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TBT! Grudge Racing the OG Murder Nova in 2012

TBT! Grudge Racing the OG Murder Nova in 2012

Here's a little throwback Thursday for you all. I was feeling nostalgic the other day and scrolling through my old youtube channel. So much good stuff on there. I ran across this gem and it instantly took me back. Many of you know, while many of you may not know; before Midwest Streetcars was our place of business, it use to just be a web forum where everybody logged on to talk trash to each other, set up races, sell used parts, b.s., etc etc. Back in 2011-2012ish, we decided

Getting Wanda ready for BIG power

Getting Wanda ready for BIG power

Everyone's favorite shortwide Chevy is still around! Wanda has been out of commission for the past few month due to finally breaking the bone stock 4L60e. While on the way to the body shop for some fresh paint, 'someone' convinced Chief it would be cool to "do it for the gram" and do a 50mph rolling burnout. Unfortunately, the output shaft didn't it was near as cool of an idea as we did lol. This last week, Monkey got the Rossler built 4L80e installed using a swap harness fro

Update on Murder Nova's ManVan!

Update on Murder Nova's ManVan!

So it's been a little bit since we've let you know what's up with Shawn's TBSS, ManVan. The last update we put out, it made right at 400rwhp after a cam swap and some Stainless Works headers and exhaust. We added a Nitrous Express plate kit to it and had quite a bit of fun...but you know how it goes lol The stock LS2 and 4L70 was removed from the ManVan and transplanted into Shawn's k5 blazer, Kilo. In it's place we dropped in a 370c.i. short block from Texas Speed with some

ManVan takin it to the Streets of the 405!

ManVan takin it to the Streets of the 405!

The ManVan has been on a roll as of late. Not in the sense that we've been racking up a lot of wins (or any for that matter lol) but this 4900# suv is definitely keeping people on their toes! In this video, Shawn lines up against a 1951, twin turbo Ford truck nicknamed "The Mutt" in a heads up grudge race on the STREETS of the 405! #procharger #StreetOutlaws #LSxTruck #TheCrow #StreetRacing #streettruck #BigChief #MurderNova #MidwestStreetCars

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What's New at Midwest Streetcars

What's New at Midwest Streetcars

Well, it's definitely been a long time since I've done one of these and a lot has happened since the last one! For those of you reading for the first time, keep in mind: I am NOT a writer. If my high school English teacher ever comes across these posts, she'll be very disappointed that I didn't retain anything from her class...or impressed that I actually finished something lol. All I'm getting at is, enjoy the story and try not to focus too much on my bad punctuation and sen

So you want to be a Street Outlaw?

So you want to be a Street Outlaw?

So you want to be a Street Outlaw? We hear it all the time; "anybody can can be fast with them big ol' tires" or "you guys don't even work on your own cars" or "anybody can be fast if you shut down a street to race on and prep it all the time" or any of other thousands of reasons we hear on a daily basis that people use to explain why we're so fast at the type of racing that we do. The reality of it is, Chief and Shawn are so damn fast because this is their passion in life. Y

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