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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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Speed On Water: The Story of Offshore Powerboats At Lake Of The Ozarks, Where Horsepower Reigns Supreme And Nothing Is Easy.

It sounds weird to be talking about Offshore Powerboats on a lake, because when I think offshore I think ocean. But that’s not always the case. Especially when it comes to all the insane boat...

This 1988 Video Of Monster Trucks Racing On A Figure 8 Track In Louisville, Kentucky Rules

I’m definitely feeling the late 1980s flow today. From the quick eight drag racing video at Shuffletown to this 1989 footage from Louisville, Kentucky, I’m all over it. Anyway, this is a...

Watch Jim Head Ride Out One The The Most Awesome Wheelies In Top Fuel History And Still Run In The 4s (Quarter Mile)

These days Jim Head is a stalwart on the NHRA funny car trail but in years past, Jim was a tough competitor in the top fuel ranks and basically whatever else he decided to race. This video, taken...

Vintage Drag Video: Oswego Dragway Circa 1968 – AWB Novas, Straight Axle ‘Vettes, Altereds, Muscle Cars, and Even Turbonique Action!

This is one of the coolest old 8MM drag racing videos we have dredged up in a while! The film was taken at the long dead Oswego Dragway in 1968 and it features everything from muscle cars to...

This 380hp, 190ci Naturally Aspirated Corvair Engine At 9,000 RPM Is The Angriest Thing You Will Hear Today (Dyno Video)

In the realm of cool dyno videos, this one hits on the top end of the “good stuff” meter. We’re not sure that we have ever run a Corvair engine dyno video before but if we have,...

Piston 101: Cast Or Forged, Which One is Best for Your Engine? Should You Always Go For The “Full Race” Option?

As car guys and gals we are often guilty of going all in on every single thing we do to our hot rods and race cars. And sometimes this makes sense. I mean if we are going to be putting together a car...

Show Video: Check Out The CUSTOM TRUCKS MAGAZINE SHOW 2024 From Fuji Speedway In Japan!

The Japanese are ate up with custom cars, trucks, motorcycles, and more. I mean ATE UP. In the early 1990’s custom cars and trucks were being shipped overseas to Japan all the time. They were...

Ultimate Off-Road Project: A Twin Turbo Lamborghini V10 Range Rover Prerunner | Morgan Clarke Design Dakar Prototype [ep.1]

Hard core off-road rigs are awesome. Whether they are for rock crawling, mud racing, hill climbs, or desert racing, they are awesome. I’m partial to desert off-road racing because so much of of...

WALMART Oil Showdown: Oil Expert Is Myth Busting Results! Testing Walmart Oil vs Name Brand Oil Using Science And The Engine Dyno

When I was a kid we always used Quaker State oil because my dad had a deal with them as a result of some partial sponsorship. And it was good oil, because we never had a single engine failure that...

Vaughn And The Funhaver Crew Took Over DuneFest And It Almost Went Real Bad. Which Means Plenty Of Real Good Fun Was Had!

Vaughn isn’t the first off-road racer to slap a set of paddle tires on an off-road rig and go full send over some sand dunes. Decades ago Robby Gordon did the same thing in a trophy truck and...

One Of These Two Is Still In The Wrapper! Watch Jay Leno & Gabriel Iglesias Unwrap a Classic 1988 Monte Carlo SS | Jay Leno’s Garage

I can only imagine the laughs with the two of these guys together! Gabriel Iglesias, aka Fluffy, is about as funny as they come and has made it big for sure. He also happens to have a pretty rad...

Iron Trap Garage Installs A Bitchin Polished 1932 Pierce Arrow Gauge Insert That Looks Custom, But Fits Like It Might Be Factory.

Sometimes the subtle parts are the ones that really set off a project. Those are the parts that people see, and like, and sometimes gravitate towards, but they do this because those parts just fit....

1940s Vide Zen: Using the Universal Jeep In Every Way You Have Ever Dreamed Of – Amazing Array Of Implements

Before WWII was over, the guys who ran the Willys Overland company were already thinking about how they could take their wartime mighty mite, the Jeep and turn it into a commercial seller across the...

This Is The Greatest In-Car Camera Compilation Ever! Saves, Wrecks, Everyone’s OK

In-car camera were once only the realm of network television and huge budget racing teams. The units were clunky, added lots of weight, and at first they were not all that welcome by race drivers who...