Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, Tech Stories, Videos
BACK TO THE ’80s! The 5.0 Battle. TPI Small Block Chevrolet VS The Famed 5.0 Ford. Parts, Boost, And More!
I remember when a 5.0 Fox Body was a fast car. Back when nothing made horsepower from the factory and the LX 5.0 was the lightest most powerful combo you could get. I hated them, even though I...
Quarantine Project Hour: Turn A Small Trailer Into An Engine Test Stand!
One of the biggest things that drove me nuts while rebuilding the 367ci small-block Chrysler for the Imperial was that I couldn’t run the engine until I dumped it into the car. That part drove...
Not Your Father’s Oldsmobile: This Review Of The 1987 Olds Cutlass Calais International Is Cool – A Pocket Rocket From GM
I absolutely love these Retro-Reviews because they are perfect for putting us back in the right context of looking at old cars when they were new. Cars that we think were OK, cars that we think were...
Step 3, Repair: Street Machine Gets To Work On Fixing Their 1JZ-Powered Volvo
Plenty of people love a good Volvo. I’m one of them…I can appreciate a good 240-series brick, it’s the first car I ever did a worthy burnout in, the first car that taught me the...
Angry Italian: This Vega Drag Car From Italy Has A Tunnel Rammed Big Block, Vertical Zoomies, and It’s Quick!
Italy has been the center of the news for not great reasons over the last few weeks as the country has been in the grips of the Coronavirus epidemic. Italy is a beautiful country who’s people...
Did Craig Breedlove Get Ripped Off By Carroll Shelby? This Video Tells The Fascinating Tale Of How It Happened!
The world of motorsports is filled with the most awesome stories that one could ever imagine. Just when you think that they couldn’t get any better, weirder, or more interesting, they do. Case...
Looks Like Garbage, Runs Like Stink: This Little Aussie Mazda 323 Station Wagon Is Basic And Runs 8.50s!
If there’s anything more fun than a (mostly) stock bodied car on a narrow tire running middle eights on a drag strip, I’d really like to know about it. From Drag Week to the various 8.50...
Show and Go: This 1986 Pulling Footage Rules Because Of Awesome Trucks, Big Revs, and Showmanship
Now this is some awesome video fun! Let’s take a trip back to 1986 and act like a fly on the wall of this truck pull. The class we are going to watch is the 6,200lb Modified four wheel drive...
Dissection Time: The Mechanical Fuel Pump – Anvil-Simple In Detail!
It’s taken a couple of days and more cleaner than I’ve ever used in my lifetime on only half an engine, but it appears that the “melted ice cream” sludge that coated...
Drag Racing Update Video: What Happened In Drag Racing Last Week? More Than You Think!
In my work for the NHRA, I have been keeping tabs on stuff that’s been going on around the sport of drag racing. While we might not be racing currently, it doesn’t mean that...
Classic YouTube: Bob Mayer Versus The 1978 Mercury Zephyr
The aspirations were high for the platform that debuted in 1978 as the Fox chassis. Originally meant to be a “world car” design that would replace the American Ford Falcon and Pinto, the...
Misery 2: Mighty Car Mods’ Toyota MR2 Is Proving To Be A Rusty Nightmare
As much as anybody could bitch about any car they are actively turning wrenches on, some cars are more of a nightmare than others, aren’t they? Third-gen F-bodies and their spark plugs,...
Vintage Drag Racing Video: 8mm Footage Set To Classical Music From The 1964 NHRA US Nationals!
This is one of those videos that you watch when you know you have the drag racing thing bad. Why? Well it is some really amazing 8mm footage set to classical music from the 1964 NHRA Nationals. The...
Quarantine Project Corner: Make Your Own BBS RS Wheel Out Of A Steel Wheel?
How’s your extended cabin fever going? Hopefully you haven’t eaten all of the snacks yet, and that you are doing a proper job of rationing the toilet paper you may have been hoarding....