.

the car junkie daily magazine.

.

Archives by Month:

Archives by Year:

Fun Video: Watch Some Of Drag Racing’s Most Iconic Old School Wrecks With Modern Drag Racing Names You Know!

Yes, it may sound weird to say that this is a fun video about old school drag racing crashes, but, well, it is. Bobby Bennett of CompetitionPlus.com got a group of drag racers, crew chiefs, and even...

The Track Nose Is Complete! Check Out What The Hand Made Panels Turned Into.

Karl and Jordan built these killer side panels to create this track nose, but when we last saw it they were finished and sitting in place but had not been welded in and molded to fit. That has now...

The Squarebody Crew Cab Tank, AKA The Shermanator, Gets Custom Graphics And An Engine Swap!

In the latest video of the Shermanator getting built, a twin engine Sherman tank outfitted Squarebody Chevy Crew Cab, it’s getting a bunch more stuff including custom graphics that don’t...

Super Stock And Stock Drag Racing Photos From Maple Grove

Here’s our third gallery of photos from the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Maple Grove. Nothing but Stock and Super Stock NHRA cars on and off the track! If you missed our previous gallery,...

Flying Sparks Power Tour Prep Day 4: The Bronco Is Almost Ready To Hit The Road!

Emily and Aaron are continuing to work on the Bronco to get it ready for Power Tour and that means a new video every day for all of us to enjoy. Here is Part 4. The good news is that they drive the...

World Record Dodge Power! 3336HP and 189psi of BOOST! Cummins Record Baby!

We all know that diesel trucks make crazy power nowadays, whether in stock form or fully built. The factory diesel offerings are making more than 1,000 lb ft of torque, and full builds are making way...

Finnegan’s Garage: BIGGEST FUEL CELL THEY’VE EVER BUILT AND IT’S FOR WIFEY’S 1,600HP TWIN-TURBO JET BOAT!

Video Description: In Episode 197 of Mike Finnegan’s Garage, I jump back into the 21ft Eliminator Daytona twin turbo jet boat project. There’s lots of content about this one because my...

In The Realm Of Publicity Stunts, Floating A Farm Tractor On Your Ag Tires Is Pretty Darned Good

We consider ourselves to be the world experts in the failure of floating large objects in bodies of water. We have shown you almost every documented case of monster trucks and other vehicles heading...

Plastic Fantastic Video: Watch This Visible V8 Engine Spin To Over 7,000 RPM – The Sound Is INCREDIBLE

Hey we all have our automotive passions, right? As it turns out there is one guy on YouTube pretty much obsessed with taking a little plastic Visible V8 engine and hot rodding it to see exactly how...

Take A Ride On Top Of A Zoomie Piped, Big Block Chevy Lawn Mower! Big Speed

My old lawn tractor now serves as a slow go-kart for my two young sons. With no mower deck and a five speed manual transmission, they can zip around the back yard at speeds that are fast enough to...

More Aggression Needed: Proof That The Thunderbird And Cougar Needed More Engine

By all accounts, the MN-12 Ford Thunderbird and Mercury Cougar were duds overall. We aren’t calling them bad cars…they are comfortable, they will eat up miles well, and they are one of...

I Now Pronounce You Bronco And Cadillac: Junkyard Digs’ First Trar Revival!

Both Chad and I don’t have the greatest relationships with 1980s era Cadillacs. The short, sweet story? We both understand that for all the fluff and gingerbread, Cadillacs were one part...

Classic YouTube: Road & Track’s 1995 Fastest Cars In America Competition

When you are a twelve-year-old gearhead in the making, all that matters is speed. It doesn’t matter how it’s made, it doesn’t matter how it gets to the ground. Vmax speed is the...

Iron Trap’s 1934 Ford Coupe “Beautiful” Has A New Engine And Is Ready To Drive!!

Video 1 Description: In the last update on “Beautiful” we found out the 59ab we had planned on putting in as a replacement had a cracked block. The engine appeared to be totally rebuilt...