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If At First You Don’t Succeed Hammer Down Again: Ride Along In This Rock Bouncer And Claw Your Way To The Top!

Alex Sanders is the driver here and we’re all riding shotgun in his rig known as Ribcage. If you cannot figured out why it carries that name you’ve got some bigger problems in your life....

The Tiny Details: The Skid Factory Sort Out The 20-Valve Head In Their MR2 Project!

For nine years, I carried the title of “Armament, Avionic and Electrical Technician”. Sounds pretty badass, right? Here’s how in-depth it truly was: I made sure that a Browning M2...

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Classic YouTube: Leonard Vahsholtz’s Pikes Peak Dominance In 1993

Leonard Vahsholtz’s name is part of Pikes Peak hillclimb lore. For 32 years, he was in competition, with 142 hillclimbs, 100 wins, and a record that, thanks to a rule change, may never be...

The Fish That Ate The Whale: Here’s How Pro275 Put On A Game Changing Show At The Covid-8 In Orlando

A few days ago we told you how awesome the Pro275 category performed at the DXP Productions Covid-8 event in Florida. I was there to see it with my own two eyes and it was as good as the internet has...

Hemi Starion, Part Two: Making A Hole For The New Engine To Sit In!

One of the problems with cramming a large engine into a car that never came with one is that you have to re-engineer the whole car to make it fit. Think back to all of those rear-drive swapped...

Listen Up: Honest Abe Was A Gearhead: How Abraham Lincoln Became The Only President With A Patent and More!

Yes, Abraham Lincoln was a gearhead. The man who many still hold as the greatest President in the history of the United States is the only President to hold a patent and his legal work helped to lay...

Real Power Video: Intake and Exhaust Upgrades On A V6 Jeep – What’s It Worth At The Wheels?

Normally when we’re talking about a video from the Horsepower Monster channel on YouTube it’s all about an engine build, a dyno test, or other stuff of that nature. Well, this one dies...

Built For Comfort And Speed: GHPC’s 1000cc AWD Kart Gets Electric Power Steering!

I know I put a ton of Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s videos up. It’s because every single time they do something, I’m impressed with the craftsmanship that they put into it, the...

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The Ultimate Mentoring Program: Helping Kids, One LS Swapped Toyota Corolla At A Time!

How does a little Toyota Corolla hatchback, a ton of Holden Commodore parts, an LS engine that certainly didn’t come from the factory, and a youth mentorship program combine into a package that...

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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...

Classic YouTube: Putting The Big Hurt On ‘Em With A Big-Cube Olds-Powered Delta Ninety-Eight!

ProLuxury: the idea that just because it’s a pillow barge from the height of the Brougham era, that it doesn’t mean it can’t haul major ass and behave like a muscle car. It’s...

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...

Which Works Better For A Small-Block Chevy, The Carburetor Or The TPI System?

You can spot it a mile away, the TPI setup. One square brick with a throttle body at the end, with long runners leading down into the manifold base. If you were into late-model power in the 1980s and...

Like Butter: Tearing Through A Fire Hydrant With A 60,000 PSI Waterjet

Ah, the fire hydrant. Coated in multiple layers of peeling paint, visited by all the dogs in the neighborhood, cracked open when copious amounts of water is needed, they are icons of steadfast...

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