Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Dumb Or Fun: This Guy Bought An Old 350 Powered Boss Hoss Motorcycle, Cruised And Reviewed It!
My relationship with motorcycles has been well documented here. It’s weird in the fact that I am fascinated by them but have no desire to actually own or operate one. This is doubly true for...
Mondo Torque: Watch This Twin Turbo, Iron Headed, 455ci Olds Make Power Like A Cummins Diesel!
Dare we say it, but with advances in turbocharged technology have come a kind of uniformity in what people are building these days. The famed turbocharged junkyard LS engine is a combo that makes...
This 1960s WABCO Motor Grader Operator Film Is Retro Cool Heavy Equipment History
In today’s world we have YouTube to teach us everything from how to make nitromethane in a laboratory to auto mechanics. You can see people doing just about every task on God’s green...
Gearhead History Video: This Look At The Allison Engine Company Jet Program In 1950 Is Fantastic
There are lots of things that we take for granted in life that have not been around all that long. Turbine engines are one of them. Jet planes changed the world in many ways and their development was...
Watch And Listen To This NASCAR Engine Get Spintron Tested To 9,000 RPM – Wild Stuff!
The Spintron machine is one of the greatest tools ever devised for race engine builders, valvetrain manufacturers, and people who make their living making horsepower on the highest levels. This is a...
The Evolution Of Power: This History of F1 Engine Development Is A Really Fun Watch
If there is one thing that really can’t be denied about Formula One it’s the fact that these cars have employed the bleeding edge of engine technology for about 100 years now. The...
This Classic Edsel Ad Touts Styling And Performance…No One Was Buying
The Edsel stands as the greatest cautionary tale in modern automotive history. It was an albatross that Ford had hanging around its neck for years. The brand which was promised to be new and...
Watch Pete Berner Suffer A Massive Pro Stock Crash At The 1999 IHRA Winternationals
Pete Berner has been a mountain motor pro stock racer for years. He ran very strongly in the IHRA when I was an announcer over there in the 2000s and his career went back into the 1990s as well. In...
Flathead Love Video: These 11 Flathead Engines Are All Cool In Their Own Right
Today we look at flathead engines in a vintage, cool, almost quaint kind of way, right? They have appeal because of their age and because they represent the first wave of technology that hot rodders...
Safety Third: This Video Showing The Starting Process of A Rumley Oil Pull Tractor Is Insane
There are not that many vehicles left in the world where starting them is a matter of life and death. Fuel dragsters and that’s about it on that list. Back in the day though there were ample...
Historic Video: A Look At Autolite Circa 1940 – Killer Manufacturing Film!
Many of you hear the name Autolite and think about the popular brand of spark plugs and while you are not wrong, you are missing out on a huge hunk of the company’s history. Electric Autolite...
Chasing Perfection: Movie Car Chases Have Come A Long Way Because Of Creative Gearheads (Video)
There’s nothing like a legit car chase in a movie, right? We can go right down the line of some of the greats and they have all ben talked about, analyzed, broken down, and beat into dust. But...
Sixual Healing: Back In 1989 The Toyota Camry Got A V6 To Fight The Taurus and It Was More Noise Than Action
The Toyota Camry has been a staple in the US automotive world since it was introduced in the 1980s. There has not been a single car since the VW Beetle that cause US auto manufacturers to react and...
European Banger Racing Is Like A High Speed Demolition Derby From Hades – Insane Video
This video is completely bat guano crazy. We’re talking straight off the deep end, wild eyed, no sleep in eight days, crazy. You are about to see a European Banger Racing 2017 highlight video...