Category Archive: XL Spotlight, XL Videos

This Is What A Burnout In The Shop Looks Like When You Have A Twin Turbo Duramax C10.

If you’ve never done a burnout indoors, then you are missing out on one of life’s simple pleasures. With that said, you should be careful as to when and where you do one indoors because...

Watch Locomotives Pass Over The Worst Railroad In America – Tracks Look Like Spaghetti!

(WORDS BY GREG ROURKE) – Steel wheels on steel rails is a very efficient way to move freight. Many hundreds of thousands of tons move across the landscape daily. However, the big railroads are...

The Story Of Finnegan’s Box Truck Continues! When A Working Tape Deck Is The Highlight, How Bad Was The Low?

If you didn’t catch the first part of the story of this rather expansive square-body monster that Finnegan bought for himself, you need to check that out first. Trust us, you want and need the...

Big Toys: Mega Truck Short Course Racing From Tulsa Raceway Park

Mega trucks are a curious thing. They are like art in a way: they only exist for the sake of existing. They don’t work. They don’t have any intrinsic purpose other than bringing...

Hover Torquer: This Video Feature Of A Wildly Low Slung 1958 Ford C550 Is Awesome – Cummins Power, Burnouts, More!

This is one wild truck. It has the visual impact of a sledgehammer and the truck has a cool backstory and build story as well. The 1958 Ford C550 cab was found intact in a junkyard and the cab along...

Here’s A Recap Of All The Big Truck Action From Dakar So Far! Watch These Big Trucks In Action

I love the big trucks of the Dakar Rally, and always have. Clearly I’m not alone, as these trucks have gotten more and more popular over the years. They’ve also gotten faster and higher...

We Weren’t The Only Ones Wondering If Sebastien Loeb Can Win the Dakar Rally As A Privateer In 2019

Sebastian Loeb will always be one of my favorite Rally drivers. I remember watching him in the World Rally Championships and being amazed by the skills he showed. He wasn’t alone of course,...

Horsepower Video: Watch Katech Make 1,000hp With An LT5 V8 – No Port Injection, No Cam Sawp

The LT5 V8 is a brutal 755hp 6.2L blown beast that lives in cars like the ZR1 Corvette and is available for purchase by hot rodders out there for use in both classic and modern applications. The LT...

Big, Beautiful And Broken: Finnegan’s Bought A Monster Square-Body Box Truck!

At what point does an automotive fixation become worthy of an intervention? Because we’re starting to wonder about our buddy Finnegan. We don’t have any issue with the original Ramp...

Watch This Russian Kamaz Dakar Rally Truck Flying Through The Snow And Through The Air

There are no shortage of bitchin cars, trucks, buggies, and bikes that run the Dakar Rally each year, but none, and I mean NONE, get me more excited that watching the giant Kamaz, Tatra, Hino, and...

KABOOM: Watch This Hot Rodded Nissan Patrol Shred A Tire On The Chassis Dyno

Here’s chapter 3,324 in the great big book of how to get mangled on the dyno. We’re not saying that these guys did anything wrong, just that there’s so much going on any time you...

Crushing Video: Watch A Varied Pile Of Old Cars Meet Their End With Hydraulic Pressure – Ouch

Ya know, a part of me really struggled with this. Should I share a video from a channel that has a load of them that depict the workings of a wrecking yard car crusher? Does this run against every...

Best Of 2018: The Footage Of The Power Driven Diesel Dodge Ram’s Runaway Explosion!

For the last couple of days, this green Dodge Ram has been all over my computer screen in various locations, all for the same reason: as you can plainly see, something severe happened under the hood....

Best of 2018: Watch This Restored Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation Roll Out With Fire!

In the age of jet aircraft, the best assumption is that if there is fire blasting out of the engine, that you need to get the hell off of and away from that plane ASAP. There are situations where a...