Hot Rod Garage

Hot Rod Garage welcomes its newest member to the team, Alex Taylor! She and Lucky set their sights on pushing the 10s for 10K Bonemaro build into 9-second timeslip territory with a solid plan of weight loss, a transbrake and a booster seat.

The Grand Trashional gets one more shot at making the power it deserves. Alex and Lucky put their faith in heads, a cam, hopes and a dream. And because they're gluttons for punishment, they introduce another creampuff to the fleet, another GM turbo V6.

HRG's Javelin is back to get seating sorted, safety started and the nut behind the wheel trained. After adding seats and a roll cage, plus some on-track tuning courtesy of Randy Pobst, Alex and Lucky strap in to battle the Javelin's hottest lap times.

Alex and Lucky bring in a pair of entry-level drift cars, two Nissan 370Zs. Drift-prepping the twin-Zs with basic upgrades, these once abused and beaten Zs will continue to be abused and beaten, except now under the watchful eye of an actual pro drifter.

A little work gets you a little faster, but a lotta work gets you a LOT faster. Alex and Lucky bounce between the turbocharged five-speed Voyager minivan and the newest member of the HRG stable, a desert-fresh, soon-to-be-tube-chassised '55 Savoy.

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 a sight to behold.

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 on Woodward Ave.

Fresh off their win at Roadkill Nights, Alex and Lucky take on double the cars for double the seat time. A Coyote-swapped '04 Mustang and a leaking but eager '74 Javelin track screamer are just barely on the disabled list, and it's time to get them off.

Like drag racing before it, roll racing is starting to get organized and move to the track. We're just one Vortech V7 install away from trying our hand at this craze, pitting Lucky's soon-to-be 1,000-hp Chevelle against last season's 1,000-hp Caprice PPV.

The MythDuster's early Gen III Hemi has been resting in pieces ever since Engine Masters gave it a lackluster report card. Alex and Lucky upgrade the engine with much-improved heads to get the 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.

Alex loves surprises, so when she heard the story of the vehicle that got Lucky into cars, she hatched a plan to find him one. A light tune-up and a few lies later, Lucky finally gets what's coming to him -- a super secret '63 Ford Galaxie Country Sedan.

The crew from Hot Rod Garage is inventing a holiday. 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.