You see folks posting all over social media about blowouts on their race trailers each week, and asking for advice on which tires everyone else uses. I can tell you that the majority of trailer tire issues come from people overloading their trailers, or running cheap car tires that are just not rated for what their trailer is. Either one is bad, but if you have the right tires on your trailer you can be set and be good to go. I have personally been running a Trailer King tire I got from Walmart on our open trailers for the past 10 years now and have never had an issue. They are speed rated, fo ..read more

Everyone is always talking about EFI nowadays, and for an entire generation of racers and hot rodders there seems to be a lack of knowledge on how to tell what your engine wants if you don’t have an O2 sensor reading to go off of. You don’t have to have an electronically fuel injected engine to have an O2 sensor of course, and I would argue that it is a great tool even on carbureted cars, but it’s also a great idea to check out your spark plugs on occasional. If you run nitrous or boost, it is a smart plan to pull the plugs and check them after a run or dyno pull or whatever just so you can co ..read more

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood, and so much more. There are beautiful roads in the mountain surrounding it and too many cool places to stay than we can count. It is a great family fun destination and if you are a car nut like us, then there are plenty of events you should look into for a visit. This video below comes from our pal Tommy Lee Byrd who hit up the Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run so he could cruise his old Corvette, spend some tim ..read more

I didn’t make it out to the 2024 Mini Truckin Nationals in Maggie Valley, but boy I can’t wait for next year. That’s because our friend Damon Steinke from E3Extreme hit the show and shared some photos with us. Everyone that attends this show talks about how great it is, with a very nice show grounds, great community in Maggie Valley, and cruising that is what custom trucks are all about. The common theme with this show is fun and family and no drama. The stores, gas stations, motels, and restaurants in Maggie Valley are all super welcoming and love having this event in their town. The Police a ..read more

Hydraulic brakes aren’t a complicated system in the grand scheme of things, but little things can make them work way less than ideal. And unfortunately tons of folks “upgrade” their brakes only to find that they don’t actually work better than the stock stuff 95+% of the time. If you upgrade brakes so that they are better at the extremes, but never drive your car to those extremes, then there isn’t much point. And, unfortunately, if you don’t get all the components in the system right then you’ll likely have new brakes that also don’t work as well as the factory stuff in the everyday environme ..read more

A planishing hammer is an ultra simple machine in principle. It’s basically just making the same hammer strikes you would with a body hammer and dolly, but doing it way faster. That way you can move it around to shape metal by using it to shrink and stretch it. In this video a dude takes some cheap air hammer planishing bits and makes an adapter to fit them to his Milwaukee M12 Palm Nailer. He doesn’t want to modify the palm nailer. If it were me, I would modify it myself and not care, but realistically I’d also probably be doing it with an air palm nailer from Harbor Freight because I’m poor ..read more

We’ve got our fifth, and final, photo gallery from the PDRA East Coast Nationals below, but if you missed the previous galleries from the race, you can use the link we’ve included as well. (Photos by David Whealon) The PDRA East Coast Nationals at GALOT Motorsports Park were some badass drag races and for good reason. This is one of the coolest dragstrips in the country, and when the PDRA is in town the crowds are always great. With Pro Nitrous, Pro Boost, Extreme Pro Stock, Pro Street, and more, there is no shortage of great racing action for the fans to see. Lucky for us, David Whealon ..read more

Cheap paint job videos always suck me in because I want to paint one of my driver cars and need the inspiration. At this point I know what my options are and just need to get the shop done and a DIY paint booth setup so I can get my paint on. But this one here is a pretty snazzy job for the money, with a total of $120 to do the paint job on this kid’s first car, a Jeep Cherokee. It’s going to be one color, shiny, and durable which is just what every kid wants on their first car. So check out Howlin Wolf Garage making it happen. It’s pretty cool to see the results. Video Description: In this vi ..read more

There are lots of will it run videos out there of engines being started after sitting for years and years and years. But when an engine is actually stuck, or seized, the success rate goes down significantly. I have had seized engines run like a dream once they were unstuck, and I’ve had some that ran but were never happy. I’ve also had some that ran, but not for long as there were just too many things going against them. So for Newbern and the boys to actually unstick the small block in this 1965 Chevelle SS and then make it run well enough to do some really fun burnouts in the driveway, it gr ..read more

The Long Beach Grand Prix has to be one of the most famous street race courses in history. Like Monaco, it sits right on the water and runs in between buildings and parks right in the heart of downtown Long Beach California. There are parts of this city road course that are tight , and yet there are some ultra high speed sections too. It’s tough enough for open-wheel race cars and Trans-Am series cars, but when you throw Stadium Super Trucks around the course on three wheels, smoking the tires under braking AND on the throttle, and of course flying through the air the action looks nearly impos ..read more