Can you really use a pencil to replace the inside of a spark plug? One intrepid group of experimenters decided to find out ...

A few weeks ago we showed you the latest wacky build from the Garage 54 team. The Russian answer to Mythbusters (for cars) branched out to motorcycles, turning a Ural — basically a cloned vintage BMW ...

That is because their Tesla Cybertruck is not powered by electrons but rather by an old-fashioned gasoline four-cylinder engine. It came as a legacy from the UAZ-469 that underpins the Russian ...

The guys at Garage 54 are on a mission. Not content with making a wheel and tire hit just 385 mph, the team is on a mission to send a wheel past the sound barrier. It's a goal that's stupid and absurd ...

Slated to enter production in 2021, the Cybertruck is – without a shadow of a doubt – a controversial design. It’s also different from your typical F-Series through the unibody construction that Tesla ...

The mad scientists from Garage 54 have moved to making clear covers for more parts of a car. Watch how oil flows in a rear differential through a clear plastic cover. This serves as a reminder that ...

Garage 54 calls it free horsepower. We call it glorious Lada carnage. A combustion engine makes power by compressing fuel and air in a cylinder, then igniting it. The tighter you compress the mixture, ...

The crazy crew from Garage 54 are answering another automotive question nobody asked: can you use big springs to counteract engine vibrations?

Increasing an engine’s compression ratio is a proven way of unlocking extra horsepower, but there’s a point of diminishing returns. The team at Garage 54, the Russian mechanics who built a V16 using ...

And kudos to Garage 54 on a rather clever design. Mounted on a specially constructed frame, the chainsaw engines combine to rotate a metal rod via a toothed gear that is welded to each crankshaft. The ...

Wide-body conversions traditionally helps a vehicle's bodywork cover a widened track width using fender flares or reshaped body panels. Garage 54 widened a Lada by ... attaching a second Lada sedan.