Category Archive: TECH, Videos
Rack Repair: Fixing A Valiant Wagon’s Front Subframe Rail’s Damage
Happiness this year is found in the garage, ain’t it? Yeah…this is where you learn if you are a car builder or just would rather watch one on television. I’m finding that I’m...
How Much Power Can You Make With A Crate 514 Big Block Ford? A LOT!
GM always owned the factory crate engine world. No matter what make or model, you could go to any car show or race and find dozens of GM Crate engines in everything under the sun. But Ford and Mopar...
Let The Beauty Shine Through: Scrubbing The Ugly Off Of A Muralized Dodge Ramcharger
One thing that I always wondered when I was a kid, reading Sport Truck and other magazines in the 1990s, was how all of these vehicles that had gotten these radical, super-detailed paint jobs were...
Diesel Revival 3: When In Doubt, Call In An Expert Before You Nuke The Engine
“Try, try and try again” is commendable in theory. In practice, there’s a point where you have to understand that you are doing something wrong and that if you keep up with your...
Better Engine Building Video: Eliminate Common Lifter Failures – Roller and Flat Tappet!
If there is one thing that can hurt your heart, wallet, and will to live, it is a lifter failure in your high performance engine. Whether we are talking rollers or flat tappers, when a lifter goes,...
Driving Past Amber Waves Of Grain: An Overview Of Cleetus’s RMRW 2020 By Project Priime
Rocky Mountain Race Week is still echoing in the back of our minds. With the news yesterday that Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is canned until next year, there’s many who are looking at...
BangShifty Resto Video: Watch This 100 Year Old Gasoline Powered Drag Saw Get Torn Down – So Cool!
This is the most ambitious project that Mr. Hand Tool Rescue has scooped up and begun the process on in his shop. It’s also the first video we have watched with his narration and that brings...
Why Was There No 1983 Corvette? A Regular Car Review Story On The C4 Corvette In Detail
To be fair, there may not have been a true production run, but there was a run of 1983 Corvette pilots, pre-productions, whatever you want to call it. Out of the 43 cars that were built, only one,...
Classic YouTube: Alvin “Tex” Johnston’s Barrel Roll Of The Boeing 367-80 Prototype Over Lake Washington
“There are old pilots, there are bold pilots, but there are no old and bold pilots.” That warning is hammered through to every would-be flyer that ever trains, and parallels a much...
Classic YouTube: The Karl Reindler/Steve Owen Crash At The 2011 Perth Super Sprint at Barbagallo
Anybody who races goes onto the track knowing, in their heads and hearts, that what they are doing is dangerous. There is no denying that fact…many people have died chasing speed, from the...
The Barra/Granada Swap, Part 6: Running, Driving, And On The Dyno
At what point does your enemy become your strongest ally? I’ve made no secret that of all the automobiles ever made, that the one that angers me the most is the Ford Granada/Mercury...
Mining For Gold: Fixing Up An Abandoned Project Mustang For Goodies To Harvest Later
Rich at Deboss Garage has Bronco fever. He wants to build one badly, a full-sizer with a late-model mill under the hood, all the bells and whistles, you know…the good stuff. Just two problems....
This 1979 Chevrolet Video Promoting The LUV Truck Is Cool – Slanted Comparison For The Win!
The Chevrolet LUV Truck was a home run for GM. Starting in 1972 when the hit the market, the LUV was a staple in the company’s lineup all the way into the early 1980s when it was replaced by...
Final Round Videos: Check Out The Winning Passes From The E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals In Indy! Awesome Racing
It was a wild weekend of competition at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis as the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series powered back into motion with an event unlike any other national event ever held....