Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!
Posted in HISTORIC September 28, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from behind but is packing battery power, is totally insane and awesome. Ridden by legendary fuel bike racer Larry “Spiderman” McBride, this [...]
Near Death Fail Video: How Not to Pull Down A Tree
Posted in CRASH & BURN September 27, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Pulling junk with a truck or tractor is cool as hell. We fondly remember our dad yanking bushes and stuff right out of the ground back in the day. Now that Goliath has his sea legs under him, we’re interested in using our insane gear ratios to tear some stuff out of the ground. We’re [...]
Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!
Posted in MISC September 27, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late 1960s and early 1970s. From his earliest days of swapping 427ci big blocks into first generation Camaros all the way up through [...]
Cool Video: 1980′s Sand Drag Action Complete With an Awesome Blower Explosion
Posted in RACING & ACTION September 24, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Back in the 1980′s TNN was the place to be for awesome gearhead television programming. We say that because of the great lineup of shows that they had on Sunday mornings. American Sports Cavalcade was the payoff, but there was also cool stuff like Truckin’ USA, and “The Exciting World of Speed and Beauty”. This [...]
Physics Wins Again Video: How Not to Mud Bog Your ATV
Posted in CRASH & BURN September 24, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Riding four-wheelers can be loads of fun. Bombing around in the woods, doing some mud bogging, making some high speed runs down fire roads and under high tension wires, a jolly good time. As fun as they are, ATVs are subject to the same laws of physics that govern everything else that happens on planet [...]
Bitchin’ Dyno Video: An Offy Gets Spun to 9,000 RPM
Posted in ENGINES September 23, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The only good that ever came from Peugeot in America was the inspiration for what came to be known as the Offenhauser racing engine. The original layout of the engine was conceived by American automotive genius Harry Miller in 1913 after he was tasked with fixing a Peugeot Grand Prix car. Looking at the engine, [...]
You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine
Posted in MISC September 23, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We’re not qualified to comment on the proper way to start a refurbished turbine engine hanging off the wing of a Boeing 737, but we do know wrong when we see it. For instance, it is wrong to have massive flames blow-torching a wing full of aviation fuel. No expertise required to form that opinion. [...]
Wet Wreckage Video: How to Destroy an Off Shore Racing Boat and Laugh It Off
Posted in CRASH & BURN September 22, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Motorized boat racing on nearly every level is insane. Hurtling across a constantly variable surface with as little of the actual vessel touching the water as possible can lead to some humongous carnage. This multi-angle footage of a big off-shore racing boat wrecking in grand fashion proves it. The boat suffers the same problem that [...]
Wreckage Video: Early 1980′s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey
Posted in CRASH & BURN September 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the uncomfortable interviews provided by a reporter who appears to have never been to a race track before, but the real confusion starts when we saw [...]
Low Power Dyno Video: A Y-Block Ford on the Pump
Posted in ENGINES September 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Normally we bring you dyno videos of motors revving to the moon, motors making huge power, and motors that we could only dream of owning. This one is totally different! The owner of the engine said that he had this Y-Block built for a rat rot so major horsepower was not a requirement, just enough [...]
Wreckage Video: A Stolen Truck Plows Through Traffic
Posted in CRASH & BURN September 20, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Imagine yourself as the driver of the truck in this video. He’s a car thief who made off with the big truck only to drive into heavy traffic and total gridlock. Rather than seek an alternate route the driver took matters into his own hands and simply hammered down on the pedal and tried to [...]
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Video of Larry Larson’s Record Breaking 6-second Pass on Drag Week
Posted in DRAG RACES September 20, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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We aren’t going to mess around teasing you or anything. This is killer video from our boys at 1320video.com who put together great moments from Larry Larson’s Winning Week at Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2010. Including the first 6 second pass. We were there, check it out. It’s bitchin.
Vintage Road Test Video: The 1971 Javelin SST
Posted in HISTORIC September 20, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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More and more footage from the vintage “Car and Track” TV show seems to be finding its way onto the internet every week. This time we’re showing you road test footage from an episode where the guys too a 1971 AMX Javelien equipped with a 401cid motor and a three speed auto transmission. They proceed [...]
The Parting Shift: Bangin’ A Converted Six-Speed Dakota R/T
Posted in MISC September 17, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The Dodge Dakota R/T was a neat little truck that never quite eeked itself into legit “muscle” territory. They were decently quick, but not the blazing hot rod truck that many expected them to be. In fact, we road in and thrashed a couple of 318ci, 5-speed trucks, that seemed to haul as much mail [...]
In Car Video Action: When Larson’s Nova Was Pink and Sporting a Huffer!
Posted in RACING & ACTION September 17, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Well isn’t this retro? We found some awesome in-car footage from back when Larry Larson’s Nova was all-pink and sporting a screamin’ 14-71 blower atop a 555ci big block Chevy. The Lenco was still present and accounted for but the elapsed times were far slower than they are today. One thing we really love about [...]
Hot Rod Drag Week Video: Thursday Action From Milan, Rolling in the Rain, Thrashing on the Roadside!
Posted in DRAG RACES September 17, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Thursday was an epic day on Hor Rod Drag Week 2010 presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. There were big numbers on the strip, insane weather, close calls and near misses on the highway, and even some good road side thrashing. All those elements were captured by our pal Kyle at 1320Video. He did his usual [...]
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