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Watching The Pakistani Truck Guys Rebuild A Clutch Disc With Simple Tools Is A Reminder Of How Things Used To Be!

They are No McLeod or Centerforce, but these dudes still get some stuff done. Watch this video and see just how a sprung hub clutch disc is stripped, and relined with new clutch material in a shop...

Parts, Parts, And More Parts! Alex Taylor’s 6-second 1955 Chevy Project Gets Big Turbos, And All Kinds Of Other Goodies Plus More Chassis Work!

It’s on! Alex and Dennis Taylor are in a mad thrash to get Alex’s newest project, her big tire 1955 Chevrolet, ready to run in the 6’s and go 200 mph in the quarter. To do that...

Funny Car Chaos Texas 2021 Photo Coverage: Images From The Texas Motorplex Pits During The Monster Funny Car Race

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We know you have seen loads of Funny Car Chaos photos from the Earth-shaking event at the Texas Motorplex just a couple of weekends ago. Nearly 70 funny cars of all...

Crazy Fast: The Hennessey Velociraptor 700 Is The Supercharged 700hp F-250 You’ve Been Wanting

(By Tom Lohnes) – Does your Ford F-250 with the big-block 7.3-liter gas motor feel slow? Do you also have a giant stack of cash just sitting around? If the answer is yes to both, John...

It’s Hummer Time: General Motors Has Unveiled The 2024 Model Year Hummer EV – Big Dimensions and Big Money

(By Tom Lohnes) – It’s 2021, as we all know so why is a proposed 2024 model-year car coming out in full production form? Ask, GM, as they have just unveiled the new Hummer EV SUV seemingly a...

Finnegan’s C10 Hits The Dyno And Makes Big Power At The Tires Thanks To The Blown LT4

The boys made the road trip from MRC with only a couple of hiccups, and nothing they couldn’t overcome with some good old fashioned ingenuity and will to survive. Of course a good dose of humor...

The First Season Of Extreme E Is On! Here Are The Teams, The Race Locations, And A Preview Of The First Course

Extreme E is a racing series with a cause, and one that is going to be so different and yet so similar to all the racing you know and love. Sure these off-road rigs are powered by electricity instead...

Rebeldryver’s Garage: The Intro Of The 400 Power Adder Small Block – Boost Ready Baby!

It’s time for Scott to get his 1965 Impala back on the road after years of neglect. But to do that means a new engine, new trans?, more power and even more fun. This is the 400 cubic inch...

McLeod Racing Announces Partnership with Import Drag Race Champion Ricky Silva

I know we’re more about domestic drag racing around here, but if something hauls ass then we dig it. And this little Civic of Ricky Silva’s hauls ass. It’s a lightweight bullet that...

Chopping The Top: Not Easy, But No Fear Is A Great Start, Watch This Henry J Get Shorter

I’ve never chopped the top on a car or truck. I want to, but I just haven’t yet. I’ve seen it done in videos and understand what needs to happen, but I also know that depending on...

Weekend Tech: Fitzee Shows How To Make A Fan Shroud For Electric Fans

Fabrication projects range from the simple to the most complicated on your average hot rod, muscle car, or custom build, and sometimes the more complicated ones get the best of us before we can even...

Kibbetech Builds An OBS Ford F-150 Prerunner! This Thing Is Rad!

Dude, if you are into Ford trucks then you are going to want to pay attention to this one. I dig the layout and the changes being made to this one so that this completely capable off-roader will not...

The World’s Quickest Lambo, And More, From The Finals At TX2K21!

TX2K is a weird event. Cool, but weird. I say this because the event has such a strange variety of cars that come together in pursuit of all things quick and fast. If you took the cars and trucks...

$1,000 Build: Wait What? Yep, Building An Entire Custom F-100 With A $1,000 Budget. Crazy, Or Cool?

Both probably. I mean it’s pretty easy to build a car or truck on an unlimited budget. Sure it still takes tons of work, but if you have unbelievable amounts of money to throw at a project then...