As if a rare Z16 Chevelle‘s estimated 500 horses wasn’t plenty to rule street or strip in 1965, young Jack McClure installed the ultimate power adder: a Turbonique rocket rearend that drove the rear ...

Get into a bench-racing session with any hot rodder active during the '60s and don't be surprised if the topic of discussion eventually settles on "those rocket engines they used to sell that bolt to ...

A little-remembered fact is that Pegasus wasn't alone in this madness. The Turbonique exhibition match-race fleet also included Jim Costilow's Turbo Stang Mustang from Pennsylvania, Gene Canham's ...

THIS is rocket science. The world’s fastest VW Beetle was powered by a totally insane 60s invention that will literally blow you away. Sometimes these ideas can be a little crazy. But for a few brief, ...

The Turbonique Black Widow VW drag car was equipped with the Turbonique rocket drag axle, providing 1300hp direct to the rear wheels. Here it is shown racing against "Showboat," quadruple ...

Back in the 1960s, a rocket scientist who had worked on the Pershing ballistic missile program decided to found the most dangerous automotive aftermarket company of all time. It was called Turbonique, ...

Ah the good old days, when you could order a rocket booster for your car through the mail! photo Turbonique Public safety has never been more in the forefront of all our minds. In the midst of a ...

The world’s fastest VW Beetle was powered by a totally insane ‘60s invention that will literally blow you away. Sometimes these ideas can be a little crazy. But for a few brief, glorious years in the ...