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Category Archive: DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, MOPAR, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Will It RUN AND DRIVE 1,600+ Miles Home? Dodge Polara Parked 32 Years! Vice Grip Bought It SIGHT UNSEEN!

Derek Bieri is getting braver and braver with his will it run car purchases. It used to be that you’d look at half of them and think there is no way, and the other half that it would totally...

Small Tire Gangstas Racing for $18,000 at the ROWDIEST TRACK in the USA! And The Video Is Right Here!

If you live near or race at Yello Belly Drag Strip then you know the charms, the rough edges, and the reputation have been well earned. Often referred to as “The Gut” by locals, it is one...

Which Ratchet Head Type Is Best? If You Can Only Have One In Your Car’s Tool Kit, Which One Should You Choose

If you are like me then you have several styles of ratchets in your toolbox. And if you are like me then you have a couple of them that you almost never use, or that when you do use them you find...

Glorious Failure: This 1971 Film From A Drag Race Held Inside Three Rivers Stadium In Pittsburgh Is Awesome!

It seemed like a brilliant concept. If drag racing fans were willing to trek into the hinterlands to see their favorite cars and drivers race, putting on a race right in the lap should absolutely...

Video Of Steve McQueen Pulling Wheelies And Flying Around On A Honda CR250M Elsinore Rules

Largely regarded as the coolest guy who has ever lived, Steve McQueen’s aura was made by footage like that which you will see below. For starters, we’re taking the coolest guy ever and...

Classic Horsepower Video: This Early 1970s Classic Film From Allis-Chalmers Features Tractor Pulling and Focuses On Power!

This right here is some vintage tractor greatness! The film is called, “More Power On The Ground” and it was made by Allis Chalmers right around 1970 judging by the surroundings and...

This Look At The Coolest Ferrari Movie and TV Cars Of All Time Is Great – 1980s Greatness and More

When we think of iconic TV and movie cars, there’s a short list that people default to. KITT, The General Lee, Herbie, and on and on we go. But what of Ferrari? Just when you think it’s a...

History Video: The Changing Architecture Of The Automobile Is A Neat Film About Styling History Made In The 1970s

History is a really neat thing to look at, especially when it comes to cars, right? We get to see the evolution of not only the mechanical end of the machines, we get to see the styling involved as...

Back In 1960 England You Could Cruise Your Steam Traction Engine To The Store, Slowly

Ahh, 1960. It was about 15 years after the end of WWII, the cold war was brewing up nicely between Russia and everyone else, England had returned back to its jolly ol’ self, and pipe smoking...

10 Minutes Of Brilliance: This Collection Of Vintage VW Television Ads Is Fantastic

When it comes to the advertising game on television, especially when we speak about it in terms of automobiles, there’s “before VW” and “after VW”. The way that...

The Sleepiest Sleeper: Watch This Slot Mag Equipped Pinto Make 350 Wheel Horsepower On The Rollers!

The 2.3L Ford Lima four cylinder was produced from 1974 right through 1997 in various different machinations and forms. In this case, one of those 2.3L engines that was liberated from a Thunderbird...

6.0L LS2 VS 6.2L LS3-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP STOCK, MINOR MODS THEN ALL THE MODS? FULL DYNO RESULTS

There’s no replacement for displacement. That’s the age old saying and we know that there isn’t much that compares with going bigger in search of more power. But how much bigger is...

IT’S GOING DOWN! FINNEGAN IS STARTING HIS SEMA 2024 OBS TRUCK PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

In case you missed it, we’ve got the link to the video showing Finnegan getting this truck here in Texas and driving it home below, but if you did see it then you know this super clean low...

Who Makes The Best OBD 2 Code Scanner? Are They All The Same? If Spending More Money Makes It Better, The Test Should Show That.

OBD 2 Scanners are no different than anything else we are going to buy, and if there is a cheap option we’re always going to wonder if it will do the job and how well. I know there are people...