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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Kevin From KSR Performance And Fabrication Says “This Is The Worst Engine Destruction I Have Ever Had!!”

I talked to Kevin at the PRI Show and asked him about all the carnage in this video and then we laughed a lot. Why? Well it turns out that if you take a stock bottom end LS engine and try to spin it...

Awesome Racing History: This Film Shows How Firestone Worked To Develop The Racing Fuel Cell More Than 50 Years Ago

After the deaths of world famous racers like Fireball Roberts and others, the racing community finally decided that enough was enough and that a new solution to controlling and carrying fuel was...

Video: The Cool History Of A Not So Lost Race Track In London, England – Neat Stuff

Hunting old race tracks is one of my most favorite things to do. Finding the remains, standing in the location that history was made, checking out how Mother Nature has reclaimed the land that was...

SHO Me Something Good: This 1989 Review Of The Then New Taurus SHO Is Fun

America’s first sport sedan. That’s what everyone was calling the Ford Taurus SHO when it arrived on the scene. The car was released with high expectations and unlike so many before or...

Battle of The ’50s Ballers: This Video Pits The 1957 Imperial vs The 1957 Cadillac 62

We love these 1950s promotional videos because they all follow along the same line. There are moments where they’re educational, moments where they are completely ridiculous, and (to us anyway)...

DIRT CHEAP, $100 4.8L LS BOOST! JUNKYARD V6 M90 BLOWER TO THE RESCUE! IT FINALLY WORKS ON THE 4.8L!

$100 Supercharger for your LS engine? Wait, what? Has Richard lost his mind? Or will this actually work? The answer might surprise you. Sure it is going to take a little bit of work, but if you are...

John At NotStockPhoto Takes Us With Him On A Video Tour Of Coffee and Cars Gadsden Alabama at Back 40 Beer Co.

John is back at it, sharing cool video from great events and helping to inspire all of us with cool rides to look at. I know that every time I go to a local cruise night, car show, drag race, or...

1320 Video Visits Thailand To See Their Crazy BIG RIG DIESEL TRUCK Scene, Plus Drag Racing And More!

The gang at 1320Video are always catching the coolest stuff, but this one here is something like we’ve never seen before from them. It’s the first stop on Kyle’s trip and...

Best Of 2023: Spoold Media’s WILDEST RIDES OF 2023!!! WRECKS, WHEELSTANDS, AND SO MUCH MORE!!!!!!

Back in the day there was a show on Diamond P Sports called “And They Walked Away!” It became THE iconic video series of the craziest crashes and on track action and it was pretty epic....

Retro Review: This Look At The 1991 Lumina Z34 Is Pretty Great – 200hp and A Stick!

History shines its unflinching light on things in different ways. We remember some cars as being junk when they were pretty good. We remember some cars as being pretty good when they were junk. What...

The Earthmovers: This 1944 Film Celebrating The Seabees In WWII Is Absolutely Awesome

“Some guys want a Jeep after the war…brother, give me a bulldozer!” This is one of about 100 great lines in this 1944 war department film called “The Earthmovers” which...

Dirthead Dave Does A 5-Speed Swap On The Worst Mustang Ever Project. Is It Bad That I’m Liking This Thing Now?

Well, he’s back at it. This ugly little bastard, meaning the car not Dave, actually made the road trip back home but not without a little carnage. It’s got less gears that it left with...

It’s A Miracle! Finnegan Got Blasphemi Fixed So Of Course They Did Massive Burnouts. IN THE SHOP!!!

If you missed it a week ago, Finnegan broke the hell out of the T56 Magnum that they run in Blasphemi, after making even more power with this thing and then launching it on a track that had EPIC...

PRI Cruise Video: The Unofficial Cruise Out Of PRI Is ALWAYS Fun To Watch. PRI 2023 Vehicles Leaving Performance Racing Industry tradeshow.

When the PRI Show ends on Saturday at 4pm, there is a nearly immediate exodus of vehicles from the show. PRI stands for Performance Racing Industry and this show is something truly special. If you...