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Category Archive: TECH, Videos

Go-Go-Gadget Bad Ass Golf Cart! Hoonigan Builds A Romping Bag Hauler!

I’m guilty of killing at least three golf carts so far in life. One got swamped when the puddle that it was being driven through proved to be about three feet deep at it’s worst at top...

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The Mighty Car Mods RB-swapped Z-Car Is Alive! Check Out The Final Additions Here!

We’ve been watching the work that Mighty Car Mods have been putting into an imported-from-Japan Nissan Fairlady Z (Datsun 240Z to the Americans) and we’ve been impressed with the overall...

Ow, My Spine: Watch These XJ Jeeps Go For Height In The Woods!

AMC might be most fondly remembered for the AMX, but credit really needs to be given to the XJ Cherokee. Conceived as one of American Motors’ last major projects before being purchased by...

Morning Symphony: A Giant Mix From The Ultimate Burnout Challenge In Perth!

Ten straight hours of Australian burnouts. Someone at Greenpeace must’ve been downing their meds like candy, and once they see that someone named McTaggart posted up a video celebrating the...

Ride On Board Various Cars At The Monaco Historic Grand Prix – THIS Is Cool!

Going vintage sports car racing is not really a budget proposition. Compared to say, running a modern F1 team it is cheap but when you factor in the cost of the car, the cost of a crew, all the...

Morning Symphony: A Safe, Secure And Violent Volvo

When the Volvo 740-series wagon was being sold, Volvo was keen to tout just how badass their station wagon really was. They had a picture of a Lamborghini Countach towing a trailer. They suggested it...

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Going For Broken: Mega Trucks Taking Flight At The Spring Sling!

The bigger, the louder, the brasher, the better. Mega trucks rock simply because they are the truly demented spawns of the off-road world. They aren’t the truly overkill monster trucks, and...

Morning Symphony: A Classic Ford That Can Go Nuclear At Will Is Tear-Inducing

I’ve said it numerous times: cars older than about 1955 tend to drop off of my radar. It’s not that I don’t understand their historical significance or the styling trends that each...

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Oooh, Pretty Clouds: Watch At Michele Kato’s Licensing Run Turns Into The Big Show At Throwdown in T-Town!

From the second the RPMs came up, so did the nose of the SN-95 Mustang in the left lane. Up, up, and dragging it’s ass end while carrying down the track like this was normal, and then with a...

Blow Over Video! Watch A/Fuel Racer Steve Collier Suffer The First Blow Over In 11 Years At An NHRA National Event

There were certain truths I held to be self evident when I started traveling on the NHRA Mello Yello national event tour. One of them was that I would never see a blow over when I was calling a race....

Edelbrock Tech Video: Here’s How To Adjust The Pushrod Guide Plates On A Small Block Chevy Head

Knowledge is power, right? Hell knowledge when it comes to engines, makes power so that means we should all try to be as smart about this junk as possible In this case we’re talking about the...

Morning Symphony: The BMW M8 GTE Race Car In Testing At Monza

Call me strange if you must, but whenever a manufacturer shows off the racing version before the street car, things don’t seem to bode well for that model. Case in point: the 1995 Dodge...

Welding Thick Material To Thin Material Doesn’t Have To Be That Hard

The other day my son Cole asked me how you weld thick material to thin material. Of course the question was quite a bit wordier than that, and because I was welding something I didn’t want to...

Check Out How Hot Wheels Have Changed Over The Last 50 Years In This Video!

“A man’s most expensive hobby starts with 97 cents.” Can you relate with that? I damn sure can! My first Hot Wheel, a silver 1983 Corvette with the red gut and the faked suitcase...