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Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Rebuild Process: New Pistons, Rings, Timing Challenges, and More
I guess this is straight eight day. Earlier we showed you a Bugatti Type 57 engine that got the full treatment and now we are back with an update on the process of the Buick straight eight that Davin...
Drag Strip Time Machine: Watch The 1989 NHRA Fall Nationals From Dallas Right Here
This weekend the NHRA Mello Yello drag racing series tour lands in Ennis, Texas at the fabled Texas Motorplex. This event has been part of the NHRA landscape for many years and the 1989 race was one...
Morning Symphony: The Final Launch Of The Space Shuttle
As a kid, whenever a Space Shuttle launched, it was an immediate event of utmost importance. Nobody change the channel, nobody say a word. I was about to watch humankind’s ability to come...
America’s Sweetheart: Leno Shows Off His 1996 Viper GTS
I had the Ferrari Testarossa folder. I had the Lamborghini Countach poster. I had a Trapper Keeper with a green Corvette ZR-1 parked on it. Were they cool cars? Yeah…and no. To each their own,...
Just Drop The Top: The 1963 Ford Galaxie Convertible Is A…
It’s about as clean of a design as you can get. This is basic early 1960s…the fins are gone, the musclecar wildness hasn’t happened yet. This is a barge of a car, but it...
The 2020 Hi-Performance Expo Powered by Optima Batteries Is Coming To COTA November 1-3 – Big Fun, Big Money, Be There!
Winter is on the way, you have been likely locked out of at least a few of your favorite events this year and you are kind of bummed that there’s nothing left to do this year, right? WRONG. The...
Boosted Insanity: Watch The Most Powerful 4.0L Jeep Engine Ever Built Make 860+ HP and 880+ Lb-Ft On The Dyno!
It has been awesome to watch Newcomer Racing’s builds on the Horsepower Monster YouTube Channel. This company that is so well known for its Jeep inline six stuff is just killing it. The...
Morning Symphony: One Highly Pissed Off Honda S2000
Remember when these things came out? RWD Honda roadster was a cool thought…would give the Mazda Miata guys something to chew on for a minute, and it would be neat to see what a Honda mill could...
Classic YouTube: The 1973 Dodge Dart Sport “Convertriple”…All The Excitement Over A Fold-Down Seat?
It’s 1973. The party is over, the music has died (except for the shop behind Pontiac’s main office, where you can still hear some early heavy metal blasting.) You’ve got a front row...
Don’t Worry, It’s A Fake: Kicking The Snot Out Of A Restomodded Ferrari 250GTO Tribute
As of now, the most expensive automobile that has ever been purchased was Ferrari chassis# 4153GT, a Ferrari 250GTO. David McNeil, the man who founded WeatherTech, paid a jaw-dropping $70 million...
Never As Easy As It Looks: Radical Paint Work (And Other Fun With Old Cars)
I am an absolute sucker for super-trick paint. Lowriders, 1970s street machines and disco vans, old hot-rodding fades, metalflake that looks more appropriate on bowling balls than it does on the...
This Ford Model A Mud Dragger Is Ferocious: 650-cube Big Block And Under 3,000 Pounds!
When the Ford Model A debuted in 1928, the standard engine was a 201 cubic inch four cylinder that made all of forty horsepower. With over three times the engine capacity, and well over 1100...
Lifter Ill Redux: A Demonstration Of The Gen 3 Hemi Camshaft And Lifter Issue
One of the most infamous videos Uncle Tony has ever released was his call-out of the cam and lifter issue that third-gen Hemi engines have been known for. The answer is pretty much the same,...
The Fall Throwdown In T-Town Goes LIVE This Afternoon! FREE Livestreaming Drag Racing Right Here Friday and Saturday!
The Throwdown in T-Town races at Tulsa Raceway Park are some of our favorite events of the year, because not only do they celebrate everything that is awesome in the drag racing world, but they do it...