Event Coverage: 2011 John Force Holiday Car Show
Dec 05, 2011Chad Reynolds2
Every December the car junkies of Southern California come out in force, pun intended, for the John Force Holiday Car Show. Celebs of all kinds, including some of the most famous cars on the planet,...
More Sexy Parts: Winberg Crankshafts Shows Off Their WinFinish Specially Polished Cranks
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes6
In the realm of speed parts we aspire to own, a Winberg crankshaft is right up there. If you are using one of these arms in your engine, changes are there’s big boy power being produced....
Caption This Photo: Listen Up, Dummy!
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes7
When I first entered the 2011 PRI show, a few minutes after the doors were opened, many companies were still thrashing to get their booths and displays set up. I was walking down one of the aisles...
Dyno Video: Watch an LS Powered S10 Truck Scream With Open Pipes on a Mustang Dyno
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes2
Outside the main convention center building here in Orlando there are several dynos set up. Virtually every dyno company we’ve ever heard of his a display at the show, but a few of them took...
Sexy Parts: The Harrop Performance Hurricane Individual Throttle Body Intake Manifold For LS3-LS7 Engines
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes2
We completely understand that the point of bolting high performance parts to your hot rod is to make it faster, but hey, looks still count for something. Proof of that came to us in the form of this...
Dana Corp Rolls Out New Crate Axle Line – From the 30 to the 80 They are All Available
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes7
When gearheads get together and talk about axles (and yeah, we do that from time to time) the Dana Corporation name pops up frequently. Jeep guys love their 30s and 44s. Drag racers and Mopar freaks...
Jet Hot Will Host Their Own Autocross Series and Run Goodguys Schedule
Dec 02, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We were drawn into the Jet Hot booth here at PRI like a moth into fire when we spotted their wicked LS-powered, Detroit Speed suspended, Malibu staring at us. Outside of their already world renowned...
2011 PRI Show Coverage: Our Big Thursday Gallery
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes2
We hit the floor of the 2011 PRI show here in Orlando, Florida hard today. This gallery will kick off our coverage and we’ll follow it up with a bunch of specific blog items on cool cars,...
Dyno Video: PAR Racing Engines Builds a Brodix Based Small Block – Makes more than 1100 Horsepower
Dec 01, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: PAR Racing Engines Builds a Brodix Based Small Block – Makes more than 1100 Horsepower
While we’re throwing the whole “small block” term around here on the blog today, we wanted to show you a real romper stomper of a motor built by the dudes at PAR Racing Engines....
GM Builds 100-Millionth small block engine — Not V8 – Just Engine
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes2
The GM PR department shot out a release the other day announcing that the General had produced their 100-millionth small block “engine”. That last part is important. They didn’t...
Crazy Video: Evidence of Why Russian Drivers Suck Ass at Driving
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes2
We’ve run a ton of videos featuring the ineptitude of Russian drivers. They suck on dry pavement, the rain, especially in the snow, and telling you they blow on ice would just be wasting...
Updated: The 2011 Houston Autorama – Galleries One-Two- and Now Three!
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Last weekend the Houston Autorama went down and our man Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the show literally from setup to tear down. The man went bat poop crazy with his camera, submitting...
Breaking News: Austin Healey Involved in 1955 LeMans Wreck to be Auctioned – Most Dubious Surviving Race Car in History
Dec 01, 2011Brian Lohnes2
The Austin Healey 100S driven by British racer Lance Macklin in the 1955 24 Hours of LeMans, and more importantly, the very car that Pierre Levegh hit before cartwheeling into the grandstand and...
Driveway Tech: Attempt One at Freeing Stuck Piston Rings – Did We Succceed?
Nov 30, 2011Brian Lohnes19
Everyone says that buying a ganny fresh old car is the best. They are one owner, low mileage gems that granny ony drove to bingo and her Wednesday hair appointment. There can be a problem with...












