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This Silverado Has A 22 Inch Lift, Duramax Power, Big Brakes, And 50 Inch Tires. Oh, And ALL The Attitude.

They may not be the most practical, but giant trucks on giant tires are cool as hell no matter who you are. If you drive around town in something like this there is nobody that will garner more...

Money No Object: Skip Barrett-Jackson’s Crowds And Check Out The 1964 Bill Thomas Cheetah!

Chad and Cole Reynolds will be on the grounds at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona to check out the massive layout and the cool iron that is going to be crossing the block, among...

A Blown 392 Hemi In A Boat? Hell Yes, This Makes Us Want It Right Now.

To be honest I am really more of a jet boat fan, mostly because of where the majority of boating happens here in SoCal and on the river near Havasu. With that said, I am all over this V-Drive 18 foot...

Stick Or Automatic? In A Land Where The Stick Is Hardly Available, Which Would You Prefer In Your Tow Rig?

Since the late 1980s less and less manual transmission equipped cars have been sold. And 1990 was the pinnacle of manual transmission truck production according to the EPA. Ever since, the numbers...

The Perfect Recipe: This Turbocharged Fox Notchback Is The Right Combination!

You don’t mess with the combination when success is guaranteed. You might try a different thing here or there, but when the engine, trans, suspension and even the hook is right, you just...

This Video Showing A Drop Forged Crankshaft Being Made Is Pretty Cool

Heat and pressure are required to forge steel, and lots of both. We all know that a forged crank is stronger than a cast crank and the reasons have to do with the grain of the material and the...

Chevrolet Has Released More Information On The Upcoming 2019 Silverado – 3.0L Inline-Six Duramax Diesel For Half-Tons!

We’ve seen the 2019 Silverado that Chevrolet is putting up against long-time rival Ford and the new Ram that’s just about to be unveiled, but it’s only now that we are learning the...

Here’s Our Last Blast Of Photos From The 2018 Tour de’ Orange Cruise In SoCal

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Because they change the route and meeting places each year, we don’t know where the 2019 Tour de’ Orange will be held exactly, but if we’re in town we will...

The Snow Wagon: This 1979 GMC Jimmy Is Exactly What You Need For The Winter!

One of the stupidest moves I’ve ever made in my automotive history was to sell a 1984 Dodge Ramcharger off. The only four-wheel-drive vehicle I’ve ever owned, the Ramcharger was found...

You Want Smoke And Fire? Here Is Your Summernats Burnout Highlight Reel!

Watching the Aussies do burnouts like this at Summernats just makes us want to go out and practice! It is truly amazing the car control that some of these dudes have, that is for sure. It is also...

Find The Good Parts Of Snow And Ice With A Review Of Ken Block’s Cold-Weather Shenanigans

In the span of a couple of hours, BangShift Mid-West went from nearly 70 degrees and unseasonably warm to ice and snow. Literally, twenty-four hours is all it took. One day I was cruising along the...

Cleetus In An Aussie Burnout Contest! Watch As He Whips This LS-Powered Toyota Around!

Aussies love to shoot their mouths off about how no American can actually do a proper burnout. We happen to know some people with a wood-covered 1980s station wagon that could play that game quite...

This 1994 F-150 Is High Flying Pre-Runner Greatness. Check Out The Air This Bad Boy Gets!

I’ve always wanted to go balls out across the desert, catching air like none other, and do it in something that will seat 3-4 people. This Ford F-150 fills that bill for any Ford fan. Big block...

Like 1970s Pro Stockers? This 1976 Plymouth Arrow Could Be The Start Of Something Killer!

Once racers in Pro Stock realized that smaller cars could get favorable weight breaks over the cars with the larger engines, all sorts of micro machines started to appear in the ranks. Pintos,...