NHRA Insider: A Pro Modified Legend Talks About His Career and Our Inside Man Spills The Beans
On this episode of the NHRA Insider Mike Janis and Kevin McKenna join Brian Lohnes. Janis was recently told by doctors that his hall of fame pro-modified driving career was at an end but Mike is not...
The FTI Performance Gen 3 XPM Billet Bolt Together Torque Converter Line Is Gnarly!
This is big news for those drag racers out there who are running a high horsepower combo and backing their engine with a torque converter. FTI Performance Introduces the Gen 3 XPM Billet Bolt...
Phil MacDougall Named New Executive Director Of The National Automobile Museum In Nevada
The National Automobile Museum in Sparks Nevada has a storied past and rich history that started with the famed Harrah’s car collection, and has become one of the top automobile museums in the...
Unimog vs The World! Can Anything Else At King Of The Hammers Keep Up With This Thing?
We’ve been following a Unimog Expedition vehicle build on here recently, and I have repeatedly said how much I dig them. They are amazingly utilitarian but also incredibly trick in how they...
Shaun Bought A 325 Hp 396 1968 El Camino That Has Been Sitting For 11 Years And Like Everyone On The Internet Is Seeing What It Will Take To Run
Everybody on YouTube seems to be finding old cars and then attempting to make them run. It makes me laugh because I’ve been telling people for decades that unless an engine is actually seized,...
Mitsubishi Is Bringing A New Outlander – Can a Bottom Dollar SUV Save The Ship Here In America?
(By Tom Lohnes) – With the new Outlander, the first all-new Mitsubishi since 2009’s Lancer and Evolution X, Mitsubishi hopes to attract some buyers who previously left the brand for better...
Who In Their Right Mind Would Bolt A Carburetor Onto The Top Of A TPI Intake Manifold?
The answer is… Richard Holdener, that’s who. Why? Why not is really the better question. Richard is always in search of data and information, and what better way to test whether a large...
Update Video: Here’s The Latest Installment Of The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Rebuild – Fun At The Machine Shop
We’re digging the Cadillac 365 project and this latest installment is a good one. Broken into a couple of parts, we see the layout of all the parts and components that Davin is working with to...
The Perfect Snow Storm Survival Rig! This Lifted Squarebody Suburban Is A Snow Blasting Machine
With the snow falling almost as fast as the temperature in much of the country right now, I am not the only one thinking now would be a great time to own a 4-wheel drive rig of some kind. What is...
Everything Is Torn Apart At Shaun’s Shop, But The Murder Nova’s First Start Up Of 2021 Is Right Here. NPK, Here They Come!
The latest video from 187 Customs has Shaun talking about the flack he’s gotten about making the new NPK Murder Nova shiny, explaining some of the reasoning behind the change, and also showing...
Not Something You See Everyday! This Mid-Engine Vega Is A Trip. Not Going To See One Of These At Every Show!
Sometimes weird is cool, and this is one of those times. Regular readers of the site will know that I’m a fan of GM’s older compact cars like the Vega, Monza and Chevettes. And since...
Down In A Hole: How To Extract Broken Bolts And Studs With Some Cool Cheap Tools
Broken bolts suck. Especially when you know you have one but can’t see just how bad it is because the part it is supposed to be holding on is still in the way. You know, like when you break the...
Dyno Testing A 4.3L V8, The Mini LT1 Gets Ported Heads, Various Headers, Cams, And More! How Much Power Can It Make!
Richard is back at it, on the dyno at Westech, and testing all kinds of stuff on the Mini LT1. What’s a Mini LT1? Well, it’s a 4.3L version of the LT1 small block of the 1990s that...
It Just Keeps Getting Worse: The Peugeot Influence Over Chrysler and Dodge Seems To Be Total
(By Tom Lohnes) – Remember a few weeks ago when we all thought Chrysler was going to die? Well, big people at Stellantis have made multiple claims about Chrysler, and they don’t look too...
