Category Archive: 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight
Awesome Dyno Video: 1400HP DYNO RECORD with a Twin Turbo 4.3L V6! All the Dyno Pulls and Deep Dive into This Combo!
If you still think the only 4.3L V6 is the one that came in a bunch of C1500 and S10s in the 1990s and 2000s then you are in for a treat! This one here is the newer LS/LT based 4.3V6 and as you can...
How To Master Metal Flake Hot Rod Paint: This Ford Pinto Street Freak Gasser Hot Rod Is Going To Be Epic! Panels And Flake Baby!
Metal Flake paint is one of those hot rod, custom, and lowrider touches that just hits home when done right. There are so many ways to use it, and the weight or size of the flake can be varied so...
You Could Win This Tire Smoking Machine! How Much Power Does The ProCharged KSR Giveaway Tahoe Actually Put Down To The Tires?
I hope you bought your merch so you got entries to win this beast, because this ProCharged Tahoe is something special. I mean who wouldn’t want to own a Tahoe that’s got a ProCharger...
Why Was This Mercury ABANDONED For 27 YEARS? Will This Mercury Marauder Run and Drive Again?
Sometimes the story behind a car that is a barn find, garage find, field find, or junkyard find is as good as the car itself. And sometimes these cars find themselves abandoned for no real good...
Tool Testing: Putting Milwaukee’s New Ratchets Up Against Current Models, Plus The Best From Bosch, DeWALT, And More!
It’s time for some more tool testing and this time it is one of my favorite cordless tools, even though it took forever for me to start using one. I, like many of you out there, seem to reach...
Got An Air Compressor That Needs Some Love? Here Are Some Cheap But Super Effective Upgrades To Make It Work Best!
Unless you recently bought a new air compessor, you are probably like most of us and own at least one that is old. It might still work perfectly fine, but unless you have a super fancy setup you...
Derek At Vice Grip Garage Is PROCHARGING His LS Dually Squarebody To GIVE AWAY! Plus, A Trailer, A Corvette, And CASH MONEY!
This just might be one of the coolest giveaways in recent memory, and that is saying something since there are so many nowadays. But this giveaway isn’t just for one vehicle, or even two, but...
The Boys At Centurial Are At It Again, But This Time Their DIY Engine DYNO Got Them Banned!
The crew over at Centurial march to the beat of a different drummer and it’s awesome. If you aren’t familiar, these guys took 3D printed fabrication tools to a whole new level. They have...
How Race Car Drivers See Their Blind Spots | Behind the Scenes with Spotters at The Rolex 24
I’ve done a lot of racing over the years. Not as much as I’d like to, but a lot more than a lot of folks. And while a ton of it has been drag racing and autocross, I’ve done a fair...
FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Chassis Fabrication: Body Notch, Fender Trim, Spring Hangers And More
If you missed this FJ40 project that Shannon Campbell is working on, we’ve got a link below, but if you are back for the next installment in this build series you are in luck as well. In this...
Not All Brake Parts Cleaners Are The Same: He Bought Every Parts Cleaner In Hopes This Saves You Time and Money!
10 years ago, or so, I walked into the pit of Gary Densham at Pomona to say hi and was immediately entertained by one of Gary’s wife Joanne’s stories. I didn’t get to hear the end...
Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!
Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...
Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.
I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...
Like A Good Neighbor, Finnegan Is There. Check Out The Two Day Roll Bar Install That Finnegan And Joe Are Doing In This Chevy II.
If you are going to go quicker than 11.50 seconds in the quarter mile, and you are doing that in a classic car, then you are going to need a roll bar in that car. If you have one, you can then go as...