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Category Archive: ENGINE, FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

The Hot Rod Hoarder Is TRYING To UnStick 3 Locked Up Engines – Will They Ever Run Again?

You ever try to get an old car or truck running for absolutely no reason at all? Yeah, we’ve all been there. You buy a truck or car that you are absolutely going to swap the engine out of and...

Mod Motor Mark Is Back With A New Car! Meet Orange Drank. HED’s Real Good At Doin Stuff Is Back With More Chains Than Brains After The Crash

Regular viewers will remember that Mod Motor Mark, owner of the More Chains than Brains Mustang, crashed the car at Mooresville Dragway in November and has been out of the picture since. Luckily the...

FINNEGAN SECRETLY FILMED CROWD REACTIONS TO HIS TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED CHARGER!

This is epic! While I’m not usually a big fan of some of the weird swaps that folks do, I say if it is your car then do it how you want! With that said, this thing here is a junker and is of no...

Wacky Shop Fun: Using A Turbo And A Water Jet To Inflate A Weather Balloon Is Pretty Awesome

Sometimes people just have ideas, right? These guys who have a fabrication business of some sort that includes a bad ass 60,000psi water jet. They had previously cut a turbocharger smooth in half...

FINNEGAN FIXED HIS 632CI BIG BLOCK CHEVY WITH JB WELD!

If you didn’t know, Finnegan bought a new drag boat last year and was planning on racing the hell out of it in California and the western states. On the first outing, after the boat had been...

We FOUND A Goldmine Of ABANDONED MOPARS, AUSTRALIAN Hot Rods, And More!

DUDE!!!! Have you ever answered an ad on Marketplace or Craigslist, only to show up and find out that what you thought was going to be some dude’s side yard with the parts car you wanted is...

$500 Vintage Snowmobile Endurance Challenge…Or, Frozen (Bum) Rush!

I’ve driven fast cars and brutal trucks. I’ve flown helicopters and airplanes. I’ve crashed off of dirt bikes more times than I’d like to admit and even ran myself over with a...

Vice Grip Garage’s 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car Goes On The Dyno – Results Are NOT What We Expected!

This is one badass OG drag car and we love it. As McTaggart wrote about when Derek first got this ride and added it to the Vice Grip Garage fleet, this Chevelle couldn’t have come along at a...

Flying Sparks Garfield C20 Work Truck On Sick Week: Race Day 3

The Sick Week adventures continue for Emily and Aaron, although this would be their last day. They have vowed to come back and have more fun again next year though! Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at...

Flying Sparks Garfield C20 Work Truck On Sick Week: Race Day 2

The Sick Week adventures continue for Emily and Aaron with crazy cars on the streets! Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and they are officially on...

Video: Dave Marcus and Dale Jr. – A Fun And Awesome Conversation You Can Watch

Of all the people I have been able to meet and interact with in the world of racing, Dave Marcus towers over the crowd. I got to know Dave when he was racing his stock car at the ECTA Meets we held...

Tibu-Gone: Watch These Guys Blow Up A Hyundai In Spectacular Fashion With Nitrous and The Rev Limiter

Sometimes it is just fun to send a lowly, crummy car down the line in spectacular fashion. Whether something like McTaggart and his King of The Heap adventures or what these guys did, there’s...

Dirthead Dave Is Going To A Birthday Party! Airbag Suspension, 4-Link, And An Epic Road Trip In The Old Butter Jeep.

Dirthead Dave’s yellow Jeep YJ was sitting for too long, and he recently got it back up and running and on the trail for Ultimate Adventure. But now he’s going off an another adventure to...

Will It Survive The Drive? Flying Sparks Revived C20 Work Truck Headed Toward Sick Week

Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and also at getting long forgotten cars and trucks ready for them. That is the case with their awesome worktruck...