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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Pump Gas Power: Can You Make 900 Reliable Horsepower, On Pump Gas, With A Blown Big Block Chevrolet?

Big power has never been easier to make, but that doesn’t mean that all of the crazy power can be made reliably. Certainly, there is so much new technology helping out, but that isn’t...

Mike Finnegan Had No Plans On Filming During His Vacation: And Then His Junk Broke…

When you are Mike Finnegan, and decide you are taking your wife and kids to the river for a family vacation, where you can run Game Over up and down the river among your people, it shouldn’t...

Truck Show Photos: Texas Heatwave Show Photos Continue. Lifted, Lowered, Full Size, And Mini Trucks In The Lonestar State

We shared our first gallery of photos from Texas Heat Wave yesterday and we’ve still got a couple more for you to check out this week. I love the fact that custom truck shows allow you to see...

NHRA Photos: NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Action Photos From The 2021 NHRA Winternationals In Pomona!

(Photos by Wes Allison) The NHRA Winternationals may have been happening in July in 2021, but that doesn’t mean the race in Pomona didn’t mean as much to the competitors as it does when...

Truck Show Photos: Texas Heat Wave Was Hot, And Not The Show We Remember, But We’ve Still Got Photos To Share

Charles Wickam and I were all excited to be heading down to the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor Texas for the Texas Heat Wave Show, even though we had heard that the last couple years had not...

Mini Cooper Rally Suspension Upgrades Continue! Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Keeps Cracking On The Mini Project.

Well, this Mini Cooper S is not going down without a fight, that is for sure. In fact, it’s like this thing thought it was going to spend it’s life just hauling kids and groceries around...

Alex Taylor’s Quest For The 6’s 1955 Chevrolet Build Is Looking Awesome, And Here’s The Build Before The Thrash Began.

The installation of electronics is something that you just can’t overlook in a car like this. It has become the norm in anything with a turbocharger or supercharger and EFI, which means that...

What Is It Really Like To Drive A Toterhome Across Country With A Trailer Full Of Boats? Finnegan Tells All

Whether you have one or not, can afford one or not, or love any other kind of tow rig, there is no denying that a toterhome is a pretty rad thing to tow a trailer and your stuff with. They have...

NHRA Photos: Our NHRA Winternationals Photos Keep Coming. More Wheels Up Sportsman Big And Small Tire Action!

(Photos by Wes Allison) We’ve got our second gallery of photos from the NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals right here, and it is full of big and small tire NHRA Sportsman cars with the wheels up...

CAPPS, B. FORCE, ANDERSON AND M. SMITH ALL QUALIFY NO. 1 AT LUCAS OIL NHRA WINTERNATIONALS: Will They Own The Weekend?

The NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals are on this weekend in Pomona. It may seem weird that the Winternationals are in July, but #Covid. It is what it is and the action is hot and heavy. We wish we were...

RPM Act Reintroduced for 2021 And We Talked To The Team In Washington – Protect Your Right To Race!

The full press release from SEMA is below, but let me start by saying that we talked directly with SEMA’s Washington Congressional team just hours before the RPM Act was reintroduced and can...

What In The Wide Wide World Of Sports Is Going On Here? A Ford Engine, With A Turbo, In A Maverick? LS Fans Will Riot!

It’s become almost funny to see a Ford engine in a Ford engine compartment if that car is going down a dragstrip and isn’t a fullsize car. It feels like the norm for anyone with a Fox...

Wheels Up NHRA Winternationals Photos Start Right Here! It’s The Winternationals, But It Is Happening In July!

(Photos by Wes Allison) With all kinds of events being canceled in 2020, and with California leading the charge on restrictions for events, it is no shock that the 2021 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona...

Richard Got A New Turbo Project And It Goes Like Hell! Check Out All The Trick Mods Already On It!

Richard needs another project like a hole in the head, which is roughly how much I need another project, but because he is a real deal car guy there is not doubt that on occasion he is going to end...