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Next Level: MAHLE Motorsport Promotes Custom Piston Program for Gasoline and Diesel Engine Applications
There’s just something about getting custom made parts that’s really cool, right? There’s also just something about getting the perfect pistons for your engine build that’s...
Build Your Own Adjustable Swaybar For Your Next Project!
I’ve built a few adjustable sway, or anti-roll bars in my time, but never has one of my modifications been nearly as trick looking as the one Matt from Urchfab has whipped up for the Mongrel...
This In-Car Video Of Indoor Midget Racing In Atlantic City Is Pretty Wild – Full Contact Fun!
Racing inside has been part of the American competition landscape for years. Events like the Chili Bowl and others dominate the headlines when they are happening. Ice racers on wild motorcycles tear...
Historical Footage: Mazda’s Group B RX-7 – It Might Not Be The Fastest, But It Was Certainly The Loudest!
Group B Rally racing conjures up images of Lancias battling Audis, Ford RS200s flying through narrow streets, airborne Opel Mantas and all sorts of crazy, borderline unhinged designs. It was pretty...
This 1974 Dodge Coronet Tears Up An Autocross Course With All Of The Body Roll You Would Expect!
Let me ask you a question: If I tell you to picture a mid-1970s Dodge Coronet sedan in your head, which cop car do you picture? Blues Brothers, Smokey and the Bandit, The Dukes Of Hazzard, it...
Watch This Kid Set Off His Driving Instructors On Purpose – Classic Video
Yes, this video is old and has been viewed literally five million times, but we had to watch it three times just to hear everything because we were laughing so hard. This is a hidden camera deal and...
Back On The Buick: Here’s A Lost Episode Of The Hagerty Straight Eight Redline Rebuild Series
We’ve been jonesing for an update on the Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Redline Rebuild project from Hagerty of late. With the whole social distancing and other junk it’s stopped a lot of...
Are Volvo and Koenigsegg Teaming Up On A Car? It Actually Looks That Way!
(By Tom Lohnes) – What do you get when you take polestar, the most mundane of tuning companies, and combine it with Koenigsegg, who’s lowest horsepower currently on sale has 1,500...
Gear Up: American Powertrain Announces Pfitzner Gear Upgrades for TREMEC® Magnum 6-Speed
In an effort to make themselves the most comprehensive one-stop manual transmission shop on the planet, American Powertrain has announced that they are now offering Pfitzner Gear upgrades for TREMEC...
2020 Kyana Swap Meet Part 2: More Great Photos Of Parts, Cars, and Potential Projects!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We return to the Spring 2020 KYANA swap meet and the first photo is of another tripod bumper jack, but this one is displayed in its working position. ...
Most Bizarrely Awesome Swap Ever? 6.0L Powerstroke R32 Skyline Drift Car Engine Burning Tires!
When we saw this video posted by the guys at Clipping Point Video our eyes bugged out a little. Why? How could they not. An R32 Skyline, the car that lots of people in the USA crave to get their...
Those Grilles Tho: The 2021 BMW 4-Series Has A Face That Some People Love To Hate
(By Tom Lohnes) – BMW has done it again. They plastered a huge grille onto the front of an all-new vehicle and made it ever-polarizing. This time around though, it doesn’t look terrible....
Parts, Cars, and BangShifty Stuff Galore: 2020 KYANA Spring Swap Meet Gallery
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Our last gearhead adventure (prior to the covid-19 lockdown) took us to the bi-annual KYANA swap meet in Louisville at the end of February. If we’d...
Don’t Call It A Comeback: Lexus Is Bringing Back The IS In 2021 and The Sport Sedan Market May Not Be Dead Yet!
(By Tom Lohnes) – With the recent debut of the all-new Acura TLX, which has made a great comeback from a rebadged accord to a 5-series fighting sport sedan, the bar is now set pretty high for...