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Unhinged: Waxing Poetic On The Subaru Baja

Here’s the weirdest thing I’ve ever wanted…a Subaru Baja. Why in God’s name would I want one? Mainly…it was the only ute left. The El Camino died before I finished...

One Step Too Far: Engine Failure At 50 PSI For This Camaro!

The current automatic power recipe goes a little like this: find LS engine in junkyard. Swap cam, valve springs. Add boost. Done. I’m simplifying it a bit but you know what I mean…the...

Morning Symphony: Panoz Esperante GTR-1 In Action At Imola

Do you remember the Panoz Esperante? Have you ever heard of the Panoz Esperante? I would be willing to wager that you haven’t, or that if you have, it’s been years since you gave one any...

Movin’ On Up: Tanner Gray To Race Full Time In NASCAR Gander Truck Series For 2020

It took Tanner Gray all of two years to go from a star rookie to a dominating NHRA pro stock eliminator champion. After collecting the 2018 NHRA championship in convincing fashion, Gray turned his...

Video: Check Out The Aeromotive 10 GPM Brushless Pump and True Variable Speed Controller In Action On The Test Stand!

We told you yesterday that we would be back with video showing the monster 10 gallon per minute Aeromotive brushless pump in action and here we are. The test stand that this pump was on got slap wore...

Project For Sale: This Dude Was Going To Stick A Honda CBR Engine In A 1965 Austin America, Now YOU Can

Hot rodders are creative people. That can be both a blessing and a curse when it comes to cars but by and large the minds of gearheads are always churning to come up with new ideas, new projects, and...

This 4.3L V6 ASA Stock Car Race Engine Raises A Question – What Do You Do With Unique Old Race Engines?

Racing is really, really fickle. As we all know, today’s cutting edge race car is tomorrow’s old junk. Racing engines strike us as different, though. Lots of times the engine platforms...

Goodwood Video: Here’s The 10 Best Moments Of The Last 10 Years At Goodwood

There have been hundreds of different cars that have run up the hill at Lord March’s house in England during the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival over the last decade. The...

Classic YouTube: A Collection Of Nasty Fox Bodies From 1999

It is a damn good thing that I never bothered to buy any kind of video recording device in 1999. That was the year I left home, and found myself more-or-less unsupervised, off of any kind of leash,...

Squeezing The Six: More In-Depth Work With Uncle Tony’s Slant Six Build!

It’s a Friday night, you’re standing around the car that’s got something torn down to be fixed, you’re probably enjoying a nice sip of something, and the BS is starting to get...

Drag Challenge, Optima, The Street: This Mitsubishi Sigma Is Down For Whatever!

A bucket list car that probably won’t come to fruition for me is a 1978-83 Dodge Challenger…yeah, the Mitsubishi-built one that is perfect for trolling all-Mopar shows with. Ever since I...

Yellow Bullet Nationals Video: Check Out This Killer Video From The East Coast’s Labor Day Drag Racing Bash!

What makes something good? In the case of art like this video it needs to appeal to some sense that you have. Maybe you like the music, the visual, the editing style, it has to strike you somewhere...

Can The New Silverado HD Look Better Than It Does? Review By Hindsight!

Chad loves my wife, because she’s all about her Chevy truck. It is her baby, it is nothing to be messed with. In fact, most of her family is Chevrolet-loyal. There is a fleet of C/K trucks,...

Racer and Racing Safety Titan Bill Simpson Has Died At Age 79 – Human Force Of Nature Reshaped Racing

(Photo: IMS Motorsport Museum) – Bill Simpson’s headstone will document 79 years of life when it is carved but the truth is that Bill Simpson lived 800 years. The man who reshaped the...