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Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos

Rollin’ Hard: This Street-Driven Holden Commodore Belted Out Nearly 2,500 Horsepower On The Dyno!

Throwing a Doorslammer and a RvW-style car on a dyno and getting big numbers is awesome, but it’s kind of par for the course. You’d expect something running a Hemi on alcohol to produce a...

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Kid-Friendly Burnout Machine: This Vintage Go Kart Can One-Wheel Peel Like A Mother!

Growing up, I had visions of what I expected out of a go-kart, much of which was based on what I saw police cars do in movies and on television. We’re talking dust clouds while hauling ass, the...

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Aeromotive Phantom Trifekta Video: If You Need To Feed Big Horsepower THIS Is The Way To Handle It!

It is an incredible age that we live in. Why? Not so much for the sheer power that people can make with their hot rods these days because people have always been pushing that boundary but it is the...

Let The Dyno Decide: A Turbocharged Versus Blown Big-Power Battle At Summernats 32!

It’s the great automotive lie detector test. You can claim all the numbers you like, you can throw out any race challenge you want, but if you really want to be the one to lay their big brass...

Flaming Craziness Video: The NHRA 2018 Wild Rides Compilation Is Non-Stop Nuts

It is that time of the year again. Time for the talented folk at the NHRA’s video department to put together the Wild Rides compilation video for the season that was. Let’s just say that...

Historic Video: This Look At The 1962 Nassau Speed Week Will Have You Itching For A Time Machine

Now this is the type of thing we really love around here. Nassau Speed Weeks was one of the coolest road racing events on planet Earth for about a decade through the 1950s and into the 1960s. We have...

Big, Beautiful And Broken: Finnegan’s Bought A Monster Square-Body Box Truck!

At what point does an automotive fixation become worthy of an intervention? Because we’re starting to wonder about our buddy Finnegan. We don’t have any issue with the original Ramp...

Scaled Land Speed Attempt: How Fast Can A Bugatti Made From Legos Go?

Ever since the arrival of the Veyron, Bugatti has been one of, if not the top-tier point of automotive land speed, factory-direct. Utilizing quad-turbocharged W-16 engines and all-wheel-drive, the...

Here’s Another Killer Action Video From The Gang At Monster Energy: High Flying Action!

There is no doubt that Monster Energy puts out some of the coolest promo and action videos. Crazy stunts, high flying action, dirt, gasoline, and more are always the features of them and that’s...

RFID Door Locks For Your Hot Rod? This Project Is Kinda Cool

This dude certainly didn’t take the easy way out in putting something extra special and cool in his 1976 Mazda RX-5, but the result is something pretty neat that you aren’t going to see...

V8 Supercar Randomness: Check Out This Collection Of Odd Moments From Australia’s Halo Motorsport!

Cars arrive, cars tech in, drivers qualify. Pre-race festivities go on, cars line up, cars race, somebody wins, cars get packed up and move on to the next stop in the series. That pattern goes for...

Another One Bit The Dust: The Autopsy Of Project Neighbor’s Built Mill!

Cleetus isn’t having a good run lately. He wounded Leroy the Savage’s engine. He absolutely nuked the turbocharged truck motor in the Auction Mistake C6 Corvette. And then there’s...

Making It Official Once Again: The World Record Australian Burnout At Summernats

Aussies and burnouts just go together. We can’t explain why the whole continent down there gets so psyched over roasting tires…we get it, doing a burnout is a freaking blast…but...

How To Build Your Own Carbon Fiber Flares! Wide Body All You Want.

The whole process of flaring a car can be pretty intimidating, but when done right it is not only good looking but also a great way to stuff more tire under your handling machine. Steel, fiberglass,...