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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR SEMA BATTLE OF THE BUILDERS! Want To Compete? Sign Up Now!

If you have followed the Battle of the Builders during the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and thought “man I’d love to have my shop compete in this someday” then now is your time! Check...

Chop Top How-To: Walden Speed Shop Continues To Show Us How To Chop A ’32 Ford Coupe

Here is the second installment of videos from Walden Speed Shop on how to chop the top on a bitchin 1932 Ford. If you missed the first installment, use the link below to watch them first. Chopping a...

Rolling Coal: 2021 Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge Uphill Semi Drag Racing Video

If you like high-powered diesel trucks, and big rigs in particular, then the Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge is an event you just don’t want to miss. With several uphill drag racing events, show...

It’s Crunch Time! Alex Taylor’s 6 Second 55 Chevy Project Doesn’t Have Much Time Before Rocky Mountain Race Week!

There will be another update video to show tomorrow, but this one here was shot and posted with just over a week left before Alex and Dennis Taylor are expected to haul this beast to Great Bend...

Size Matters: When The World’s Largest Enclosed Ramp Truck Isn’t Enough, You Add A Big Trailer.

Because Finnegan and Newbern just keeping adding more and more and more and more vehicles to the fleet, there is a need to be able to haul more than one of them at a time and that has resulted in...

These Solid State Relays From MSD Will Cleanup Your Wiring, While Making It More Reliable, And Faster Acting

When MSD first came out with these solid state relays, I was in love. These blocks simplify wiring of relays by combining some of the wiring into one unit that effectively replaces four separate...

Gasser Build Starts Now: Pulling An Old 1951 Studebaker Out Of Storage And Transforming It Into Gasser Greatness

It’s as if Brent at Halfass Kustoms never sleeps. But we know he does, and we know he goes in for supper with his wife every night. We know this because it is always on his videos as he goes...

There’s Only 5 Days Until Rocky Mountain Race Week 2021! Will Alex Taylor’s 6-Second ’55 Chevy Get Done In Time?

We certainly hope so! We know the videos aren’t in real-time, but we also know that they are coming down to the wire and that means this car will likely show up completely untested. We do know...

Small Block VS LS: Which 383 Reigns Supreme, Mild And Modded

The 383 stroker is one of the most iconic hot rod small block Chevrolet combos ever. When they first became popular, everyone wanted one and 3.75 inch stroke 400 small block cranks were being gobbled...

More Event Photos From The Goodguys All-Star Get-Together At Texas Motor Speedway

A little rain never hurt anyone. Or at least not the folks that showed up for the Goodguys All-Star Get-Together at Texas Motor Speedway this weekend. This is the first annual All-Star Get-Together...

Prestige Motorsports Custom Crate Engines Now Available At American Powertrain

As if providing the best overdrive manual transmission systems in the world wasn’t enough, now you can add big power for your Ford, Chevy, and Mopar to the offerings from American Powertrain....

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: It’s The Final Day Of King Of The Creek Drag Racing Action!

It’s big money bracket racing season and that means there are races going on ALL over the place this weekend. This is the 2rd Annual King of the Creek, coming to you live from Maryland...

Hand Tool Tech: How To Use A Tap And Die Set To Thread Holes And Studs, And To Make Repairs

Sometimes the most basic hand tools can be intimidating if you have never been taught how to use them. And sometimes the most complicated can be simple to use because you had someone show you how....

FREE LIVE Drag Racing Continues Today From The Derby City $50k In Kentucky!

That’s right, big money bracket racing at Ohio Valley Dragway in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend with $10,000 up for grabs Friday, $50,000 Saturday, and another $10,000 on Sunday! This is big...