. And here it is

Young gun Joe Box's 355-cube Holden HZ ute

17-year-old Joe Box rescued this farm-find HZ ute and got it running with the help of his dad. It's now running a BG Engines-built Holden 355 V8

The incredible career of Aussie racing legend Max De Jersey

From the earliest days of drag racing, to the halcyon days of Bob Jane's Thunderdome, Max De Jersey did it all

LS engine family part 1: Gen III + Gen IV

The LS engine has been in production for over a quarter-century, and there are literally dozens of variants to play with. Here's the skinny on the whole bunch!

Chris & Joe Batey's front-engined dragsters

Nothing says nostalgia quite like a front-engined dragster

1000rwhp VF Valiant Regal ready for Drag Challenge

Keith Fabian's VF Valiant Regal looks mild on the outside but packs an 1100hp punch under the bonnet

Bob Bridger's LS1-powered 1964 EH Holden ute

One of the Real Street entrants that caught our attention at this year's Meguiar's MotorEx was Bob Bridger and his custom EH ute. We caught up with him for a quick chat

The secrets of the Moore’s Missile FJ Holden

How two young blokes from Sydney’s south turned the art of FJ Holden racing on its head

Custom FX-FJ Holdens - part 3

In the final part of our series celebrating iconic FJ/FX builds, we look at some of the more 'modern' era customs the 1980s