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NHRA Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals Photo Coverage: Top Fuel Action From The Strip In The Desert

(Photos by Wes Allison) – There is no accurate way to describe the noise that occurs when four top fuel drivers make complete pulls down the drag strip simultaneously. It’s basically...

This Hurst Promotional Film Featuring The 1965 NHRA Season Is Amazing And Long Hidden

There are few things that spin our crank harder than cruising than digging a deep hole in the internet and at the bottom discovering gold. This time our find was an awesome Hurst Promotional film...

Want To Upgrade The Standard Truck Floater Axle in Your Drag Car? Mark Williams Has You Covered!

There are loads and loads of drag race cars across the country that are rolling down the strip with a pretty standard issue truck floater axle under them. This is OK but it is not the best way or the...

Watch This 5-Axis CNC Machine Cut Up 125 lbs Of Billet Aluminum Into A Long Travel Trophy Truck Spindle

Wow, just wow. This is awesome. In this latest video from Kibbetech you’ll see their new Billet Aluminum Trophy Truck Spindle being whittled out of a big 125 lb chunk of billet aluminum to end...

How Light Is It? Building The Lightest Nitrous Pro Mod Ever, Episode 1

Cameron Johnson Race Cars and Jamie Hancock have joined forces to try and build the lightest Pro Mod ever. Why? Because they want to run it in Radial Vs The World where the minimum weight with driver...

Cross Country Road Trip In The World’s Largest Square Body With Finnegan. And Boats. Yep, More Boats.

This is a great video from Mike Finnegan and David Newbern. Why? Well because the first two thirds of this video are everything you expect from classic Finnegan and Newbern as they get the...

The Big Block K5 Swap Is On! The 187 Customs Crew Is On It. “Is the Drain Plug In It?”

Take one well worn K5 Blazer with an anemic small block and swap in a used Big Block out of something else. What could possibly go wrong? I mean these K series trucks were available with big blocks,...

MAHLE Motorsport’s New Ford 5.2L VooDoo Drop-In Forged PowerPak Piston Kit Is Just What You Blue Oval Fans Ordered!

The number of new parts available for virtually every engine platform would have be unfathomable even 10 years ago. With the technology that has come to design and manufacturing processes, companies...

Gen 5 LT Intake Test: L83, L86 And MSD Intake Manifold Tests On Cammed 5.3, 6.2, And More!

It’s on baby, the intake test you have been wanting and needing! Is the L83 intake the best LT intake made? Or is the L86 better? Or does the bad boy MSD intake blow them both away and take the...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Sounding Internal Combustion Engine?

Today’s a day where sound seem to be a theme and now we’re dragging you into it.  Part of being a dedicated gearhead is an appreciation of the many ways that cars, trucks, and other...

Video: That’s Not Why It’s Called A Wrecker – Someone Call The Colonel!

Let’s say you are not having the best Wednesday. Let’s say that you woke up late, got behind schedule and the boss chewed on you when you walked in. Let’s say that it snowed and you...

NHRA Denso Spark Plugs 4-Wide Nationals Sportsman Action Photos! More Wheels-Up Fun In Las Vegas!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re back with more photos from the sportsman categories at last weekend’s Denso Spark Plugs NHRA 4-Wide Nationals in Las Vegas. This image collection...

Project Phantom, Part IV: Our 1969 Mustang Goes Under The Knife

(Words and Photos: Joe Grippo) It’s been a few months since the last installment of Project Phantom, my wife Stacey’s 1969 Mustang GT. The Mustang, which had been parked near the New Jersey shore...