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Category Archive: Hack of the Week, MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Using A Cement Mixer To Clean A Gas Tank: Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Might Be Going Off The Deep End

A cement mixer? Hmmmm. Think about it and it starts to make some sense, especially if you watched the last episode where Edd was trying to get the rust out of the Range Rover gas tank. He put a bunch...

Want A Super Quick And Easy Fire Pit Made Of Wheels? Watch This!

I’m in the middle of building a new shop and hopefully soon a new house and we’re literally doing it all ourselves. That means I’m often looking at videos on design or build...

Lazy Bones: Here’s A Profile Of The Most Underpowered V8 Production Engines (In Hp/per liter) – Agree?

Well this video should get some people riled up. You are going to watch a profile on the laziest V8 production engines ever made in terms of their factory hp/per liter output. Now, for those of you...

Vodka Torque: This Video Showing The Build Of A Modified Lada Using Four Differentials Is Awesome –

The Garage 54 YouTube Channel is one of the more bizarre and awesome places to find interesting car stuff. These Russian guys perform all kinds of wacky experiments just because they can. Most of...

Wild Video: Watch This 1,000hp VW Beetle Wreck Very Hard On A Temporary Drag Strip In Estonia

This one is wild and crazy. We don’t have a lot of details on the car other than it’s clearly a hot rodded VW Beetle that sounds as though it has a turbocharged V8 engine in the back of...

Watch Chad On The Tri5Mob Podcast Talking About Rusty, Chassis Swaps, And More Shenanigans

The gang from the Tri5Mob are some good dudes who have a fun web show they do each week, talking about Tri5 Chevrolets, the people who own them, and sometimes the tech behind them. I’ve known...

Step and Fetch It: Watch The Mutt Pull A Show Stopping No-Prep Wheelie At Ozark Raceway Park!

If you watch Street Outlaws or follow the No Prep drag racing scene you have likely heard of Mike Qualley and his awesome Ford F-1 truck known as The Mutt. It got that name before it’s a Ford...

Huffer Hospital: Watch NHRA Crew Chief Rob Wendland Save A Blower That’s Lived A Hard Life

When it comes to guys who know every inch of a top fuel dragster or nitro funny car, NHRA crew chief Rob Wendland is in elite company. Having won races as a driver and a tuner and having lived his...

Finnegan And Newbern Finally Haul Ass In The LS Swapped “Renegade” Jet Boat!

Doing an engine swap in a boat is a cake walk. Just ask Mike Finnegan. Or is it? Well it turns out that some of the parts for this particular LS engine didn’t exactly jell with the boat itself...

Cargo Trailer Conversion Update: Emily And Aaron Try It Out Before It Is All Finished!

Emily and Aaron Reeves, of FlyingSparksGarage on YouTube, have been thrashing on this cool cargo trailer conversion for a few months and we totally approve. They have taken their gooseneck car hauler...

Watch This: Video Of A Dude Restoring An Old Lathe In Time Lapse Is The Coolest Thing You’ll See All Week

There are few things more awesome in our book than old machine tools being saved and restored. We don’t often see videos of people rebuilding stuff like mills or lathes but the fact is that...

Iron Giants: Check Out The 7 Oldest Cars That Have Ever Run Up The Hill At Goodwood

In today’s modern world of cars, the discussion centers around what technology will be next. Will it be an all EV future, will hybrids be the rule of the day, or will the piston engine continue...

Das Boot: Watch The 2022 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing Annihilate The Time Of A Brand New M5 At VIR! Awesomeness!!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing, the lesser of the two Blackwing brothers, has proven itself. This 472-hp sedan the size of a BMW 3-series has lapped Virginia International...

Drag-u-Mentary: This Wonderful Video Shares The Fantastic History of Brainerd Motorsports Park In Georgia

This is amazing and probably the best thing you are going to see on the internet today. Why? Because it is super well done, informative, cool, and you’ll leave the end of it smarter than you...