Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, CRASH & BURN, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Blower Explosion Update: Optimus Prime’s Big Blower Explosion On The Hub Dyno Is Explained And Crazy.
Aug 27, 2024Chad Reynolds0
If you missed it, this Fox Body Mustang blew the blower clean off of it, in grand fashion, with a huge fireball, while making a full pull on the hub dyno at FuelTech recently. This thing was nuts...
Huge Blower Explosion! This is bad! What Happened To Cause This Hemi To Blow Up In Grand Fashion? Thank God For Safety Gear!
Aug 22, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Huge Blower Explosion! This is bad! What Happened To Cause This Hemi To Blow Up In Grand Fashion? Thank God For Safety Gear!
If you haven’t been in a car on a chassis dyno or hub dyno, then the normal chassis dyno videos you see might seem very calm. The truth is that any car that makes even 400 horsepower at the...
Vaughn And The Funhaver Crew Took Over DuneFest And It Almost Went Real Bad. Which Means Plenty Of Real Good Fun Was Had!
Aug 21, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Vaughn And The Funhaver Crew Took Over DuneFest And It Almost Went Real Bad. Which Means Plenty Of Real Good Fun Was Had!
Vaughn isn’t the first off-road racer to slap a set of paddle tires on an off-road rig and go full send over some sand dunes. Decades ago Robby Gordon did the same thing in a trophy truck and...
OG S10 – The Tailgate Class at Limpy’s Cash Days at the Hill! No Prep Racing Action Like None Other. Close Calls, Carnage, and Wheelstands.
Aug 20, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on OG S10 – The Tailgate Class at Limpy’s Cash Days at the Hill! No Prep Racing Action Like None Other. Close Calls, Carnage, and Wheelstands.
It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips...
Wild Video: Ride Along As This Turbocharged Mopar Small Block Powered Valiant Wrecks Hard In Argentina
Aug 19, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Wild Video: Ride Along As This Turbocharged Mopar Small Block Powered Valiant Wrecks Hard In Argentina
We have showed you videos previously of the awesome V8 Turbo Valiant which races in Argentina. Well, this stick shifted hellacious little car got banged up really bad recently and they had cameras ta...
Westen Champlin Crotch Rocket Swapped A Very Small Car – Hyabusa Powered BMW Isetta, But Not The Way You Think.
Aug 16, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Westen Champlin Crotch Rocket Swapped A Very Small Car – Hyabusa Powered BMW Isetta, But Not The Way You Think.
When Westen says that something is sketchy, that means it is SUPER DUPER DOUBLE DOG SKETCHY. And that may not be sketchy enough. I’ve known Westen for a few years, and he always puts a smile on...
These Dudes Are Nuts! 3 Hour Figure 8 Race – World Figure 8 Championship – Indianapolis Speedrome
Aug 07, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on These Dudes Are Nuts! 3 Hour Figure 8 Race – World Figure 8 Championship – Indianapolis Speedrome
Figure 8 Racing is crazy, regardless, but the races I’m used to seeing are typically beaters, not something like this. I mean these are legit race cars that are flying through the middle of the...
1980s Supermodified Mayhem From Oswego Speedway In New York – Fire, Tempers, and Fires Flare!
Aug 06, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on 1980s Supermodified Mayhem From Oswego Speedway In New York – Fire, Tempers, and Fires Flare!
There are few places if any that are more synonymous with Supermodified racing across the country than Oswego Speedway in New York. Opened in 1951 as a 5/8th mile dirt track it was that surface and...
Influence and Impact Episode 24 – Movie Car Chase Breakdown, Drive, Baby Driver, Gone in 60 Seconds, Stunts, And More!
Jul 29, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Influence and Impact Episode 24 – Movie Car Chase Breakdown, Drive, Baby Driver, Gone in 60 Seconds, Stunts, And More!
America’s love of the automobile, and the infatuation with the iconic styling and performance American cars have historically embodied has never been more prevalent than in the movies of the 1960s...
IT’S OVER! FINNEGAN DESTROYED THE FRONT END OF HIS CAR ON THE LAST RACE DAY OF MIDWEST DRAGS!
Jul 29, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on IT’S OVER! FINNEGAN DESTROYED THE FRONT END OF HIS CAR ON THE LAST RACE DAY OF MIDWEST DRAGS!
While MidWest Drags was fun, it was not without its fair share of drama for Finnegan and Joe. They were hoping for a fun and fast adventure during the Midwest Drags, but there was a bit more carnage...
Wild Rock Bouncer Racing At The 2024 Outlaw Finals: Virgin Hills, Big Power, Big Balls, And Rev Limiters For Days!
Jul 25, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Wild Rock Bouncer Racing At The 2024 Outlaw Finals: Virgin Hills, Big Power, Big Balls, And Rev Limiters For Days!
Rock Bouncers are some of the most evil race machines you’ll find. They launch themselves up and over and through whatever is in front of them, and do it with as much throttle and wheel speed...
Daddy Dave and the No Prep Kings Visit Empire Dragway, Which Is Almost Canada, And Dominator Wrecks His Stuff. Ugh.
Jul 21, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Daddy Dave and the No Prep Kings Visit Empire Dragway, Which Is Almost Canada, And Dominator Wrecks His Stuff. Ugh.
This is a cool video because not only are Daddy Dave and the gang doing some racing, but also showing off a cool project. But not everyone had fun at Empire Dragway in New York, as poor Dominator had...
FREE LIVESTREAM: No-Prep Warz LIVE Drag Racing From Ozark Raceway Park In Missouri. Small Tire, Big Tire, And More!
Jul 20, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FREE LIVESTREAM: No-Prep Warz LIVE Drag Racing From Ozark Raceway Park In Missouri. Small Tire, Big Tire, And More!
It’s time for race number two of the No Prep Warz series and this weekend they are visiting Ozark Raceway Park for great small tire, big tire, and index racing, plus big money grudge action as...
Nitro Dyno Failure: Watch This Turbocharged Drag-Bike Self Destruct On The Rollers
Jul 17, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Nitro Dyno Failure: Watch This Turbocharged Drag-Bike Self Destruct On The Rollers
If there is one thing I have learned in nearly 20 years around professional drag racing it is that nitromethane is both the angel on your shoulder and the devil at the same time. It’s the fuel...