Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Sing For Your S#%t Box: Improving Then Killing The Barra-Swapped Miata
By all accounts, a Barra-swapped Mazda Miata running strong turbochargers should easily be more than enough for anybody to enjoy. Would you like a good, easy 300 horsepower at the wheels of the...
Field Day: Russian Tractor Racing, The Cure For Farm-Boy Boredom!
Remember field day in grade school? In my time, it meant that as soon as a warm-ish day that wouldn’t have rain was possible in the Spring, the teachers would prepare for a half-day of fun and...
A Master At Work: Watch Jim Kramer Race Bigfoot, Sled Pull Bigfoot, and Then Climb The Truck Like A Jungle Gym While It Moves!
This right here is what a rock star looks like. You are going to watch Jim Kramer attack a car crushing course, pull a sled, and the do something we have never seen anyone else do before. Kramer is...
Cars Are What You Make Them: This Video About A Woman And The Toyota Previa Van She Loves Is Awesome
Niki Byrne is an up and coming screenwriter and director and someone who loves cars. In particular, she loves a 1991 Toyota Previa van that has been in her family since it was brand new. Now with...
Awesome Video: Check Out This Video Featuring The Options Chevrolet Offered In The Early 1970s
From Posi-Traction to Four Season air conditioning, to the Comfortron climate control, the names and offerings of Chevrolet options in the early 1970s were wide-ranging and well named. This video is...
Speedy Delivery: A Jeep DJ-5 That’s Been Hybridized With A Grand Cherokee
One of the happiest memories I have is being a little kid, running outside to greet the mailman. At the time, I was living with m grandparents, who were getting on in years and were finally starting...
Mongoose, Panther And More: A Look At DeTomaso’s History From A Specialist
The DeTomaso Pantera is the most well-known example of the brand. How can you not appreciate a Pantera? Ford V8 mounted in the back to a ZF five-speed , the wedge-look that Italy was cranking out at...
Cop Motors, Cop Tires: This Australian Bluesmobile Tribute Gets Down!
Let’s not get into a discussion about the difference between a 1974 Dodge Monaco and a later 1970s Chrysler Valiant. The Valiant platform is the basis of the bones that make up an Australian...
NHRA Insider Podcast: The Gator Hunters! Coughlin, Matusek, and Alky Funny Car Champ Talk Shop!
This week’s edition of the NHRA Insider was fun to make! Having a chat with the likes of Jeg Coughlin, Steve Matusek, and alky funny car dominator Sean Bellemeur is always a good time,...
The “WTF?!” Files: Racing Combines Up The Côte de Holtz Hillclimb in Luxembourg
Ten years have passed since this this running of the Côte de Holtz hillclimb was filmed. Ten years ago, some dude with a radically-overbuilt Claas combine that he willfully named the “Green...
Watch The 1990 NHRA Gatornationals Right Here: Darryl Gwynn’s Final NHRA National Event Win – Delco’s Only!
The 1990 NHRA Gatornationals were an interesting race for reasons no one really knew at the time it was happening. The neat thing about looking back at these old races is that we have a 30 year...
Almost To Pretty To Run: This Guy Built His Own Billet Holden 202 Six Cylinder!
One car that has an infamous history in my past wasn’t my car…it was my mother’s. I first saw the 1975 Oldsmobile Omega two-door in 1991…everything from the windshield forward...
Project Townado: Time For A No Money Refresh Of The 351 Cleveland That’ll Bee Seeing A Little Boost!
When we say “no money refresh” we mean it as about the most expensive thing involved with this video are the head gaskets that go under the iron bricks atop the block of the 351 Cleveland...
Gravity Is Fun: A Trampoline For A Car Looks Absolutely Amazing!
Pity poor Wile E. Coyote. The upright, educated, motivated and hungry member of Hardheadipus oedipus, er…Canis latrans, Mr. Coyote learned seven ways from Sunday just how badly physics were...