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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos

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...

MORE: ENGINES, Videos

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...

MORE: TECH, Videos

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...

Video: Fellow Racer Saves Dirt Track Driver From Fiery Crash

Wow, if this one doesn’t get your heart beating, you must already be dead. Thanks to great video from C2videos.com we are all able to watch this whole scary incident unfold. During what looks...

Video: Darrell Waltrip losing his lunch in an Australian V8 Supercar

We like the Waltrips, and Darrell has always been entertaining, but this video might be some of his best yet. While in Australia for the Bathurst 1000, Waltrip went out for a ride in one of the...

Video: Golf Carts rule! Big power, burnouts, and wheelstands.

Racers have been using golf carts as pit vehicles for years, but more and more of them are showing up on the street, the dunes, the racetrack, etc. We’re sure that EZGO and Club Car are...

Chadmouth: 100MPH Couch? I’m not impressed. We could do better.

When we first heard about a speed record for a couch that was hit by a group of guys in Australia, we were intrigued. Once we saw the couch in question, we were not impressed. In fact so much so that...

Drag Video: The Lingenfelter Flat Plane Turbo Camaro Goes 8.71-162mph!

We’ve showed you the Lingenfelter flat plane crank engine on the dyno naturally aspirated, making about 700hp. We then showed it to you on the dyno with a turbo making over 1,000hp. As the guys...

Diesel Power Video: A 15-second Quarter Mile Kenworth Dump Truck

Talk about a sleeper! This video shows a nice looking Kenworth T800 dump truck hauling ass down the quarter mile at New England Dragway in Epping, NH during their yearly Truck Nationals event....

Drag Video: The World’s Fastest Couch Takes on a Holden SS Ute

The world’s fastest couch was recently clocked at a crazy 101mph. Seriously. Naturally, when one owns a 100mph couch, the next logical thing to do with it is to drag race a hot car. In this...

Wednesday Wheelie Video: A Pump Gas Camaro on the Bumper!

We’re fascinated with huge wheelstands and we’re guessing you are too. Hell, there are whole events designated just to the glorification of cars defying gravity for as long as possible....