Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.

Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...

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US Street Nationals Testing: Testing And Qualifying Action From Bradenton Motorsports Park. It’s Time For The Drag Illustrated Winter Series!

It’s time for the Drag Illustrated Winter Series in Florida to continue! The US Street Nationals are on this weekend, and while the rest of the easter half of the country will be freezing, the...

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CHEAP 8.1L CAM TEST-HOW TO ADD 30 HP AND 30 LB-FT FOR TOWING. 8.1L DART CARB INTAKE VS EFI-WHO WINS?

I love me some 8.1 horsepower, and in the video below our friend Richard Holdener is back at Westech Performance doing some cam testing on his dyno mule 8.1. He also does some testing with a carb vs...

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Slicks: The Sticky History of the World’s Fastest Racing Tires – There’s Way More To Them Than You Might Think

For some reason, people often underestimate the technology that goes into drag racing parts. I think it is because they think that going in a straight line is so simple. Of course these are the same...

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Unsafe At Any Speed! Is the Rotsun Too Rusty? The Answer Is Yes, Definitely Yes. Watch To See Just How Bad It Is!

The Rotsun is, well, rotten. Hence the name. But how much rust is too much? Is this thing structurally okay, is it a total loss, or does it just need a little love. I once drove from Dallas, TX to...

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Installing a Two Post Lift Is Easy! With Just A Few Tools, You Can Install Your Own Two Post Lift At Home In A Couple Of Hours!

I bought my first Two Post lift from a friend of a friend in Southern California for just $800 but it had to be taken down, transported to my shop, and then installed again. I called a couple of lift...

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Not Good: Watch This Racer Suffer A Nitrous System Failure, Filling The Car With Gas!

This is a crazy one right here. During a recent grudge race in the Carolinas, the driver of this Mustang quite literally got a face full of the very nitrous that was supposed to be headed into his...

Attack Of The Mom Buggy: Watch This 5,000lb, Turbo Six Powered, All Wheel Drive Barge Run 9s At 140+!

This is one of those cars that we have always wanted to know more about because it has evolved right before our eyes on the internet. Thanks to that same internet, we now know the full story behind...

This 1970 Dodge Video Compares The Charger Against The GTO and the Chevy Monte Carlo

A few days ago we showed you a Dodge promotional film for the 1972 Dodge Charger where they compared it to some other models. Well, this time we are taking you to 1970 and once again it is Dodge...

Joe Amato’s 1951 Mercury Lead Sled Is For Sale – Black Paint For Days And A 502 Under The Hood

There’s nary a more iconic looking style car in hot rodding than a 1949-1951 Mercury done in the classic “lead sled” style. These cars appeal to the fabricators and metal workers of...

Money No Object: Look Twice At This Pro Street 1973 Chevrolet Camaro!

One of my favorite ways to search through eBay is to skip searching by make and model and instead, search by kind of build. “SCCA racer”, “Drag Car”, and so on. You cast a...

Nitro Bike Race Report: Vantine Nitrosports Off To A Slightly Destructive But Flying Start in 2019

Just like last year, David Vantine and his screaming yellow Vantine Nitrosports bike have started off 2019 undefeated with the Top Fuel win at the Manufacturers Cup Spring Cup at South Georgia...

2019 Omaha Autorama Photo Coverage: More Than Six Decades Of Tradition Continues To Thrive In Nebraska

(Photos by Scott Liggett) –  Well, we have to thank Scott for blasting these photos from the Omaha Autorama.  When one considers the fact that this show has been going on for more than six...

Mark Williams Enterprises Introduces New 5 on 4.75 Bolt Circle Full Floater Hub!

When you are a company that prides itself on making the highest quality racing parts in every respect, you take measured approach to developing, engineering, and rolling out products. Mark Williams...

Incredible 1974 Video Takes Us in the Pits And On The Track With The Immaculate Green Elephant Funny Car Team

There are cars that transcend the decades of drag racing and continue to stand out amongst others of their era. Maybe we’re talking about machines like the Sox and Martin Barracuda,...

K&N Spring Fling Million 2019: Our Last Gallery From The Big-Money Battle In Las Vegas!

When the last race had been run, when Vinny DiMino pulled into the Winner’s Circle to get the big check, and once the crews had wrapped up the last of the celebrations of the 2019 Spring Fling...

Freaky Fun Video: This Guy Turbocharged An Olds 350 Diesel And We Love It

There are right ways to do things and wrong ways to do things. We get stuff drilled into our head every day about the easy ways to make horsepower, the right ways to choose an engine for your...

2019 Omaha Autorama Images: Comprehensive Show Coverage From This Six Decade Plus Tradition Starts now!

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – There’s an old saying that you “can’t go home again” and while in many cases that is true, we don’t think it holds water when it comes to car guys. Our own...

Watch Jader Krolow Use All The Wheel And Every Inch Of Track To Run 6.60s at 218 In His Brazil Based Nova!

Sometimes I watch people drive race cars and wonder where they get the guts to do what they do. Where they get the guts to make those split second decisions that determine whether the run will be a...

1985 Alive: This Three Way Comparison Between A Mustang GT, Pontic Firebird, and IROC-Z Camaro Is Awesome

It was really, really over. The horrid 1970s had ended for car makers, the engineers had figured out how to make horsepower while meeting EPA emissions standards, and the kids born in the 1960s had...