Ultimate Street Car Season Begins With Racing In Texas! Here’s Why Running Early In The Season Matters For Championship Pursuits

(Words by Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) The 2026 season of OPTIMA’s Ultimate Street Car series officially kicked off at G2 Motorsports Park in Anna, Texas. When the grid lined up, the...

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Drill Taps: Are These Self Tapping Drill Bits The Tool You’ve Been Missing? Are These More Useful Than Any Other Drill Bits?

I’m a big fan of a good drill bit, like anyone else who’s having to drill holes. But there are some serious differences in bits, regardless of the price. With all the different coatings,...

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Vice Grip Garage Interior Rehab: Derek and His Wife Jess Restored Their Darts Interior On A BUDGET! Here’s How

Just because the parts are available doesn’t mean that doing an interior restoration on your favorite project is going to be cheap. With lots of options, from “custom” bolt in...

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How Dangerous Is A 10hp Belt Grinder? The Fireball Tools 5HP Go Kart Belt Sander Is A Scary Machine Now!

The Fireball tools go-kart belt sander is something special, that’s for sure, and with 5 horsepower you’d think that it could hog away any material needed. And it does. But more power is...

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Pavement Pounder Events Announces “Motor City to Wheel Hub Live” 2026 Road Trip And We’re Excited To Be Their Official Media Partner!

Pavement Pounder Events is back in 2026 in a HUGE way, with an incredibly exciting road trip event that will be starting in the Motor City and heading to Wheel Hub Live! That’s right, you get...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: The Definition of Car Culture And Everything He Discovered in Brazil. You Don’t Want To Miss This One!

Larry Chen has seen some cool stuff. He’s incredibly fortunate to have experienced car culture, events, builds, builders, manufacturers, and more all over the world. So when he goes somewhere...

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CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 VS EBAY TURBO. HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR LOW-BUCK BOOST? M90 VS TURBO 4.8L DYNO TEST.

So which one is better? Should you go for a cheap blower or a cheap turbo on your junkyard LS build? In this video from Richard Holdener, you are going to see both of them put to the test on a mellow...

Holley Spring Cleaning Sale: Get All The Hardware You Need For Your Favorite Engine. Intakes, Valve Covers, Accessory Drives, And More!

If you are looking for some fun stuff for your project, then this Holley Spring Cleaning Sale is one you need to pay attention to. With all kinds of engine hardware on sale, you just can’t...

Retro Review: This 1992 Pontiac Grand Am GT Review Is All About Pontiac Excitement

As a kid that grew up in the 1980s and had a dad who restored a 1964 Pontiac GTO, I was (and still am) a fan of Pontiacs. They were GM’s excitement division and while I was likely too young to...

More Fun On 4/16: Yes The Mopar Small Block Contingent Has Their Own Version!

More bore, more stroke, more power, more fun! That’s the logic that hot rodders have used since the dawn of the hobby and while the 416ci LS engine is the dominant modern displacement of this...

Happy Stroker Day! On 4/16 We Celebrate The Mighty 416ci LS Stroker Engine

Yeah, we know that “displacement days” are normally based around factory engines but we thought it was worth it to recognize one of the most popular stroker combinations of the modern age...

The Stanceworks Honda-Swapped Ferrari RE-BUILD Begins Now! He Blew It Up And Now It’s Time For Improvements

The K24 Ferrari… This evil bastard launched the rods out of it on the back stretch at Buttonwillow not long ago, and in the previous video we learned why. In this video there is a rebuild about...

Vice Grip Garage ALMOST Won A Helicopter At The Freedom 500!.. And Then He Accidentally Destroyed His Friends Turbo Pacer

The Freedom 500 is one awesome race, but that’s not just because the action is fun to watch. This race is something special because the people racing in it are some of your favorite YouTubers...

PORTED M90 BLOWER TEST-HOW MUCH POWER IS PORTING REALLY WORTH? CAN THE JUNKYARD M90 MAKE 650 HP?

Does porting a blower really make a big difference in power numbers? Guys have been having it done for years, but many of them just go by the word of the guy porting them. And there are plenty of...

BEST JUNKYARD DAY EVER! WHO FINDS FOUR 6.0L LS MOTORS IN 1 DAY? FORD & DODGE V10S, CLASSICS & BOOST!

I’ve been at the wrecking yard with Richard Holdener on multiple occasions and can tell you that SoCal has some great spots to pickup engines and parts. With a jillion cars in the area, the...

Liggett Starts His First LS Engine Build! Did He Buy A Good Used Engine Or A Bad One? The Teardown Never Lies!

Scott Liggett, aka Rebeldryver, has been hot rodding small block and big block Chevrolets for a long time, and while he’s worked on some LS stuff while he was at Blueprint Engines and on other...

Featured Products: G-Body Mafia Rejoice! Upgrade your G-Body with Classic Instrument’s G-Body Gauge Cluster

If you are building a cool G-Body, which we FULLY support, then you need to check out these new gauges from the folks at Classic Instruments. They are as modern as they come, but look right at home...

Making 500HP with an $800 Dollar Junkyard Truck Engine And Then Throwing It, And A Tremec 5-Speed, In The 1964 Nova To Thrash!

Making 500 horsepower with a junkyard LS takes very little work, and gives huge return on investment when it comes to smiles. When you add an American Powertrain TKX 5-speed swap to the mix,...

Alex Taylor Takes Us On A Tour Of The QA1 Headquarters And Factory In Minnesota. 100,000 Square Feet Of Suspension Goodness.

QA1 has been a player in the high performance muscle car and classic truck suspension market for years, but in the last five years they have made huge strides to increase their offerings not only...

Are Flare Nut, Line Wrenches Any Better Than A Regular End Wrench When Loosening Or Tightening Tube Ends? Let’s Settle This!

The right tools can make a huge difference in how well, or how easily, you complete a project. But there are also plenty of tools that are available that are far from necessary. I’m a low buck...