Street Machine

Street Machine is the country’s biggest selling, most widely read and most respected modified car magazine. Combining great photography with accurate, expert coverage of the Aussie modified car scene and in-depth technical features, Street Machine celebrates Australia’s passion for older cars, V8s and the lifestyle that surrounds them.

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FRESH METAL • THIRTY KILLER NEW RIDES ARE SET TO BE UNVEILED AT STREET MACHINE SUMMERNATS 38!

MILDURA REFUELLED! • TOP FUEL IS SET TO MAKE A COMEBACK IN MILDURA FOR THE TWILIGHT NATIONALS IN FEBRUARY

HOT GOSSIP

LACHIE JONES • ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

RUNNING ON EMPTY 1982 • HE’LL WIN AT ANY COST

YOUR STUFF

The Winner, BY KNOCKOUT • MARTIN PECOTICH’S HTKO SCORES A RESOUNDING WIN IN THE 2025 ENTHUSIAST MOTOR INSURANCE STREET MACHINE OF THE YEAR AWARD

IF YOU NEED ME, I’LL BE IN THE SHED

THE ROAD WARRIOR • BRANDON ZITO’S SEVEN-SECOND, TWIN-TURBO LC TORANA MIGHT BE THE STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE OVERALL CHAMPION FOR 2025, BUT IT’S STILL A STREET CAR AT ITS CORE

Final BOSS • RINGBROTHERS PUMPS A 1969 MACH 1 MUSTANG FULL OF STEROIDS AND SHOVES 800 HORSES UNDER THE BONNET TO CREATE ‘ Kingpin’, ONE OF THE MEANEST PONY CARS EVER TO HIT THE STREETS

PERFECT 10 YEARS OF DC • WITH 250 STARTERS, 11 CLASSES, A MINIMUM 1500KM ROAD LOOP AND FOUR TRACKS, THE 2025 STREET MACHINE DRAG CHALLENGE 10TH-ANNIVERSARY EVENT WAS ONE HELL OF A CELEBRATION

GUN FOR HIRE • THIS 1000HP VH COMMODORE STREETER IS SO GOOD, IT’S CRIMINAL

SUPREME UTILITY • ANTHONY SPADAVECCHIA’S FRESHLY CONCOCTED XW UTE SMASHED OUTMID-EIGHTS ON ITS WAY TO WINNING THE SPEED PROSIX-CYLINDER CLASS AT DRAG CHALLENGE 2025

THE BIG SHOW • FROM 3D TECH AND MICRO-MANUFACTURING TO DESIGNER-LED BUILDS, THE 2025 SEMA SHOW IN LAS VEGAS PROVED THE AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET INDUSTRY IS EVOLVING FASTER THAN EVER

NEW OLD STOCK • AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY, MARK PSAILA TOOK HIS HR PREMIER FROM STOCKCREAM-PUFF TO PRO STREET TOUGHIE. NOW, STOCK6 IS BACK AS ABIG-TYRE, TURBO 2JZ ROCKET

LIGHTEN UP • GOING MID-NINES IN A VG VALIANT WASN’T ENOUGH FOR AARON JAMES, SO HE WENT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING A BIT SLIMMER TO CHASE EIGHTS WITH

BOXING CLEVER • THE ‘COPDAT’ SUBARU FLAT FOUR-POWERED DATSUN 1600 IS BACK, EARNING SUMMERNATS SILVERWARE ON ITS GRAND RETURN

NATURAL SELECTION • FROM MILD THROUGH TO WILD, HERE’S HOW TO MAKE BULK POWER FROM A NATURALLY ASPIRATED LS

KYLEE KAPPE • MOUNT PLEASANT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SIX OF THE BEST • RYAN HOLZ’S LC TORANA IS ON A MISSION FOR MID-SIXES THANKS TO 2000HP OF TURBOCHARGED TOYOTA SIX-POT

DIRTY STUFF

IN THE BUILD

IN GEAR

READERS’ ROCKETS • WANT your pride and joy featured in the mag? Just send some photos of your car (minimum file size 2MB each) and a few details of what went into the build to readerscars@streetmachine.com.au.

SUMMERNATS SURVIVAL GUIDE

BLOWN 369CI WINDSOR • EJR PERFORMANCE, MORISSET, NSW