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Restrained Anger: Watch As The “Rum Runner” Rock Bouncer Does A Chained-Down Four-Wheeled Burnout – This Thing Is Pissed!

The concoction for a successful rock bouncer is pretty much the same: a stout suspension setup hooked up to a roll cage that can take punishment by the ton, with the appropriate large rubber bolted...

Sliding Sideways Is Only The Start To This 3000 Horsepower Corvette’s Bad Day – This Thing Really Can Fly!

3000 horsepower. That isn’t a number meant for a car, it’s meant more for a healthy-sized vessel. Yet here we have a C6 Corvette packing that insane figure running the airstrip at the...

A Crate Motor, A Dyno Cell, And Three Men At The Control Panel: Can One Bolt-On Mod Net 50 Horsepower? Engine Masters Will Find Out!

As part of the ever-growing footprint of The Enthusiast Network, a new YouTube show has appeared, and it is aimed squarely at the guy who is buried under the hood. Engine Masters, named after Hot...

Wind Noise, Water Leaks, And Horrifying Electrical Issues: This Review Of The 1979 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue Perfectly Explains The Malaise Era!

Due to my age, I don’t see the issues with cars made between about 1974 and 1985 like some older readers do. “Malaise Era”…sure, I know all about the emissions restrictions,...

Ever Wonder Why Californians Say “The 101” or “The 405” When They Refer To Their Interstates And Highways? Here’s The Reason Why!

Roaming the country, as we do, we become accustomed to the vernacular used by people across the land for certain things. We are able to map the difference between “you guys”,...

It’s Big, Green And Can Clip The Nines In The Quarter – This Holden One Tonner Rules!

Have you ever looked at a Chevy El Camino and thought, “That is still too car-like?” No? Of course not…the selection of trucks available in America pretty much ruled that out,...

Jay Leno Gets To Roll Around In A Lamborghini LM002 – Italy’s Rambo Lambo That Catered To The Stars Instead Of The Military

Lamborghini’s LM002 was born out of several failed attempts to bring a vehicle to the military to replace the venerable Jeep-based vehicles. Think about that for a moment: Not GM. Not Ford....

eBay Find: This Weird Little 1942 Crosley Liberty Is One Of The Most Rare American Cars Ever

We have often beaten the drum around here that rarity does not necessarily convert into desirability or value. In the case of the otherwise embarrassingly under powered 1942 Crosley Liberty, the...

Top Fuel Horsepower: This Video Provides A Definitive Power Number – Have The Guesses Been Right?

The number has almost always been a guess. Back in the 1970s the number was 1,500hp…then it became 2,500hp, and then 5,000, 7,000, up to today’s commonly thrown out 10,000hp estimate for...

More Australian Goodness Running The Strip – Twin Turbo Ford Cortina In The Sevens!

As Brian and Chad freeze in Las Vegas and I freeze in the middle of nowhere, we all are wishing for a warmer climate. You know, like the Land Down Under. It’s warming up to summertime...

Random Car Review, The Turkey Edition: The Only Turkish Sports Car Made, The Anadol STC-16

With Thanksgiving fast approaching and the smells of a kitchen at full tilt infiltrating the nostrils of the suddenly hungry everywhere, it is no surprise that turkey is on the brain. Smoked,...

Ebay Find: Beauty And The Beast For An AMC Fan – Two 1972 AMC Matador Coupes, One Perfect, The Other…Well…

Taking the different path can have some excellent benefits. AMC Matadors aren’t on most anyone’s radar, unless they have AMC leanings, but a two-door large-displacement coupe from the...

What A Weekend! More Action Photos From The 2015 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals!

We’re still trying to figure out what day it is and where we are after a long and exciting weekend in Las Vegas at the 2015 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals. This thing delivers every year....

SCSN 2015: Pit Photos – Get Up Close and See Some Of The Hardest Core, Gnarly Cars That Are Here

The action on the track has been wild and the reason is that the cars at this event are so freaking nuts. From top to bottom there is cool stuff. Power adders in every form you can imagine. From huge...