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Engine Hell Video: This Compilation Of Demo Derby Engines Getting Worked Is Wild

When it comes to motorsports that most people take recreationally and a handful take very seriously, demolition derby may be at the top of the heap. Anyone can buy a crummy car, gut the interior and...

Watch A Massive 16-Cylinder Waukesha Engine Get Its Top End Overhauled In Time Lapse!

Internal combustion engines are having it rough right now. They are being attacked on all sides by people who want the world to be dominated by electric shavers on wheels. We get it, we understand,...

Incredible Video: If You Love 1960s Super Stock Drag Racing You’ll Freak When You Watch This Video

Jim Amos of Bee-On Video has been producing some of the best vintage drag racing videos for as long as we can remember. One of his newest is a feature length piece on Super Stock racing in the 1960s....

New Wrecking Yard Inventory! G Body GM Scores! 1979 Chevy Malibu And An El Camino Conquistador!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more killer scores for the wrecking yard, and if you are part of the G-Body Mafia you are going to dig these. They are for sale, as are the parts on them, so if you...

ANOTHER JUNKYARD 5.3L LS SCORE!!! ALL ALUMINUM, 2006 5.3L LH6-PERFECT FOR BOOST OR SLEEVED STROKER

Richard is back at it, scoring more junkyard jewel LS engines! After moving to Texas a couple years ago, I can tell you that the cheap LS engine junkyard scores I was so used to in SoCal just...

Featured Product: Take Your Fuel System To The Next Level With Holley’s Universal Bypass Fuel Pressure Regulators

It’s never been easier to make reliable power for your hot rod, race car, or street machine and that’s because of awesome parts that are constantly being developed, refined, and produced...

Grand National Truck Show At Pomona Fairplex September 16-17!

The inaugural O’Reilly Auto Parts Grand National Truck Show will celebrate trucks, vans and SUVs of every make, model and style at Pomona Fairplex September 16-17. The premier truck-only event is...

That’s Bad, Right? This Screaming Diesel Truck Burns Tires And Then Catches On Fire!

This modified diesel truck is pretty wild but we’re not sure it is intended to be as wild as it is in this video. The truck is laid down on the ground, the engine has been moved behind the cab,...

Epic Video: Watch Don Rickles Roast Evel Knievel In The 1970s! (Those Easily Offended…skip it)

The late Don Rickles was an American treasure. One of the funniest guys who ever lived, he made a great life for himself as a comedian who could and would literally burn people to the ground and have...

This 1980s Caterpillar Promotional Video For The 785 Off-Highway Haul Truck Is EPIC – From Engine Building On Up!

My love for promotional sales videos is well known here. They provide a cool look inside different companies and products from the past and to me, they are fun to watch. None of them has been as fun...

Historic Video: Don Garlits’ Other Blow Over Came Out Of Nowhere In Spokane, Washington Circa 1987

It was June 12th 1986 when Don Garlits first experienced a top fuel blow over. That iconic moment and the images/videos that flowed from it are well documented in the annals of drag racing. Far fewer...

Video: This Freaky Straight Eight Is Blown And Beyond Comprehension On Some Level

We were looking for information and videos on a particularly old straight eight engine the other day and what we found was this! You are looking at a pretty old video by modern standards. This one...

Great Video: The Story Of The 1970s Superbikes – See Them Sitting and Ridden!

Muscle car fans have the 1960s to emotionally latch onto as their favorite decade of hot cars from “back in the day.” Motorcycling fans have the 1970s to love formally of the same...

This 1950s/1960s Sand Car Video Is Awesome, Flopping Jumps And All

In today’s world you can pick up the phone, spend $100,000 and buy yourself a completely insane sand car to dominate the dunes or whatever other surface you can imagine. Such was not always the...