First Look: Ken Block’s First Rear-Wheel-Drive Gymkhana Car, A 1978 Ford Escort RS That Will Spin To 9,000 RPM!
When you say “Ford Escort”, two images come to mind: the front-wheel-drive bucket of unhappiness that North America got for twenty-three years, and the other one…the forbidden fruit...
Transmission Tech: We Take Two Junk T56 Transmissions, Spare Parts, And New Pieces From American Powertrain To Make One!
(Words and photos by Scott Parker) – There’s just something about taking what other people consider junk, and making something beautiful out of it. We shared this sentiment with Greg Lovell...
Would You Rather, The Ballistic Family Hauler Edition: Take Your Pick Between A Hellcat Challenger/Magnum Hybrid Or The Upcoming Grand Cherokee TrackHawk!
The fight between the car you want to own and the car you probably need to own doesn’t need to happen. We want performance: enough power that driving is fun when nobody is in the car with you,...
Ebay Find: This 1987 Chevrolet 1-ton Flatbed Is So Good! Manual, Big-Block And More!
What really caught our eye with this 1987 Chevrolet V30 (yes, that’s correct…C/K became R/V in 1987) wasn’t the fresh paint, nice flatbed conversion, or even the $7,000 price tag...
Cynthiana Rod Run 2015: More Cool Cars From The Huge Kentucky Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you are into popular culture stuff then some might know of Cynthiana as the hometown of the comic creator, Robert Kirkman. The entire first series of...
Watch This Nitroused 5.0 Mustang’s Rear Tire Explode On The Dyno – This Is Why You Don’t Get Too Close!
We have preached it over and over again for years now. We have shown countless videos of what can happen, and we’ve even had it happen to us. Putting a car on the dyno can be a good...
Pro Mod Action Photos: More Coverage From The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods At Piedmont
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Yesterday we showed you the first of a couple great galleries of images from Benoit Pigeon’s recent visit to the legendary Piedmont Dragway in North Carolina....
This Chevelle Is On Two Wheels At Least 10 Times And Doesn’t Hit Anything!!!
This is one of the craziest things we’ve ever seen on a dragstrip, and we’re not going to even get into why, what, or any of that. We’re just going to watch this video for...
Hotchkis Autocross Takes Over At NMCA West Finals In Fontana
We got there at exactly the wrong time, as the lunch break was just about to start, but the Hotchkis Autocross was on like Donkey Kong this weekend in Fontana! While we were over running on the...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage: Big Dog $15K To Win At Piedmont Dragway!
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Once again, the Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod organization was racing at Piedmont in North Carolina this mid October at the famous home of the Big Dog. This...
Holley Hydramat To Be Installed In Every Super Stadium Truck Immediately
We were literally the first outlet in the known universe to break the news about the Holley Hydrant and it happened at PRI last year. The unique fuel pickup system that lies on the bottom of a tank...
If Two Is Good, Four Should Be Great: Listen To This Mazda RX3 Tear The Air Apart On A Speed Run!
The only three and four-rotor Wankel engines ever created by Mazda were hustled into race cars. Period. Every street car, from the lowly front-wheel-drive Luce to the FD RX-7 made do with two rotors...
The Roughest Start Ever: One Part C4 Corvette, One Part Mooney Aircraft, And A Dash Of Dodge. Would You Dare Take It On?
As you know, the Rough Start budget is $5,000 unless I can find a way to argue my way around it. Normally I fudge the number a little for a car that is so close to the mark that a couple hundred...
eBay Find: This 1979 Dodge SE 300 Truck Is Mostly Stock With One Awesome Exception
There’s nothing overtly wrong with a bone stock 1979 Dodge SE 300 dually truck. They had great styling, they were tough as nails, they were rocking good axles, a Torqueflite transmission, and...
