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Good Deal: MAHLE Becomes The Official Piston, Piston Ring, and Engine Bearing of Engine Power TV

It is always good to see a deal come together where everyone involved comes out ahead. It is also always good to see a deal come together involving some of your pals and in the case of the recent...

The “Vader” Trans Am’s Last Run With A Flat Hood…Stock-Bodied Sucker Maker!

You have to love a black Pontiac Trans Am that is legitimately fast. I know the colors are supposed to be white/blue, or black/gold, but all-black, especially on the third-gen cars, just suits...

Check Out Footage Of The Testing At The Roar Before The 24 At Daytona!

The days counting down to the 2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona race are ticking away. Come January 30th, 2016, the first endurance race of the season kicks off and there will be plenty to see, including the...

Does Bashing In Your Headers Really Hurt Power? Engine Masters Tests Out The Theory!

When I got around to putting headers on my Project SuperBeater Dodge Mirada a few years ago, I got lucky in the fact that none of the tubes needed a tap to fit anywhere. They were still an absolute...

Money No Object: A 1955 Chrysler C-300 Packing A 468ci Hemi And An Overdrive Auto!

The 1950s were mostly notable for an overabundance of chrome and a bit of taste lost to the ideals of the jet age, but some beautiful designs did come out of the work. Chrysler’s “Forward...

There’s Pontiac Unobtanium For Sale On eBay! 2×4 Pontiac Super Duty Intake And Carbs

You know we love rare muscle car parts around here and they don’t come much more rare than legit Pontiac Super Duty stuff. Not the 1970s Super Duty stuff but the early 1960s equipment that was...

NHRA Celebrates 50 Years Of The Funny Car! A Year Long Tribute To The Plastic Fanastics

In 1966, a brand new class of competition emerged in NHRA when hot rodding enthusiasts of the era were trying to squeeze more performance out of their gassers, super stocks and muscle cars. With a...

NHRA’s Newest Super Slow Motion Video Is Wreckage Central – Wild Stuff

After clipping one million likes on Facebook the other day the NHRA put on a super slow motion video on their page and it is pretty cool. For starters everyone involve in the “excitement”...

For Less Than $800 This Third Gen Camaro Is A Great Pro Touring Start!

Yeah, this rust free 1991 Camaro is listed for just $800. It has no engine or trans in it, which is fine since smart people will be doing an LS Swap anyway. I would go junkyard cool on this thing and...

BangShift’s Guide To Powerball Jackpot Glory

There isn’t a soul in the United States, hell the world, that hasn’t been talking about tonights $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot. Everyone from school teachers, to hot rodders, to dog...

Seriously?!: What Brian Should Have Said About The “New” Nissan Titan Warrior Concept

Sometimes stuff just annoys me. Or it pisses me off. And when it does, I usually find myself saying “SERIOUSLY?!?!” either out loud or with the voice inside my head. The newly announced...

Spruce Up Your Goat With A New Rear Window Molding Set From OPGI

Restorations are a funny thing because once you start, your eyes get way more tuned into what they should be seeing versus what they actually are seeing. Case in point. If you are doing your muscle...

CONFIRMED: The Jeep Grand Cherokee “Trackhawk” Will Be In Production By The End Of 2017!

In this day and age, is there really a place for a large sports-utility vehicle with at least one, if not two monster V8s under the hood? Is that really practical? Is that really necessary? With all...

More Gates Auto Salvage Video: Lohnes and Fitzgerald Show You More Treasures

So if there is one thing I have learned since gluing the video clips that BestRide.com’s  Craig Fitzgerald and I talking about junk at Gates Auto Salvage in Vermont it is that neither of us...