Bringing both a hybrid powertrain and a form of all-wheel drive to the Vette lineup for the first time in the Bow Tie sports car’s seven-decade history, the 2024 Chevy Corvette E-Ray offers meteoric ...
I'm sure you've watched a dyno video or two. The car thuds through the gears, slowly roars up, rising to a rev limit crescendo and zoom! It quickly winds down. This is not the case if the engine ...
A very good friend of mine, noted engine guru, and PHR contributor David Vizard, was once being queried about some aspect of engine theory. The interesting part of the exchange was when the fellow ...
Lucky us! We happened to get our paws on a crate Hemi-and the green light to run it to within an inch of its life on the dyno. Even better, we had a chance to bolt on a selection of go-fast goodies to ...
Dim’s fascination with cars began when he was just six. Born into a family of car enthusiasts and racing drivers, he started learning basic mechanics and driving from an early age. While he loves ...
Gearhead vehicle discussions often go something like this: "How fast?" "What's the e.t.?" "How much boost?" "What's the horsepower and torque?" Whether bragging or fact, the answers are usually the ...
You no longer have to get the Z06 in order to experience much more power from the new-gen Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, as there are certain tuning companies that would give it more power than the ...
Officially, Chevy claims the 5.5-liter twin-turbocharged V8 in the new ZR1 produces 1,064 hp and 828 lb-ft (1,122 Nm) of torque at the crank. That output enables it to reach 60 mph (96 km/h) in a ...
Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...
Bugatti developed a special dynamometer just for its hypercars. The Bugatti Chiron is too fast and powerful for a regular dyno. Dynamometers are a huge part of the testing process for new cars as well ...
There are many ridiculous numbers surrounding the Bugatti Chiron hypercar. For example, it tops out at 260 miles per hour, and it’ll get from zero to 62 and back to zero again in a hair under five ...
MountainPass Performance recently put a 2020 Tesla Model Y Performance on the dyno in their shop in Canada and recorded a surprising 502 peak horsepower. It's surprising because they previously put a ...