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Cleetus McFarland Puts LeRoy The Savage On The Rollers At Harrell Engine And Dyno To Test Out It’s New H.E.D. engine.
We shared the video about LeRoy’s new engine the other day, but if you missed it there is a link below to check it out. Today’s video is strapping LeRoy to the chassis dyno to see just...
Cool Animation: Take A Look At This Comprehensive Layout Of The Triple Expansion Steam Engines On The Titanic
One of my sons is into the Titanic disaster these days and he has been scarfing up books and stories about the ship and the icy end that befell it. One of the things we have been working through are...
Watch Monster Mania: This Is A Fun Look At The Monster Truck World In 1986!
Yes, this is one of those awesome 1980s VHS transfers that we all love so much around here. Before DVDs and streaming, and YouTube (ironically) there were limited channels to air stuff on. That meant...
Underrated Fun Machine: This Period Review Of The 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Is A Reminder That Cheap, Fun Cars Existed
I remember scoffing the first time I saw one of of these cars at the drag strip. It had that wing. It had the semi-goofy looks of a Neon, and it was raspy loud. And then it was clicking off ETs in...
Fun History: This Look Back At The Designer Series Cars Of The 1970s Is Interesting, Gaudy, and Cool
If there is one thing that people think of when it comes to the 1970s it’s the aesthetic of the decade. The colors, the overwrought size of stuff, the gilding of otherwise ugly stuff to make it...
Leadoff Act: The 1987 Chevy Beretta Was A Youthful Sporting Shot From A Company Reshaping Itself At The Time
For 10 years, if you did not want a Camaro or a Corvette your other option for a coupe from Chevrolet was the Beretta. This two-door version of the Corsica was made in several different models,...
You Hit What?! Cale Yarborough Smacks The Track Fire Truck Head-On At Richmond 1976 – Radio Broadcast Audio and Cale Video!
There are fun racing stories and then there are FUN racing stories with historical backup. Lots of the stuff that the “old guys” tell is colorful, wacky, and staunchly believed despite...
4.8L VS THE WORLD! 4.8L (WITH 7 PSI) VS 5.3L VS 6.0L VS 383 VS 408! WHO MAKES THE MOST TORQUE?
There is no replacement for displacement! This is a truth that has been beat into us since our earliest days as hot rodders. And it is true. If you take like engines with two different displacements,...
The Class Racer Revival 2.0 Is LIVE! Stock Eliminator, Super Stockers, And Competition Eliminator Take Over St. Louis!
Big money bracket racing is alive and well all across the country, and so is heads up drag racing of all flavors, but the class racers that compete in Stock, Super Stock, and Competition Eliminator...
ABANDONED 29 YEARS! Will This 1975 Dodge Truck RUN and DRIVE Again? Dylan McCool Thinks He Can Make It Happen.
Dylan is back at it, with another old find that has spent a ton of years sitting in the treeline, waiting for someone to remember they left it there. This 1975 Dodge D100 is a looker too! LOL Okay,...
John Deer Race Truck, 2000 HP Stick C6 + THE 1320 CREW RACES! & MORE! (Race Week 2.0 Day 1)
It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...
Watch Pete at HED Get LeRoy’s Motor Together!! Assembling Cleetus Mcfarland’s Engine For LeRoy the Savage.
For the last year, Peter Harrell, the owner of Harrell Engine and Dyno in Mooresville, North Carolina, has been tuning on Cleetus McFarland’s rowdiest cars. We’re talking about Mullet of...
Quick and Weird: The 1992 VW Passat GLX Got A VR6 Engine But Kept The Awkward Looks
We always talk about the early 1990s as the time that muscle started to arrive back into the product lines of American car companies. It’s important to recognize that it was not just the...
