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Category Archive: TECH, Videos

More Work On Mighty Car Mods’ RB-Swapped 240Z: The Multicultural Engine And The Turbocharger

The Nissan Fairlady Z that the Mighty Car Mods brought to Australia from Japan had a few things missing…the engine, transmission and brakes, to be specific. Those parts had to be replaced from...

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Low And Slow: Check Out Slow-Motion Footage Of A Box Truck Against A Low-Clearance Obstacle!

It isn’t everyday that Average Joe is driving a box truck. Usually, it’s moving day, or it’s that rare, once-every-few-years need for a cube van or similar vehicle type that puts...

Tailgate Party: The King Of The Tailgate Class From Bounty Hunters III At San Antonio!

Who digs a fast truck? We do around here! If it’s got a bed out back and it moves with a purpose, we are all paying attention. Late model, old school, street driven or one of the rattiest...

Nitrous, Weed And An Ass-Kicking Porsche: Take An Insight Into The Activities Of The Whittington Brothers

There is no such thing as cheap racing. Even in the realms of ChumpCar, LeMons and even King of the Heap, money has to change hands at some point in time. The question is how much money? For a...

Just Lie To Me: Take A Guess On What This Beat-Up Six Cylinder Mustang Will Crank Out On This Dyno Pull!

With the 323 cubic inch boat anchor of a Chrysler small-block long gone to the scrappers, the lowest-performing vehicle in the BangShift Mid-West stable is currently the Great Pumpkin, the 1980...

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455 Horsepower And 500 Ft/Lbs At The Wheels Of A Kia Stinger GT! Tork Motorsports Has Been Busy With Their Test Car!

The divide between you readers on the Kia Stinger is black and white. On one side, there’s plenty of you praising Kia for giving a sports-sedan a shot, are impressed with the power figures, and...

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Spin-Cycle: Hoonigan’s Caster-Kart Volvo Is Done! Would You Have The Guts To Ride In It?

It’s a known fact: Take a front-wheel-drive car, leave the powertrain intact and hack everything behind the front seats off and you technically still have a useable car. You’ll have to...

Nitro Video: The First Ever Nitro Outlaw Drag Racing Association Race – Big Show Cars, More Reasonable Budget

Here’s some neat stuff to watch during a mid-week racing lull. What you are about to see is the first race of the new Outlaw Nitro Drag Racing Association which happened at few weeks back in...

The Falcon That Never Flew Here: Take A Closer Look At The Ford Falcon XR6, Ford Australia’s Multi-Role Sedan

We were right to mourn the loss of Australian automotive manufacturing. Yeah, there were the utes and the properly powerful sedans that we don’t get until they are a few years past drinking...

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Jay Leno Gets To Drive A Real-Deal K.I.T.T. Pontiac! Doesn’t Look Bad For A Former Display Car, Does It?

You might have to be a certain age to appreciate certain vehicles, even more so for custom Hollywood creations. I’m the wrong person to ask…I can find something to appreciate in...

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Morning Symphony: The LUV Truck. Not A LUV Truck, THE LUV Truck!

Ever meet a car so wicked that you compare every other example to it? That’s the case with the machine you’ll get to hear in this video, the LUV truck. We are no stranger to this silver...

Hoonigan Is Visited By A Drift-Build S13 And The Most Violent Cobra We Know. Period.

I’m going to be one-sided on a video about two different cars today. Pablo Cabrera’s Nissan S13 is a monster in it’s own right, but it’s a built pro drift...

SUV-Hack: The Street Machine Guys Carve Up A Ford Territory In The Name Of Less Weight. Try To Not Cry, Please.

Some of the most inflammatory reactions I’ve ever seen in any kind of auto media involve what are best termed -HACK builds. Made famous by the original, the “Caddyhack” article from...

Flying Bricks: Enjoy Tons Of Volvo Rally Footage From Sweden!

The first car I ever did my own burnout in was a 1975 Volvo 242DL. Mustard yellow, dead-nuts stock automatic, in a grass field…I was taught how to do a power brake burnout and when the Volvo...