Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos
No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process
The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...
Living That K-Car Life In A Ford Taurus World – This 1986 Review Of The Chrysler LeBaron Is A Neat Look Back
Like the bad tasting medicine a patient has to take to get better and overcome a medical malady, such was the position of the famed Chrysler K-Car in the 1980s. The company was staggering away from a...
Ride In A 700+ Horsepower BMW M1 As It Blows The Doors Off The Competition At Hockenheim
The BMW M1 was an awesome supercar when it was sold from the late 1970s into the early 1980s and they are very valuable finds today. People that own them love them and they love the fact that their...
WHAM! Watch A Racer Suffer A Titanic Shot During A Figure Eight Race
Figure eight racing has been drawing spectators to local circle tracks for decades. Part stock car race and part thrill show act, the races are high drama from start to finish. The perfect driver in...
Bad To The Bone Tire Smoking Project! The Voodoo Turbo 1966 Mustang Build Starts Right Here! Wow, Just Wow.
I’m always stoked to see new projects, mostly because they inspire me to get out into the shop and work on my own stuff. And since I’m working on finishing up my new show right now,...
Hot Hatch History: This Look Back At The Hot Hatches Of The 1970s Is Great – No, The Golf GTI Was Not First
The idea of a “hot hatchback” has been part of the automotive landscape from the birth of the Mini-Cooper and this video from the fine folks at Goodwood which outlines the history of the...
Wonderfully Cheesy: Tournament Of Thrills Is A 50+ Year Old Video Featuring Awesome Traveling Stunt Drivers
It’s pretty crazy how “entertainment” changes, right? Back about 50 years ago, ABC’s Wide World of Sports would show up at a dusty circle track on a fairgrounds somewhere and...
Is Tony Angelo’s Dirt Cheap LS V8 Swapped 911 Better than a Real Porsche GT3?! Head To Head Testing Will Tell Us Just How Good It Is! Or Isn’t?
Porsches, regardless of year or model, or pretty cool cars. Some are cooler than others, but there is no doubt that these machines have shaped the automotive world and that their performance models...
Weirdest Vintage Car Review Ever: Watch A 1974 VW Dasher Get Thrashed On
The crew of Car and Track, the show that did the coolest television car reviews of the 1970s must have taken one look at the 1974 VW Dasher and thought it was dropped there from outer space. Not that...
Watch The 1970 World Figure 8 Championship From Islip Speedway As Shown On Wide World Of Sports!
Figure 8 racing has been a staple at stock car tracks for many decades now and the reason it has survived is because it is exciting to watch, it is relatively cheap to participate in, and it keeps...
Watch This 1970s Can-Am Big Block Chevy Rip Out 750hp On The Dyno
Bruce McLaren was one of the most gifted, talented, driven, and respected men in the world of racing during his time on this Earth. His company, driven by the creative genius of its leader was a...
The Bitter End: This Video Of Chrysler Turbine Cars Being Destroyed Is Hard To Watch
A while back I posted a video of a1960s Chrysler turbine car being road tested at the Chrysler proving grounds. The video was cool because we saw the car hauling around the track and rip roaring over...
Back To The Track: This Look Back At The 1990 Shelby Can-Am Shows A Program That Launched Careers
As much as we like to think we know stuff about racing around here, sometimes we are confronted by the fact that we don’t know as much as we’d like. Proof is this video below which shows...
Video From The 2024 RAC TT At Goodwood: Check Out This Awesome Battle Between V8 Cars For The Win! Is This Goodwood’s Greatest Finish?
When you can watch vintage TVR’s and Cobra’s going head to head for a win at Goodwood you know it’s going to be a good time. But when that battle turns out to be one of the most...