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Vans Are Back! Custom Vans Are Making A Big Resurgence, And We Totally Approve.
Stacey David has a new van project he’s been working on and we couldn’t approve more. After all, if we were going to build our own custom van it most certainly would be something like...
How Much Does Heat Change Clearances In An Engine? The Answer Is, More Than You Might Think.
In several forms of racing, they preheat the engine oil and coolant so as to preheat the engine and it’s components as well. For many of these applications it is said to be critical to go...
ABANDONED 1979 Chevy LUV Gets A BUDGET FRIENDLY Makeover From Puddin’s Fab Shop!
I would drive this little LUV truck every day! There, I said it. A cool little mini truck, whether it’s a LUV, an S10, a Courier, or whatever is a handy little parts truck that can be great to...
Big Tire Garage Builds A Custom Winch Mount For The Colorado Rock Crawler
Ian is making the final push to get the Ultimate Adventure Colorado set and ready to go for the trip and that means buttoning up all kinds of “little” projects. One of them is the front...
The Alfarrari Project: Making It Steer After Swapping In A Ferrari Engine And Trans.
Now that the engine and trans have been fitted, and permanent mounts for them made, it’s time to figure out the steering. That sounds like it might be easy, but even the most straightforward...
Derek From Vice Grip Garage Surprised His 12 Year Old With A 1969 Camaro Project!
When I was 13, the 1969 Camaro Convertible which had been my dad and uncle’s drag car since I was 6, became my own. The two had split from racing together and my uncle had planned a full...
The Iron Trap Crew STOLE And Revived A 1947 Ford Custom For The Ultimate Surprise
I love stories like this! Friend has car, car breaks, friend can’t fix car, friend loses interest in car, car sits for years, friends of friend come get car and bring it back to life. This is...
More Chains Than Brains: Pushing A Mod Motor To The Limits. What Goes Into Mark Rogers’ Radial Car.
I first met Mark Rogers at Mooresville Dragway one night when I was in town and came to hang out with Eric Yost (Bigun). Bigun introduced Mark to me and told me how bad ass his Mustang was and that...
THE BEST BBC CAM EVER MADE? 1 CAM WORKS WITH LOW COMPRESSION, TUNNEL RAMS, NOS AND BOOST? BUT HOW?
Can one cam really rule them all? How can one camshaft be great in all different scenarios? Well, Richard Holdener is about to show us how good it really is in all these combos. But remember, it...
1320Video: Cleetus & Mullet Go DOMINATION MODE At WCF 2022!!
When Cleetus called up tuner extraordinaire Peter Harrell to see if he could help them turn their newly installed performance improvements into a well-oiled machine, he did what he did and made that...
Here Are Project Farm’s Top 10 Tools To Get From All Their 2022 Testing!
We love Project Farm tool reviews and testing, and have featured lots of their tool comparisons. When you take 10 or more brands of a specific kind of tool, then you find out the real quick which...
FINNEGAN IS FIXING A GIANT HOLE INSIDE THE RUBBER DUCK: 1,000HP SUPERCHARGED ’67 PONTIAC FIREBIRD!
The Rubber Duck Firebird is a super cool car, and Finnegan has had a lot of fun with it, but it was an old drag car that needed some love to work like a new race car or to be really nice for drag and...
New Product: KBS Coatings Ultimate Frame Coater Kit for Inside-Out Rust Protection
KBS Coatings specializes in DIY coating systems that are perfect for hot rodders and truck enthusiasts. I’m going to be using one of their All-In-One Chassis Paint Kits to repaint my recently...
