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Killer Coyote: Watch As A 315ci Ford Coyote Engine With A 3.8L Whipple Blower Makes 2,000+ HP On The Dyno
Chris Holbrook is known far and wide in drag racing circles as a guy who can build basically any combo of engine into a beastly class mangler. I have personally seen his work in a multitude of drag...
Not A Supercharger: This All-Billet Four Rotor Engine Build Is Awesome And Wild!
It was 1991 when Mazda won the 24 hours of Le Mans with their famed C787B race car which was powered by a four rotor version of the company’s rotary engine called the 13J (also built as the...
Spin Cycle FTW! Check Out This Collection Of AWD Donuts!
Up until the last couple of years, the only AWD vehicle that I had ever spent a good amount of time actually driving it was a black Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4. It belonged to an aunt, and every now and...
Meet The Man Who Built A Replica Of An Audi Quattro S1 E2 So Well That Racer Who Drove It Got Goosebumps
In late 1985, Audi unleashed the Sport Quattro S1 E2. Or, in simple terms, the wildest, most violent form of the Audi Quattro rally car to be set loose in World Rally, period. After having endured a...
A Longer Long Block: The Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Gets A Head – One Step Closer
The saga of the Hagerty Buick Straight eight build is not over yet but it’s moving in that direction. This engine has been a protracted battle from the jump and the cool thing is that the...
The Race To Nowhere: This Footage From The 1927 Dole Air Race Is Creepy – The Last Flight For Many
The 1927 Dole Air race will forever live as one of the most tragic examples of bravado preceding technology ever. The event was funded by James D Dole of pineapple empire fame. After Charles...
Back To The Workshop: More Restoration Work Inside Jay Leno’s Garage
The cool thing about Jay Leno is that this man routinely dredges up cars that we don’t think about in any form whatsoever, A Panhard, a Talbot-Lago, a Brough? Pretty much nobody thinks of...
The Wile E. Drop Test: How Volvo Is Mangling Cars In The Name Of Rescue Training
Translate from metric to standard at your leisure, but 30 meters in the air is roughly 100 feet. 100 feet in the air, dangling from a guide wire, with some schmoe hanging on to the emergency release...
Morning Symphony: The Americans Making Noise At Goodwood SpeedWeek 2020
The relationship between American cars and British racing fans can be dicey at times, it must be said. Too powerful with not enough focus on finesse, agility or braking. Too heavy, too softly sprung,...
Ever Wonder What The Theory Of The Ratty Muscle Cars Is All About? Learn More About The Movement Here!
(Pardon the repeat. But as you’re reading this, we’re taking the Great Pumpkin Mustang down to Alabama for Austin’s second-annual Mopar vs. Brand-X race and we felt that this was a...
The One, And Only, Riva Aquarama Lamborghini May Be The Sexiest Boat Ever Made
It’s the 1960’s in Italy, Ferrari is the Lord, God, King of automotive and racing in Europe. But, other Italian car companies were no slouches either, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and even Lancia...
Black Operation: Mighty Car Mods Rocks Out Their New LS-Swapped BMW E30
Yes, we know…LS swaps have been done half to death and then some. Whatever. The end goal is not to appease the masses. The end goal is to haul ass, provide horsepower and torque without going...
“It All Started Fifty Years Ago…”: The Owner Of This Lancia Has Stories Worth Listening To!
For once, do not focus on the car. If you haven’t seen a Lancia Delta Integrale, here’s a quick rundown for you: Lancia’s last great rally car, the Delta, had to make some changes...
Defy Physics: Watch As This Remote-Controlled MiG-29 “Fulcrum” Dances On The Wing
As the Cold War intensified throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the Soviet Union felt that they needed to take action and create an airframe that would stand up to the F-15 Eagle that had just come...