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Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational 2019! Every year we’re surprised by the level of competition at Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational. The level of drivers and cars increases exponentially as everybody strives to make their car the best of the best at OUSCI. This year, Chris “Smitty” Smith took the points championship for the series with the RideTech Track1 … [Read more...]
SEMA 2019 Another year, another SEMA Show. I think every year we seemed to be blown away by the level of cars, but it just keeps getting better. What also keeps getting better is the Bluetooth driveshafts, unusable pinion angles, shoddy welds, and more Bro-Dozers than you could shake a stick at. If you’re on Facebook, make sure to go check out the new Facebook group, “SEMA … [Read more...]
Flying Sparks Garage's 1969 C20 Garfield Truck! It's been awhile since we've checked in with the Husband and Wife duo of Flying Sparks Garage. They have been busy! During Power Tour we caught up with them a bit and saw their latest build, a 1969 Chevy C20 truck with a utility bed. The paint job reminded them of a sly cartoon cat, so it's now named "Garfield!" Naturally … [Read more...]
Install Part One: Debunking Air Ride Myths With Ridetech When you want your car or truck to sit extra low at shows but still drive nice and handle well, air suspension offers the best of both worlds. Then you hear these horror stories and decide to stick with a coil over and live with the high ride height. We all want our cars to sit lower though, and Ridetech has worked … [Read more...]
Is Pro Touring Now Autocross? As the show season is winding down, we are starting to get some free time to think. This summer we were all over the place from Holley LS Fest, to half a dozen Good Guys shows, an Optima event, the Hot Rod Power Tour and the Good Guys Road Tour. Case and point, we've put in a lot of seat time this year and watched a lot of autocross. During our … [Read more...]
Good Guys Hall of Fame Road Tour 2019 Last week we had the pleasure of hopping on the Good Guys Road Tour. There were two tours, an East and a West - we were on the East Coast tour. This tour had us starting in Detroit Michigan and ending up at the Ft Worth show at the same time as the West Coast tour. We were traveling along in the UMI Performance '65 Olds Cutlass all … [Read more...]
FORGELINES 1970 PRO TOURING "FN CAMARO " Photos by Tim King, Text by McCullough Public Relations Forgeline Motorsports knows a thing or four about all-out performance. It’s with this same single-minded focus that the team at Forgeline has decided to build their own pro-touring style 1970 Camaro. “We’ve been dreaming about building our own world class, pro-touring machine … [Read more...]
Miller Mulitmatic 220 AC/DC Welder - The Ultimate Welder A few years back we picked up a Miller Multimatic 215 welder. This welder has served us well over the years - we have used it from replacing floor pans to building a new heavy duty gate for the yard. This welder has truly been an invaluable tool for the garage and one that was so versatile. The Multimatic 215 is a … [Read more...]
Holley LS FestX 2019 10 years of LS powered mayhem! The Holley LS Fest 10 year anniversary was this past weekend and it was absolutely insane! Last year the show broke the record for the biggest event ever held at Beech Bend and this year certainly annihilated that record. On Saturday the line to get in was miles long all day long as everybody was itching to come in and see … [Read more...]
Wiring With Painless Performance Wiring up a car is never a fun task. Often tedious and never seen, it's not a fun job. If you have an issue it can be a real nightmare to track down as well. Most people can build an engine blind folded but struggle with wiring - us included. Wiring is something we can do but have to scratch our heads and think about what's going on. There's … [Read more...]
