Michael R. T. Jensen

It’s no secret that many American cars that came from the ‘70s were oversized, not to mention overweight. Worse yet, after the oil crisis in 1973 many of these land yachts were severely underpowered. However, they truly earned their “boat” nicknames with long lengths, heavy body on frame designs, and soft suspension.

If you’ve been considering upgrading any bulbs on your own vehicle, or just like the idea of bright lights and the ability to see at night, this post is is for you. This is the culmination of roughly a year worth of upgrading dozens of different bulbs on the exterior of my daily to LED.

In honour of their recent win in the Rolex 24 Hour at Daytona, Ford Performance has unveiled a special model of the Ford GT dubbed the Competition Series. This model will further shed weight and lower the center of gravity compared to the base model GT.

Ford managed to haul a 4,124 square foot (45’×92’) flag behind a 2017 Ford F-450 during Ford Championship weekend earlier last month. The F-450’s turbo diesel 6.7L Power Stroke engine, producing 925 foot pounds of torque is what enabled the record to be achieved.

Chevrolet has the Corvette, Dodge has the Viper, and Ford has the GT. This is the first time since the above photo was taken a few years ago that all three manufacturers have had super cars to match each other. Each derives it’s power from very different engines, with a TT V6, SC V8, and an NA V10 for comparison.