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Category Archive: MISC, Videos

Cool Shop Tour Video: Be Cool Radiators

There have been some very serious advancements made in high performance cooling systems over the  last 15 years and many of them can be traced back to the people at Be Cool Incorporated located...

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Shocking Video: World’s Quickest Electric Bike Goes 7.46/177 With Larry McBride Riding!

We generally hate electric powered vehicles. The whole internal combustion deal is kind of close to our hearts. That being said, this drag bike, which looks all the world like a Nitro Harley from...

Near Death Fail Video: How Not to Pull Down A Tree

Pulling junk with a truck or tractor is cool as hell. We fondly remember our dad yanking bushes and stuff right out of the ground back in the day. Now that Goliath has his sea legs under him,...

Video Bonanza: Baldwin-Motion Machinery in Action!

As we eluded to in the previous story about the Baldwin-Motion Phase III GT Corvette, the stuff that rolled out of Joel Rosen’s Motion Performance shop was simply beyond compare in the late...

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Cool Video: 1980’s Sand Drag Action Complete With an Awesome Blower Explosion

Back in the 1980’s TNN was the place to be for awesome gearhead television programming. We say that because of the great lineup of shows that they had on Sunday mornings. American Sports...

Physics Wins Again Video: How Not to Mud Bog Your ATV

Riding four-wheelers can be loads of fun. Bombing around in the woods, doing some mud bogging, making some high speed runs down fire roads and under high tension wires, a jolly good time. As fun as...

You’re Doing It Wrong Video: How Not To Fire Up a Refurbished Turbine

We’re not qualified to comment on the proper way to start a refurbished turbine engine hanging off the wing of a Boeing 737, but we do know wrong when we see it. For instance, it is wrong to...

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Wet Wreckage Video: How to Destroy an Off Shore Racing Boat and Laugh It Off

Motorized boat racing on nearly every level is insane. Hurtling across a constantly variable surface with as little of the actual vessel touching the water as possible can lead to some humongous...

Wreckage Video: Early 1980’s Demo Footage From Deep in the Heart of New Jersey

We’re so confused about this video. On the one hand, there is the brilliant unintentional comedy provided by a cast of characters participating in this demo derby. Then there’s the...

Low Power Dyno Video: A Y-Block Ford on the Pump

Normally we bring you dyno videos of motors revving to the moon, motors making huge power, and motors that we could only dream of owning. This one is totally different! The owner of the engine said...

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Wreckage Video: A Stolen Truck Plows Through Traffic

Imagine yourself as the driver of the truck in this video. He’s a car thief who made off with the big truck only to drive into heavy traffic and total gridlock. Rather than seek an alternate...

Video of Larry Larson’s Record Breaking 6-second Pass on Drag Week

We aren’t going to mess around teasing you or anything. This is killer video from our boys at 1320video.com who put together great moments from Larry Larson’s Winning Week at Hot Rod...

Vintage Road Test Video: The 1971 Javelin SST

More and more footage from the vintage “Car and Track” TV show seems to be finding its way onto the internet every week. This time we’re showing you road test footage from an...

The Parting Shift: Bangin’ A Converted Six-Speed Dakota R/T

The Dodge Dakota R/T was a neat little truck that never quite eeked itself into legit “muscle” territory. They were decently quick, but not the blazing hot rod truck that many expected...

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