Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now
Can they pull it off? An 8-second quarter mile capable car in just 8 days? I think they can and with 5 days down, the boys are making headway. With the talent and resources these guys have they...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Welcome To The Blue Oval’s Burndown!
LS Fest came and went. MoParty had it’s first showing. That means that it’s time for Mustangs, for Cobras, for Broncos, and every other thing that wears the legacy of Henry Ford on...
Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.
I get asked all the time about combinations that will make certain horsepower levels. Whether it’s a small block, an LS, a big block, or whatever, everyone has some magic power number...
Historical Footage: Group A Rallying In The 1990s – Faster Than Group B And Just As Wild!
We tend to look at Group B Rally as the wild era of the sport, and for good reason: manufacturers were all but unchained from regulation, required only the barest minimums of homologated cars, and...
Bargain Racement Part 3: Can You Build A Race Car For The Same Money As A Racing SIM? Watch…
SIM Racing has been getting more and more popular, and the popularity has gone through the roof since COVID-19 came around, and I get why. But wouldn’t you rather spend that money to go real...
Practical Application: Hydrolocking An Engine Under Load
It’s Engine 101: air compresses, water does not. If you are unlucky enough to have water go down the gullet of your engine and into the bores, your best hope in hell is that you shut the engine...
Bucket List Item: Get A Tour Of A Real-Live Locomotive In Action
Between me and a few friends from my Army days, I am probably the only one who misses railyard detail and working at the Yermo depot whenever we got to go play soldier in the beautiful visage of Fort...
Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!
When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...
Motion Raceworks Is Building An 8 Second Car In 8 Days!!! Meet El Toro!
I’ve been part of a team that built a car in just 48 hours, and I’ve been part of a team that twice built an 8 second car in 10 days, and both required a lot of planning. The task of...
Historical Footage: A Look Into One Of Toronto’s More Notorious Street Racers And His 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator…That Was A Former Ford Of Canada Drag Car!
Two cars line up on a backroad somewhere near Toronto, Canada in 1979. This is your average street race…a few bystanders, those in the know. No heavy crowds and nobody else nearby to cause a...
British Brute: The Rover SD1 Vitesse – Buick Heart, Daytona Looks!
The Buick 215 V8 didn’t have a long shelf life at General Motors. Sure, the aluminum engine was a proper V8, and an all-aluminum one at that…exotica for the early 1960s. But ultimately,...
Actually Fixing It Up: The Gold Cutlass Gets Some Proper Wrench Time In!
Over the years, as I’ve been on this never-ending revival kick, many of you have wondered if, after the cameras are shut off and the video is uploaded, if any of these YouTubers actually go...
Scott Palmer Brings Everything Nitro Powered He’s Got To Ozark Raceway Park And SENDS IT!
Scott, or Scotty, Palmer is an awesome dude. He’s a friend, an amazing human, a killer competitor, and a guy that doesn’t do anything unless it is at least a little fun. In fact, fun is...
