The Sweet Sound Of Success: Listen To This Tweaked, Titanium Exhaust Equipped Porsche 997 GT3 Make 420+ Horsepower At 8,100 RPM
May 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on The Sweet Sound Of Success: Listen To This Tweaked, Titanium Exhaust Equipped Porsche 997 GT3 Make 420+ Horsepower At 8,100 RPM
This right here is some Friday vibes of the automotive type. The car shown in this video is a Porsche 997 GT3, it’s what we’d technically call a 997.1 because it’s the first...
Buy The Boss: This Complete Boss 302 and Toploader Package Is A Dream Come True For The Mustang Restorer
May 28, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Don’t tell the Boss 429 guys but around here, we kind of believe that the Boss 302 was the coolest Mustang of the 1969/1970 era. The Boss 429 certainly had shock value and that incredible...
This Day In History: The Isle Of Man TT Race Is First Run In 1907
May 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Among the fallouts that occurred on the inaugural Isle of Man TT race, held on May 28, 1907, Jack Marshall fell off of his Triumph, Frank Applebee, Jr. had a tire puncture, Stanley Webb’s...
How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!
May 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!
This is an awesome video that shows us some amazing stuff about one of the aftermarket industry’s truly important names. Yes, we are going inside the COMP Cams factory in Tennessee to see how a...
Porsche Has Released The Specs On The All-New 992 Targa – Big Horsepower, Big Performance, Big Money
May 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Porsche Has Released The Specs On The All-New 992 Targa – Big Horsepower, Big Performance, Big Money
(By Tom Lohnes) – This week has been so far so good on new car releases with the Toyota Venza coming back and the Sienna minivan taking some styling cues from the Supra, but one in particular...
When The Old Lion Roars: Watch This 1930s Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Car Bellow Up The Hill At Goodwood Sideways!
May 26, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Old race cars are interesting things. Some of them we love for their bizarre attempts at innovation. Some of them we love because of their stylistic beauty. Some of them we love because of who drove...
Driving Road Slapfight: Can Lohnes Find A Better Driving Road Than The White Spar Section Of Highway 89 In Arizona?
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
Since the driving movie argument was one-sided, I’m claiming victory. Brian had plenty of time to come up with a challenger to Vanishing Point and Death Proof, and failed. Hallelujah, a...
Random Car Review: The Hagan/Felton 1982 Chevrolet Camaro LeMans GTO Racer
May 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
When an American car heads to LeMans, eyes are watching, and it’s because it appears that anyone who seriously takes on the Circuit de la Sarthe is deadly serious about the task at hand. Think...
Big News: Holley MoParty Sept 18-20, 2020 at Beech Bend Raceway All The Mopar Fun You Can Handle!
May 26, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The GM guys have their LS Fest, the Ford guys have their Intergalactic Ford Festival, and the Chrysler guys now have the Holley MoParty! This will be a monster event if history is any guide and it...
Fantastic Video: When Outrageous Was Possible – An Awesome Look At The Lambo Countach
May 25, 2020Brian Lohnes4
An admission, I’m 40 years old and whenever I see a Lamborghini Countach I am instantly transported back to the middle 1980s and the first time my little kiddo eyes spied one. There are a...
A Piece Of Racing History: The Letter That Killed Group B Rally
May 25, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Group B rally was brutally fast, highly exciting, and exceptionally dangerous. Not because of the cars so much…there were many talented drivers who could wrangle these psychotic vehicles with...
Morning Symphony: Renault Laguna BTCC Cars In Action
May 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Renault Laguna BTCC Cars In Action
During my travels through Ireland and Scotland , the Renault Laguna had to be the one car that caught my eye. Don’t use that as a judging point, now…what little hands-on knowledge I have...
Pride Of Kenosha: This 1974 AMC Matador Is An Original Paint Survivor That Might Be A Little Boring, But It Sure Is Nice!
May 22, 2020Brian Lohnes4
When it comes to survivor cars, we kind of love them all. We just don’t love them all equally. There’s an undeniably cool element in the “survivor” tag, right? The fact that...
Historic Footage: 1979 Talladega 500, With Lee Petty In The Booth!
May 22, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Historic Footage: 1979 Talladega 500, With Lee Petty In The Booth!
If you have never experienced a Southern summer day, you won’t be able to quite grasp the important aspect of the 1979 Talladega 500, so let’s explain that real quick. The air is hot...