Cool Product: American Powertrain’s X-Factor Universal Stretch Cross Member
After cruising the halls of the MPMC conference all week and checking out all kinds of cool transmissions, fitment questions are swirling in the front of our minds. There are lots of near crash boxes...
Bitchin New Product: McLeod Racing Unveils the Baddest Big Power Clutch on Earth
Let’s face it, we are easily excited around here, and have exaggerated on a few occasions. This is NOT one of those times. Without question, the new McLeod Pro Series Clutch is the baddest of...
RideTech Mecum Auction Update!
(Words and photos by Bret Voelkel) – Ridetech Update 2 The Ridetech crew is at the Mecum Auction selling our 1967 Chevelle SS. Bret Voelkel, president of Ridetech, sent in his second...
BangShift Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro
BangShift.com is proud to announce that we have partnered with Westech Performance Group to bring you killer engine tech in 2011! From the complicated to the just plain fun, we’ll have it all...
Bonneville Video: The Flower of Scotland – An International Streamliner Team on the Salt
The lure of the Bonneville knows no bounds and creates some interesting partnerships among gearheads. This video is a very neat look at the Flower of Scotland streamliner team and profiles their...
ADRL SuperCar Showdown Class Open to Far More Than Chevy/Dodge/Ford Models
In a recent announcement, the ADRL sought to clarify their upcoming SuperCar Showdown class. We, like lots of other people took this class to be a haven for the factory drag race cars from the...
Traxxas Sponsorship Brings Back $100,000 Top Fuel and Funny Car Shootouts!
While we were working the annual MPMC show here in Los Angeles, just down the road in Glendora, the NHRA was dropping a huge news bomb and for once in recent memory, it was good news! It turns out...
Death Wish Video: Dirt Bike Rider Tempts the Grim Reaper on the Peak of a Mountain
Yesterday we showed you video of a dirt bike rider scaling a huge “mountain” of dirt and rocks. Well, that video was child’s play compared to this one, which features the same rider...
eBay Find: A Bizarre 1933 Ford Pickup Made Completely of Teak Wood
The 1970s were a strange time. New cars were all total crap, gasoline was stupid expensive, inflation was hauling ass, and people were building classic cars out of wood. We’ve seen more than...
The RideTech Mecum Diary: Tuesday
(Words and photos by Bret Voelkel) – I love buying cars! (doesn’t every hotrodder?) I have justified my car buying activities to this point by using these cars for product development,...
GM Claims ZL1 Camaro Will Be Faster Than Mustang GT 500 Despite Horsepower Defecit
The Mustang/Camaro cat fight is heating up with GM’s recent claims that the ZL1 Camaro, despite what will amount to a 70hp disadvantage, will sprint to 60mph quicker than the upcoming 650hp...
Wild Video: Helmet-Cam Video of a Dirt Bike Rider Scaling a Mountain
Tiny HD sports/action cameras have truly revolutionized the way us gearheads get to experience the triumphs and follies of our fellow brothers in arms. With companies like ReplayXD cranking out...
eBay Find: A Homebuilt, Old School Monster Truck That Could Crush Marriages and Relationships in a Single Bound
You all know my history of being very hung up on cool, old, big trucks. Even I know there is a limit to what can be drug home to Chez Lohnes and this big ol’ Chevy monster truck is way beyond...
MPMC Parts Spotlight: Lunati Signature Series Connecting Rods
We are suckers for cool parts, which is why we always dig the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, but our favorite show has to be SEMA’s Motorsports Parts Manufacturers Council Conference that we are...
