Polishing Turds Episode 5: Balancing The Crankshaft
In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the excitement that is balancing a rotating assembly. This series is of course done with tongue firmly in cheek, but...
The BMW M3 Touring Is A Hot Rod Wagon Made For Here But We’ll Never See It
(By Tom Lohnes) – Well, this one hurts. The 2023 BMW M3 Touring has gotten endless hype from all over the world. There are many European, Asian, and American customers happily awaiting the...
Video: Ford’s New Electric SuperVan Is A 2,000hp EV So Wrong, It’s Right
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Ford SuperVan has been a very overcooked part of Ford’s history. Starting as essentially a modified UK-market Transit in 1971. The next two models retained the Transit...
Free Read: Evel Knievel On Tour – The Book That Made Knievel Freak And Take A Bat To The Author
We have been over this about 100 times but I like to read. As such I am usually looking for something to chew up and from time to time, I get stuck on searches for books I have heard about but have...
New Redline Rebuild Video: The Time Lapse Of The 283 Chevy Teardown and Assembly Is Here And It’s A Fun Watch
We tend to stick onto the Redline Rebuild series videos like glue around here. But this time? To be totally honest, we weren’t really THAT into the 2-bbl 283 rebuild in-depth but we sure wanted...
Don’t Call It A Comeback: The 2023 BMW 3.0 CSL Harks To The Past With Big Power, Tech, and Balance
(By Tom Lohnes) – About 10 years ago, BMW teased us with what looked like the return of the legendary 3.0 CSL, but it never came to be. The modern concept car carried all of the beautiful...
WHICH IS BETTER-CNC PORTED STOCK LS HEADS OR AFTER MARKET CNC HEADS. TEA 243 HEADS VS AFR 245 HEADS!
Should you port your stock LS heads or buy aftermarket? With LS engines being capable of making such crazy power with stock components, do the cylinder heads fall into that category? Do you need...
Ride Along With The Late Colin McRae As He Grabs Gears and Slides The Course
There have been few larger tragedies in the world of racing than the untimely loss of rally great Colin McRae in 2007. He died in a helicopter crash and it was a crushing blow to his fans and lovers...
Ride Along On A USAC Silver Crown Car As It Flies And Slides Around The Fastest Mile Dirt Track In The World
Springfield, Illinois is home to the “Springfield Mile”, a virtual paradise for anyone who like dirt track racing. Why? They advertise this place as the fastest dirt mile in the world and...
Remember The 1990 Olds Trofeo? We Forgot And Then Saw This Old Motor Week Review – Weird and Interesting Car!
As I was putting David Whealon’s Lamborghini Super Trofeo photos together I had a synapse misfire and thought, “Wait, didn’t GM have a car in the early 1990s called the...
14 Minutes Of Hell – The Worst Wreck In Vintage Racing History From Every Agonizing Angle
You have likely seen still photos of a massive wreck at a vintage road racing event and marveled at the destruction and sheer volume of the thing. Well, now you get to see video and not only video...
Hustling Little Hottie: The 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo Was Like A Baby Supra With A Price Tag To Match
We always think of Toyota as kind of a staid manufacturer who doesn’t pay a lot of attention to performance, flash, and dash. That’s effectively wrong because over the years, they have...
Think You Are A Road Course Boss? Watch This Guy On A Shifter Kart Racing In The Rain Show You That You’re Not
I am no great shakes as a driver but I can tell you that I have driven a “racing” go kart in the rain and it is like trying to ride a greased pig. The machine I was driving had four...
