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Mopar Alternator Comparison: Stock vs Powermaster Original Look vs Powermaster 220amp Upgraded Alternator

When it comes to the charging system of your classic car, you have a few options. The first is to just hope and pray that the 50-year old alternator that’s on the engine continues to work even...

Fender Flare Install: Be Inspired By Welding Steel Flares To A 911 Porsche

When some folks think fender flares they thing four wheel drive trucks, while others think back to the 1970’s when folks installed fiberglass fender flares on everything that didn’t move,...

Watch This Mighty 1971 McLaren M8F Destroy The Quick Time Of The Day At Goodwood A Couple Years Back

When we talk about the history and evolution of the legendary Can-Am series of road racing, what we have to really make as a line is the era before the Porsche 917 and then the era after the Posche...

Summernats 34: More Power, More Burnouts, More Fun!

Day 4 action from Summernats 2022 is right here, and if you missed Day 3 use the link below to check it out! Every single hot rodder on the planet knows about Summernats and there isn’t anyone out...

Just Awesome: This 6.0L LS Engine Is Destroked With A 4.8 Crank and Uses An 8 To 1 Header To Feed The Turbo!

If you are among the people that think all LS engine builds are the same, by all means keep right on walking. If you think no one can do anything interesting with one of these venerable mills your...

Give It More Power: The Aston Martin DBX Ditches The V8 For A Twin Turbocharged V12!

(By Tom Lohnes) – If you didn’t know, Aston Martin released their first-ever SUV in 2020. Called the DBX, this money-maker is essentially a Mercedes-Benz GLC63S under a beautiful and...

Upgrade Your Holley Sniper EFI With The New 5 Inch Digital Dash And Gauges

If you’ve taken the leap into the world of EFI swaps then you already know about all the benefits and fun you can experience with a system like Holley’s Sniper. But new EFI systems have...

How Much Does Header Size Effect High Horsepower Combos: Testing 600 And 750 Plus Horsepower LS Combos On The Dyno

We all know that long tube headers, and header size, can make an impact on horsepower, but recent testing from Richard Holdener shows that smaller 1 3/4 inch headers don’t suffer at high rpm on...

Power Move: ARP Fasteners Steps Up To Sponsor Both The AMBR Award and the Al Sloanaker Memorial Award At The 2022 GNRS

The most respected bands in the high performance aftermarket are those that not only innovate, but also support their customers and the industry that we all know and love. ARP Fasteners has...

Great Video: Regular Car Reviews Drives A 1984 Plymouth Colt GTS Turbo And It’s The Worlds Nicest One

I guess today is my love affair with the lost and forgotten turbocharged cars of the 1980s because after the Maserati, we have this little monster. You are looking at the world’s nicest 1984...

Fast and Fancy: This Review Of The 1988 Maserati 430 Surprised Us In Performance And Positivity

Wait a second. 14.6 in the quarter?! We were completely shocked by a couple of things involving this 1988 MotorWeek review of the then new Maserati 430. The first was the things’s acceleration....

DO LONG TUBE HEADERS ADD HP? 1 3/4 vs 1 7/8 HEADER TEST. WHAT MAKES MORE POWER ON AN LS?

Headers, everyone wants them for their hot rodded combo. But are they really an effective speed part? How much power and torque are they worth? Are bigger long tubes better than smaller long tubes?...

WRC Rallye Monte Carlo 2022: Carnage on the Mountain & The Loeb vs Ogier Battle Heats Up

There isn’t anything about Monte Carlo that isn’t cool, and the World Rally Championships Monte Carlo Rally definitely shows why. This is a cool race with all kinds of interesting terrain...

Classic Mini Cooper Race Car Build: Bars Bars Everywhere, The Cage Is Done!

There are a lot more tubes in place in the Mini Cooper Race Car that Matt has been throwing together, and in this video, he throws the final few in and welds it all together. This is one trick little...