Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!

When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...

Bargain Racement: Can You Build And Race A Car For The Same Or Less Money Than SIM Racing? YES, YES YOU CAN!

Before you start going all gamer bitch on me and start spouting examples of SIM racing setups that are cheap, realize that everyone knows you can do SIM racing at a bunch of different budget levels....

Rainmakers: New Orleans Offers A Wet And Wild Street Car Experience For Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Racers

(Words by Jim McIllvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelly) By the time the world’s best street cars rolled into NOLA Motorsports Park in New Orleans, five events were in the books for OPTIMA’s...

Project Bargain Racement: Building A Race Car From An $1100 Hatchback. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Come on, you’ve had to have heard dummer ideas than this! And it won’t surprise you to know that our friends from Bad Obsession Motorsports, the home of Project Binky, are behind this...

203 Miles Per Hour With An RC Car? Kevin Talbot Is Building One Hell Of A Project, That’s For Sure!

I’ve been into RC cars my whole life at some level or another, but there has never ever been a better time to have one. They are cheaper, faster, and more reliable than ever and there are way...

Sign Up Now For Holley’s 2020 HEMI Engine Giveaway! You Can Win This Engine Package Worth Nearly $15,000!

Sign Up Now Folks! You could win this awesome HEMI engine from Holley, that comes with a whole package of other cool parts you are going to need to swap it into your hot rod. We’re talking...

OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car- Road America The Kettle Moraine calls the Ultimate Street Cars

(Words By Jim McIlvaine, Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Glaciers left behind the rolling hills of the Kettle Moraine region of Wisconsin. That only means one thing for racing enthusiasts- elevation changes....

Check Out This Killer Photo Coverage From The Sandhills Open Road Challenge! Fast Street Cars On Public Roads!

The Sandhills Open Road Challenge is one unique event that EVERYONE who attends swears is one of the coolest and most fun things they have ever done. The stories of the locals are arguably more...

Here’s Every Bonneville Speed Week Photo Gallery We’ve Got From 2020! Check Them All Out Here!

Bonneville Speed Week 2020 is in the books, with George Poteet and the Speed Demon team once again taking home the Hot Rod Trophy, which is impressive as hell considering the challenging conditions...

Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Continue! Bitchin Hot Rods On The Salt!

One of the ultra cool things about Bonneville are the number of cool old hot rods and customs that show up on the salt on Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend of racing action. It makes us cringe...

Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Start Right Here! Pit Photos Of Cars Getting Ready For Tomorrow’s Racing!

It’s Bonneville Speed Week 2020 people!!! As usual, there are folks saying the salt sucks, folks saying the salt is great, and somewhere in the middle is probably the truth, but we’ll...

Mopar Freaks Rejoice! There Ain’t No Party Like A MoParty! Holley’s Inaugural MoParty Pre-registration now LIVE!

Last year Holley went whole hog when they decided to have the Intergalactic Ford Festival in addition to Holley’s LSFest, but we knew more was coming. This year they’ve added a third...

Pre-registration Now Open for Holley’s 2nd Annual Intergalactic Ford Festival – It’s Like LSFest But More Fordy…

Last year’s Inaugural Intergalactic Ford Festival was INSANE compared to the start of Holley’s LSFest back in the day. When LSFest started there were 40 cars that showed up 10 years ago....

It’s Twin Turbo GTO Fab Day! Watch All The Fab Work Go Down To Build Bad Ass Boost And Power On This Sucker!

Hook turbo to exhaust, connect other side of turbo to intake, and repeat. Right? Isn’t that all there is to putting twin turbos on something? Yep, sure. Git R Dun… But for the rest of the...