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Dirt Dominator: Check Out The Build Of This 700hp Dirt Modified Racing Engine – Mean Small Block!
If there is a place where the traditional small block Chevrolet still rules with impunity, it’s the world of sportsman and short track stock car racing. It’s the engine that built the...
Bargain Of The Century? The Durango Hellcat Stacks Up Crazy Good Against Other Big Horsepower SUVs!
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you have $82,000 to spend on a 6-seat SUV that has over 700 horsepower? If the answer is yes, Dodge has you covered. With a 0-60 time of 3.5 seconds and a 11.6-second...
It’s All About The Flow: This Short And Sweet Lesson On Priority Main Oiling From Dart Is Great
When we hear certain terms in the gearhead world we generally understand them but maybe a bit more clarity and education is always welcome, right? One of the big ones that gets thrown around a lot is...
Random Car History: Renault 5 Turbo, The Little French Surprise
We got it in America as the Renault “Le Car”. I remember thinking it was a joke as I saw a few of them around growing up. “Le Car” did not look like a Mustang, did not look...
eBay Find: This Aluminum Boss 429 Block, Awesome Heads, and Experimental Crankshaft Are Can-Am History!
You are looking at Boss 429 valhalla. Seriously. This is the block, heads, and crank that would make up the major components of a 494ci Can-Am engine Aluminum block?! XE (experimental) marked crank?...
Sound and Fury: Ride In and Watch Outside Of A Vintage Matra-Simca Sports Prototype Racer At Goodwood – Wild!
Maybe one of the finest compliments anyone can bestow upon a race car, especially one that runs in a “prototype” style category is that it’s look and sound at timeless. Not in the...
The Buick Strikes Again: Hagerty’s Buick Straight Eight Build Hits Another Roadblock
There’s something really awesome about getting honest information, right? In today’s world of cloak and dagger, hide the flaws, and don’t let anyone know that you’re human...
Fear No Swap: Hooker Blackheart Has Introduced A Bunch Of New Coyote Engine Swap Parts!
Obviously when it comes to engine swaps by volume, the Ford Coyote engine is not a challenger to the LS for having the most non-original cars powered by it. There has been a fear and maybe some...
Audi Makes Changes To Performance Lineup – Goodbye R8 and TT, Hello RS6 Avant!
(By Tom Lohnes) – Audi fans listen up, because there is some good (and bad) news coming at you right now. Starting off on the good news the new 600-horsepower, AWD, RS6 Avant station wagon has...
Professional Road Rage: BTCC Racing From 1991-2002, or How You Make Midsize Sedans Wild!
Some of the cars might seem familiar to you, some might not, but what you can tell once you get past the sponsorship stickers is that these are not silhouette racers. They’re caged,...
Video: The Incredible Story of The John and Jack DeLorean Go Kart – A 7/10 Scale Indy Car That Anyone Could Race!
(Words and video by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Go karts strike a chord with so many people. They can be credited for giving people the racing bug, and they can be credited for giving people long...
Bashed Metal, Cheap Fixes And Good Fun: This is Swedish Folk Racing, And It Rules!
Swedish cars are known for being tough and durable. Volvo staked their reputation on it, and Saab was so nit-picky about how their cars were built that during their time with General Motors, they...
GLORY VIDEO: Crank The Speakers To 11 and Watch This Screaming Z/28 Take On Sebring!
It does not matter if you like Fords, hate Chevrolets, or have never given a rip about road racing in your life. You NEED to watch this video and ride along with Olly Bryant in the Z/28 Olly so...
Classic YouTube: The Renault Espace F1 In Action – Who Dreamed This One Up?
Welcome to 1995. “This Is How We Do It” by Montell Jordan is blasting out of seemingly every last speaker known to man. The James Bond flick GoldenEye came out and put Bond in a Beemer...