Next-Gen Shelby GT500 To Get 500+ HP "Road Runner" V8!

Amid spy photos of a Coyote-engined Ford F-150, our friends at PickupTrucks.com tell us to expect a twin-turbo 5.0-liter "Road Runner" V8 with output of well over 500 HP to debut in the next-generation Shelby GT500 in 2012. Meep!Meep! [PickupTrucks.com]

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Project Car Hell, Hood Scoop Edition: Torino or Road Runner?

PCH_Torino_Roadrunner.jpg With the Mopar Minivan getting the win over the Blown Buick in Friday''s PCH Turbo Sleeper Edition poll, today seems like a good day to return to some good ol' no-replacement-for-displacement Dee-troit muscle. Sure, you could always whip out a fat roll of Benjamins and turn it into a cherry big-block machine that'll…

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Project Car Hell: Volare Road Runner or Ventura GTO?

PCH_74GTO-76Roadrunner.jpgIn a shocking upset, the Short Bus soundly trounced the Pink Pig in yesterday's Choose Your Eternity poll, no doubt because it's equipped with a V8 and a 4-speed. Today we're going to see what happens when we pit a couple of Malaise Era post-musclecars against each other...

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Oh, The Shame of It All

You're the proud owner of a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner. You head out to the local dragstrip to prove your Plymouth really is one of the greatest muscle cars of all time. You laugh, almost maniacally as a baby blue Pinto pulls up next to you in the beams. Laughter soon turns to abject shame as the Pinto pulls ahead of…

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Toucan Sam Felled by Nutritionists

From the save us from ourselves department comes the news that the days of lovable cartoon characters hawking sugary cereal are numbered. Kellog's has recently come under pressure from advocacy groups who claim the products marketed towards kids contribute to obesity. Tony the Tiger and Dig 'Em are also facing…

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Mix-n-Match Mopar Madness: Fun With B-Bodies!

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It's a darn shame that the Mopar B-body guys don't have the factory hardware to slap truck beds on their cars, while any fool with a Montego can make a Montechero and the roads are practically choked with Tempestaminos. But when it comes to wagons, the Mopar freaks can hold their heads high. Take, for example, this…

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