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Hot Rod Power Tour 2019 After being on the Hot Rod Power Tour for a week, we are still on a bit of a high. We went on Power Tour back in 2016 and had a blast, racking up a little over 4,200 miles in a week. After taking a few years off we decided to hit the road again! This year's Power Tour went from Concord, NC all the way up to Norwalk, OH. Stops included Martinsville, … [Read more...]
Goodguys Celebration of the ’69 Camaro at the 22nd PPG Nationals Coincides with Collector Car Appreciation Day (Pleasanton, CA)—There is little doubt that the Camaro is one of history’s most revered muscle cars, and that among all the Camaros, the 1969 model remains one of the most popular. It seems fitting then, that on the 10th consecutive National Collector Car Day, July … [Read more...]
LS Swap Radiator From Flex-A-Lite Overheating is never a fun time. As hot rodders build bigger and more powerful engines, overheating has always been a bit of an issue. Luckily, radiator design and technology has improved just like those engines. Now you can have well over 1,000 horsepower while sitting in the hot traffic and the air conditioning cranked. It's truly amazing to … [Read more...]
Back To The Future Of Gauges One of the most popular interior modifications is upgrading your factory gauges. In many classic cars, they were lacking the proper instrumentation that most people want. A speedometer and fuel gauge were the most common found and gauges like a tachometer, water temp, volts or oil pressure were usually upgrades from the base model. Even if your … [Read more...]
Good Guys Nashville Nationals 2019 Going to as many car shows as we do to bring you coverage, we get pretty lucky weather wise. Usually the worst case scenario is some hot weather and sunburn to accompany it. Unfortunately the Good Guys Nashville Nationals was a wet weekend. With rain in the forecast for most the weekend, it did scare some people away. Luckily not … [Read more...]
Summit Racing Atlanta Motorama 2019 What a weekend of racing in Atlanta! Normally people call it "Hotlanta" but this weekend the weather was absolutely perfect at the Summit Racing Motorama! Cool breezes and warm temperatures made for some great racing. Atlanta Motor Speedway made for a great venue with lots of room for cars and vendors to hang out and enjoy the sights and … [Read more...]
Daytona Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge DAYTONA. A single word that conjures up images of racing, steep banking, ultra high speeds, and sunshine. This past weekend at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Series, there was no shortage of any of those. If you've never been before, Daytona is a mecca for automotive racing and one of the largest tracks we've ever been to. High … [Read more...]
The Future Of Hot Rodding One big question in the automotive industry is how to sustain and continue the growth. The reoccurring theme there seems to be "how do we get kids engaged?" This question has been raised thousands of times, and has received a thousand different answers. Things like take away their cell phones and get them outside! Sure, that's one way to do it. But … [Read more...]
Second Gen Camaro Suspension Upgrade We can all agree, nothing quite matches the feel of a classic muscle car. By now, we can also agree that the muscle rides of the 60’s and 70’s left a lot to be desired in the handling and ride quality department. My ’71 Camaro had sat in the “hog house” on our farmland in Kansas from about 1992 until I pulled it out and brought it down … [Read more...]
Ordering A Driveshaft From Inland Empire Driveline Service On our Project Way-Gone wagon we have been focusing on making this a running and driving car. We've been working on exhaust and fuel systems, but one crucial piece to the puzzle is a driveshaft to get the power from the engine to the ground. With our past projects we called up and used Inland Empire Driveline … [Read more...]
