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HOW TO READ A TURBO COMPRESSOR MAP. WHAT IS THE MAX EFFICIENCY ISLAND? HOW MUCH BOOST & POWER?

Richard Holdener is back at it with even more fun turbo tech. While turbo sizes are pretty simple, compressor maps are not necessarily as easy to understand. If you have an engine that can use a 76...

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IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT.

(Photos by David Whealon) If you live under a rock and haven’t realized how huge of a splash the IHRA Outlaw Nitro Series made in 2025, then are you in for a treat! With amazing events, huge...

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Will This 40 Year Old RV That Derek Bought SIGHT UNSEEN, RUN, DRIVE And CAMP 850 Miles Home?

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has had some pretty interesting adventures on the road behind the wheel and underneath some pretty interesting rides. He is the king of taking the gamble, but he nearly...

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FREE DRAG RACING LIVESTREAM: The Spring Fling Million’s Big Money Bracket Races From Las Vegas – Tuesday

It’s that time of year folks, when the countries big dollar bracket racers head to Vegas for one of the biggest big-money bracket races in the world, the Spring Fling Million. We love this event...

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IHRA Acquires Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, Preserving a Legendary Legacy While Expanding the Future of Driver Development

FAIRFIELD, OH — March 31, 2026 — The International Hot Rod Association (IHRA) today announced the acquisition of Frank Hawley’s Drag Racing School, one of the most respected and influential...

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Where’s Larry? Exploring Late Night Car Culture in Tokyo with The Nissan Party at 7 Eleven

The Nissan Party at 7/11 kind of reminds me of our meetups at Taco Bell or Circle K back in my street racing days, but when you first hear it you certainly don’t think this is a MUST STOP place...

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Trick Flows LSx Steam Line Kit Is A Great Gift For Your Hot Rodder This Holiday Season

Or you can buy one for yourself! Either way works. If you have put together more than a couple LS engines, or maybe even just one, you know that the factory steam lines at the front and rear of the...

Our Boy Dominator Driving Like A Boss At Redemption 6.0 No Prep In Tulsa

Dominator is one of our favorite Street Outlaws. We know a lot of those guys, and they are all super cool and fun to be around for sure, but anyone who’ll stuff a Chevy in a Mopar and then not...

If You Thought We Were Out Of Street Car Super Nationals Photos, You Would Be Wrong

We still have tons of photos from the Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas, so we figured we better start doubling them up and giving you two galleries for the price of one. I keep getting emails...

This 1970 Ford Camper Van Makes Us Want To Load Up The Family And Hit The Road

Whenever you see a car, truck, or van in this case, that just makes you feel like taking a trip, it’s a good thing. And that’s exactly what this 1970 Ford Camper van did for us when we...

Crushing A $40,000 1kg Gold Bar In The Hydraulic Press: Most Expensive Crush Ever

We’ve seen a lot of stuff being smashed by hydraulic presses lately, but this is most certainly the most expensive thing ever crushed by one on YouTube. This is a real 1000g or 1kg aka 2.2lb...

This Howling Holden Torana Would’ve Been Right At Home In The 405!

Decry no-prep racing all you want, but it offers up one thing that a lot of fans seem to miss: seeing cars that they know and can identify tear the strip apart. Our time at Redemption 6.0 recently in...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: When The Good Idea Fairy Goes After The Computer System

One of my swiftest complaints to come flying out of my mouth involving the store, any store, is the computerized catalog. It’s the bane to older generations, the parts Bible to the incoming...

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Is This The Hot Rodders Hoverboard? This Is One We Think We Could Get Behind…errr… ON!

We’ve got friends that are all into their hoverboards. In fact, our friend Richard Holdener has been known to ride his all over Westech Performance Group in the wee hours while working on the...

Grudge Match: Hell Boy Vs New New Half Track Wheelstand And $2000 On The Line!

The World of Grudge Racing is changing and growing and getting crazier by the day it seems. More and more really fast, I’m talking REALLY fast, cars are coming onto the scene, and yet the...

Ice, Ice, Baby: Here Is A Preview Of The Fun On Ice Many Of You Will Be Experiencing Soon

Since it’s getting colder and colder, and even SoCal is getting near freezing temperatures at night the last few days, I thought it was time to post a preview video of things to come once the...

eBay Find: A 1968 GMC Pickup That Checks Every Last Box…Except For The Wheels, You Pick Your Favorites!

You can’t exactly blame Freiburger for coining the term “Muscle Truck”. The concept has been around for years, mainly because when you combined the larger engines trucks were...

Quad-Turbo, 6.0L Powered Rubber-Nosed Camaro Junkyard Build…Recycling Done Right!

Yes, folks, it’s another late-second-gen Camaro sporting an LSx swap. I’d say “don’t groan yet”, but I’m sure I was beaten to the punch. Apparently the trend is to...

The WTF? Files: Check Out This Beast – Part Dodge Magnum, Part Ford Ranger!

The Dodge Magnum station wagon did come with available all-wheel-drive from the factory, essentially Mercedes-Benz’s 4MATIC system. It was popular in places where snow is an actual concern, or...

More Donut Derelicts Photos From SoCal’s Premier Cruise In

It might be cold and snowy in a lot of the country, but it’s still cruising weather for most of us here in SoCal and that means Donut Derelicts baby! We shared some of our photos from this...