Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Pyro Video: A Nine Second Diesel Truck Melts A Turbo and the Driver Never Lifts!
The incredible power that guys wrench out of modern turbo diesel truck engines presses every part of the motor to the limit. Pushing big six and seven thousand pound trucks down the strip in single...
Video: Big SEMA News: MSD Releases Atomic EFI – Self Tuning System Requires No Lap Top
We told you about a week ago that MSD was going to expand the scope of their business far beyond the bounds of ignition systems and here’s the first bombshell and it is Atomic, literally! MSD...
Carnage Video: A Huge Mud Truck Fails Badly at a Hill and Hole Event
While we’ve never attended a “hill and hole” mud race, we’ve watched endless videos of them and revel in the mechanically diabolical competition. If you have never heard of...
The Parting Shift: Doing the Eighth Mile Boogie in a Gear Jamming 1978 Malibu
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with the Parting Shift. This week we take you to the lush greenery of Boiling Springs, PA and Quarter Aces Drag-o-Way. This is a...
Drag Video: A Day in the Life of Carl Tasca and his Cobra Jet(s)
In a scant few days we will be bringing your the low down on the Camaro drag package car from SEMA. That car will provide the first real competition for the Ford Mustang Cobra Jets that have been...
Mud Slingin’ Video: Bad Ass Mud Bog Action From 1987
The mud boggin’ scene in the 1980s was pretty wild. Horsepower was becoming easier and easier to find, trucks were getting larger, faster, and more capable and the Budweiser bowtie logo was...
Great Video: A 20-Minute Drag Week Retrospective from Hot Rod
This is the 2011 Drag Week video that tops them all. Put together by the guys over at Hot Rod it is a near 20-minute recap of the week, narrated by our old pal Freiburger. The video has some great...
Wild Video: A Monster Lane Changing Wheelstand From a Small Tire Mustang
Now this is some wheels up action! This Mustang dead hooks at the hit of the throttle and it is full sky, full time from there on out. The guy driving this car has some serious stones because he...
El Boom Video: Test and Tune Night in Vegas Goes Very Wrong For a Mustang Owner
The interesting thing about nitrous explosions is that their severity doesn’t necessarily line up with the seriousness of the machine involved. Basically, the street car guy is just as likely...
Crazed Video: Tasca Mustang Cobra Jet Goes 8.06 -170 in Testing
Carl Tasca and his lead wrench Ralph Porier have done it again and this video proves it. Last Wednesday, Tasca jammed the shifted through all the gears in a near picture perfect lap at New England...
Video: Vans doing Burnouts!
Vans are cool, and so are burnouts, so when we found a video of a little Chevy powered van doing insane things in Australia, we got lost on youtube. Turns out there are lots of cool van related...
Video: MSD’s Todd Ryden Explains Rotor Phasing and Distributor Differences
Pro Billet? Ready to Run? What the hell MSD Distributor do I need, and what are the differences? MSD’s Todd Ryden explains the difference and helps you decide which one is right for you. Want...
Video: Ridetech Step By Step Mustang II and 4-Link Install
Wanna know how to install all new suspension on your hot rod? Well then, you are in luck. The guys at Ridetech have two new videos out that show you step by step how to install a Mustang II front...
Video: Rocky’s Evil Twin Dragster Makes Debut at Eagle Field Drags
Rocky Phillips is the guy behind the Eagle Field Drags in Central California, where old school rods and race cars run down the Eagle Field runway flag start style with tire smoke for the first 1/8th...