NHRA’S Four-Wide Exhibition A Hit
The much anticipated four lane Top Fuel and Funny Car exhibition runs made yesterday at the NHRA Carolina Nationals held at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, were a big hit with fans and the...
Low-Cost Corner-Weight Scales from Rebco
We like to look at circle-track suppliers for the best deals on parts and tools. Here a great example: Rebco Performance now has a set of corner-weight scales for $899. The part number for the...
eBay Pick of the Week: 1972 M818 6X6 Military Truck, With Video
This week’s eBay Pick of the Week is a 1972 AM General M818 military truck. If you are wondering why we’d choose such a thing, know that is is packing 855ci of Cummins power, all the...
Craigslist Bonus Pick: Geo-Hack
We have to thank our bud Matt King for this gem of a CraigsList sale. We all remember the classic (and infamous) Caddy-hack and later Ponti-hack stories that ran in Hot Rod Magazine. Staffers bought...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 5, Muncie, Indiana
Day 5 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, has come to a close, but not before some on-road drama, and a lot of on-track parts breaking action. When we arrived at...
Wilson Intake for Dodge Cummins Diesels
We’ve yet to see a part from Wilson Manifolds that isn’t the best of the best. We’ve got to presume that this new intake manifold for direct-injected Cummins diesels is every bit as...
George Poteet’s Blowfish Sets 291-MPH Record at World of Speed 2009
George Poteet, in the Blowfish Plymouth Barracuda built by Rad Rides by Troy a few years ago, finally set a big record at last week’s World of Speed at Bonneville, an event by the Utah Slat...
Easy Throttle Position Sensor For Holley Carbs
A lot of the new electronic overdrive transmissions require a throttle position sensor to connect to the controller. Now, mounting the TPS on a carburetor got way easier with this new bracket for...
Video: Hot Rod Drag Week Coverage from 1320Video.com
I have to tell you, I’m totally wiped out after a full week on the road with Hot Rod Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors. I have more photo coverage to give you from Day 5, but it’s...
Video: Larry Larson’s 204-MPH Pass at Drag Week 2009
Larry Larson’s 1966 Chevy Nova with twin-turbo power from Mike Moran is legendary right now. Not only did the car earn the 2008 title of Fastest Street Car in America from Hot Rod magazine, but...
Gary Satterlee Takes Big Block Naturally Aspirated Class By Just Over a Tenth
Simply amazing. That’s how we’d call the epic battle that went down this week between Gary Satterlee and Brent Bowman in the Big Block Naturally Aspirated class. This two were .011...
Curt Johnson Takes Pro Street Naturally Aspirated Win
The Pro Street Naturally Aspirated class came down to a two horse race by the end of the week. It was Curt Johnson’s bitchin’ black 1994 S-10 truck and James McEntire’s killer red...
An Upset Win in Pro Street Power Adder at Drag Week
It’s never over until the fat Monte Carlo sings! All week long at Hot Rod Drag Week, the attention in Pro Street Power Adder has been on Eric Yost’s 7-second turbo ’82 Firebird, but...
Brad Personett Goes 5.80s in Turbo Pro Mod Camaro at zMax
Holy Cow! A short time ago, Brad Personett ran 5.87 at 246.89 mph in his turbocharged Camaro Pro Mod at the NHRA Carolina Nationals. This is the quickest run ever for a turbocharged Pro Mod....
