This Video From The 1957 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix Is Completely Awesome – The Cars!
Feb 24, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on This Video From The 1957 12 Hours of Sebring Grand Prix Is Completely Awesome – The Cars!
Here’s a pro tip. If we ever see a video that features an amazingly beautiful 1957 Chevrolet convertible towing an MG race car down the highway, we’re featuring that thing. Such is the...
Meet The Cheapest Car In History: The Briggs And Stratton Flyer Would Still Only Cost $2,091.88 Today – (w/Video)
Feb 23, 2022Brian Lohnes2
When the A.O Smith company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin decided to get into the car business by building a very cheap form of transportation we’re not sure they were aiming to build the cheapest car...
Cheap Z28 Project: F-Body Drift Car Build Part One – Dual Rear Calipers. Plus, Other Brake Upgrades!
Feb 19, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cheap Z28 Project: F-Body Drift Car Build Part One – Dual Rear Calipers. Plus, Other Brake Upgrades!
It’s time for more progress on the Cheap Z28 Project. In the first video you saw a few upgrades and a sneak peak into what was going to happen to this thing and what its new life would be. Well...
New Products: REKUDO Suspension System for 1970-1981 Camaro and Firebird
Feb 18, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Products: REKUDO Suspension System for 1970-1981 Camaro and Firebird
OEM cars from the 1970s were designed for narrow bias-ply tires and had notoriously poor handling. Consumers today want to upgrade to modern wheel and tire packages and improve their handling....
Watching Legendary Race Driver Jim Clark Run A 1964 Ford Cortina Down A Bobsled Course Is Awesome
Feb 17, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Watching Legendary Race Driver Jim Clark Run A 1964 Ford Cortina Down A Bobsled Course Is Awesome
Publicity stunts have been a hallmark of selling cars since Henry Ford took on Alexander Winton in 1901. They have ranged from the hilarious to the completely absurd. We’d say that this Ford...
Engine Porn: Watch The 454ci LS7 Make Over 950 Horsepower Naturally Aspirated On The Dyno!
Feb 16, 2022Brian Lohnes1
There’s something about a killer naturally aspirated engine that just gets us excited. Take this video for example. Would we be all that worked up to see a 600hp naturally aspirated LS7?...
Haulin’ The Mail! Ride Along In An 800hp Nissan GTP Car As It Assaults Road Atlanta
Feb 15, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Haulin’ The Mail! Ride Along In An 800hp Nissan GTP Car As It Assaults Road Atlanta
Outside of drag racing if there was one motorsport that spun my crank as a kid it was IMSA road racing. I loved the various cars and classes that were featured but I was legitimately obsessed with...
New Products: MSD Pro 600 CDI Ignition and Coil Kit – High Output Ignition System
Feb 14, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Products: MSD Pro 600 CDI Ignition and Coil Kit – High Output Ignition System
MSD’s PRO 600 line of ignition systems is a game changer in the modern world of high power combos. There are no shortage of hard parts available to make big power using whatever engine combo...
Stick Shift Tech: How To Index Your Bellhousing For Perfect Manual Transmission Operation
Feb 11, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Stick Shift Tech: How To Index Your Bellhousing For Perfect Manual Transmission Operation
When you buy a manual transmission, a bell housing, a clutch, and the linkage to make it all work, you quickly realize during the installation that there is a lot going on here. It’s not...
Poncho Power: Check Out This Cool Pontiac Engine Build By Keith Dorton Of Automotive Specialists
Feb 11, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Poncho Power: Check Out This Cool Pontiac Engine Build By Keith Dorton Of Automotive Specialists
Keith Dorton and his Automotive Specialists engine building operation have been long known as some of the best in the high performance industry. Dorton’s extensive background in NASCAR racing...
Uncle Tony Gem: A Brief History Of Time (and Why The PCV Valve Is Something The Government Got Right)
Feb 08, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Uncle Tony Gem: A Brief History Of Time (and Why The PCV Valve Is Something The Government Got Right)
One of the neat things about actually knowing Tony DeFeo is understanding that his brain is a weird and wonderful place. It’s not a spot that tries to stifle or block out any wild conspiracy...
Henry’s Big Screw Job: Here’s How Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers Made Untold Millions While Hating Each Other’s Guts
Feb 08, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Henry’s Big Screw Job: Here’s How Henry Ford and the Dodge Brothers Made Untold Millions While Hating Each Other’s Guts
The story of how John and Horace Dodge helped get Henry Ford into business, made millions off of him, and then used his own profits to fund a competing car company is one of the most awesome in the...
The Woodgrain Standard Of The World: This 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser Wagon Is Incredible
Feb 07, 2022Brian Lohnes6
There’s not a lot to say about this wagon other than WOW! You are looking at a 1972 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser station wagon with an Olds 350 engine an effectively not a single flaw. If there...
Making Frame Rails: Road Race Hot Rod Chassis Building Continues
Feb 04, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Making Frame Rails: Road Race Hot Rod Chassis Building Continues
In a previous blog post we talked about the front suspension on this cool 1931 Ford Truck that is going together over at StanceWorks and today it is getting more of the touches done, including the...










