No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process
The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once technology only had by defense contractors and massive industrial companies is now available to everyone at varying levels, prices, and sizes. Want a massive […]
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Watch Zora Arkus-Duntov Rip A Disguised 1956 Chevy Up Pikes Peak – Bill France Timed The Run Himself!
There are certain things that we really, really love around here and this video captures just about all of them. For starters we have great footage with classic narration. Then we have history being made, legends being involved, and a legit feat of strength being performed during an era when such things were legit dangerous. […]
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Horsepower or Horse Powered: Who Wins A The Pull? A Team Of 16 Belgian Draft Horses Or A Tractor?
Tractors were developed to be mechanical horses. Ok, they were developed to be better than the horses that they replaced. While the mighty draft horse was a good right hand man for farmers spanning the millennia, they required food, rest, housing, care, shoes, and they had a bad habit of aging and dying as well. […]
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The Flying Brick: The AMG V-8 Swapped Mercedes V-Class Van Holds Its Own At The Roll Races In Germany!
Well we have been at the sleeper game a long time here in the USA, we certainly don’t have a choke hold on it and this video is proof. Shot at an event being held at a small German airport, the feature attraction is a Mercedes V-class van that has ditched its 2.0L turbo-diesel engine […]
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This Awesome Video From The 1972 NHRA SuperNationals Highlights The Sport’s First 5 and Jim Dunn’s Rear Engine FC Win!
This is one of the neatest old drag racing films we have ever seen and it was shot by a fan on an 8mm video recorder at the 1972 NHRA SuperNationals which was an event that featured professional categories and ONLY professional categories of competition. This is the event where Mike Snively ran the first […]
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Coolest Slant Six Powered Vehicle Ever In Action – The Chrysler Marsh Screw Amphibian
The Chrysler slant six engine has been used in every imaginable power role from forklifts to road racing cars and all the stuff in the middle but there is one vehicle you may not know about that used the leaning tower of power. Called the Marsh Screw Amphibian and developed by Chrysler for the department of […]
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Video: Watch 1985’s Battle Of The Monster Trucks In Its Entirety! One Of The Best 80’s Monster Truck Videos Ever
I’m going to come right out and admit to still owning and occasionally popping the VHS copy of this video into our now decrepit VCR here at home. It is one of the coolest looks back a the earlier end of the monster truck craze and there’s lots of laughs to be had when you […]
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Rarely Seen: This Road Test Of The 1982 Lancia Zagato Shows Off One Of The Oddest Limited Run Cars Ever
When we look at the history of Italian car companies in the United States, it ain’t the rosiest. Yes, Ferrari and Lamborghini have made a living here for quite some time but the place to look is not the utra-exotic hypercar builders but the mainstream manufacturers. Companies like Alfa Romeo, FIAT, Lancia, and others have […]
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This 1966 Pikes Peak Video Focuses on Ak Miller and Bobby Unser Flying In The Dirt
Now THIS is amazing. You are going to watch this 1966 Pikes Peak video that features legendary racers Ak Miller and Bobby Unser hauling ass up the mountain. Of course back then the entire course was dirt, now the entire thing is paved. The dirt really tested the mettle and balls of the competitors for sure. […]
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The Big Fix: Watch This Welder Perform A Repair On A Massive Lanz Bulldog Piston
Ok, now this is neat. You are about to watch a welder perform a piston repair on a massive Lanz Bulldog piston. So a Lanz Bulldog is a tugboat engine? No. A locomotive engine? Negatory. How about a single cylinder, two stroke, hot bulb, 6.3L engine that made 12 horsepower in a little tractor called […]
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