Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

UPHOLSTERY TECH: HOW TO BUILD CUSTOM DOOR PANELS AT HOME THAT LOOK LIKE A PRO DID THEM!

Being able to finish your own interior panels can save a ton of money on a build. Interior and paint are two of the most expensive things you can do with your hot rod or muscle car, so anywhere you...

The Mangled Mercury Project: Part 9 – Hidden Filler Discovered In The Roof Of The Chopped 1939 Mercury

We introduced the Mangled Mercury Project a few months ago and shared the first cuts, plans, etc. for this soon to be cooler ride. We continued with more videos in the series, and if you missed those...

WILL IT RUN? Dylan McCool’s Mystery Auction Racecar Got A NEW ENGINE, But Is That Enough?

Whenever you buy something at auction that either isn’t currently running, or you didn’t get to test and preview, it’s always a stressful moment when you try to start it up for the...

PART 2: 1951 Mercury Chop Top Finishing Touches – Bello’s Shows How To Go About Cutting Down Interior Trim And Molding For A Finished Look

Here we go with Part 2 of the chop top trim finishing touches. On several occasions I have seen cars at shows that are chopped, and look pretty good, but when you look inside they are either really...

WHAT IS THE TURBO POWER CONE? TOP SECRET JUNKYARD TURBO LS POWER MODS! DOES IT REALLY ADD POWER?

Can you really do something to the inlet of the turbo that will make power? I mean we’ve all seen nitrous fed through them and know that this works, and there have been modifications to the...

REBORN: The Stanceworks Turbo K20-Swapped Ferrari hits the STREETS! // GridLife Prep For The 2025 Season

In the last video about the Stanceworks K20 swapped Ferrari, it was all about prepping for the race season. Now it’s time for some testing. Unfortunately, a dyno session and some street shifts...

Is This Makita Now The New Worlds Most Powerful Cordless Impact? Testing The Makita GWT10Z

The Cordless Impact Wrench wars are a real thing. Hell, they are even more hardcore than the big three are for their diesel wars. What is interesting is that when I think about the highest powered...

Derek Took This ABANDONED Barracuda And Officially Revived It After 23 YEARS Of Neglect.

Derek is back at it, saving a long forgotten or abandoned ride again and this one is an interesting and cool project. This time he’s saving an old Plymouth Barracuda. Not a ‘Cuda, a...

A Kids Dream Comes True! – 4 Years Of Working, Saving & Building His First Truck And It Finally Makes Noise!

Ryan Wing, co-host of my Beards, Burnouts, and Beer podcast, has been slowly working with his son Jake as he’s saved, studied, hustled and worked until he could get the truck he always wanted,...

PONTIAC RAM AIR 5 BUILD!!! EVAN PERKINS TALKS ABOUT HIS PONTIAC ENGINE BUILD WITH RICHARD HOLDENER

Evan Perkins is one of those magazine guys that not only writes about the stuff but really lives it. That should go without saying when talking about magazine publications, but it doesn’t...

Ultimate Flap Disc Test: The New York Faces The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See How It Survives Under Pressure!

Jason at Fireball is back with even more flap discs to test after you guys threw some more brands out there! This testing is about as thorough as it gets, and I can tell you that so far it has...

1951 Mercury Chop Top Finishing Touches – Bello’s Shows How To Go About Cutting Down Interior Trim And Molding For A Finished Look

On several occasions I have seen cars at shows that are chopped, and look pretty good, but when you look inside they are either really unfinished or the interior trim looks like crap. It’s not...

Extreme Fiber Disc Grinder Test: The Walter Xtracut Faces The Extreme Grinder Test Rig To See How It Survives And Compares To The Rest!

We made our way through the totally insane Fireball Tools fiber grinding disc test series with two fiber discs at a time, and now we’ve got one more to throw in the mix. This testing is about...

LETS GET THIS VAN RUNNNNINNNGGGG! Cotten’s Econoline Van Is Something Truly Special, But Needs Some Love To Get This Broken Engine Running.

Mike Cotten is one of the coolest car guys we know, and he’s got an awesome project going on right now that makes us smile. It’s a 1967 Econoline Ford van that he’s swapped C4...