Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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Derek is Taking A 1,600 Mile Journey To Trade One Of Vice Grip Garages More Popular Trucks For The Ride He Sold And Instantly Regretted It

We’ve all traded or sold a car or truck and then regretted it. Sometimes that regret is as soon as the deal is done and sometimes it takes a week or month or year to realize that you just...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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TIG Welding Basics With Karl From Make It Kustom – SIMPLE Tips & Tricks How to Get Started

I watch all of Karl Fisher’s videos, because his YouTube Channel “Make It Kustom” is all about shaping metal and I dig it. But there is also a lot on the channel about welding, and...

Lone Star Throwdown 2023: Bigger And Badder Than Ever Before, This Is Why LST Is A Favorite For Many

We’ve got soo many photos left to share from this huge show. There is just a never-ending supply of bad assery right here. Check it out. If you’ve missed any of our LST photos so far,...

This C10 Has Been Mothballed For Years, Can Junkyard Digs Make It A Runner?

Luckily this 1969 C10 has been sitting inside, in a pretty good location, for who knows how many years. That doesn’t mean it wants to roll, or turn over, or start anytime soon, but at least it...

New Product: Holley Easy Level™ Floatless Fuel Level Sending Unit

Yep, you read that right, this is a fuel level sending unit that has no float. It uses the latest tech in the form of LiDAR. And in truth, it can be used for many different fluid levels, and we...

Not Stock Photography’s John Jackson Takes Us On A Lone Star Throwdown Adventure

We have been sharing tons of photos from Lone Star Throwdown, as well as some great video from our friend Ryan, and now we’ve got even more cool video to show you from our friend John Jackson...

New Product, And How To Assemble It: The Speedway Motors Sheet Metal Mock Up LS Engine!

If you haven’t seen Speedway Motors new sheet metal, bolt together, LS mock up engine block, you are in for a treat. And sources close to the project say that there are small block and big...

B&M’S PRECISION SPORTSHIFTER WILL GIVE YOUR 2021-UP FORD BRONCO’S 7-SPEED A SOLID SHIFTING FEEL

If you have a new Bronco, we hope you bought it with the right transmission, and that transmission is of course the 7-speed manual. With fewer and fewer cars and trucks available with a manual...

Lone Star Throwdown 2023: Is This The Baddest Truck Show Of The Year? You Be The Judge

If you’ve missed any of our LST photos so far, then use the link below to check them out after you look at this newest gallery. There are some awesome custom trucks in this one and we can tell...

Tool Review: Is This Hand Tool The Budget Solution For LARGE WIRE CRIMPING?

Very often we find ourselves working on a project wishing we had some fancy tool that would make life much easier. Unfortunately, those fancy tools usually cost a lot of money so you don’t buy...

Video: Lone Star Throwdown Truck Show Recap. Fun Was Had By All, And Custom Trucks Were Everywhere!

Lone Star Throwdown is one awesome show, and we’ve been sharing gallery after gallery with you the past few days. Here is a video from Street Car Chronicles of the adventures which shows just...

Lone Star Throwdown 2023: If You Like Custom Trucks, Then This Was THE Show Of 2023 So Far

If you’ve missed any of our LST photos so far, then use the link below to check them out after you look at this newest gallery. There are some awesome custom trucks in this one and we can tell...

Will It Run? This 1977 Country Squire Motorhome Was Abandoned for 15 Years! What Kind Of Crazy Is About To Happen Here?

If you are a regular around here you know that I seriously dig motorhomes and rvs and that old class C’s are some of my favorites. This one here is a squarebody era Country Squire that has seen...

Lone Star Throwdown 2023: Customs Trucks Of All Flavors, Our Show Photos Are Right Here

Our photo galleries continue! Man, this truck is awesome and I love it. Check out the photos. (Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I took two newbies to Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this...

Can You Reuse Rod And Main Bolts? Torque To Angle And Torque To Yield, Everything You Need To Know About Fasteners On Gen V GM Engines

I remember building some of my first engines, using parts we had in the garage, which included used rod bolts, main bolts, and head bolts. We weren’t building big power combos, or things under...