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Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, ENGINES, Event Coverage, Videos

LS Fest 2018: Get An Earful Of The V12 LS! Could We Talk The Ferrari Guys Into Trying This Out?

After we posted up the piece on MCR Tuning’s twin-turbo LSX-swapped Ferrari 550 Maranello, several of you readers voiced up a question: why didn’t they go with one of the LS-based V-12...

Morning Symphony: The Screaming Supercharger Small Block Edition

A great-sounding, free-revving engine is a beautiful noise as it is. But adding a blower is like adding hot sauce to an already tasty burrito…it might not be absolutely necessary, but what was...

Video: Steve Morris Built This Blown Dart LS Engine For An Airboat – Watch To See What Makes It Different!

Engine builders are interesting guys. They all have their own approach to things and many of them have their specialties that people know them for. Steve Morris is known as a guy who builds...

Watch A 40+ Million Dollar Ferrari 250 GTO and A Brilliant E-Type Jag Battle On The Road Course

Now this is the type of thing that we could sit and watch for days on end. You are going to take a little trip back in time to 199 where Derek Bell was piloting a vintage Ferrari 250 GTO and was...

Retro Pro Mod Video: Watch The Pro Modified Action From The 2004 US Nationals – Loads Of Fun Action!

Last weekend at Indy the E3 Spark Plugs pro mod category provided some of the most incredible action of the entire event. There were upsets, there were notable non-qualifiers, and there were loads of...

Is This Old Dodge Truck About To Become An Expat? Check Out This Drag Week Purchase!

If you didn’t know, there are a fleet of Aussies in the United States gearing up for Drag Week. One of them is Mark Arblaster, better known as Arby, who will be running his Valiant known as...

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Morning Symphony: The Stick-Shift Class At Street Car Takeover Bowling Green

Come this weekend, the rolling hills around Bowling Green are going to be echoing with the sounds of all things GM as LS Fest East kicks off. For the next few days, there will be tons upon tons of...

The Upgrading Of The Mighty Car Mods’ Mitsubishi Continues With The First Fire And Turbocharger Fitting!

Maybe I’m digging the build of the Mighty Car Mods’ Mitsubishi Lancer more than I should. But why shouldn’t I? I love any project that takes a car nobody likes, puts genuine thought...

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Whipple + LS Engine = Big Numbers – This 1,082hp Screamer Makes Incredible Torque As Well

The US Nationals provided an interesting look at the role of the LS in traditional drag racing and perhaps not in the way that you think. Yes, the SAM Tech factory stock showdown was populated with...

Guts Video: This Film That Shows A Bridge Being Built In Burma During WWII Is Awesome

What does this have to do with cars? Not a whole lot outside of the random truck that is shown as part of the work but this is as BangShifty a video as I have ever found on the internet. Why? It is...

Just A Basic Car: This Opel Kadett A Is A Father-Son Bonding Experience In Blue!

Small, simple and basic was not in any American manufacturer’s lexicon in the early 1960s. Not even Rambler, who had built up a reputation of economical cars, could truly claim the small but...

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Al From The Skid Factory Walks You Through One Of His Past Builds, A 13B-RE Swapped Mazda RX-3!

Before RX-7, Mazda had the Savanna, which is better known by it’s international name, RX-3. A Grand Familia/808 with a rotary engine under the hood, the RX-3 was popular for many reasons. It...

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Off The Rocker: This Kawasaki KZ1000-Powered Lawn Mower Is Mental!

Let’s start off the explanation for what you are going to see here with a question: Can you picture what a Kawasaki KZ1000 police bike looks like? Built in a couple different forms over thirty...

LSD – Legal Street Drag Racing! Check Out The Footage From Enid, Oklahoma!

The question always kicks in: if there isn’t a track, where are people going to race? In places like the Los Angeles metro, the answer isn’t easy since politics, neighborhood issues,...