Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Dyno Video: Watch An Old School Caddy 331ci V8 Topped With a 4-71 Blower Churn Out Noise and Horsepower!
Cadillac’s 331 ci overhead valve V8 was introduced in 1949 and it was a fantastic engine for the time. Along with the 303ci Oldsmobile engine released the same year, they really paved the way...
Driving A Slow Car Fast: Hop In For A Honda Civic Hell Ride In Poland!
The entire time that Piotr Wiecek and “Danger Dan” from Hoonigan are moving in this Euro-market Honda Civic, the laughter doesn’t stop. Not one second. Why is that? Let’s look...
Comedy Revival: Rescuing Two Ford Trucks From The Alberta Woods After A Long Slumber
“I’ll get to it one day, kid, now f**k off.” That line was spat at me by the owner of a 1971 Plymouth Satellite that I tried like hell to buy in 1999. The car wasn’t in bad...
Muddy Mower Fun! Who Says You Can’t Go Bogging On A Riding Mower?
Fall has barely set in at BangShift Mid-West, but you wouldn’t know it by stepping outside. Almost overnight, temperatures in the 90s and bright sun have been displaced with much cooler...
You Won’t Believe All The Cool Stuff The Barn Find Hunter Found At This Place
Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter is a pretty cool show that we often find ourselves wanting to be on. After all, what car guy wouldn’t want access to some of these amazing spots with such...
The Ultimate Pucker Moment: The Eckmann/Harnagel Mid-Air Incident At The Reno Air Races
The Reno Air Races have a legacy, and it’s not quite tied to the unbelievable speed in which pilots do their best to whip planes around a course. No, the legacy has more to do with safety...
It’s Not Just The Cage: How Seam Welding A Unibody Car Can Significantly Strengthen The Entire Chassis
Modern road race, rally, and drag race cars, that are based on any new unibody chassis will see significant torsional strength improvements by seam welding them. After all, all newer cars are built...
Cardboard Template Metal Fabrication Just Got Easier And Cheaper! Ramboard To The Rescue!
(We used screen captures from Project Binky videos to show their use of cardboard aided drafting as examples.) Car builders often joke about using CAD, Cardboard Aided Design, to build hot rods,...
Classic YouTube: Buick’s Identity Crisis Of About 1989 – RWD Reatta And Regal, Turbo Six Electra Wagon?
Another day of my sickness over Buick Reattas has led me to this gem from MotorWeek, one that showcased just how much of an identity crisis that Buick was having with itself. Buick, much like Mercury...
Drive Angry: Competitive Racing From The Land Of Touring Cars!
If you were to compare racing to fighting styles, drag racing is like a one-on-one boxing match. Two fighters enter, one leaves, and generally, you know how it’s going to work out. The NHRA is...
LIVE Half Mile Racing From New Orleans: 200 MPH Street Cars?
The number of half mile and mile land speed races going on around the country just keeps growing. But seeing this kind of racing live usually requires you to actually go to one of the races in...
The Grimy Climb: Racing For The Cash On A Muddy Hill In Tennessee
The dry gravel and sand that I encountered at Gravelrama earlier this year might have been tricky to handle, but a hill composed of slimy thin mud, chunky, dusty earth underneath the slime, tree...
Classic YouTube: The Lap 148 Battle During The 2007 Bathurst Race Was One For The Books!
Rain falling on the track in certain areas, many cars on slicks, and everybody wanting to drive the front splitter square up the rear bumper of the guy in front of ’em. It’s Australian...
