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A BangShifter Abroad, Part 5: The Ferry From Hell, The Book Written By Monks, And Seven Minutes In Heaven With A Stone

To read Part 1,Click Here To read Part 2, Click Here To read Part 3, Click Here To read Part 4, Click Here   The next morning we boarded the bus and left Edinburgh, driving down to the ferry...

Project FatLane Is Done, Delivered, And Preparing To Terrorize Drag Strips With Six Second Fury – Here’s A Look At The Final Product

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – For a couple of years we have been showing you the incremental progress of a car we dubbed FatLane, a Ford Fairlane being built to run in some Outlaw small tire...

Greg Rourke Picks His Favorite SEMA 2014 Cars And Trucks – See ‘Em All Here

(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE) – This was my first visit to SEMA. I really had no idea what to expect, and I was right. It was huge, wall to wall stuff and people. Bob and I brought our...

The Epic SEMA Adventure: Bob And Greg Eat Dinner With Isky And Lunch With Linda Vaughn

(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Rourke\Chiluk) – Bob Chiluk and I had the opportunity to go to SEMA this year, our first trip to the automotive aftermarket epicenter of the universe....

Fun Video: Watch What Happens When A Junky Saturn Is Shot By A Civil War Cannon (Spoiler Alert: Destruction Inside!)

It is Sunday. That means at some point tomorrow you’ll probably fantasize about taking a piece of artillery to your office, the boss’s car, a customer, or the guy who takes too long to...

The RideTech Brigade: A Look At Some Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitors Underpinned By RideTech Components

(Competitor descriptions by Rodney Prouty – Photo credit: Ridetech and Popular Hot Rodding) – In about one week, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be transformed into ground zero for the...

Project Violent Valiant SEMA 2014 Thrash: The Final Prep Before The World Sees This Angry Mopar!

It was EXACTLY one year ago today when we showed the body of what has not become Project Violent Valiant getting sand blasted and prepped before being sent back to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for Kevin...

The Atomic EFI Age: Or What Project Buford T Justice Did On His Summer Vacation – Driveway EFI Install

Claims of Project Buford T Justice’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, although I have not done a lot of quell them because of a lack of suitable update stories this summer, but the fact is...

Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Stop Yelling At Me, My Hangover Hurts Enough

Friday night was absolutely amazing. Blenders going all night long for margaritas, Greg making Flaming Dr. Peppers in the kitchen, Alan roasting up some barbecue out back, and twenty people hanging...

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Water Pump 101: What’s Really Going On With The Water Inside Your Engine

When Larson and I were deciding on parts for the World’s Quickest Street Car, the S10 pickup we took on Drag Week, we had to put some serious thought not only into making it fast, but more...

Bayou Bomb: Leroy Brown Is Heading For The 8s – Here’s A Last Look At One Of The Tamest Looking Deep 9-second Street Cars In America

(Photos by Charles Wickam) We’re breaking from normal protocol here. Why? Normally when a car owner tells us that he’s going to be blowing the car apart to make changes that should speed...

This Great Craigslist Ad For A 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix Actually Makes Us Want To Buy The Barge

Some people are born to sell stuff and the dude listing this 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix on Criagslist is one of them. Do you know what’s appealing about a 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix? Exactly, we...

In A Rare Admission, Porsche Agrees That The Panamera Sedan’s Look Is “Offputting”

Let’s call it as we see it: when Porsche said they were going to build a four-door sedan there was a collective “what?!” from the automotive community. Porsche could make sports...

Project Violent Valiant Update: The Final Systems Are Coming Together – Axle, Brakes, Dash, Exhaust, Interior

Right now as you read this, Project Violent Valiant’s body shell is in a paint booth getting the final bits of color applied before being returned to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle next week for...