Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Video: Urban Snow Mobiling In Detroit! Passing Cars On The Freeway Can’t Be Legal, Can It?
When the weather turns in a lot of the country that means the crazy white stuff starts falling from the sky and while us West Coasters are enjoying nice clear weather all you northern hot rodders...
Car Show Coverage: Goodguys Fall Del Mar Nationals 2013 – Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, and Trucks Oh My!
This weekend’s Goodguys Fall Del Mar Nationals 2013, in Southern California, is always one of our favorite events of the year because of great weather and great friends. This year the weather...
Video: Epic Rental Minivan Burnout That Results In Slight Panic And Lots Of AC Vent Smoke
If you don’t know what AC Vent smoke is, you haven’t done a big boy burnout in a new rental car and forgot to turn off the automatic climate control. We have, and can tell you that as...
Video: An Inside Look At The Ring Brothers… The Who, What, And Why That Explain How They Tick
For nearly 20 years the Ring Brothers have been building bitchin cars, but in the last decade they have truly come into their own and are considered to be one of the upper echelon custom car builders...
Next Gen Racer With A Twist: The Rocketeer Funny Car Crew’s New Dodge Dart
When Jim Barrett and the rest of the crew on the Rocketeer AA/FC Nostalgia Funny Car come to a race, they do it family style. With Jim’s son Alex deciding that Drag Racing was the career choice...
Dry Lakes Landspeed Racing Photos: The Final SCTA El Mirage Meet Of 2013
As famous as Speed Week at Bonneville is, Land Speed Racers from far and wide flock to El Mirage California several times each year to compete on the famed dry lake. The SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes...
The Parting Shift: Chad Molests Another Transmission At The 2013 SEMA Show
If watching a man play with his stick is offensive to you, then you should probably not watch this video. If it doesn’t bother you however, watch! Instead of the normal gear grabbing action...
SEMA 2013 Video: LS Swap Greatness From Hooker. And LS Practically Installs Itself!
With the increasing popularity of LS engine swaps, and to a lesser extent Ford Mod Motor and Mopar Hemis, the aftermarket is responding with more and more parts designed to make late model engine...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Can We Do To Help Grow The SEMA Action Network?
Earlier this morning we ran a video about the SEMA Action Network, which is the group at SEMA who’s whole purpose is to help us make sure our state and federal legislative bodies don’t...
Hemmings Find: Is This The Cleanest Unrestored 1965 Biscayne Ever? We Think So!
You know how much we love station wagons around here, or at least how much Chad loves them anyway, so when our friend Lowell Enloe sent us the ad for this 1965 Chevrolet Biscayne Wagon on Hemmings,...
SEMA 2013 Video: The SEMA Action Network Speaks! Chad And Colby Explain How.
The SEMA Action Network is one of the rare groups that actually help hot rodders when it comes to government. They stand up for us, and tell us how to stand up for ourselves, and when I ran into...
SEMA 2013 Video: Conical Valvesprings: Cones Aren’t Just For Icecream Anymore.
If you’ve studied high performance engines you know that there are some things like more compression, a bigger cam, and boost that build power. As you get deeper into these engines you learn...
SEMA PowerShift LIVE VIDEO: Big Street Car Super Nationals News, We Drive A 950 Horse ZL1, And Much More.
Our SEMA Edition of PowerShift, our weekly live motorsports and hot rodding show, is one you have to watch. Starting off with our most famous guest, Lingenfelter’s Mike Copeland, and rounding...
Craigslist Ad Greatness: Best Buick Roadmaster Ad Ever. Promises More Sex, More Beer, More Hair, And More.
When Dave Wallace sent us this kick as Craigslist Ad for a Buick Roadmast Wagon, we knew it had to be good. For some reason, we’ve been the go to joint for funny Craigslist Ad exposure, to the...