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Retro Bling For Your Modern LS: Give Your LS Swap a Classic Look with the Holley RetroFilter

I’m a big fan of horsepower, regardless of the engine that it comes from. And I’m not the least bit hesitant to do engine swaps in classic cars and trucks. With that said, there are times...

Registration Ends Soon! Enter The Louisiana Drag and Drive Hot Lap Challenge. REGISTRATION IS OPEN, ENTER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

Well folks, I couldn’t be more proud, anxious, or excited to announce that BANGshift is finally putting on our own event! You’ve been asking for it, and we’re taking the leap....

1966 Crown Imperial Abandoned for 21 Years! Mopar Big Block! Will It Run?!? Demo Derby Greatness!

When I was a kid, I loved going to the Demolition Derby every year at San Jose Speedway. We had family friends who used to compete, and as I grew up I was intrigued by all the modifications that demo...

Checking Main Bearing Clearances: Big Block Building 101 – Squarebody Stuff Keeps Rolling On The 454 Big Block Chevy For Project Creampuff.

Chad from Squarebody Stuff has got a .060 over 454 block that he is planning to do a full rebuild on for a project, and the next step is checking bearing clearance for the mains. Check it out and let...

2025 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage: Our Final Gallery, And Links To All Our Other Photos, Are Below!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks final gallery, and we’ve got a link below to all the galleries we’ve posted! The World of Wheels Car Shows have been around for decades and are...

How to Make Custom Dies for Simple Body Lines | Fabricating Hemi Coupe Door Reveals Using A Technique That Will Work For Lots Of Stuff!

We humans are some pretty interesting creatures. We can screw some stuff up, that’s for sure, but we’re also pretty smart when it comes to figuring out creative ways to fabricate stuff....

North Carolina’s FASTEST Street Cars Fight for $14,000 Cash! It’s Dig or Die Death Before Dishonor Time!

There are several Dig or Die events each year, and there is no shortage of awesome cars and trucks competing in each of them. And regardless of which event it is, they are always worth real money. In...

WILL IT RUN?! Aaron And Emily Picked Up This 1984 Peterbilt 359 That Has Been Parked for 20+ years. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?!

Emily and Aaron are stepping it up big time with this one! They keep getting bigger and bigger projects, whether for on the road or on the water, but this one takes the cake. They got themselves a...

Nearly 500 Cubic Inches! This 8-litre, Record Setting Bentley, Takes on Goodwood In Style

The engine sizes in some of these really old race cars is just mind boggling when you consider that they are often just 6 cylinders. I mean this Bentley here is from 1933. We’re not talking...

Is Finnegan’s New Trailer The BEST Drag And Drive Trailer EVER Built?! A Few Stand Out, And This One Might Be At The Top Of That List

Drag and Drive trailers range from the sublime to the ridiculous and everything in between. I’ve built big ones, small ones, and medium sized ones, but at each drag and drive event you see more...

Will This Supercharged Slant Six Be A Beast Or A Dyno Disappointment? Can An Early 1960’s Inline 6 Make Real Power?

Ah… the leaning tower of power. This is arguably one of the most famous and prolific Mopar powerplants, and yet it was also it’s most anemic. While everyone knows the famed Hemis, and the...

Hey IndyCar, WTF Are You Going On About? IndyCar Is NOT The Fastest Racing On Earth! And Pato O’Ward Is Kinda Slow For A 25 Year Old

Maybe it’s my old age catching up to me, or maybe it is the fact that the world has decided that reality isn’t trendy anymore, but whatever it is that made me mad when I saw the IndyCar...

Open Wheel Shootout Supermodified Feature Race! These Beasts Are Some Of The Nastiest Cars To Race A Paved Oval

If you haven’t seen a Super Modified circle track racer before, you are missing out. There isn’t anything about them that isn’t designed to go around a left hand corner as quickly...

Our 2025 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage Continues: There Is Something Special About Indoor Car Show Season.

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Here’s Brooks third gallery, and we’ll have even more galleries this week! The World of Wheels Car Shows have been around for decades and are often the only connection...