Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories
How To Build Your Own Metal Fender Flares To Fit Big Tires On Your Project
Apr 10, 2016Chad Reynolds1
No matter how much you do to the chassis of your pro touring machine, there is still only so much tire you can fit under it and still be able to steer with the kind of geometry needed to quickly...
Watch Evan Tear It Up In The TCI Equipped 1963 Chevy II On The Goodguys Autocross
Apr 10, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Watch Evan Tear It Up In The TCI Equipped 1963 Chevy II On The Goodguys Autocross
A couple weeks ago the Goodguys was getting ready to start one of their hometown events in Pleasanton California. Meanwhile, Evan’s little Nova was sitting with a broken transmission after...
Triple Threat Corvette! A Guy Is Using A 1977 Corvette For Daily Driver, Autocross, And Rallycross Duty!
Apr 09, 2016Tony Sestito9
A lot of car guys out there that have a cool race car or toy often have a more mundane and reliable daily driver, which more times than not is a boring appliance or maybe a useful truck or family...
Callaway Releases AeroWagon Package – Expensive Bolt On Trunk Lid Makes Modern Greenwood Sport Wagon
Apr 09, 2016Brian Lohnes6
Somewhere John Greenwood is smiling. The rumored to be happening Callaway AeroWagon package has been officially announced by the well known tuning and modification house. While far superior in...
Now THIS Is A Period Correct Hot Rod – Old School Pre-War Ford Is A Fantastic Glimpse Into History
Apr 09, 2016Brian Lohnes3
In today’s hot rodding world, making stuff “period correct” is a hot trend. Guys have been tracking down seemingly impossible to find parts to make cars look and run as they did 50,...
Morning Symphony: Listen To The Mercedes AMG GT RR Rip It Up At Okayama International Circuit!
Apr 08, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Listen To The Mercedes AMG GT RR Rip It Up At Okayama International Circuit!
If there is one thing I enjoy about Mercedes-Benz’s touring car efforts, it is the fact that they make some of the most aggressive noises to ever come from a V8. They aren’t screamers,...
eBay Find: This 1933 Olds Sport Coupe Is An Amazing Window Into The Past – Awesome Car!
Apr 08, 2016Brian Lohnes2
It is a rare thing for us to point your attention toward an old car that has not been modified but in the case of this 1933 Olds Sport Coupe we know that you’d appreciate the total package that...
Six State Attorneys Join Fight Against Proposed EPA Legislation – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD HERE
Apr 07, 2016Brian Lohnes8
The battle against the proposed changes to the Clean Air Act has taken a new turn recently as seven states have sent letters to the agency asking that they stop pursuing the proposed changes. State...
This 1974 Torino Was Factory Ordered By The Feds With A 460, Locker, and More – Cool!
Apr 07, 2016Brian Lohnes7
While we cannot say for sure, we think you are probably looking at the fastest car one could have ordered from Ford in 1974. We’re not kidding. This 460 powered Tornio was ordered (according to...
At Least It’s Not LS Powered: Watch This Honda K20-powered Mazda RX-7 Run Laps At The Track!
Apr 05, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
We’ve heard just about every possible position that involves General Motors’ LS series of engines and swap hatred. For an engine that makes stupid power cheaply, there is a lot of...
Morning Symphony: Vaughn Gittin, Jr.’s New Drift-Spec RTR Mustang!
Apr 05, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
The dark-colored Mustang with the lime-green accents and the V8 screaming to high heaven can be the property of only Vaughn Gittin, Jr. The accomplished drifter has wheeled Ford Mustangs since 2005...
Autocross Video Action From The Goodguys Del Mar Nationals 2016: Sunny Weather And Fast Cars!
Apr 05, 2016Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Autocross Video Action From The Goodguys Del Mar Nationals 2016: Sunny Weather And Fast Cars!
This past weekend we spent three straight days standing next to the Goodguys Autocross course at Del Mar as I was announcing and Daphne was running the computer systems. That means we say every...
Train Wreck Tuesday: Because Sometimes Twin Turbos Are Just The Beginning Of The Fun
Apr 05, 2016Brian Lohnes13
It just so happens that we not only got one tip on a crazed rat rod truck creation but we also had a second and since it is Tuesday and we like trains, you know the rest. Brian Blackstone sent us...
Train Wreck Tuesday: A Rat Rod Truck Build That You Really Have To See To Believe
Apr 05, 2016Brian Lohnes8
There are times when we get tips from BangShifter out there that read the site every day, run across something, and just have to tell us about it. There are other times when guys that we know through...