Category Archive: 1320 Project Cars, Apex Project Cars, CAR FEATURES, FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Check Out Richard Holdener’s New Field Find Nova Project He’s Calling The River Monster.
Oct 24, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Check Out Richard Holdener’s New Field Find Nova Project He’s Calling The River Monster.
Yeah, it’s been underwater. Yeah, it’s kinda ugly. Yeah, it is going to need a lot of work. But you know what? It’s still a 1972 Nova and it is going to be one hell of a testbed for...
Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now
Oct 04, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now
Can they pull it off? An 8-second quarter mile capable car in just 8 days? I think they can and with 5 days down, the boys are making headway. With the talent and resources these guys have they...
Motion Raceworks Is Building An 8 Second Car In 8 Days!!! Meet El Toro!
Oct 03, 2020Chad Reynolds1
I’ve been part of a team that built a car in just 48 hours, and I’ve been part of a team that twice built an 8 second car in 10 days, and both required a lot of planning. The task of...
New Project Alert! Motion Raceworks Kick Off The Drag Week/Rocky Mountain Race Week Extreme Blazer Project!
Jul 26, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Project Alert! Motion Raceworks Kick Off The Drag Week/Rocky Mountain Race Week Extreme Blazer Project!
Before too long everyone at Motion Raceworks is going to have a car ready to run on Rocky Mountain Race Week and Drag Week! They’ve been getting Novas and GTOs ready and now it’s time for...
Introducing Project Phantom: Happiness Is Two Bad Ass Mustangs In The Garage. This Couple Has Got The Horsepower Fever Bad
Mar 21, 2020Chad Reynolds7
When Joe Grippo, one of awesome freelance picture takers around here, shows up at the race track with his wheelstanding 1969 Mustang it is always a riot to watch. This is one dialed small tire care...
Boost Your Beemer With Confidence: MAHLE Motorsport Adds Options to Boost BMW Power with PowerPak Pistons for the 5.0L V10 B50 or S85 Engine
Feb 20, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Boost Your Beemer With Confidence: MAHLE Motorsport Adds Options to Boost BMW Power with PowerPak Pistons for the 5.0L V10 B50 or S85 Engine
We live in the greatest era of horsepower the world has ever known. There’s no excuse in 2020 to be down on power, no matter what engine family you love. MAHLE Motorsport has provided yet...
Building A Big Horsepower B58 Inline Six For Your Supra Or BMW? MAHLE Motorsport Has A Piston For You!
Jan 21, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Building A Big Horsepower B58 Inline Six For Your Supra Or BMW? MAHLE Motorsport Has A Piston For You!
With a little less weight and little less compression than the factory piston, this new unit from MAHLE Motorsport is designed specifically for those hot rodders out there who are planning to cram...
Project Bottle Rocket: Uncle Tony’s Street-Sweeper Coronet Is Alive And Moving!
Oct 10, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Is there such a thing as “professional jealousy”? Because I think I’m suffering from it right now. Or maybe it’s the sharp pang from my memories of a car long since gone....
Build Battle Two! Hoonigan Kicks Up A Drag Racer Battle Between An S-10 And An RX-7!
Aug 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Build Battle Two! Hoonigan Kicks Up A Drag Racer Battle Between An S-10 And An RX-7!
The Hoonigans are doing their second Build & Battle event! This time around, the discipline is drag racing, and this time around the vehicles aren’t near-identical options! Last time it was...
Project Bottle Rocket: Gears And Gas For The Lightweight Coronet Drag Car Project!
Jun 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
Work never ceases at Uncle Tony’s Garage. There’s lots going on…whether it’s detailing the Nashville Rash that Tony’s daily-driver Swinger received, taking care of the...
Unglamorous And Necessary: Scraping Undercoating From The Bottle Rocket Coronet
May 21, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Unglamorous And Necessary: Scraping Undercoating From The Bottle Rocket Coronet
The rust-adverse among us might be ever grateful that factory undercoating was hosed all over the underside of the car but if you are honest about being hard-core about racing, all you see is...
The Steak, The Steam, The Suffering: Finnegan’s Woes Leading Up To The Showdown
Mar 02, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
By now you already know how this story plays out: Mike Finnegan packed his 1955 Chevy, “Blasphemi”, into his newest car hauler, grabbed a couple of friends to come along, and headed west,...
Go In-Depth With The “Tri 5 By Fire” 1955 Chevy That Went Against Finnegan
Feb 17, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
He lost the race, he lost his beard, but in no manner does that mean that the “Tri 5 By Fire” 1955 Chevrolet owned by Jon Chase is a loser. Luck just bit him in the ass when the timing...
The Cheap Racing LUV Made It To The Zip-Tie Drags! Here’s The Final Chapter In The Little Truck’s Mission!
Jan 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Cheap Racing LUV Made It To The Zip-Tie Drags! Here’s The Final Chapter In The Little Truck’s Mission!
After following the build of Broke Bastard Garage’s Chevrolet LUV, we’ve been waiting with baited breath to see how the truck handled the Zip-Tie Drags and the $3K Hooptie Challenge in...