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Leroy Engine Teardown: Did Cleetus Tear Up This HED Beast? Or Is It In Great Shape Still And Ready For More Boost?

Anybody who knows Cleetus, knows that he can tear up just about anything. I can’t even begin to guess the number of engines he’s blown up over the years, but it’s an insane number....

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8×8 and 6×6 Truck Trials Competition: These Bad Ass Rigs Take On All The Mud, Climbs, And Obstacles You Can Throw At Them!

If you have never seen the Tatra truck trials, you are missing out. These 6×6 trucks are truly something special as they have insane suspension, locking diffs, and the ability to ascend and descend...

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Testing TikTok versus Instagram Tool Hacks: Testing a Fractal Vise versus a Dual Battery Behemoth. Are Either Worth Having?

You can imagine that being a tool testing channel on YouTube means digging through tons of comments telling you that you are wrong about the tools you test, or are testing the wrong ones all...

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Finally BIG TURBO POWER! Swapping a 500HP SRT4 Turbo Engine Into A Classic Dodge Caravan Wasn’t As Easy As They Thought!

In the previous installments of the SRT4 powered Caravan build, I said that I wasn’t sure there has ever been a Dodge Caravan that was cleaner and cooler than this one right here, and the engine...

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INDYCAR NTT SERIES: EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix At NASHVILLE SUPER SPEEDWAY

Heavy rain meant the NTT INDYCAR SERIES couldn’t race on Sunday for the 2026 Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix, but they were at it bright and early on Monday! If you missed the racing...

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More Photos From The World’s Largest All Ford Show And Swap Meet! We’ve Still Got Carlisle All Ford Nationals Photos To Share!

Here’s our fiftfh gallery of photos from Carlisle, but if you missed the previous photos you can find them all at the link below. Joe Grippo was on hand like every year, capturing amazing finds...

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Nonstop Rally Carnage Video: Watch This Footage From Poland With A Seatbelt On

A bad day at the office for some race car drivers can look like scrubbing a wall or maybe suffering through a poor pitstop but a bad day for a rally driver and co-driver looks like your car in the...

Win A Free Suspension System! The Ridetech Truck Suspension System Sweepstakes Is LIVE!

Ridetech is giving stuff away!  That’s right, they are holding a sweepstakes where you can win a complete performance lowering system for your truck, if you win. But entering is easy AND FREE....

I-24 Lebanon Dragfest Photos – This Indoor Drag Racing Showcase Features Some Ultra Rad Machines And Grippo Didn’t Miss A Single One!

Here’s another great gallery from Joe Grippo, and we hope you’ve been looking at all of the other galleries as well. If not, use the link below to see them as well! But first, check out...

TIGHT LSA 5.3L CAMS-DO THEY WORK? ENTER THE SUMMIT BIG NASTY CAM TEST-BIG NASTY VS BIG BOY 8711R1

There are always internet experts when it . comes to engine combos, but it seems that camshafts have always been one of the most debated parts when talking about engine builds. With the huge...

Steve Magnante Is Back And Truck Week Continues. Truck Week Feature #7 – GMC EM5700

Here’s the seventh video of Steve’s Truck Week series! This time it’s a GMC EM5700. This 1967 GMC is something interesting and Steve is going to teach us about it, and more! Watch and if you...

Jeff Lutz Returns To Drag And Drive! Florida’s Sick Week 2024 Starts Now! | Sick Week Day 0

It’s winter in Florida and that means it is time for Sick Week 2024, the first Drag and Drive event of the year. This event is always a good time, features some great heavy hitters, and is a...

How To Step Up Your Fabrication Game With A Few Simple Tips, Tricks, And Techniques That Don’t Require Any New Tools!

When you see a car or truck that you really dig, that has custom fabrication work on the chassis, suspension, etc, the custom touches are what catches your eye. With that said, it isn’t always...

Safety First! Strap In With Harnesses, Seats, And More From RaceQuip. Check Out All The Options Here!

We’re big on safety around here and are sticklers on having the right safety equipment in the car and on ourselves, for the type of racing we’re doing. While a lot of the gear does cross...

Rumble Guts: Watch The Fancifully Massive PT Boat Engine Powered Packard Bentley Fire Up!

This is pretty awesome, if not totally off the wall. You are about to see the incredibly and fancifully massive PT Boat engine powered Packard Bentley fire up. This is one of those cars that a guy...

Watch The Violent End And Aftermath Of This 8.3L Cummins Powered Minneapolis-Moline Pulling Tractor

Boost. It is that magical thing which turns mundane, run of the mill, engines into heroic piles of iron and aluminum. It can also turn those heroic piles of iron and aluminum into broken and costly...

This 1964 US Army Progress Report On The Development Of A Universal Engineering Tractor Rules

Here’s some cool footage for all of you heavy equipment dork out there like me. I found this 1960 US Army progress report on the development of a universal engineering tractor and it is pretty...

The Alfarrari Project: New Intake For The Ferrari Engine, Making Things Symmetrical, And A Better Hood Bulge.

The Alfarrari project is coming along great, but it needs some enhancements and Jeff wanted a different intake manifold and just found one. This intake is going to allow for more symmetry under the...

Vice Grip Garage Is BIG BLOCK Swapping A 80’s Built Drag Car and will the Independence Chevelle make a return?

Derek is back at it, with a big block swap that has to happen if the car was going to make it to Sick Week. This time he might have bitten off more than he can chew, because it sounds too simple of a...

Finnegan Got His CSI On And Sherlock’d His Dead Big Block Chevy and Found Out Why It Broke!

Finnegan is back at it, in the garage and tearing stuff apart. This time it’s the 632 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet that he broke. But what broke? Sometimes you tear up something so bad that...