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CHEAP 8.1L CAM TEST-HOW TO ADD 30 HP AND 30 LB-FT FOR TOWING. 8.1L DART CARB INTAKE VS EFI-WHO WINS?

I love me some 8.1 horsepower, and in the video below our friend Richard Holdener is back at Westech Performance doing some cam testing on his dyno mule 8.1. He also does some testing with a carb vs...

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Slicks: The Sticky History of the World’s Fastest Racing Tires – There’s Way More To Them Than You Might Think

For some reason, people often underestimate the technology that goes into drag racing parts. I think it is because they think that going in a straight line is so simple. Of course these are the same...

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American Car Culture in Japan is AMAZING! You’d Never Guess That The Japanese Would Be This Ate Up With Old American Cars!

In the mid to late 1990’s there were a bunch of custom mini trucks and fullsizes that got bought at truck shows all over and then sent overseas to Japan. I had a friend who got an offer on his...

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Freiburger Is ROAD TRIPPING HIS STOCK 1929 MODEL A with Derek from Vice Grip Garage After They Thrashed To Make It Run

Last week we shared Freiburger’s video of him and Derek from Vice Grip Garage working on his stone stock Model A Ford. The goal was to get the thing to run and drive and then road trip it....

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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Big Truck Frame Repair: This Scania Truck Is Totaled. Can This Frame Be Straightened Out And The Truck Repaired?

Big truck frame repair is kind of mezmorizing sometimes. Whether it’s the guys in eastern Europe that take a completely pretzeled chassis and straighten it out so they can weld it all back...

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Wanna See What It’s Like To Drive A Sprint Car On A Road Course? Watch The Video!

I’m a fan of sprint cars, super modifieds, and midgets. I mean how can you not be? At the PRI Show, me and Eric Yost walked around a Super Modified at the show and drooled at all the coolness...

Tech Tip: Here’s How Your Wiring Should Look When Wiring Your Meziere Or Other High Performance Starter For Maximum Cranking Power

I have to admit that for a very long time I did NOT wire my starters like the one in this video. Well I wired it like one of them in the video, with the jumper wire, but not like Meziere shows you in...

Super Duty Axle Upgrades: Installing A Ballistic Fabrication Shave Kit And Axle Housing Truss

If you are getting into heavy duty rock crawling, rock bouncing, and genuine abuse of your solid axle rig, then an axle truss is something you’ve probably thought about adding to your axles....

Epic Roll Racing At The 1320Video Ice Cream Cruise, with Lots of POWERFUL Street Cars!

Generically speaking, roll racing is not my jam, but in the last couple of years it sure has become a bit more fun in my eyes. Maybe that’s because I’ve had 1,000 plus horsepower to the...

Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Still Needs Lots Of Welding Even Though It Just Came From The Chassis Shop!

Building cars takes a lot of work, and when you are building a race car that amount of work often becomes next level. The reason is because the fancier the chassis setup the more welding and...

Is This True? Is There Finally A AA Battery That’s Better Than Energizer and Duracell! The AA Battery Comparison You Want, Just In Time For Christmas!

While more and more stuff comes with batteries included, it is still nuts to consider how many electronics run on a AA battery. It is a very common form factor and at 1.5 volts, combining a couple of...

Have You Seen Any Of Our Flemings Auto Parts Pumpkin Run Car Show Photos? The Cars, Trucks, And More Are Right Here!

Joe Grippo is back at it with more Flemings Pumpkin Run Photos and I love him for it. This is one of the most unique shows you are ever going to see, because it really does feel like you’ve...

DIY Upholstery How-To: Build And Upholster A Simple Center Console

We love inspiring projects, but that doesn’t mean they all have to be something huge. Take this little center console for example. They are a lot of little elements to it, and it will take...

Should Newbern Actually Consider Trading His Race Car? God Only Knows What’s Going To Happen…

Newbern is lucky as hell, because he recently got to hang out with our friend Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, for a tour of the collection as well as a visit to his annual swap meet. Tommy has...

If You Drooled Over A Porsche 959 In The 1990s, Then Check Out The KALMAR 9×9 : The $2.15 million 959 Hypercar Tribute

I wasn’t a huge Porsche fan growing up, but I certainly appreciated them and was as impressed with them as anyone else. I mean who doesn’t dig an air cooled 911 or a 930 slant nose? Or a...

Edd China Reveals the Shocking Truth About EV Battery Repair: Perhaps Battery Issues Aren’t Big Issues At All

One of the things people often cite as an issue with Electric Vehicles, is the expense of battery replacement after X number of years of ownership. And while people usually make way more out of these...

Willomet Motor And Fab Install The Duramax Upgrade Everyone Should Do First, Plus Their Square Body Wrecking Yard Crawl!

David at Willomet Motor and Fab is my kind of car guy. He’s got some varied taste, but has a special passion for square body GM Suburbans which are a favorite of mine. In his latest video,...

FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: The Immokalee Regional Raceway’s Winter Warmup Big Money Bracket Races

Just when you think that the bracket racing season has got to be over, there are still more big money bracket races going on! Starting Tuesday, the Immokalee Regional Raceway hosts their Winter...

LOW-BUCK, CHEAP VS EXPENSIVE HEADERS-WHO WINS? STOCK VS SHORTY VS LONG TUBES, BIG TURBO EXHAUSTS.

How much are headers and exhaust systems worth on the dyno, or in the car? The numbers might surprise you. But what’s funny to me is how some exhaust mods impact different combos. After all, we...