Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Smallest Recall Ever: Bugatti Recalls All 60 Chiron Pur Sport Models Ever Made

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Bugatti Chrion truly is a masterpiece. With 1500 horsepower, limitless customization, and an eye-watering price tag to go along with it, this French beast has had...

Video: The 1986 Buick Riviera T-Type Was A Harbinger Of Our Current Automotive Lives

Only 10% of the Buick Rivieras made in 1986 were T-Types. The company made more than 20,000 “regular” Rivieras and only about 2,000 of these one year wonders. It was a shrunken chassis...

Best Of 2021: World Rally Championship Season Highlights. The Best Jumps, Turns, Crashes, And More!

The World Rally Championship was something special in 2021 and thanks to the guys at Red Bull we’ve got some cool highlights. The high flying, sideways, and crazy action you expect to see at a...

Can Finnegan And Newbern Save The Death Metal Charger, Again? Is The 2JZ Here To Stay?

The Death Metal Charger is like a cat, it has 9 lives. But will it every actually get to being something cool and fun that doesn’t require cutting and hacking every single time it gets ready to...

Straight Shooters: This Intake Manifold Shootout On A Jeep Straight Six Is Interesting and Cool

If there is an engine platform that we have learned more about over the last couple of years on YouTube than the Jeep inline six, we’re not sure what it is. The Horsepower Monster channel has...

Here It Comes Again: Mazda Is Building Something With Rotary Engine In It Again, We Speculate What It Is Here

(By Tom Lohnes) – Mazda is no stranger to sporty cars. With the Miata still being a huge success 30 years later, the Mazda3 Turbo giving hot hatches a run for their money, and of course the...

Like Hotcakes: Here Are Three Of The Biggest (Good) Sales Volume Stories Of 2021

(By Tom Lohnes) – 2021 was not a good year at all for car sales. Between $10,000 markups on Kia Sorentos and even a Toyota RAV4 PHEV being listed for sale at $96,000, it is needless to say...

Winter Fun Project: Alex And Dennis Build A Barstool Cart Of Sorts. Shenanigans Ensue.

Go carts are fun. No matter how old you are there is something fun about getting on a go cart and racing your friends or just terrorizing the neighborhood. Several years ago I rode a racing barstool,...

Oil Pan Build: Watch The Neat Transmission For a 1965 Mini Cooper Go Back Together

Learning stuff, whether in person or remotely is pretty awesome. For us, this video fit that bill perfectly because having never climbed under a classic Mini, we had no idea that the transmission was...

Hitch In The Giddy-Up: Mustang Sales Slump In 2021 and Challenger Takes Top Sports Car Sales Spot!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Ford Mustang has had some pretty rough years. There was the cool but heavy 1971-1973 ‘Stang, the downright gutless Mustang II, and more recently the 2005-2010 model...

2021 Holley Ford Festival: This Coyote-Swapped 1970 Ford Maverick Is Sexy And Cool

Okay, maybe sexy and cool aren’t the words normally used to describe a Ford Maverick, and we’re talking about the real one here, not the new truck thing they blasphemed the name with. As...

For Sale: Cheap Corvette Project For Sale! This C3 Corvette Is Cheap At $500!

If you are looking for a Corvette to restore, this is probably not the one for you, but if you want a Corvette you can build into a badass Pro Touring or track day ride then this might just be it. It...

Unstable: The Deadly and Explosive History Of Headlights – Wild History From 100 Years Ago

The automotive headlight is not exactly the most exciting part of a car, right? Wrong. Back in the early 1900s not only were headlights new and exciting, they were explosive and deadly. This...

Thing Of Beauty: This 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix Has Tri-Power, A Four-Speed, and A Unique Color

It is kind of amazing how good the car companies were at identifying their customer in the 1960s, right? GM really knocked it out of the park in this manner, especially how they positioned each brand...