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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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FREE LIVESTREAM: Wednesday Testing from Virginia Motorsports Park with IHRA’s Outlaw Nitro Series

If you are fired up about the 2026 IHRA Outlaw Nitro season, you are not alone! The second race of the season is coming up at Virginia Motorsports Park and we can’t wait to see what’s in...

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Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) The Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina celebrated it’s 37th anniversary this year and as usual had a sellout crowd. This show sells out every year,...

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Our Final Gallery Of IHRA Outlaw Nitro Professional And Pro Am Drag Racing Photos From The Darana Motorsports Park at GALOT!

Here’s our final gallery of IHRA Outlaw Nitro photos from Galot, but if you missed any of the previous photos we’ve got a link to them below. (Photos by David Whealon) If you live under...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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Bello’s Kustoms COE Project: It Got Wider, And Now It’s Getting Shorter!

In the last episode it was all about making the bed wide enough to cover the giant dual wheels outback, and in this one it’s all about shortening up the wheelbase so the back of the cab and the...

Flash Sale: OPGI Is Offering Huge Savings On Auto Custom Carpets And Floor Mats – Hurry, It Ends At Midnight!

Check out the interior of your project. Is it worn? Frayed? Faded? Or maybe there’s not much to look at in there yet as you are still in the build process. No matter the situation, OPGI has the...

Mazda Is Going Back To Longitudinally Mounted Engines And Rear Wheel Drive – Just Not Here – Check Out The New CX-60

(By Tom Lohnes) – Mazda is no stranger to rear-wheel-drive vehicles. With the world-famous MX-5 Miata, the rotary-powered RX-7 and RX-8, numerous cool JDM cars, and even the MPV minivan, it is...

Deep Breather: This Factory Dual Quad Tunnel Ram For FE Big Block Ford Engines Is Awesome

History is a funny thing and it is all about perspective. If you were to tell 1960s hot rodders what would be available from the factory today in terms of raw performance they’d buy a ticket on...

March Meet Photos: Dragsters, Altereds, And Roadsters From Nostalgia Drag Racing’s Most Famed Event

Our third gallery of photos from Wes is full of nothing but dragsters, roadsters, and altereds from the 2022 March Meet. There might be a comp coupe thrown in for good measure, but whichever you...

HOW TO: NA & BOOSTED LS INTAKE TEST! CARB & EFI. TRUCK VS DUAL PLANE VS SINGLE PLANE (WHO IS BEST?)

What intake should you run on your LS build? Are you going to spray it with nitrous? Pack it full of boost? Or go old school with no EFI and instead run a carburetor on it? All valid questions, and...

First Drive Since The 1950s!!! – Iron Trap Takes The Schroll 1932 Ford Coupe Out For A Ride

Dude! Wouldn’t you love to take a ride in this killer ’32 Ford Coupe? You won’t see one very often that hasn’t been chopped, so this one is pretty unique. It’s...

Pit Trike Top Speed Runs: Tracks Or Wheels, Which Ones Are Faster On The White Stuff?

The Pit Trike got a skid and tracks and now people are asking if it is actually faster with that setup compared to the wheels. So which ones are the best for top speed? Watch the video and...

Famously Fast: This Video Profiles Seven Celebrities That Took Their Love Of Racing To The Next Level

The “famous car guy” club tends to create more cringe these days than it does admiration of adoration, right? We see some of the stuff that these guys do and facepalm pretty hard most of...

The 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades Package Is Awesome and Capable – Bring On The Muck, Mire, and Swamps!

(By Tom Lohnes) – It is needless to say that the new-for-2021 Ford Bronco is a massive success. Such a success that Ford can’t quite make them as fast as they can sell them. Sure, part of...

Supra With A Stick (Finally?!)? It’s Beginning To Look Like A Manual Transmission Is Headed For The 2023 Supra

(By Tom Lohnes) – When the 5th-generation Toyota Supra debuted in 2019, Toyota made a promise. WIth every passing model year of Supra, Toyota would make some change or upgrade to improve the...

MAHLE Motorsport Steps Up to Sponsor All Southeast Gassers Association (SEGA) Classes for 2022

This is awesome news for an awesome association. MAHLE Motorsports has announced that they are stepping up big time as a supporter of the Southeast Gassers Association across all their classes and...

Finnegan Bought A Used LS-Powered Pro 2 Race Truck And Is Already Breaking Things On Day 1

Remember when you were a kid and on the first day playing with some new RC car, bike, or toy you broke it? That’s sorta what’s going on here with Finnegan, and somehow I think he and...

HOW TO ADD 120 HP: JUNKYARD TURBO LS CAM SWAP-BIG HP AT SAME PSI-TURBO HEADERS VS CAST MANIFOLDS-HP?

Every cam is a turbo cam, in the words of Richard Holdener himself, so if that is the case then how can you possibly make more than 100 extra horsepower from a cam swap on a junkyard LS turbo combo?...