Watch This 434ci Small Block Make 1,440hp With Twin Turbos – New Zealand Hot Rodding, Baby!
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes2
We’ll save the jokes about the turbochargers spinning in the opposite direction for another day because this little small block is a meanie! Build in New Zealand and packing a set of...
Carnage, Indeed: Here’s The Damage When A Tailshaft Disintegrated On The Dyno!
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Carnage, Indeed: Here’s The Damage When A Tailshaft Disintegrated On The Dyno!
If you haven’t been following the Buick V6 build that Street Machine has been putting together for their Holden Berlina, then you might have missed the note that it’s being built for a...
Retro-Review Fun: This 1994 Look At The Then Current Acura NSX Is A Reminder Of How Strange These Cars Were
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes3
I remember being a kid when the Acura NSX came out. I remember reading the magazine stories, seeing the stuff on the various car related TV shows, I watched, and talking about it with my fellow car...
Loaded For Bear: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 400 4-Speed, With Almost Every Option On It
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
The Pontiac Grand Prix’s game through the late 1980s was sporty luxury. Neutral ground between the Trans-Am freaks who wanted the raging party of 1970 to live on forever, and those who wanted...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
You all know that we’re freaks for racing history around here, but how far back does it go? I have recently become obsessed with grand prix racing in the 1920s and 1930s leading up to WWII and...
Drag Racing Down South, Way Down South: Check Out This Action From Argentina! Slingshots, Crazy Four Bangers, and More!
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Buenos Aires is the capitol city of Argentina and it is home to a quarter mile drag strip. We think the place is called Picadas Galvez and it’s where the video below was shot. This video...
Wally vs The World: How Wally Parks Shocked The America And Gained Control of Drag Racing In 1958
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Many people believe that since the early 1950s, the National Hot Rod Assocaition has had the dominant spot in the sport of drag racing across America. Those people would be wrong. See, in 1958 Wally...
Always Wanted A Tesla Model 3 Convertible That Didn’t Exist? Now It Does – Check This Thing Out
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you desperately need a Tesla convertible before you can drop $250,000 on a down payment for the Tesla Roadster? Well, we have you covered. Newport Convertible Engineering,...
It’s All About The Air, Baby: OPGI Has Your Classic Air Conditioning and Air Circulation Needs Covered!
Jun 02, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on It’s All About The Air, Baby: OPGI Has Your Classic Air Conditioning and Air Circulation Needs Covered!
The breadth and depth of the OPGI product lineup cannot be overstated. The videos below stand as proof of that! If you are going to be cruising your classic muscle car this summer and you don’t...
Morning Symphony: The Wildest Escort Ever – Cosworth Power, Four-Wheel-Drive And Angry!
Jun 02, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
In North America, “Ford Escort” brings to mind images of a front-driver with big bumpers that showed up at the turn of the 1980s that, according to everything we were reading, was...
Unspoiled: This 2012 Dodge Challenger Body In White Is A Blank Canvass That Any Hot Rodder Can Make Awesome
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes8
Of all the kind of neat things that hot rodding has produced over the years of its existence, the whole “body in white” thing is among the coolest. It’s one of the oldest school...
Hellcat Hauler: Tell Me You Wouldn’t Swap A Third-Gen Hemi Into This 1992 Dodge D350!
Jun 02, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
With Holley unloading the swap kit program for 1972-1993 Dodge trucks, it was a given that I would be foaming at the mouth to try that plan out. Nothing against Angry Grandpa, but in the end...
Classic YouTube: Ryuichi Kiyonari’s Very Wet And Sideways Qualification Lap At Donington In 2008
Jun 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: Ryuichi Kiyonari’s Very Wet And Sideways Qualification Lap At Donington In 2008
A racing superbike in dry conditions is already a handful, requiring reflexes that border on supernatural. If the tires don’t grip, if the rider’s balance gets upset, if anything is less...
Brutally Cool: This Classic Toyota Corolla Is Packing A Turbocharged Nissan RB Engine And It Is Awesome
Jun 02, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Brutally Cool: This Classic Toyota Corolla Is Packing A Turbocharged Nissan RB Engine And It Is Awesome
There’s always something cool when you find out a car is built by a young guy. Such is the case with this beastly Toyota Corolla in Australia. The car was a four year project for its owner and...












