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Category Archive: MOPAR, RACING & ACTION, TRUCKS, Videos

Flyin’ Brick: Watch This Jeep SRT-8 Show Supercars How It’s Done In The Half-Mile!

The only thing I wanted to see more than this Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT-8 punching through the air at 180 miles an hour was to have a microphone hidden inside of the Porsche 918 that was trailing along...

Unhinged: Listen To Ferrari Genius John Pogson Explain His Love Of An Unloved Ferrari

Every car ever built has had a fan. It doesn’t matter if it’s the opulent coach built monster of the 1920’s that is the coveted item for any and every collector or it’s the...

Roadkill! The Guys Celebrate The 50th Episode With Another Comparison: Every (running) Roadkill Car Against A Kia!

It’s amazing how far these two have come. From the first episode, where they road-tripped a Pontiac land yacht to picking up one of my favorite online finds of all time and confusing it with an...

Historical Footage: Check Out This Compilation Of Wrecks From The International Race Of Champions!

All things being equal, IROC racing seemed to be a coming together of the best: invite top-tier drivers, stick them in identical cars that were only different in color, cut them loose on a track, and...

The Mighty Car Mods’ $3,000 Turbo Car Challenge! Which Wins, The Overboosted Saab Or The Fast and Furious Lancer?

First things first: do not take Marty, Moog or the cars seriously. Nobody is going to take a Saab 9000 or the car we know better in the States as a Mitsubishi Mirage seriously, and nobody is going to...

Not Every Aussie Hot Rod Has A Blower! Check Out This Sleepy Holden Commodore Ute!

Well, there goes the Outback. The 1320Video gang have taken the long plane ride around the back of the planet to Australia and have been checking out the offerings that we here in the states tend to...

“R” Is For “Race”, Right? Watch As This Mustang Tries To Launch In Reverse On The Street!

It’s fine to be nervous just before the launch of a race. In fact, that’s probably a good sign…you should be making sure that everything is in order before you drill the loud pedal...

Which Loses More Power: A Three-Inch Exhaust Or A 2.5 Inch Exhaust? Engine Masters Tests Out The Backpressure Theory On A Chevrolet 454!

Here’s a fun question that you can use to fire up just about any message board: what does a high-horsepower engine like better: a 3″ exhaust to breath better with, or a 2.5″ exhaust...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

Jay Leno Gets To Shake Down The Predecessor To The 440 Dodge Police Car, The 1961 California Highway Patrol Polara!

Ask a car guy which cop car of all time was the best, and the chances are solid that you’ll hear about one of the late 1960s-early 1970s Dodge or Plymouth Pursuit package cars equipped with the...

Cool Metal Fabrication Video: A Master Blacksmith Makes Real Wolverine Claws And Then Mangles Stuff With Them

As you might have surmised from the title, this post has absolutely nothing to do with cars, but it has everything to do with awesome fabrication and metalworking skills and those are things that...

MORE: MISC, Videos

Destruction Video: Lots of Cars Crashing Through Lots of Buildings

We were thinking about this blog item where a car drove through a bakery, and decided to scan YouTube for some other car-goes-shopping videos. It’s incredible how much of this stuff is out...

Burnout Fix: Footage From The Race 4 Real Event At Sydney Dragway

Race fuel, fried rubber, heated metal and the sound of an engine at full song…it’s what dreams are made of. How do you get your fix? Do you like the slow and methodical methods, such as...

Morning Symphony: A 500+ Horse Camaro SS Blasting Through The Canyons

It’s my “love it and hate it” car, one I’ve almost pulled the trigger on twice. The 1996-2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS was my teenage lust, the new car I wanted badly, and could...

MORE: CHEVY, Videos

How Well Can A New Truck Handle The Weight Of A Slide-In Camper? Check Out How Ford Tests The 2017 Super Duty’s Roll Stability Control System!

You often hear how a manufacturer runs their new, upcoming vehicle through batteries of tests before the first vehicle is ever sold to the public or even lent out to the press. What you don’t...

MORE: FORD, TECH, Videos