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Chrysler currently produces the largest OE gasoline V8 engine commercially available, and it stuffs it in a multitude of vehicles from Dodge Chargers to RAM trucks. The 6.4L HEMI V8, known by the codename “Apache”, is a medium-duty 90-degree pushrod V8 with two large valves per cylinder,
Discovering North America: Amazing Overland Adventures
Amazing Adventures in our Own Backyard The definition of overland travel is slowly changing to accommodate those adventurous spirits who have a passion for self-reliant vehicle-based travel, but who might not have months or years, huge bank accounts and sometimes the desire, to cross remote deserts, mountain
Classic Ford, Modern Adventure: Jerry Souza’s Baja Race Machine
Racing in Mexico is Like the Wild West, Especially in a Classic Ford F-250 Turned Race Machine Crawl over rocks, speed through the desert sand, and take a beating over long stretches of often off-camber, rolling divots in the form of “whoops” all while trying to follow
Trail-Tested and True: 2019 Toyota Tacoma TRD Sport
Curt Reesor’s Tacoma Solidifies His Outdoor Adventures Although Curt Reesor owned other 4x4s, he always appreciated Toyotas. His first new truck was a 1988 Toyota single cab 4x4 boasting a 22RE four-cylinder engine and manual transmission. His Toyota was bombproof, giving Reesor years of reliable service, including
2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave Unleashed
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Built for the Desert: The Phenomenal Ford Ranger Prerunner
There’s Nothing Quite Like Going 100-plus Across the Desert in a Purpose-Built Ford Ranger Everyone has that one vehicle that causes them to pause—that quintessential custom you can only dream of emulating in some shape or form in a future build. For off-road desert speed fans, that
Transforming a Toyota Tundra into a Trophy Truck Adventure
A Prerunning Toyota Tundra Turned Trophy Truck Spec’d Ford F-100 Folk who have a passion for extreme sports have a tendency of carrying that same excitement into whatever other activities they choose to partake in. There must be something imbedded into one’s DNA that craves that action,
Off-Road Odyssey with Roxxie the Wrangler
Because It Goes Over Rocks, See? Jolk Heyer, known as “aquajeepgirl” in the cyber universe (that’s still something people say, right?), has been exploring the great outdoors in her trusty 2018 Jeep Wrangler, affectionately named “Roxxie,” for a few years now. Her passion for Jeeps and off-roading