Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Drag Races, XL Spotlight
It Was The Biggest And Baddest LSFest Yet, And We’ve Got More Photos To Prove It
As it has done each and every year, Holley’s LSFest was bigger this year than last. To the point that it was the biggest event in Beech Bend history! More participants, more spectators, more...
Camaros, Mustangs, And Sports Cars Oh My: Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Photos
The USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Series is getting toward the end of the season, all in preparation for the Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Las Vegas just after the SEMA show....
KC’s Paint Shop Says Farewell To Frankenstein: The Tire Smoking Shop Truck Is Gone
Yep, KC says this sucker doesn’t stop like he wants, doesn’t sit as low as he wants, doesn’t do almost anything as well as he wants and it doesn’t look nice enough to...
Road Course And Speed Stop Photos From Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Start Here
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Sunday at the USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car meant Speed Stop and Road Course action, and we got photos of all of it. Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, Vipers,...
We Have More Photos From The USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Action at this weekend’s Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event in Fontana California was hot and heavy. For some a little hotter than others, as the temps...
Exclusive Fire Photos: Tony Scalici Put The Fire In Firebird, But Not The Way He Wanted!
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) While most of the time things go as planned during hot rod and racing events, sometimes they do not. Such was the case Sunday for Tony Scalici, who’s bitchin Pontiac...
Our Photo Coverage From The USCA Optima Ultimate Street Car Event In California Continues
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) We’ve got lots more photos to share from the Ultimate Street Car Association race at California Speedway in Fontana, where MavTV crews were out trying to capture the...
BangShift Tech: Here’s How To Install A Tremec T56 Into A G-Body
(Words and photos by Scott Parker) – As anyone that has perused a G-body or Pro-Touring forum can tell you, there is an easy and established way to transplant a Tremec T56 into a G-body. In...
American Powertrain Announces Endless Summer Sale AND New Trans Tunnel Cover For F100 Owners!
Nobody wants to see the summer end. It’s our chance to work on our hot rods, drive the snot out of them, and to enjoy wonderful sunny weather. Well you are not alone, because American...
Rodder’s Helping Houston, A Hi-Octane Fundraising Campaign, Is On! Help Your Fellow Man!
If there is one really great thing about Hurricane Harvey, it is the fact that amidst all the tragedy there are even more stories of human kindness, strength, community, and love. In a time when our...
Watch BJ Baldwin Tune Up The Hoonigan Lot Like Only He Can! Trophy Truck Tire Smoke For The Win!!!
BJ Baldwin is a certifiable bad ass behind the wheel of his trophy truck, and having hung out with our fare share of them we can tell you they are WAY more nimble than you might think. You’ll...
This 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera Wide Body RS Tribute Is Spectacular In Black And Gold
I’m not a huge Porsche fan, but I do love an older 911, the 930 Slant Nose, and the occasional 944 or 928. There are other Porsche’s that have raised an eyebrow, and I know that others...
If You Had $500 To Buy A New Project, Which One Of These Do You Choose?
Every hot rodder has hung out with friends, talking about what cheap cars they saw online this week, and contemplating which ones they think would be cool to build. Invariably the discussion will end...
This Is Still Our Favorite Lamborghini Video Ever: You Can Keep The New Models, We’ll Take A Countach
In 1987, the year I turned 15, Morley Safer did a 60 Minutes piece on the Lamborghini Countach. It featured Valentino Barboni, a little red, little white, and little black model, and a who lot of...