Category Archive: Unhinged
Unhinged: There Is Life After The Musclecar Era, So Calm Down
Dammit, am I doing this rant again? I feel like I’ve written this ninety-thousand times and I’m sure I’ll write it again and again. Today was a day of catching up on items that I...
Cold Shouldered: The Not-So-Pretty Side Of The Zell am See Ice Race!
Hooray, ice and snow. For the playful in all of us, the world is our new drift course, filled with empty parking lots and soft snowbanks to quickly scrub off speed if we really need some help. Hey,...
Morning Symphony: Ten Grand On The Clock For The Win!
Have you ever heard a car that is actually being caning to within an inch of it’s life but sounds like it isn’t doing a damn thing by your ear? Think of an early 1970s big-block sled that...
Freestylin’: Watch These Mega Trucks Romp and Stomp And Then Consider Our Comparison To Drag Racing
While it sounds completely and utterly insane that mega trucks, monster trucks, and drag racing would have anything similar to each other, we think that they do. In fact, we think that the same...
Sheltered And Safe: This 1989 Volvo 240DL Is Crying Out For Some Tuning!
My first two experiences with Volvo products couldn’t be any more bi-polar if I tried to write it into the story. The first time I encountered a Swedish Safety Brick™ was when my aunt...
New Product: Mr. Gasket’s 35 GPM Electric Water Pump For Big Block Mopar
There is nothing like a stout big-block Mopar. That exhaust thump, that stump-pulling torque, the twist tearing through the chassis. It’s been a solid recipe for decades and whether...
2019 FAST EFI Training Class Registration Is Open! Take The Course…Be A Boss!
The old saw that says “knowledge is power” is one that many people like to rattle off when they are feeling smart. For for hot rodding it needs to be adapted to, “Knowledge helps in...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Kind Of Hot-Rodded Van Would Work For You?
Here’s an interesting question that I’m curious to hear the answer to. Vans are an interesting thing in our world: you either see them as a canvas or you see them as a mobile shed,...
Road Racing Video: Watch This 3.0L Ford Capri Carve Up Goodwood, Camaros And All!
Here in the USA when we think of Motorcraft sponsored race cars we have visions of Bob Glidden, Wood Brothers NASCAR stock cars, and Mark Oswald in a nitro funny car, right? These days it is Bob...
Video: Masters Of Motors 2018 PRI Edition – Judging The Coolest Engines At The Hardest Core Performance Show In The Wold
It’s back! Below we have the Masters of Motors 2018 PRI edition video for you to enjoy. If you checked out the 2018 SEMA show Masters of Motors competition, you know that JE Pistons stepped up...
Firebird Raceway In Idaho Becomes The First Dragstrip To Be Placed On The National Register of Historic Places!
It isn’t the first racing facility on the National Register of Historic Places, but Firebird Raceway, near Eagle, Idaho, has become the first dragstrip to make it onto the list. A family-owned...
Unveiled: Ram’s New Multifunction Tailgate For Half-Tons – Swing However You’d Like To!
Not to be outdone with press releases from both Ford and GM, Ram has announced a new feature for their half-ton pickup trucks. It’s called the multifunction tailgate and it works like this: in...
Rough Start: A V8 AMC Eagle, Just Like Kenosha Should Have Made!
We have nothing against the American Motors 258ci inline-six. It is a damn durable engine, one that can be built to make healthy power, and is based on an engine platform that stuck around for...
Are You Racing A 360ci Sprint Car? MAHLE Has The Pistons That You Need!
There are few environments more harsh than that faced by high winding engines on dirt tracks. MAHLE knows this and that is why they have released new box in box pistons for 360ci sprint car engines....