7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?
So, you’ve got yourself a full race junkyard 5.3 and you make it into a 7,700 rpm screamer. What intake do you choose for it? I mean clearly the stock truck intake isn’t the right choice,...
1320Video Visits The Tokyo Auto Salon: Check Out The Cool Cars Kyle And Matt Found To Drool Over!
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 1320Video Visits The Tokyo Auto Salon: Check Out The Cool Cars Kyle And Matt Found To Drool Over!
I’m a die hard muscle car and truck guy, but there is something ultra cool about some of the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) rides of all eras. And what better place to check them out than the...
American Powertrain Introduces TREMEC® Magnum XL 6-speed Transmission Conversion Kit for the 2010-2015 5th Gen Camaro V8
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on American Powertrain Introduces TREMEC® Magnum XL 6-speed Transmission Conversion Kit for the 2010-2015 5th Gen Camaro V8
“Designed for firm crisp shifting, improved gearing and power capacity” this new kit from American Powertrain is just what you need if you are making big power or are driving your 5th...
New Years No Prep Photos: Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! Wheels Up Action And More.
Jan 19, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Years No Prep Photos: Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! Wheels Up Action And More.
We’ve got our third batch of photos from the New Year’s No-Prep at The Grove, and want to thank Joe Grippo as always. If you missed any of the previous photos, we’ve got a link...
American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Down The Strip In This 327ci Chevy Powered, Muncie M-22 Roaring Nova!
Jan 19, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Down The Strip In This 327ci Chevy Powered, Muncie M-22 Roaring Nova!
This is not an American Powertrain Parting Shift that’s chock full of tricky shifting, some gazillion dollar car, or a big rig with six shift levers coming up through the floor. Nope, this is...
Want To See Real No Prep? Top Fuel Dragsters On A Bare RAF Runway In England At Fulbeck Circa 1973
Jan 19, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Want To See Real No Prep? Top Fuel Dragsters On A Bare RAF Runway In England At Fulbeck Circa 1973
There have been many locations in the UK where drag racing’s taken place over the years. This video captures another of them that no longer exist. This was the RAF bomber base at Fulbeck,...
Pounding Pontiac: Watch This Brutal 1963 LeMans Crank Off 9-Second Pure Poncho Elapsed Times
Jan 18, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Pounding Pontiac: Watch This Brutal 1963 LeMans Crank Off 9-Second Pure Poncho Elapsed Times
Yes, yes we know. There are easier ways to go 9s than to build a bad ass, multi-carb, tunnel ram, 482ci Pontiac V8 with a bunch of compression, and all the camshaft. There are easier ways but...
BangShift Tune Up: Spirit Of America – The Beach Boys (1963)
Jan 18, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Tune Up: Spirit Of America – The Beach Boys (1963)
If there’s a cooler car song out there, let us know. As the only known song every written about a Bonneville car, this is about the best thing ever and it was performed by the Beach Boys! Of...
New Years No Prep Photos: More From Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! People And Racing Action!
Jan 17, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Years No Prep Photos: More From Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! People And Racing Action!
We’ve got our second batch of photos from the New Year’s No-Prep at The Grove, and want to thank Joe Grippo as always. If you missed any of the previous photos, we’ve got a link...
HyperSpark Ignition Buyers Guide – Everything You Need To Know To Choose The Right System For Your Ride.
Jan 17, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HyperSpark Ignition Buyers Guide – Everything You Need To Know To Choose The Right System For Your Ride.
The one downside to all the amazing parts that are available for making power today, is that sometimes you can’t tell which thing you actually need. It’s like sitting down at a restaurant...
Old School Chassis Tech: This Video From 30 Years Ago Shows The Al Swindahl Bolt Together Top Fuel Chassis
Jan 17, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Old School Chassis Tech: This Video From 30 Years Ago Shows The Al Swindahl Bolt Together Top Fuel Chassis
There are names in drag racing that have had massive impact. We all know the Don Garlits’ of the world, we all know the Bob Glidden types of the world but what about the guys who made the cars...
Twin-Engine, Turbocharged Bare Chassis Run Low 8s In The Quarter And Terrorize The Streets!
Jan 17, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Twin-Engine, Turbocharged Bare Chassis Run Low 8s In The Quarter And Terrorize The Streets!
BangShifter John Mac turned us on to what has to be the nuttiest thing built in Canada in the last two decades. From what we can gather, the crew at Turbo Dynamics Canada has taken a stock car...
HOW MUCH HP IS AN INTERCOOLER WORTH? CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER GETS A TICK PERFORMANCE INTERCOOLER.
Jan 16, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HOW MUCH HP IS AN INTERCOOLER WORTH? CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER GETS A TICK PERFORMANCE INTERCOOLER.
To intercool or not to intercool, that is the question. For years folks have debated no intercooler, an intercooler, which kind of intercooler, etc. for their supercharged or turbocharged...
New Years No Prep Photos: Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race Was Packed Full Of People And Racing Action!
Jan 16, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Years No Prep Photos: Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race Was Packed Full Of People And Racing Action!
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) It was getting dark, around 4:30pm on a cold December Saturday in the waning days of 2023 and I was standing in the burnout box of my favorite dragstrip with the...