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How It’s Made: How a Holley Carburetor Is Built, From Start To Finish

While Holley, and all their other brands of products, are constantly revolutionizing and evolving the technology that makes hot rods, race cars, and trucks better, some people may have forgotten that...

SEMA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THE RECOGNIZING THE PROTECTION OF MOTORSPORTS (RPM) ACT

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2022) – SEMA and PRI must share that despite strong Congressional backing and extraordinary support from the racing community, the 2021-2022 Congressional session is...

PRI Show Photos: There’s So Much Rad Going On At This Show!

We were in Indianapolis for the 2022 PRI Show and man there was cool stuff going on. Thursday we got to the show, judged the featured products, saw some awesome stuff we’d never seen before,...

Continued Race Coverage: Drag Race Photos From The ATCO Dragway Halloween Bash!

Here’s our second gallery from the Bash! (Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) This post is coming in around Christmas and New Year’s Day, but the subject matter happened earlier this year at...

Hang On! Ride Inside A 1960s Porsche 911 For An Awesome, Sideways Lap Of Spa!

Note the position of the steering wheel and the route of the road course in this video. Yeah, there’s a significant difference in both of those things. Classic Porsches are among the coolest...

Check Out This Epic Lathe Restoration! This Video Will Inspire You To Find And Restore Some Old Tools!

A couple of months ago we shared a lathe restoration video that had us drooling, so when we saw this new one come up we decided we had to share it as well. Old tools and equipment are awesome, but...

Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets The Rear Of The Cab Sorted And Engine In!

Here is the second video in the series about mounting the cab and making it tilt. It features Brent from Halfass Kustoms over at Karl’s place from Make It Kustom. Together they are going to thrash...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 18: It’s DONE!!! Introducing The Midnight Special. Watch It Run!

This episode of the Single Seat Race Car build is awesome because it’s done! Yes, the Midnight Special is going for its maiden voyage and is off and running! We’ll show you the video from...

ABANDONED For DECADES! Puddin’s Fab Shop 1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Wagon Rescue!

Puddin has been acquiring some particularly cool rides in the past few months, and this one is no different. This 1961 Bel Air Wagon has been sitting for a very long time and wasn’t ready to...

Motion Raceworks Tech Tip Tuesday: Unpack Your Parachutes!

Unpack your chutes? Wait, what? Yep, unpack them. If you have a car that is going 150 mph or more on the dragstrip you are required to have a parachute on the car. You are not required to use it, but...

DeWALT VS Milwaukee On The Cordless Drill Dyno Brake… Which One Will Survive The Lie Detector

We’ve shown plenty of tool testing videos between the Torque Test Channel and Project Farm, because there is a cordless tool battle going on that rivals the diesel wars between Ford, GM, and...

Truck Porn: The Ghe-O – A Romanian Built Rescue Truck That’s One Of The Most Capable 4x4s on Earth! (Video)

Who would have thunk that one of the most capable and overall awesome trucks in the world would hail from Romania! We sure didn’t but it sure is the truth and the video below bears it out. What...

Barra Bomb: Watch This Mustang Make 1,200hp On A Hub Dyno And Then Hit The Streets – Aussie Hot Rod!

Now this thing is nasty. You are about to see one of the cleanest Mustangs we’ve ever laid eyes on hammer out 1,200hp on the hub dyno using a Ford Barra straight six which still has its stock...