The Auto Section
Cars, trucks, whips, 4×4, cruisers, lowriders, rock crawlers, restorations – basically anything with a motor that transports 1 or more peeps
Cars, trucks, whips, 4×4, cruisers, lowriders, rock crawlers, restorations – basically anything with a motor that transports 1 or more peeps
Soon, muscle car enthusiasts won’t have to choose between horsepower and clean air! Popular Mechanics (possibly the most resilient magazine ever published) goes into massive detail in this article about how they’ve combined new + old technologies side by side for a totally unique buildup. They start with a 2009 Dodge Challenger R/T with a [...]
My latest obsession: muscle cars circa 1930-79
I’ve always been a tomboy, always will be. In high school, while most gals my age were obsessing over Seventeen Mag and picking out prom dresses, I was drooling over my neighbor’s GTO Judge and pulling parts out of my boyfriend’s Trans Am for rebuilding. My environmental [...]
In 1988, Toyota introduced the 6-cylinder 3vze engine for 4Runners and Hilux trucks. Less common than the 4-cylinder 22R engines found in many 1st generation Yota trucks, the 3vze is harder to shop for, but incredibly easy to work on.
In Spring 2009, I bought my first truck – a 1988 Toyota 4Runner. I’d wanted a truck since high school, but never found the right one at the right time. I tempered my lust with tour buses, a Mercedes Benz, even 2 boats before finding the *perfect* truck. At long last, my [...]