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Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos

Hear The New TVR’s Ford Coyote-Based, Cosworth-Tweaked V8 Start And Run A Simulated Lap Of LeMans

Bringing an automotive brand back from the dead doesn’t just take money by the semi-truck load, it takes engineering, testing and a solid plan to make the resurgent car successful after the...

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Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week, You Can Buy The Old AMC HQ, Check Out A Range Rover Droptop, And Of Course, More Dieselgate!

Congratulations, you have made it another week! In spite of the meetings, the discussions, the commutes, the phone calls, the emails that won’t stop, and everything else that you deal with on a...

Rough Start: This Chevrolet El Camino Would Beat Driving A Cute-Ute Any Day Of The Week

The vehicle of choice for a lot of people lately seems to be crossovers, cute-utilities, whatever you want to call them…basically, they are the modern interpretation of the 1980s Honda Civic...

Forget That Stretched Out K-Car, If You Want To Talk Chrysler Luxury, This 1978 New Yorker Brougham Will Show You How It’s Done!

Let’s be frank and honest: nobody, and I mean NOBODY, looked at a Chrysler K-car and genuinely thought “Hey, there is a symbol of prestige and luxury!” No. I refuse to believe that...

Hooker Blackheart Releases New Products Covering Mustang, Camaro, Challenger, Swap Parts As Well

Hooker’s Blackheart line of exhaust products is targeted at late model muscle and they have really gone whole hog in expanding the line over and over again in 2015. Their biggest new product...

Epic Craigslist Find: This 1986 Chrysler Executive Turbo Is Up For Sale…Who Wants A Sensible, Front-Wheel-Drive Limo?

Whether you love, loathe, or just shrug off Chrysler’s K-cars, you have to at least admit that they were the right choice at the right time. Chrysler damn near slipped under the waves, but Lee...

Great Use For A Pinto: The Mean Bean Rockbouncer Makes A Run At The Southern Rock Racing Series Finals!

Hot on the heels of the Plymouth Roadrunner that Dirt Every Day is building up into a Mad Max-like off roading freak, we come across this Ford Pinto that has been turned into a rock bouncer doing...

This Might Be The Best 4 Door Ford We’ve Ever Found: Check Out This Fairlane!

This 1969 Ford Fairlane is spectacular. I mean epic. I mean both! For sale here in SoCal, this car is amazing. The asking price of $4800 might seem a little steep at first, and I would want the...

Event Gallery: Show Cars And The Midway From NMRA 2015 All Ford World Finals At Beech Bend Raceway

It was apparent from the start of Saturday morning that Mother Nature was not going to play nice for the NMRA. The All-Ford World Finals, held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky, have...

Question Of The Day: How Did You Picture Your First Project Car Turning Out?

We spend hours, days…hell, some of us, years…plotting out the perfect build for our projects. I’ll fully admit every one I’ve ever had a concept for: the 2001 Regal GS was...

Petrolicious Goes On An Off-Road Excursion With A Toyota FJ40 – Hear The Story Of One Family’s Journey With This Off-Roading Legend!

Considering that the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser has it’s roots in the original Toyota-Jeep BJ series vehicles from 1951, it’s not surprising in the least that the FJs have such a strong...

Fred Williams, Fresh From Watching Mad Max, A Ragged Out 1973 Road Runner, And The New Cummins 5.0L V8 Diesel…Yeah, This Will End Well!

Have you ever just looked at a picture and came to the conclusion that a ton of bad ideas were going to meld into one really good idea? Yeah, we’ve kind of got that going on right now. Fred...

Glory Days Nostalgia Drags At Maple Grove: The Coolest Cars And Trucks From The Show Area

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Last week we showed you some of the nostalgia drag racing action that took place at the Maple Grove Raceway Glory Days Nostalgia Drags. This week we’re back with...

Carbon Fiber EVERYTHING: The Callaway Corvette GT3-R Is FIA Legal And Ready To Do Battle

Putting the word “Callaway” in front of the word “Corvette” has this magical property that transforms the General’s two-seat wonder car from a completely obtainable...