Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, MISC, TECH, Videos
Ever Wonder Who Makes U-Haul Trailers? Here’s An Inside Look At The Trailer Factory Where The Most Popular Drag And Drive Trailers Are Built!
U-Haul is known for not only renting trucks and vans of all shapes and sizes, but also a variety of different trailers as well. They are insanely popular with the drag and drive crowd, and one cool...
Motor Oil Chemistry EXPLAINED! The Motor Oil Geek Breaks It Down For Us Breaking Bad Style
If you read the back of a quart container of oil, you might recognize a few of the terms and specs, but there is certainly going to be some gibberish as well. I mean, we’re car guys so we...
Here’s What Finnegan Had To Do To Blasphemi To Get It Ready For Drag Week 2025! Was He Prepared For The Wheelstands?
We’ve all seen the crazy wheelstands that Finnegan couldn’t help but do during Drag Week last week in his 1955 Chevrolet Gasser named Blasphemi, and the power wheelies show just how good...
Wheel Bearing Press Tool Kits Testing: If You Hardly Ever Need One, Should You Spend $800 On A Kit? Or Do The Cheap Options Work Just As Well?
Cheap tools vs expensive tools. The argument for each has been going on for a hundred years or more, just here in the United States! But it isn’t as simple an argument to make nowadays, because...
Newbern And The Boys Are Building A Street Freak 1957 Chevrolet! It’s Not A Gasser, It’s A Freak Of Nature!
If you aren’t familiar with the street freaks that roamed Southern California in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s then you are missing out! These hot rods and muscle cars took cues...
Which Plastic Trim Restorer Actually Works Best, Or Do They All Pretty Much Suck? Surprising Results Right Here!
I have tried all kinds of plastic trim restoring products, and have also tried the torch methods, and have to say that I have recently been surprised by a couple of new to me products. It used to be...
New Product: Ridetech Introduces And Installs Their New 2nd Gen F-Body Front Subframe! Bolt In Performance.
2nd Gen F-Body owners rejoice! We featured Ridetech’s new subframe for 1st Gen F and X Body GM cars when they debuted it at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas in November, and that thing is impressive. It...
The Hot Rod Hoarder Gasser Henry J Project Gets An Engine: Check Out The FATHER & SON Gasser Big Block Upgrades Happening Now!
It is time for some big block upgrades! It turns out that Tommy had the perfect engine for the Henry J and just had to make sure it was a good runner! It is, so now it’s time to make this thing...
Take A Look At This Hidden Underground Bunker Of Hot Rods, Petroliana, Antiques & More That The Iron Trap Garage Guys Discovered And Filmed!
There is no end to the awesomeness that the Iron Trap Garage guys find. With a network and reputation that are second to none, they are contacted constantly about hidden gems, collections, and...
Cordless Impact Testing: Pitting The New Milwaukee Sub-Compact vs Snap-On vs M12: Is This New Milwaukee Worth it?
Cordless impact guns have been getting more and more popular, and more and more powerful, over the past couple of years. In fact it is a lot like the diesel wars between RAM, GM, and Ford, where they...
INSANE Suspension and Brakes to Get Tony Angelo’s 800+ 1955 Chevy Down The TRACK On Drag Week!
I was at Tony’s place a few weeks ago, and walked in just in time to distract the guys from tearing the ’55 apart, and instead helped them realize that pizza and a beverage were a really good...
AFR MOPAR 340 HEAD TEST! THE ENGINE MASTER HIMSELF, STEVE DULCICH & RICHARD HOLDENER COMPARED AFR VS IRON 360 HEADS
In honor of this weekend’s Moparty event going on at Beech Bend Raceway Park, we’re sharing a fun Mopar 340 cylinder head test that Dulcich and Richard Holdener did on one of...
Freiburger Explores a SECRET JUNKYARD With MUSCLECARS, CLASSIC TRUCKS, HOT RODS, and MORE!
One of the most exciting things for a hot rodder is discovering old cars that have either been forgotten somewhere, or have been sitting in a wrecking yard for so long that nobody even knows about...
Testing Vice Grips Differently: Squeezing Power, Grip Strength, And More! But Are These All Made In The Same Factory?
We’re all about the tool testing around here, and who doesn’t love a good pair of locking pliers, or vice grips as they are commonly referred to as. You’ll not only learn about how...