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Broader Performance Shows Us How To Check An Automatic Transmission Dip Stick For Accuracy. You’d Be Surprised How Off They Can Be!

Most of you have probably never found your engine or transmission dipstick to be off, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t. When you mix aftermarket dipsticks, tubes, and oil or transmission...

Tri Five Nationals 2024 Video: Drag Racing Action That Features Everything From Nostalgia Super Stocks To Swoopie Pro Mods.

The Tri-Five Nationals, at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green Kentucky, is a huge show and race that has been going on for many years. I was planning to go this year, but had a race that popped...

Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck Is Getting Torn Down For A Weekend Thrash And Welding!

It’s time for even more welding, but this time it’s on the bed and chassis of this beast. This bad boy is being treated to an awesome weekend thrash with friends, all of whom are jumping in to...

Do The Jeep Brand Proud, And Improve Your Jeep Wrangler JL or Gladiator JT’s Off-Road Performance With ADS Direct Fit Shocks.

Jeeps have been capable off-road machines since their inception and that prowess has led to a reputation in the off-road world that is second to none. And with an insane following, aftermarket...

Beast Mode: Watch This 1,900lb Mercedes 190 Packing A 10,000 RPM Judd V8 Go HillClimbing For Fun!

If you had asked us who Reto Meisel was an hour ago we’d not have had an answer. Now? Now we know that this guy is a total boss who has a 1,900lb, tube chassis Mercedes that uses a 10,000 RPM...

American Bad Ass: This Video About The Life and Career Of Curtis Turner Is Fantastic

When we talk about NASCAR history, the name Curtis Turner looms large. One of the first true superstars of the sport, Turner was fast and loose in all aspects of his life. He made and lost millions....

What The Truck? This Hand Built 1960 Ford F850 Super Duty Crew Cab Took A Lot More Than You Might Think To Get This Cool

I’m a big fan of crew cab trucks, and especially those that either didn’t exist or were super rare back in the 1960s. There are a couple of builders in the country doing C50 and C60 GM...

Influence and Impact – Car Audio History Part 2, Big Sound Systems, OEM Integration to Car Play, Car Stereo Systems Aren’t Just Radios Anymore.

Marcel and Jason are back at it for Part 2 of the Car Audio history episode, and that means we’re going to hear about so many evolutionary and revolutionary steps in the area of automotive...

Newbern And The Boys Get All Of His Cars Ready For A Proper Goodbye To His Dad. God Speed Ronald Newbern, You Did Good.

None of us gets out of this life alive, but we sure hope to leave it better than when we got here. That’s not the case for everyone, but I hope it is for the majority. A special few make an...

BARN FIND Anniversary Corvette Parked 37 YEARS! Will it RUN AND DRIVE Home For Derek? Or Will This Be A Vice Grip Garage Disaster?

Barn finds are awesome in general, but when you know the story behind the car and the people who owned it actually cared about it, it is something a bit more special than a car that was just parked...

Better Burnouts Through Science! Finnegan Helps A Friend Make Cooler Air, And More Power, In A 10 Second Suburban Burnout Machine

An LS Swapped squarebody GM truck is nothing new, even if this one is a 3/4 ton Suburban. But when you have a very simple, stock bottom end 6.0 in it that makes 800 at the tire then even this 4600 lb...

1974 Duster Walkaround with Steve Magnante: One Of Plymouth’s Coolest Muscle Cars Could Be Yours

As many of you know, our friend Steve Magnante nearly died from a brain infection he got last year, but has been making big improvements over the past few months. We would have loved seeing Steve...

BC Video: The 1982 Toyota Cressida Shows Us Life Before The Camry – It Was Another Hit For Toyota

When the “foreign invasion” of cars really kicked off in earnest, we all know what Detroit did. They ignored it. Eventually they simply gave up the ground of economy and compact cars...

Boosts Of Burden: This Video Profiles 10 Of The Coolest, Weirdest, and Most Interesting Boosted Race Engines Ever

This is an interesting collection of boosted engines. Before you drag racers out there get your dander up about not seeing a fuel engine in this collection, just know it’s mostly road racing...