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Question Of The Day: What Should FCA Do With The 5.7L Hemi To Keep It Around?

If the rumor mills are true, then the 5.7L V8 that brought Chrysler out of the front-wheel-drive era and into V8 happiness is due to be axed next year, and honestly, that’s kind of a sad...

Is This 350 Swapped Astro Like A V8 S10 With More Seating? A Green Mo-chine!

(By Greg Rourke) – Small block Chevy into S10 pickups are a popular swap. And why not, they are fairly straightforward. Plenty of cheap S10 pickups are around, and of course all manner of...

Unhinged: Mitsubishi Finally Blew The Welds On The Intake

(Eclipse Cross photos: Mitsubishi) To call my relationship with Mitsubishi Motors products a “love-hate affair” would be doing a disservice to the actual status of where I am at with the...

Bruder Brothers Reveal New Radial Car – Monster Blown Combo Blasts Through Rules Loophole

(Video: TheRacingVids YouTube Channel) – If there’s one thing that the radial world might not have seen coming, this car is it. The Bruder Brothers have been quietly working on their...

A Moment Of Zen: Watching The Ford GT Go Through The Water And Splash Test Is Peaceful

Every car, no matter who makes it, has to undergo a certain battery of tests in order to make sure that the product that comes off of the truck and draws the buyer into the dealership will, in fact,...

Indianapolis World of Wheels 2017: More Coverage From Indy’s Hot Rod Winter Haven

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – We promised to be back with more from the 2017 Indianapolis World of Wheels today and here we are. Intrepid reported Jacob Marshall braved the cold and the crowds...

This 1984 Dodge W150 Power Ram Is A Dream Work Truck: Big Block And Clean As A Whistle!

The three of us all have our weak points, and today, this 1984 Dodge Power Ram is mine. Good lord, have you seen a Ram this clean in a bit? Not likely…if you’ve seen one at all,...

2017 NHRA Circle K Winternationals: Super Stock Action Photos From Pomona

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Continuing to work through an awesome load of photo from the 2017 NHRA Circle K Winternationals, we continue with the super stock category. 50 years ago at the...

Pritchett, Hagen, & Line Win Pomona Wallys From #1 Spots, Sportsman Winners Too!

(Photos by Mike Burghardt) – Leah Pritchett, who grew up in nearby Redlands, California grabbed the second Top Fuel Wally of her career at the 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals on...

2017 Indianapolis World of Wheels – America’s Racing Capitol Knows How To Have Fun

(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – If there is one town in the country that we know can have a lot of automotive fun at the drop of the hat, it is Indianapolis. These guys host the PRI show, they...

Purple People Eater: This 1962 Chrysler 300H Is One Beastly Battlebarge!

Once ridiculed for their canted headlights and strange dimensions, the early 1960s big Mopars have somehow aged rather well in the last fifteen years. It doesn’t hurt that the “toilet...

We Found A Complete Chrysler Long Ram Intake Setup For Sale – Coolest Factory Intake Ever?

In terms of visual impact, in terms of corporate guts, and in terms of no-holds-barred performance for its heyday nothing comes close to matching the Chrysler long ram intake manifold. They were not...

Northstar? Nope! Check Out This Straight-Up Brutal Big-Block Chevy-Powered Cadillac DeVille!

Count this eighth-generation Cadillac DeVille sedan as the most eye-opening freakshow of a car we’ve seen in quite some time. Why is that? Well, because it’s an eighth-generation DeVille,...

Hot Rods At Point View 2017 Coverage: Cool Cars, Cackling Nitro, and More!

(Words and photos by Bad Brad Klaassen) – Combine a beautiful and sunny January day with hot rods and great people in central TX, just southeast of Dallas, in Combine, Texas and you have the...