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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos

Practical Application: Hydrolocking An Engine Under Load

It’s Engine 101: air compresses, water does not. If you are unlucky enough to have water go down the gullet of your engine and into the bores, your best hope in hell is that you shut the engine...

Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!

When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...

Historical Footage: A Look Into One Of Toronto’s More Notorious Street Racers And His 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator…That Was A Former Ford Of Canada Drag Car!

Two cars line up on a backroad somewhere near Toronto, Canada in 1979. This is your average street race…a few bystanders, those in the know. No heavy crowds and nobody else nearby to cause a...

British Brute: The Rover SD1 Vitesse – Buick Heart, Daytona Looks!

The Buick 215 V8 didn’t have a long shelf life at General Motors. Sure, the aluminum engine was a proper V8, and an all-aluminum one at that…exotica for the early 1960s. But ultimately,...

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Watch Two Russian Guys Miss Certain Death By Inches While Stranded On A Highway – Incredible!

There is a reason why it is dangerous to break down on the highway. There is a reason why if you get stranded on a highway you are supposed to stay in your car. That reason is that it is an...

Video: Vintage Films from Ohio’s Historic Dragway 42

Dragway 42 in West Salem, Ohio is a really interesting case. The place was opened for 50+ years before being sold to the Matcham family who had plans to revamp and improve the facility. Their plans...

Plan Your Build: This Video Goes Through the Best G-Body Suspension Upgrades

The GM G-body platform is one of the most popular and most easily modified in all of the enthusiast world. But because of those two things, there’s lots of questions that need to be answered...

Ultra Cool: This MotorWeek Review Of The 1991 Buick Park Avenue Ultra Brings Back Memories

We carry memories with us though our lives and for gear heads, many of those memories are attached to cars. Perhaps strangely, some happy ones from my gearhead life stem from the Buick Park Avenue...

Appropriate Is Relative: Check Out Some Nurburgring Oddities!

With miles of asphalt, hundreds of corners, and the opportunity to wipe out just about every potential car that pulls onto it’s surface, the Nurburgring’s legend is set in stone for good...

Morning Symphony: All Manner Of Manic Rally Machines At Rallylegend 2019

“Manic”…there was never a more proper word for what a rally car driven in pure anger is. With revs high, the turbo spooled to the moon and the tires scratching in like a housecat...

Angel In Overalls: This WWII Film Designed To Keep Aircraft Industry Workers On Task Is A Tribute To The P-38 Lightning

It’s always interesting to look back into WWII and see how the media was used to help bolster spirits, inspire work, and inform the public. In this film called “Angel In Overalls”...

Tractor Pull Drag Race: Watch Two Multi-Engine Tractors Drag Race Heads Up On Dirt With Sleds!

When we first started making Put Up or Shut Up I had this idea for the ultimate episode and it was going to be a pair of pulling tractors sitting side by side, weight sleds attached, and the goal...

Video: Getting It Done At The Gators – Here’s All The Professional Finals From Gainesville Last Weekend

It was an awesome, odd, and ultimately memorable running of the 51st NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida. Awesome for the fact that the fans showed up in numbers we have not seen...

Classic YouTube: This 1970 Mercury Cougar Is Providing Services To The Community!

You might not believe us, but the owner of this 1970 Mercury Cougar is providing many different public services with his actions in this video. Oh, sure, on the surface it appears that all that...