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The Hellephant Finalls Roars: Check Out This Hellephant Swapped Demon On The Chassis Dyno – Massive Horsepower!

Mopar lied. They said that the $29,995 Hellephant engine that was revealed at SEMA in 2018 would make 1,000hp and nearly equivalent torque. It took forever to get these engines into the hands of the...

Tool Time With Stevie Fast: He Proves The Old Adage That If They Can’t Find You Handsome, Let Them Find You Handy

You know Stevie Fast as a racer but how about as a guy around the shop. Can he do anything? Is he just a person that hangs onto the steering wheel and lets go of the button? The answer is that yes he...

Watch This Nasty 1964 Pontiac Tempest Make 728hp and 661lb-ft of Torque To The Wheels With Pontiac Power!

If you are a Pontiac fan and you follow events like Drag Week or event stuff like the famed Lights Out drag racing in Georgia, you have likely seen the 1964 Pontiac Tempest of Dave Hoover. The car is...

Trick Flow Does Mopar: Watch This Pair Of CNC Ported 240cc Port Big Block Chrysler Wedge Heads Get Bolted On

It was not that long ago that Trick Flow came into the market with their big block Chrysler heads and people were super happy about it. The company with its long track record of high quality...

Insane: In Cockpit Video Of A Top Fuel Hydroplane Totally Submerging Itself At Full Throttle!

This is one of the most insane videos we have ever posted. The film was taken at a Lucas Oil Drag Boat event and it featured Top Fuel Hydroplane racer  Jarret Siilvey and his 8,000hp boat becoming a...

V-12 Fun: Ride Along In An Awesome Jaguar XJR-5 Road Racer At Daytona, This Thing Hauls!

Now this rules. Back when I was a kid on the living room carpet, IMSA road racing was shown with some regularity on television and I remember watching the wild GTP category with great interest. These...

Screw Tarmac: This Holden Commodore SS Rips Up A Rally Stage

If you have never taken a powerful car and threw it around on dirt, you ain’t living right. You’re basically telling me that every 1970s movie, The Dukes of Hazzard, and every other bit...

Watch This 434ci Small Block Make 1,440hp With Twin Turbos – New Zealand Hot Rodding, Baby!

We’ll save the jokes about the turbochargers spinning in the opposite direction for another day because this little small block is a meanie! Build in New Zealand and packing a set of...

Retro-Review Fun: This 1994 Look At The Then Current Acura NSX Is A Reminder Of How Strange These Cars Were

I remember being a kid when the Acura NSX came out. I remember reading the magazine stories, seeing the stuff on the various car related TV shows, I watched, and talking about it with my fellow car...

QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating

You all know that we’re freaks for racing history around here, but how far back does it go? I have recently become obsessed with grand prix racing in the 1920s and 1930s leading up to WWII and...

Drag Racing Down South, Way Down South: Check Out This Action From Argentina! Slingshots, Crazy Four Bangers, and More!

Buenos Aires is the capitol city of Argentina and it is home to a quarter mile drag strip. We think the place is called Picadas Galvez and it’s where the video below was shot. This video...

Brutally Cool: This Classic Toyota Corolla Is Packing A Turbocharged Nissan RB Engine And It Is Awesome

There’s always something cool when you find out a car is built by a young guy. Such is the case with this beastly Toyota Corolla in Australia. The car was a four year project for its owner and...

Stealing The Show In Orlando: Watch The Quickest Side By Side Pro275 Pass Ever And Mark Micke’s Record Shattering 3.82 Run!

There are certain times in drag racing where you can actually pinpoint the moment where a class or category put itself onto the map for good. That moment for the Pro275 class happened last weekend at...

Dyno Video: Watch An Original Tucker Make Dyno Pulls – Horsepower and Torque Revealed

We don’t need to recount the story of Preston Tucker and his forward thinking car which was the talk of the late 1940s. The company produced a few dozen models before financially foundering and...