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Hotchkis Sport Suspension Brings New Mustang, Galaxie, Hellcat, Corvette, And BMW Components and Systems!
Hotchkis Sport Suspension came to SEMA 2015 loaded for bear with new products that are designed to enhance the handling characteristics of a wide variety of vehicles. When we say wide, we mean it....
This 1964 Studebaker Daytona Wagonaire Could Be The Replacement For A Soul-Sucking SUV
In 2004, GMC took a chance on making a convertible-roof-equipped version of the Envoy called the XUV. The roof would slide open, turning the sports-utility into a kind of pseudo-ute that could...
Question Of The Day: The Dodge Challenger GT-AWD – Would It Sell Or Is It Simply A Beautiful Gearhead One-Off?
This was the car I was gunning to see at SEMA. Not so much the high-dollar builds, not so much the parade of metal outside of the convention center that would leave me constantly desiring...
Judging The 2015 Gran Turismo Awards At SEMA – We Had The Gloriously Impossible Task
About a week ahead of the 2015 SEMA show I got a call from the people at Gran Turismo and they asked if I would be interested judging the Hot Rod class of the 2015 Gran Turismo awards at the event....
Rumor Mill: Jeep Red Rock To Make It To Production? Yes And No…They Are Making Some, But You Better Get In Line Now…
One of the more interesting vehicles in Mopar’s display at SEMA was the Jeep Wrangler Red Rock concept. Sitting on 35″ tires and looking for all intents and purposes like an...
Force Fed: The New MSD Atomic AirForce LS7 Intake Makes Big Power Gains On The Dyno!
Top dog in the normally aspirated LS engine family, the 427-inch LS7 is an impressive performer. Forget all the 427 big blocks of yesteryear, the modern small-block version offers both more powerful...
BangShift Project Files: A Land Speed Racing Pontiac Firebird That Intends To Take On Several Records
Are we fans of land speed racing around here? Hmm…that is a resounding yes. We love Bonneville, Maxton, Wilmington, El Mirage. Lohnes has his hands in the East Coast Timing Association, and...
Rough Start: Take On Your Own Cheap Truck Challenge With This 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee!
Watching the Cheap Truck Challenge video inspired me: how hard would it be to find a useable 4×4 that is trail capable yet could possibly be used in an everyday manner in line with the ideals of...
Powermaster Performance Rolls Out New Looks, Products At SEMA 2015 – Late Model Engines Covered
If there’s one thing that we can tell you about the team from Powermaster it is that they must not have slept much during the 2015 year because they had a bunch of cool new products at the SEMA...
Mopar Muscle: A Load Of Photos From The 2015 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals
(Photos by Ryan Severance) – The annual Carlisle Chrysler Nationals stand as a massive gathering of virtually every generation and style of Chrysler automobile and truck you can dream up. From...
Would You Rather? It’s The Battle Of Early 1980s Performance! Take Your Pick Between The Early 5.0 And A Fully Loaded Trans Am!
Would You Rather is the evil drinking game that we love around here, and this time around we’re playing for the end of the Malaise Era, or the genesis of the horsepower revival, pony cars. View...
Check Out This Sleeper Ford Maverick! 302, Four-On-The-Floor, And A Nice Shade Of Seventies’ Brown!
Does a car need to be a full-kill Pro Touring, or a finished Pro Street, or something that is so raggedly off-the-wall as Roadkill’s General Mayhem Charger to be an awesome vehicle to drive?...
Question Of The Day: Has YouTube Influenced Your Automotive Leanings Any, And If So, How?
YouTube has been the world’s greatest drain on productivity since it appeared on the Internet in 2005. A majority of my day is spent surfing YouTube for work, never mind what I do on my time...
SEMA 2015: The Strangest Sights At The Show – From Cars To B.J. Baldwin’s Pet, It’s Here, And It’s Not Just Because Of Vegas
I’ve been to Las Vegas enough to know that even when you don’t get completely and utterly drunk and blackout that weird shit can happen. From the six-foot-five rental car agency clerk...