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ETHANOL: Higher OCTANE, Higher RISK? Does E85 Makes Sense In Your Daily Driver VS Your Race Car?

E85 is good stuff, there is no doubt. I’ve run it in boosted applications for drag and drive cars, and know lots of other folks who do the same. With that said, my cars and trucks that utilize...

Finnegan Is Getting Ready For Drag Week 2025! What Is He Bringing? What Is He Changing? Will He Finish!

Drag Week is right around the corner, and Finnegan has been planning and prepping so he can be ready for the fun and excitement that he and his co-pilots are planning to have. Yep, I said co-pilots...

Freiburger’s Adventures: ROAD TRIP GOLD! Wrenching, Finding Old Cars, Americana, and Rat Fink!

I hooked up with David halfway through this trip as we were both working on another project and when he told us about the breakdown we were all comparing notes and laughing about the stuff...

CHEAPEST Hemi Swap EVER! Is This The Ultimate Budget Performance with Big Power Gains, Or Has Dylan Lost His Mind?!

If this is the video that makes you think Dylan has lost his mind, you don’t watch enough. And because I have done a similar project to what he’s doing in this video, his crazy is the...

Tooning It For Dale! A Look At The Remote Tuning Process Harrell Engine And Dyno Does For Cleetus McFarland!

Peter Harrell at Harrell Engine and Dyno has been tuning Cleetus McFarland’s race cars for the last couple of years and has made some big advancements in his racing and engine programs....

SUPERCHARGER HOW TO: ROTREX LS SUPERCHARGER INSTALL AND DYNO! INTERCOOLED VS NON INTERCOOLED. 5.3L TAHOE TEST

I first came across Rotrex Superchargers on Power Tour in 2006 when Kurt Urban and the guys from Wheel2Wheel brought their 1972 Nova sleeper. It was the talk of Power Tour because it was the ultimate...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Gets An Engine: Was The Perfect Engine Right Here All Along?

It is time for a big block swap! It turns out that Tommy had the perfect engine for the Henry J and just had to make sure it was a good runner! In this video you’ll see it get yanked, and...

The Grind Hard Giant Trike Project: Part 8 and 9 – The Trike Fab Is Finishing Up And It’s Time For A First Start!

We’ve shared the first six parts of this build and can’t get over everything that is going on here! This is a full on project that is not for the weak of heart. This is going to be something...

TURBO 2JZ 1968 NOVA? GHOST WHITE TURBO SUPRA DYNO? RB25/26 HYBRID? RICHARD HOLDENER VISITS VICTORY MOTORSPORTS

I know y0u are all familiar with Richard Holdener’s YouTube channel and his proclivity for all things LS and LT, but many of you might not know he’s got a really strong import background...

LT Is Helping Our Friend Eddie Wilson With Some MUCH NEEDED Upgrades For His EXTREMELY RARE Drag And Drive Car

We first met Eddie Wilson on Rocky Mountain Race Week when he was driving his Pontiac with his kids. The Wilson family would become a staple in the Drag and Drive community after that first fateful...

Will This Supercharged El Camino RUN AND DRIVE 800 Miles To Virginia And Back? DISASTER!

Derek isn’t usually rescuing supercharged hot rods for his road trips home, but we’re down if he is! You have to see the whole series behind this El Camino, because it is a big one! Only...

DIRT CHEAP Turbo Power! $250 Junkyard Engine and $125 Turbo DOUBLED The Power of Tony Angelo’s Square Body C10

Tony is back at it, fixing the 250 cubic inch 6 cylinder in his cool C10 Square Body they call Cherry. And to be fair, fixing it makes it sound like they are taking this engine apart, but the reality...

GM’s $1 BILLION Dollar Blunder: ROUGHNESS Matters… But Can It Really Be Something So Simple That Caused So Many Issues?

Everyone in the automotive world has talked about GMs engine recalls as some point or another, but the number of “reasons” that have been talked about online range from the ridiculous to...

He Won The Race But Broke The Hemi. Finnegan Digs Into Blasphemi Again To Find Out Just How Bad The Damage Is.

Finnegan is digging into the Hemi in Blasphemi again because despite winning two drag and drives this year he has also racked up some new carnage in the form of a broken rod in the hemi. This combo...