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Category Archive: ENGINES, FORD, Videos

The Skid Factory: The Toyota-Swapped Ford Fairlane Is Up, Running, And Blowing The Tires Off (As Well As The Tailshaft…)

If you missed our initial introduction to the YouTube series called The Skid Factory, let us bring you up to speed: it’s a Mighty Car Mods spin-off that skips out on the Japanese cars and the...

Morning Symphony: This Basic-Looking Subaru Impreza Revs Like A Sport Bike!

The Subaru EJ series engine is a potent little four-pot. Anybody who has ever toyed with a worked up WRX or STI knows this. The engines can make great power but they do not make great noise. Even the...

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Ripping Gears In Georgia: The Street Nite Stick Shift Class At The Last Event Of The Year

This late in the season, you’d think that guys would have their racecars down for repairs, freshening up or would at least be so busy with the holiday season that they wouldn’t be focused...

A Brit In Baja: Watch As Carfection Gets A Trial Run At Baja – Just A Taste Of The Off-Road Masterpiece!

The British and Mexico haven’t had the best of relationships. There have been trade disagreements, expropriation of properties, and of course that one time that Richard Hammond from TopGear...

Oddly Satisfying: This Ford Aerostar Romps Through The Tough Truck Course!

Eight years ago, in the guise of helping out a friend (and doing something with the most questionable gift I’ve ever been given), I started to work on a theft-recovery 1990 Ford Aerostar that I...

The After-Party: Rockbouncers and Side-By-Sides Go Play On The Hills In Tennessee!

The racers that run the Southern Rock Racing Series are an interesting bunch. They spend all year taking their monster tube frame buggies, modified RZRs and every now and then, a secondhand Power...

Tesla vs. Land Cruiser Tug Of War: Who Wins, Toyota’s Tank Or Elon’s Wonder Wagon?

The battle of the SUV heavyweights goes on and on, it seems, but here in Norway, a battle between the old way of thinking and the newest available option is about to meet up head-to-head to see who...

1320Video’s Top Ten Ridiculous Cars Of The Year…Out Of Everything They Saw This Year, Here’s The Most Bonkers!

Kyle and the gang at 1320Video keep a hell of a schedule during a given year. If there is something going on with fast cars, they are there in force with cameras. Sanctioned race, grudge race, shows,...

Happiness Is A Wicked Chevy LUV Truck! Watch This Little Beast Scoot!

The Chevy LUV pickup truck…if there was ever an endangered species of pickup, this one’s on the list. A rebadged Isuzu Faster, the LUV, along with the Ford Courier and imports from Datsun...

The Flaming Send-Off: This Firebird Roasts The Tires At Shakespeare County!

The name “Firebird” might have been swiped from a line of GM concept vehicles at the last minute for Pontiac’s F-body pony car, but the imagery of a mythic bird in full immolation,...

When Changing The Engine In Your Odyssey, Keep Your Honda All Honda! (Don’t Mind The Pull-Starter…)

I’m not the most adherent to the idea of brand loyalty here. In some cases, it makes sense…you aren’t going to stick a Ford 351 into a Plymouth ‘Cuda and you aren’t...

Fast Times And Tough Luck: The Haltech World Cup Finals Event At Maryland International!

Domestic versus import…you could be talking beer, food or cars, this will always stir up the pot. What is better? Do you cling tightly to the V8 roar and nitrous by the bottleful, or can you...

Battle Of The Diesel Freaks: Watch The Pro Mod Class From Diesel Thunder At Gulfport Dragway

When people think of diesel drag racing they mostly picture pickup trucks hammering down tracks with soot clouds looming large above them. Well as diesel performance pervades more and more of the...

Remember When NASCAR Driver Jimmie Johnson Raced Grand National Sport Trucks? Here’s His First Victory At Las Vegas!

He’s tied with The King and Dale, Sr. for the most championships. He’s the only driver to win five consecutive championships in a row. He’s got a win streak in NASCAR that reads...