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The 2020 Range Rover Sport will get a supercharged inline-6
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The Range Rover Sport you see on the streets around you typically features a mighty V8 under its hood. There’s a supercharged V6 version available as well. The latter is an aging engine that shouldn’t leave V8-shoppers taking a moment to consider the downgrade. There’s a new powerplant on the way, however, that should shake…
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A new Mini John Cooper Works GP is on its way
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A Mini Cooper is a fun machine. It’s not about power but the handling that provides the entertainment with good Cooper, both new and old. Still, more power is a nice thing. And it’s been a great thing when you look back on the limited-edition John Cooper Works GP. A fresh one is on its…
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BMW driver jailed for 3 months for using laser jammer
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A driver in England has earned a hefty fine and a short jail stay. The reason? His BMW was equipped with a laser jamming device, and that’s a big no-no. Michael Twizell added the signal disruptor to the nose of his BMW but the police managed to figure out something was afoot. Watch the latest…
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Let’s examine this HELLA SWEET potential LeMons cheat
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There are many ways in which 24 Hours of LeMons competitors can attempt to play fast and loose with the series rules. Cheater-spec parts are the most obvious, of course. Hide some upgraded bits deep in your engine and hope the tech folks won’t find it all. They will, but bravo for trying. There’s another…
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Podcast: Episode 282 – A farewell to FiST –ing
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Chris says a fond farewell to his Ford Fiesta ST. The FiST will be missed, but it’s not straying too far from the Hooniverse family orbit. Our friend Jason Connor is buying the car. Hopefully, I’m able to sell my Benz as quickly as Chris has shipped off the Fiesta. For now though, we’re here…
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Rejoice! BMW X3 M and BMW X4 M are here!
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At the present time the world seems a bit short on sporty, and even high performance, utility vehicles, as known as SUVs or CUVs, as known as jacked up wagons. Don’t worry, BMW is here to save the day! The new high performance versions of the X3 and X4 are here! They’re unimaginatively called X3 M…
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Build this LEGO Technic Lancia Stratos out of your Porsche GT3 RS
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The LEGO Technic Porsche GT3 RS model is rather interesting. It’s an amazing amount of detail but yet it manages to look kind of ugly when assembled. Those of who wish for a more realistic looking model but still wanting to retain much of cool techy stuff that is there – I have some great…
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This is a Toyota 2JZ engine and here’s how you break it down
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Toyota’s 2JZ engine has certainly entered into a point of status where it can comfortably be described as both iconic and legendary. How did it get there? Starting back at the outset of 1990, Toyota produced its JZ family of engines. These are all straight sixes served up in differing levels of displacement, with different…
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IndyCar roars back into Laguna Seca
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A rare dusting of snow dots the hills of Monterey County. And with it those hills are alive with the sound of IndyCar. An unofficial test session was coordinated by all teams minus the new-for-2019 Harding-Steinbrenner Racing crew. IndyCar as an organization was essentially left out as the cars made their first laps around WeatherTech…
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Hooniverse Asks: Do you have a Haynes Manual nearby?
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John Harold Haynes passed away this past week. The man helped a generation of burgeoning car enthusiasts keep their scrappy bits of pride and joy on the road. And that love of tinkering and wrenching extended as it was past from parent to child. As machines changed hands, and knowledge was earned along the way.…
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Last Call: Whipping through a winter wonderland
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It’s snowy outside for some of you. Is your commute anything like this? View this post on Instagram A post shared by World Rally Championship (@officialwrc) Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.
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Video intro and photo gallery of my 1991 Mitsubishi Montero
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A bit over a week ago, I shared the newest Hooniverse project car acquisition. It’s my 1991 Mitsubishi Montero. The plan is now to sell my 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 and use the Montero as a daily driver until The Wombat is done. The introductory post on the Montero was just a quick peek at the…
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An old style returns to our t-shirt lineup – Mechanics Only is back!
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We found the logo buried somewhere in the bowels of our crap-can BMW 6-series “race car”. It basically said, visually, that you shouldn’t be working on this part unless you’re a mechanic. We find that hilarious and curious at the same time, and we loved the logo enough to turn it into a t-shirt design…
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John Haynes, founder of Haynes Manuals, has passed away
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Haynes shows you how. That’s the tagline for the long running automotive DIY manual. If you have an older car and want to do your own repairs, there’s a very good chance you’ve got a Haynes Manual stuffed away somewhere. John Harold Haynes published his first manual back in 1966. According to the Haynes website…
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A Morgan Three Wheeler …with four wheels?
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Nash and Godfrey hated cogs. They built a car with chains and dogs. And it worked, but would it if… they had built it with a diff? That’s a good question to ask the owner of the Morgan RIP Special. On the nose, it’s a Morgan Three Wheeler. Out back, it’s a GN. Charlie Martin,…
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Watch Hagerty rebuild a Dodge Demon Hemi V8
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This is a 6.2-liter Hemi V8. When fed the proper fuel, it will produce 840 horsepower. Dodge sticks these in the nose of its appropriately named Demon. That would be the limited-edition Dodge Challenger Demon, which is a production vehicle that also happens to be NHRA certified to make your face contort into dumb positions.…