Hot Rod Garage

- Season 10

(2022)

Join Hot Rod Garage as we welcome the newest member to the HRG team, host Alex Taylor!. Coming from a long history of fast cars, she and Lucky set their sights on pushing our 10's for 10k Bonemaro build into some 9-second timeslip territory. A solid plan of weight loss, a trans brake, and a booster seat should all add up to the fastest pass in Bonemaro's history.

This time on Hot Rod Garage, the Grand Trashional gets one more shot at making the power it deserves. We're putting all our faith in heads, a cam, hopes, and a dream. And because we're gluttons for punishment, we introduce another creampuff to the fleet: yet another must-have GM turbo V-6. But at least this one will be fast, right?

With HRG's Javelin finally sorted in the suspension, braking, and power departments, it's time to get seating sorted, safety started, and the nut behind the wheel trained. We're talking seating for two, roll cage, and some on-track tuning by MT's resident hot-lapper Randy Pobst. After a couple of quick and dirty road course lessons, Alex and Lucky strap in to do battle with the Javelin's hottest lap times.

Having near-zero experience in the sport of drifting, Alex and Lucky bring a pair of unexpected stock into the HRG stable -- the catch all of entry-level drift cars, two Nissan 370Zs. Drift-prepping the twin-Zs with ultra basic upgrades, these once abused and beaten Zs will continue to be abused and beaten, except this time under the watchful tutelage of an actual pro drifter.

A little work gets you a little faster, but a lotta work gets you a LOT faster. Join Alex and Lucky as they bounce between our forgotten hero of a turbocharged five-speed Voyager minivan and the newest member of the HRG stable: a desert-fresh, soon to be tube chassised '55 Savoy. Which one is destined for greatness? Hint: It's not the minivan. At least not yet.

This time on Hot Rod Garage, the gang gets sick, loses the shop, and still manages to finish the Savoy. Not just finish it, but transform it from its shell of a self into a blown, injected, six-speed, tube-chassised, big-tire Savoy. It's a feat of endurance and one heck of a sight to behold.

With the 28-day thrash from field car to big-tire Savoy complete, Alex and Lucky prep the Crown Hic and DiesEl Camino for a burnout competition with the Roadkill and FWF guys. Then it's down to business as Alex flexes her stick shift skills in the Influencer Grudge Match drag race at Roadkill Nights. Woodward Ave, here we come!.

Freshly stoked off of their win at Roadkill Nights, Alex and Lucky are taking on double the cars for double the seat time. A broken but Coyote-swapped '04 Mustang and a leaking but eager '74 Javelin track screamer are both just barely on the disabled list, and it's time to get them off. When some friendly sparring on the road course is just a few wrenches away, how do you not?

Roll Racing has been hot on the street for a minute, and we've all seen or heard those three-honk freeway starts. Just like drag racing before it, it's starting to get organized and move to the track. As stewards of speed, it's only right that we try our hand at this rolling start craze. We're just one Vortech V7 install away from pitting Lucky's soon-to-be 1,000-hp Chevelle against last season's 1,000-hp Caprice PPV. It's a gas-mashing battle on the front straight of Big Willow, with a little extra dose of competition from a more expected roll race competitor called ...

After its Gen III Hemi went on loan to Engine Masters, the MythDuster has been resting in pieces. A report card showing the early Gen III down nearly 100 hp from its later brethren just didn't inspire a reinstallation. So this time on HRG, we upgrade our early Gen III Hemi engine with the much improved later Eagle heads to get our MythDuster making some actual power and some actual passes.

Let's face it, we've all got budgets. Sometimes the best hot rodding you can do is with that old truck in the field, and Roadkill Garage's old project Tater Truck has been loafing around the MotorTrend offices for years just begging for some love. What can we do with this sluggish, tired, and granny-geared F250? Two words: Spud Life.

Lucky tells a lot of stories, so when you hear a new one-you listen. Alex loves surprises, so when she heard the story of the car that got Lucky into cars, she hatched a plan to find him one. A light tuneup and a few lies later, Lucky finally gets what's coming to him-a super secret '63 Ford Galaxie Country Sedan.

We're inventing a holiday, everybody!. HRG Day is the most magical day of the year where we rent a dragstrip, order up a taco cart, and invite our friends to come out and play cars!!. This is-without a doubt-the best job ever. We may have gotten a late start on the invites this year, but they're already in the mail for the next one... Grab your helmet and make a plate because HRG Day is here to stay.