MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Chrysler Hemi 5.7L Dome PowerPak Plus Forged Piston Kits
There’s just something about pistons, right? These hard working little engine anvils are what can make or break the hopes and dreams of a project. They are subjected to incredible forces and...
Rare Breather: This Shanafelt Intake For A Flathead Ford Is Unobtanium Early Hot Rodding Goodness
Before the speed parts industry actually became and industry, there were loads of guys across the country making stuff. One of those guys was Portland, Oregon’s Bill Shanafelt. Shanafelt...
Roaring Ford: Watch This 445ci Ford Make 845 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno – Ooga Booga!
Scott Shafiroff is a guy who’s well know among drag racers and in the drag racing world because of his stellar career and because he has built one of the premier engine houses in the sport....
Slow Air In – Fast Air Out: This 60+ Year Old Film About Gas Turbines Is Awesome, Great History, Tech, More
While theory and ideas that make gas turbine engine function have long been known by humanity, it was really little more than 100 years ago that people had the means to make them into anything that...
Dyno Video: Watch A Totally Pissed Off Ford ‘Ute With A Twin Turbo Six Cylinder Make Nearly 900hp To The Tire!
Here’s further proof that turbos are pretty much the cure for all of the world’s ills and that the make every damned thing better. This video is from Australia and it shows a really clean...
Ever Seen A Locomotive Do A Burnout? This Is One Heck Of A Look At One!
It seems impossible that something as insanely heavy as a locomotive could ever break traction on dry tracks but this video proves that these things make such immense torque through their diesel...
Classic YouTube: Taylor MacKenzie Bails His Burning Kawasaki At Snetterton
Were you a firebug as a kid? I was. I’m amazed that I didn’t burn down the Little League complex that used to be where the Bandix Dog Park now stands. My idiot brother and I would top off...
2020 ECTA Firecracker Mile Gallery: More Straight-Line Action From The Airstrip
Friday’s action at the 2020 ECTA Firecracker Mile might have gone on longer than I planned, but two things conspired to make it a short day: one was a thunderstorm that was going to converge on...
American Ute Fixation: 2008 Ford Explorer Sport Trac Adrenalin, With Coyote and Six-Speed
It’s a bit of a toss-up to know where the American SUV craze started. Was it the XJ Cherokee, with it’s boxy shape and it’s proven four-wheel-drive system that was smaller and...
Making Donuts: The Entire Coverage From The Burnout Rivals Event At The Freedom Factory!
From the moment I saw a Holden Monaro go so hard that it was breathing purple fire out of the pipes by the time the show was over, Australian-style burnout contests were going to be a thing in my...
104hp Per Cylinder – The New 416hp Mercedes 2.0L Four Cylinder Is Hotter Than A Pistol And Makes More Torque
(By Tom Lohnes) – Mercedes-AMG has just revealed their craziest engine ever and it has half the cylinders of a V8. The company revealed a 2.0-liter 4-cylinder that makes more power than the...
Southeast Gassers Action Photos: More Great Images From These Leaping Beasts At Mooresville Dragway
(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a certain irony in the location of Mooresville Dragway. Not the fact that it is located in one of the most gearhead-centric cities in American but...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Planning For The Unplannable – How The NHRA Developed The Processes and Procedures For Fan and Racer Safety
If there is one job that I know I wouldn’t have wanted during this time of stoppage in the world of NHRA drag racing it is that of Kasey Coler, the man who in many ways was on the point of...
