Josh Hart Is Going Top Fuel Racing In 2021! Thanks For The Fun Top Alcohol, But It Is Time For Nitro!
Dec 12, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Josh Hart Is Going Top Fuel Racing In 2021! Thanks For The Fun Top Alcohol, But It Is Time For Nitro!
2021 is going to be an interesting year for the NHRA Top Fuel ranks. For the last year or two we’ve seen some events without a full Top Fuel field, which has opened up the opportunities for...
2021 Camaro SS and ZL1 Sales Banned In Washington and California Because Of Copper Content In Brake Pads And Salmon
Dec 11, 2020Brian Lohnes18
In a year that just keeps on doling out the awesome news at seemingly every turn, the latest wrinkle involves Camaro, copper, and salmon. Oh, also Arnold Schwarzenegger. Long story short is that back...
eBay Find: This 1973 Pontiac Catalina Safari Station Wagon Is Cool And Includes Some Plot Twists
Dec 11, 2020Brian Lohnes6
It’s been a while since we have laid eyes on a massive cruiser the likes of this 1973 Pontiac Catalina Safari station wagon and it’s really been a second since we have seen one that has...
At Full Sail: Nissan Has Refreshed Their Flagship Armada SUV And The Price Didn’t Change
Dec 11, 2020Brian Lohnes1
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Nissan Armada has been, like any Nissan, the value payer in its segment, with the lowest price in its class, a punchy V8, standard 4WD, and ever-comfortable seats....
Load of Lotus: Check Out The Coolest Lotus Moments From Goodwood SpeedWeek 2020
Dec 11, 2020Brian Lohnes3
There are few race car manufacturers who elicit the kind of emotional reaction from people that Lotus does. More specifically the brilliant, risk-taking, some would say reckless, founder of the...
Final Assembly Time: The Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Project Looks AWESOME All Decked Out
Dec 11, 2020Brian Lohnes4
It has been a long road and one that wasn’t devoid of struggle but the sometimes resistant Buick Straight Eight that Davin was building over at Hagerty has finally reached the last stages of...
Might As Well Make It Pretty: Painting The Engine Donor Mustang Up
Dec 11, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Might As Well Make It Pretty: Painting The Engine Donor Mustang Up
The original plan for this mid-’00s Mustang was simple: rip the Boss 302 engine out of the car and shove it into the best big-boy Bronco that the Deboss Garage guys could find. And like every...
Rough Start: Bring Your Own Engine For This 1986 Olds Cutlass Racer!
Dec 11, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rough Start: Bring Your Own Engine For This 1986 Olds Cutlass Racer!
We love a good G-body machine around here. And we love anything that has proven performance and potential. A trip around RacingJunk, eBay or the right Facebook pages will find you plenty of decent...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is This Year’s Winter Project?
Dec 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
Never, ever, in the thirty-seven years that I’ve been on this planet, have I been happier for winter to show up. The last time I was this ready for winter I was still in grade school and we got...
Splitting The Difference: The 2022 F-150 Tremor Is A Perfect Off-Road Themed Step Between A Street Truck and A Raptor
Dec 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Splitting The Difference: The 2022 F-150 Tremor Is A Perfect Off-Road Themed Step Between A Street Truck and A Raptor
(By Tom Lohnes) – It ain’t no Raptor, but the 2022 Ford F-150 Tremor packs a giant off-road punch at significantly less money than the Raptor. With the yet-to-be-driven Ford Ranger Tremor...
Rare Royalty: This 1978 Monarch Has A Factory Four Speed – Clean, Cool, Slow, and Expensive
Dec 10, 2020Brian Lohnes4
Back in 1978 only 585 Mercury Monarchs were produced from the factory with a four speed manual transmission and the 302 small block engine. This is even crazier when you think about the fact that...
Godzilla Dyno Fun: Brian Wolfe Rips A 446ci Godzilla With Ported Heads, A New Cam, Intake, Calibration – Big Power
Dec 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Godzilla Dyno Fun: Brian Wolfe Rips A 446ci Godzilla With Ported Heads, A New Cam, Intake, Calibration – Big Power
Brian Wolfe’s work with hot rodding the Ford 7.3L Godzilla V8 engine has been awesome. We have seen a load of different things so far and most of them have been a little outside the parameters...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Lyle Barnett The Newest Brawler In NHRA Pro Mod and The Pressure Cooker of Funny Car
Dec 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Insider Podcast: Lyle Barnett The Newest Brawler In NHRA Pro Mod and The Pressure Cooker of Funny Car
Lyle Barnett joins Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider to talk about his path through the world of small tire drag racing and into the ranks of the E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Series. On the...
Wrenching On A 1949-1951 Ford? Make Sure You Upgrade To Power Steering With Borgeson!
Dec 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Wrenching On A 1949-1951 Ford? Make Sure You Upgrade To Power Steering With Borgeson!
We all love old cars around here. The fact that they represent history, they represent evolution, and they represent the kind of mechanical progress that an industry was built on all play a part into...












