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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Parting Ways: Is This Dusty Smashed Grand National Worth The Scratch?

(Parting Ways is a new semi-regular blog item where Nutting scours the internet for interesting parts cars for his fictional parts car business) Before I dive into the horror that is this...

Car Feature: Street Legal Circle Track Camaro Is A Unique, Homebuilt, Corner Burning Monster

(Words and photos by Jim Volgarino) – A true gearhead can point to some seminal moment when he or she was struck by an unexplainable epiphany. That moment when you knew things had changed and...

Watch Two Buffoons Crash An ATV While Trying To Show Off For A News Camera – Hit And Run!

While we certainly have nothing on the Buffalo area here in Massachusetts yet, we’re getting there with repeated large snowfalls over the last couple of weeks (and another two feet rumored to...

Watch This Install Of A Total Control Products G-Bar Rear 4-Link In A Mustang

Earlier this week we showed you Jason Lewis’ Mustang project, and the video of him installing a Total Control Products Front Coil-Over suspension system on it. The system is pretty trick, but...

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Project Angry Grandpa: We Take Our 300C To The NCM Motorsports Park For Some Exercise!

(Track photos of the car courtesy of JRP Photos) Testing a two-ton RWD car on a racetrack on a cold morning in late January sounds like the dumbest idea in the world. Tires won’t be up to...

This 1967 Intermeccanica Torino Is A Magnificent Mix Of Italian Styling And Ford V8 Power – Wow!

The 1960s definitely produced the best mixes of American power and European styling. Yes, the Pantera was pretty awesome in the 1970s but there were so many things happening in the 1960s with cars...

Video Install Of A Classic Mustang Total Control Products Coil-Over Front Suspension System

Jason Lewis at AutoEdit is doing a complete build on a classic Mustang, and we’ll be showing you all kinds of stuff that is going on with the project, but this installment shows the...

Keep Your WRX or EVO, We’ll Take This Chopped 1949 Ford As Our Dirt Car Of Choice!

Okay, it might be a 1950. Either way, this dude in Finland kicks ass with his ’49 or ’50 Chopped Ford Custom on wide whites, steelies, and the whole deal. We’re talking tearing up...

Planning Your 2015 Car Show Calendar? OPGI Has A 50 State List Of Shows You Need To Check Out!

We’ve told you repeatedly in the past to make sure that your are checking out the OPGI blog because it isn’t about just telling you about the newest fender that they are making or the...

The Guys At Road And Track Drove The Very First Mustang Special Service Patrol Car Ever And We’re Jealous

(Photos by Zack Bowman) – The other day Road and Track’s Zack Bowman sent me a note and said, “Hey you might dig this story…”. A mere second before I was about to tell...

Big News: Speedway Motors Steps Up To Create The 2015 Speedway Motors CAM Challenge Powered By SCCA

We have been huge cheerleaders for the Classic American Muscle class developed by the SCCA for their autocross competitions across the country. The idea of giving guys with classic pro touring cars...

Project Possum: The Scamp Gets Hotchkis Components Throughout The Front End – We Ditch The Old Junk

(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – My dad & I finally got around to installing the Hotchkis suspension on my ’73 Scamp, A.K.A. Project Possum. Ever since it came home from the body...

Ride Along In A Vintage 1963 Pontiac Stock Car At Hickory Speedway – Nostalgia Stock Car Racing Rules

As much as we love our nostalgia drag racing around here, the expanding popularity of vintage stock car racing has us pretty excited. Guys are dragging out period correct cars and they are also...

High School Confidential: The Hilarious Story Of The Psuedosport Monte Carlo – Near Death Experiences And More

(Words by Tony Sestito/Photos Greg Stewart Collection) – Alright… story time. Back in High School, my friend Greg bought a 1986 Chevrolet Monte Carlo “Sport Coupe” from a...