Featured Products: Baer Brakes Classic Series – Modern Brakes Now Available For Lots Of Classic Vehicles
May 30, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Featured Products: Baer Brakes Classic Series – Modern Brakes Now Available For Lots Of Classic Vehicles
Automotive brakes have come a long way since the 1960’s, and that means that you no longer have to live with brakes that only work well a couple of times in a row. With high performance brake...
Which Ratchet Head Type Is Best? If You Can Only Have One In Your Car’s Tool Kit, Which One Should You Choose
May 29, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Which Ratchet Head Type Is Best? If You Can Only Have One In Your Car’s Tool Kit, Which One Should You Choose
If you are like me then you have several styles of ratchets in your toolbox. And if you are like me then you have a couple of them that you almost never use, or that when you do use them you find...
This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More
May 29, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More
When we think of iconic TV and movie cars, there’s a short list that people default to. KITT, The General Lee, Herbie, and on and on we go. But what of Ferrari? Just when you think it’s a...
Buy The Book: The Race To The Future by Kassia St. Clair – Story of the First Peking to Paris In 1907
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Buy The Book: The Race To The Future by Kassia St. Clair – Story of the First Peking to Paris In 1907
In my own life as a gearhead, I have had a perspective change on my historical interests over time. For example, for many years I really never had even the most passing interest in early automotive...
History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s
History is a really neat thing to look at, especially when it comes to cars, right? We get to see the evolution of not only the mechanical end of the machines, we get to see the styling involved as...
10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on 10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic
When it comes to the advertising game on television, especially when we speak about it in terms of automobiles, there’s “before VW” and “after VW”. The way that...
The Sleepiest Sleeper: Watch This Slot Mag Equipped Pinto Make 350 Wheel Horsepower On The Rollers!
May 28, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The Sleepiest Sleeper: Watch This Slot Mag Equipped Pinto Make 350 Wheel Horsepower On The Rollers!
The 2.3L Ford Lima four cylinder was produced from 1974 right through 1997 in various different machinations and forms. In this case, one of those 2.3L engines that was liberated from a Thunderbird...
We Drive It: The 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce AWD – Proof That The Italian Driving Soul Comes In Many Forms
May 28, 2024Brian Lohnes1
I’ve never been shy on sharing my feelings about the many vehicles that occupy the CUV category of automobile which now represents the largest segment of the American buyers market for new...
6.0L LS2 VS 6.2L LS3-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP STOCK, MINOR MODS THEN ALL THE MODS? FULL DYNO RESULTS
May 27, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 6.0L LS2 VS 6.2L LS3-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP STOCK, MINOR MODS THEN ALL THE MODS? FULL DYNO RESULTS
There’s no replacement for displacement. That’s the age old saying and we know that there isn’t much that compares with going bigger in search of more power. But how much bigger is...
Who Makes The Best OBD 2 Code Scanner? Are They All The Same? If Spending More Money Makes It Better, The Test Should Show That.
May 27, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Who Makes The Best OBD 2 Code Scanner? Are They All The Same? If Spending More Money Makes It Better, The Test Should Show That.
OBD 2 Scanners are no different than anything else we are going to buy, and if there is a cheap option we’re always going to wonder if it will do the job and how well. I know there are people...
Cool Video: Watch This Early 1970s Crash Testing Film That Features A Corvette…With Air Bags!
May 26, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Watch This Early 1970s Crash Testing Film That Features A Corvette…With Air Bags!
Few people remember that General Motors was the major pioneering force in the develop of air bags in passenger cars. They actually offered them as an option on several models for a couple year stint...
Three Wheeled Motion: Watch This Crazy Video From The 1979 Dutch GP Starring Gilles Villeneuve And His Ferrari
May 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Three Wheeled Motion: Watch This Crazy Video From The 1979 Dutch GP Starring Gilles Villeneuve And His Ferrari
This is some pretty wild video from an era of Formula One which abounds with it. We’re headed to the 1979 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort and this video will feature the travails of...
The Beast And The Paper Tiger: Two Cars Get The Body and Tuner Treatment In 1986, One Is Truly Awesome
May 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The Beast And The Paper Tiger: Two Cars Get The Body and Tuner Treatment In 1986, One Is Truly Awesome
The one crummy thing about today’s automotive landscape is that there’s little “wow” factory left for us. That’s not me being jaded, that is me being real right now....
Dare To Be Different Video: Watch This Blown 4.3L V6 Make More Than 450hp and 400 lb-ft On The Engine Dyno!
May 23, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Dare To Be Different Video: Watch This Blown 4.3L V6 Make More Than 450hp and 400 lb-ft On The Engine Dyno!
Today I am definitely feeling the alternative engine family flow. From the little sleeper Pinto earlier to this killer V6, there are so many fun ways to make horsepower it’s almost...










