More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Big Progress, Big Video, Engine & Transmission Mounted + Roll Cage Bracing Complete!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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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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Sacrilege Or Supremely Cool? This 1972 Dodge Challenger 4×4 Is Gold To Some And Gory To Others

Well this should bring some reactions. What you are looking at is a 1972 Challenger that has been placed on a M1009 military truck (Blazer) chassis. The power plant and drivetrain are all GM. The...

Diesel Power Challenge 2017 Video: The Trailer Towing Obstacle Course Proved To Be A House Of Horrors For Some

If there was one part of the 2017 Diesel Power Challenge that provided the best all-around test of man and machine it was the trailer towing obstacle course. Using the same 10,500lb trailer that is...

This 1958 Chevy Half-Ton Truck Has NAPCO Four Wheel Drive and a 283!

Alrighty then! We have showed you like a million NAPCO equipped 1950s Chevy and GMC trucks over the years but this one may be our all time favorite. Why? It is not over restored, it is not over...

Diesel Power Challenge 2017: Here’s The Quarter Mile Drag Racing Portion Of The Event

After the trucks hammered the eighth mile at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado the trailer was removed and the boys were turned loose on the full length of the track to run their stuff to the...

Watch Tim Cameron And His Rock Racer Dominate The Southern Rock Racing Series

Tim Cameron has been one of the big players in the world of rock bouncing and its evolution into rock racing through the entire history of the genre. The guy shows no signs of slowing down, either....

Diesel Power Challenge 2017: The Brutal Eighth-Mile Loaded Trailer Tow Competition

Well the NHRA Fall Nationals got all up in my business last weekend and I fell off the pace with sharing these cool videos from the 2017 Diesel Power Challenge. Today we’re back with the brutal...

The Cummins Powered, Air Bagged, Low Riding, Rat Rig Is Awesome (Video)

You guys know we’re freaks for old trucks around here and we’re also freaks for guys who do stuff that is outside of the norm. Such is the case with this 1941 International KB5 truck that...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Along As A Guy Cruises To Work In A Detroit Diesel Powered 1963 GMC Crackerbox

We have told you the story of the GM “crackerbox” trucks with their short, stubby cabs and fairly impressive service life but we have not showed you what it is like to actually operate...

Cool Video: Watch Big MAN Truck Engines Get Assembled From The Block On Up – Inliners AND V8s!

While the German MAN brand of trucks may not be familiar to Americans, they are huge over in Europe. The company started making locomotives in the 1830s and has been an industrial giant ever since....

Watch This Backhoe Operator Deftly Lower Himself Into A Storm Runoff Channel

Backhoe operators come in all shapes and sizes. There are the guys who rent them from a local place to dig a hole in their backyard and end up hitting a gas main, there are the guys who run the...

Winning: This Guy Has An Engine Dyno In His Living Room And He Actually Uses It

Most of us at one time or another have done some sort of automotive job in a place where we probably shouldn’t have. Maybe we washed parts in the dishwasher, rebuilt a Holley on the dining room...

Video: This Electronically Fuel Injected, Dual Overhead Cam, Miniature V10 Is Incredible

We have showed off some absolutely killer miniature engines here before but this one may actually take the cake. You are about to see a 1/3 scale miniature V10 engine fire up, idle, and get revved on...

Watching This Massive CNC Machine Create A Crankshaft Out Of A Piece Of Billet Is An Amazing Study In Technology and Engineering

As gearheads we’re naturally attracted to machines and all things mechanical, right? Well for us there is no higher form of mechanical life form than the CNC mill. These things come in an array...

Diesel Power Challege 2017 – Meet The Competitors And Check Out The Dyno Action!

Back in early June I hung out with a group of cool trucks and cooler guys as they participated in the 2017 Diesel Power Challenge. This is an event put on by Diesel Power Magazine where they solicit...