The Smoking Tire heads out to Fontana, CA for a drag strip meetup with the guys from turboBuick.com and learns about the one-time "fastest car in America," the Buick Grand National.
The Smoking Tire and Super Speeders Together: Vehicular Carnage
The Smoking Tire collaborates with the legendary DVD series Super Speeders for the new DVD Super Speeders 5: Out of Control. To order the DVD, visit SuperSpeeders.com and use promo code TST09 to get free shipping!
Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI Review
We hold an open casting call for any driver wanting to test the new Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI due to Matt Farah's busted knee. Many failed auditions later, we found a temporary replacement, and were going to watch him try and keep this Audi supercar on the road.
Pratt & Miller Corvette C6RS Review
The Smoking Tire heads out to Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch and Switchcars.com to test out the baddest street Corvette ever, the Pratt & Miller Corvette C6RS. For more information about the C6RS, visit www.switchcars.com
How to Improve Your Old Car's Performance - Part 1/3
The Smoking Tire gets all scientific in this episode, trying to discover exactly how much power can be unlocked from an old car simply by performing routine maintenance.
The 180 MPH 1969 Dodge Daytona: "Project Angrier"
The Smoking Tire heads to East Hampton to terrorize yuppies in the baddest muscle car around: Mr. Angry's 1969 Dodge Daytona. Blasphemous to some, envied by others, this is one tire-shredding muscle machine we'll take in our garage any day.
Buick Grand National Turbo 1987
Buick Grand National turbo 1987
Motor:
Holset hx40 super (modified for buick), Tial wastegate, kb-headers, 42-lbs injectors, front mount ic, power logger, devils own alcohol injection, 3" dp, tt chip, 70 mm accufab, walbro pump, test pipe, hooker Exhaust system.
Brakes and suspension:
SMC rear control arms, airbags, polyurethane bushings, eibach lowering springs, 2005 pickup brakes.
Coming:
vigilante converter, ported gn1 heads, cam, maf translator pro, stroker kit, aeromotive fuel system etc.
1987 Buick Grand National
This car doesn't belong to me. It belongs to my parents who have put plenty of effort into it. Credit is given to the respected artists on the songs used.
:] No hate comments, please.
1987 Grand National vs. Late Model GTO
My 1987 Grand National vs. a late-model GTO at Island Dragway in Great Meadows, NJ. You can buy the entire Island Dragway DVD from febusfilms.com
