Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Mondo-Roto Video: More New Footage Of The 12 Rotor Engine On The Dyno – The Sound Is Good
Feb 27, 2014Brian Lohnes1
As we told you the other day, the 12 rotor engine made initial, low RPM dyno runs and survived so now the mill is back at home to be pulled apart, inspected, upgraded with EFI and prepared for its...
It Lives! The Crazed 12-Rotor Engine Makes Initial Runs On Dyno – We Have Video, Sheets, And Power Numbers!
Feb 25, 2014Brian Lohnes5
It was late January when we told you about Tyson Gavin’s wild 12 rotor engine that has the potential on paper to make multiple thousands of horsepower when fully sorted out. At that time, Tyson...
REVEALED: Chrysler New Yorker Electronic Voice Alert Guy Works for Speak and Spell!
Feb 25, 2014Craig Fitzgerald9
In a brilliant investigative piece the likes of which we have not seen since Woodward and Bernstein, YouTuber Spats Bear has determined that the guy who was the voice behind the Chrysler New Yorker...
Video: This Could Be The Coolest 1957 Chevy Pickup In America – Simplicity Rules
Feb 25, 2014Brian Lohnes13
The guys at Holley titled this video, “No Modern Amenities” taking a line that owner/builder Kelly Hawthorn uses while describing the truck. We’re freaking ga-ga over this truck....
Watch A Large Ferry Thread The Needle Between Two Ships And Get Run Aground On Purpose At A Wrecking Yard In Turkey
Feb 24, 2014Brian Lohnes28
If someone ever asked us if we could run a large vessel aground at full speed while navigating it between two other disabled ships, we’d just shrug it off and say, “Yeah, why?”...
Violence: Watch An AMA Supercross Rider T-Bone A Competitor On Purpose!
Feb 24, 2014Brian Lohnes8
Of all the wild stuff we have seen racers do to one another in the heat of the moment, this video of AMA Supercross rider Mike Alessi t-boning fellow competitor Broc Tickle on purpose at a recent is...
Historic Video: A Trans-Antarctic Voyage in Tucker Sno-Cat Trucks Circa 1955
Feb 22, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Man has always strived to create devices and machines to traverse all kinds of harsh environments. From dog sleds to huge “tundra trains” the frozen ice caps of planet Earth have always...
Carnage Video: Top Fuel Reverse Burnout and Guardrail Smash, OCIR, 1980
Feb 22, 2014Brian Lohnes6
Driving a Top Fuel Dragster is no easy feat. It wasn’t any easier back in the early 1980s as this video will show you. Filmed at the now defunct Orange County International Raceway in 1980,...
Video Fail Break: Why TV Reporters Don’t Drive Dump Trucks
Feb 22, 2014Brian Lohnes3
There are few things we love more than good television news bloopers. When over-zealous, smarmy reporters get a dose of their own medicine on camera, it is pure gold. In what could be the single...
Vintage Drag Video: Ohio’s Thompson Drag Raceway in the 1960s and 1970’s
Feb 22, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Thompson Raceway Park was once known as Thompson Drag Raceway and it ranks very high on our list of personal favorite tracks. The track has been up and running for decades and was one of the central...
Battle Of The Roadkill All Stars – Every Running Roadkill Project Gets Thrashed In New Episode
Feb 21, 2014Brian Lohnes11
The latest episode of Roadkill dropped today and it is a fun one that pits every running project car from the series against each other in an autocross format. When we say all the running projects...
A Sequel To The Awesome Stop Action Hot Wheels Car Chase Flick Has Surfaced! Nitro Warriors 2: Afterburner – This Rules!
Feb 21, 2014Brian Lohnes7
It was only a couple of days ago that we showed you “Nitro Warriors”, a fantastic stop-action short film that featured an epic car chase with Hot Wheels cars. Well, the sequel to that...
The Westinghouse Vertical Parking Machine Was A 1930s Marvel That We Wish Was Still Around Today (Video)
Feb 20, 2014Brian Lohnes7
While the name is pretty staid and unimpressive, the Westinghouse Vertical Parking Machine was a marvel in 1932 when it was installed and put into use at a parking lot in Chicago. With space for 48...
AMERICAN BADASS: Col. John Stapp Went 632 MPH in a Rocket Sled with an OPEN COCKPIT
Feb 20, 2014Craig Fitzgerald17
We’ve all seen footage of crash test dummies getting put through their paces to understand how crashes effect the human body. Through the years, auto manufacturers have employed everything from...





