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Installing a Total Cost Involved Pro Touring Front IFS on to a 1966 Chevrolet Nova – Simple Tools And A Simple Process

Installing a front subframe on a car is not usually considered a super straight forward and simple project, and there are times when it can be more difficult than others. If you have a running and...

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Found: 3 Project Camaros and a Hidden Barn Find Ferrari in Louisiana! Check Out This Insane Car Hunt

You never know what you are going to find when you plan on visiting some project cars in a barn. Half the fun of picking up cars that have been sitting for years is looking to see what else might...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! The Livestream Starts With This View Of Hammertown Coming Together LIVE 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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Joe Grippo’s Best of 2025: Here’s Our Final Gallery Of Photos From Joe’s 2025 Highlight Galleries. Racing, Hot Rods, Customs, And More!

Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...

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Vintage Funny Car Video: Check Out This Cool 1972 and 1973 Funny Car Action Video – Before They Were Nostalgia Cars!

Funny Cars! We love funny cars around here, and if you don’t it kind of makes you weird to be honest. They are some of the most extreme drag cars on the planet and over the years they have...

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Tool Testing: Beating The AMAZON BASICS Cordless Screwdriver took buying New DeWALT, M4 Milwaukee, and More!

It’s tool test time and this time it is cordless screwdrivers that are going to battle it out for science. These are not high powered impact drivers, or drill drivers, but rather the around the...

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A Twelve Second Ford Fiesta ST? Bring On The Party…And Plenty Of Hurt Feelings!

There’s nothing wrong with the Ford Fiesta ST. It can run up to 197 horsepower if you get into “overboost” mode, is small and nimble, and at 2,700 pounds, is a lightweight among new...

In the 1980s, Chuck Yeager Wanted You to Fasten Your Safety Belt and Drive a GM

You likely know Chuck Yeager from his aviation exploits, which are probably at or beyond those of just about any other human being. Not only was Yeager the first man to break the sound barrier in...

This 1969 Mercury Marquis Is An Awesome Boat To Cruise The Vegas Strip In!

It’s a fantastic fantasy: land somewhere with money in hand, buy a car immediately and just drive it for the rest of the summer to wherever the hell you feel like going. I don’t know if...

MAHLE Aftermarket Celebrates The Success Of Pullers Using Their Pistons

For many of you, when you think about MAHLE Aftermarket and the products that they make, Cobra Jets, drift cars, muscle cars, and all kinds of racing/muscle stuff pops into your head. Well you need...

Aussie Budget Builds: Mighty Car Mods Pits Their Mitsubishi Lancer Against Their Re-Purchased Nissan 180SX

We can dig budget builds around here. Sometimes, you just have to play with the hand you are dealt and make the most out of what you’ve got. For Mighty Car Mods, that’s what this battle...

Half Mile Drags! Action Coverage From The Revvolution Shift-S3ctor Indianapolis Airstrip Attack

(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Racing on an airstrip used to be a necessity for early hotrodders. With nowhere else to go, racers turned to old airstrips and lakebeds to wind their...

Costella/Cunha/Bassano Nebulous Theorem VIII – The Most Insane Racing Vehicle I Have Ever Seen

(Editor’s note: I will never forget the first time I saw this vehicle, which is technically a sidecar motorcycle behind me at Bonneville in 2013. I went back to the hotel that evening and rip...

Not-So-Rough Start: A Cadillac CTS Comes In Under Budget? Yes It Does!

Color us absolutely stunned. A 2003 Cadillac CTS for $3,100? In what looks to be running, driving condition, with no major body damage? Surely, something is wrong here. We know that the regular CTS...

This Is Bonneville: The Lakester That Runs Half A Chrysler Hemi….Literally

(Editor’s Note: Here’s a story from Speed Week 2013 that illustrates what we’ll be seeing lots of out on the salt next week and that’s forward thinking and creativity. I...

This 1982 Ford Mustang Is Set Up To Be A Riot On The Track…If You Like The Color Orange!

Oh, I like this. I like this a lot. For anyone who reads my ramblings, you might have picked up a theme I have specifically regarding Ford vehicles: I like them stripped, powerful, and purposeful....

Check Out The Current Projects In Jay Leno’s Garage: Stitching A 100-Year-Old Block Together, The Cunningham, And More!

The one thing we dig about Jay Leno is that he’s very open about his garage and what’s inside. It’s always neat to see what’s going on behind the scenes when he puts out these...

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After Getting Bashed In The Comments For The Header Bash Episode, Engine Masters Takes A Second Swing At The Dented Headers Myth!

It just might have been the only time David Freiburger will ever admit to beating up Hookers, but in an early episode of Engine Masters, they bolted up a set of Hooker Headers to a BluePrint 400ci...

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USAC Champion Bryan Clauson, 27, Dies After Crash In Kansas Last Weekend

Oval-racing champion and Indianapolis 500 competitor Bryan Clauson has died on Sunday, August 7, following injuries sustained from a crash during the United States Auto Club’s (USAC) Belleville...

Here, Little Hellcat: Chevrolet Unleashes The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 And The 1LE Track Packages

(Photos: General Motors) When the tagline for your new hot ride is, “Get used to our taillights,” things are getting serious, and Chevrolet has decided that getting sand kicked in their...