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SMALL TIRE GANGSTERS GO FOR THE $20K+ AGAIN!!!! LOSER’S BRACKET AT DIG OR DIE DIG DAYS 7 AT THE ROCK

If you like Dig or Die coverage as much as we do, then check out this race video from our friends at Spoold Media. Keep in mind, this race is worth more than $20,000 and it’s the losers bracket...

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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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Holley’s End Of Summer Exhaust Sale! Blowing Out Warehouse Deals At Up To 88% Off!

You read that right, up to 88% off on Holley exhaust products right now! That means Flowmaster, Hooker, Flowtech, and so much more! Given how much time it has taken to get parts over the last two...

SEMA Launch Pad Announces Top Five Finalists – Top innovators advance to pitch their product ideas at 2022 SEMA Show

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Sept. 27, 2022) – Five standout innovators have been selected from nearly 100 competitors to advance in the 2022 SEMA Launch Pad Competition.   Dustin Golat, co-owner of...

This Not-Quite-Right Ford Taurus Slipped Past NASCAR’s Inspectors And Got Approved For Homologation

The Ford Taurus has many good things to be proud of. The initial Taurus/Sable launch got Ford out of a rut that they had been stuck in since the mid-1970s and got them to evolve their design...

Revive The Revived: Dylan McCool Brings The Ravine ‘Cuda Back Into The Light!

Earlier this summer, Dylan McCool and I got to check out a treasure trove of vehicles that YouTuber Solomon Lunger (FordEra) had bought. If you are a fan of 1970s-era Ford trucks, it was your heaven,...

Route 66 Cruisin’ Reunion Photos: Real Cruising On Route 66 In SoCal!

(Photos by Dannie Pinard) Euclid Avenue is one of the most historic streets in Southern California and is right on Route 66. It’s a street that runs through the heart of Ontario and Upland, and...

Are Cheap Boats Ever A Good Idea? $500 BIG BLOCK Boat Revival!! Will it Run After YEARS??

At least a couple hundred times in the last ten years I have found myself on Craigslist or FB Marketplace or eBay Motors, looking at cheap boats and thinking I need to buy one and fix it up so I can...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Recycling Body Mounts And More To Make This Whole Thing Work

NAPCO was a company that built 4-wheel drive conversion parts for domestic trucks and was founded in 1918. Although they made parts for Ford, Chevrolet, GMC, and Studebaker trucks, they are most well...

Polishing Turds: Part 11, This Thing Is Finally Going To Be A Whole Engine Again!

In this new episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the final assembly of the engine finally completed! Pete covered assembly prep and cam bearings, and other assembly...

The Alfarrari Project Continues: When Will The Rust Stop!? Plus Bonus Engine Build Video.

There has been so much new metal going into this build, which has been awesome, but there never seems to be an end to the rust either. In this episode, it looks like there has to be an end in sight,...

Vice Grip Garage Pontiac GTO Project: New Fuel & Brake System (First Drive!) Part 3

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has been...

Fluffy’s 1969 Chevelle SS Featured: Comedian Gabriel Iglesias Went To Barrett Jackson To Sell Cars, And Ended Up With A New One

If you aren’t familiar with comedian Gabriel Iglesias then you must live under a rock. What everyone might not know is that Gabriel, aka Fluffy, is a car enthusiast who has some pretty good...

Video: Travis Pastrana Drives A Top Fuel Dragster For The First Time – See The Runs, Hear His Impression

From rally cars to stock cars, to jumping out of airplanes with no parachute, Travis Pastrana had kind of done it all before yesterday. And then he added nitro. Pastrana who has long talked about...

HISTORIC Drag Cars & Wild Action from the Holley MoParty With The Hot Rod Hoarder

If anyone is cut out for finding the fun at Moparty, it’s Tommy Lee Byrd. Like me, he’s a Chevrolet guy by birth, but he’s also someone that gets super excited about killer historic...

LS Fest East Photo Coverage: Sideways Tire Smoking Drift Action

More tire smoking fun, as we highlight the sideways action from the drifting competition at LSFest in Bowling Green. (Photos by Wes Allison) Holley’s LS Fest events are now spread across the...