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LS Fest Texas: Under The Lights, Registration, and All The Info!

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LS Fest Texas We are excited that Holley is bringing an LS Fest to Texas! Less than a month away on June 17th-18th at Texas Motor Speedway. We know that Texas isn't known for cool summers, but Holley is turning on the lights! While participants come in the morning to go through tech, the racing and spectators don't start till 1PM and the action goes all the way till Midnight! … [Read more...]

Project No-Name: Blower Breather Tank Install

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Holley Blower Breather Tank Install In any normal internal combustion engine, generally the intake never sees any positive pressure unless it has some device such as a supercharger pushing air in. On our Project No-Name Chevelle, we went from a naturally aspirated LS3, to a Torqstorm blown LY6. One detail that we missed was our catch can set up. Holley made this swap easy with … [Read more...]

Cole Reynold’s Mid-Engine, Single Seater, 1974 Chevy LUV

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Cole Reynolds' 1974 Chevy LUV Have you ever really just fell down the blackhole of fixing up a car that seems to have no end? That happened for Cole Reynolds in his Chevy LUV truck. Cole originally purchased this truck when he was only 13 years old. He had plans for a truck that he could daily drive and hit the autocross with. But as he started his journey, he fell down the … [Read more...]

C10 Nationals Texas 2022

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C10 Nationals Presented By Chevrolet Performance If you're a fan of C10 trucks, then the C10 Nationals in Fort Worth, Texas is where you need to be! This weekend the show kicked off to beautiful, hot weather. Located at Texas Motor Speedway, this venue provides plenty of space for trucks and vendors along with the unique experience of checking out the awesome track … [Read more...]

TMI Products Releases Two New Seats!

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TMI Products releases not just one, but two new seats! For those who love their bench seats, they have a new 55" wide seat that has storage and a fold down arm rest. These are perfect for classic trucks and other applications where a bench seat is preferred to allow maximum seating capacity. In addition to that they are now offering a new Chicane race seat as well for those … [Read more...]

Keeping Your Car Cool: Expansion Vs. Overflow Tank

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With summer coming, making sure your cooling system is up to date is crucial. Nobody likes to have their car overheat and be stuck on the side of the road. If you're trying to do some driving events such as the Hot Rod Power Tour, then having a proper cooling system is absolutely essential. Usually the Power Tour is hours of driving through heat, sitting in some traffic, and … [Read more...]

Holley LS Fest: GOES TO TEXAS!

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Holley LS Fest Invades Texas Motor Speedway June 17-18, 2022 With two amazing shows, Holley LS Fest West and East, it made sense to add a third. Now they teased us for a few days with the new announcement, but didn't say where it was at. Earlier today it was announced that it's LS FEST TEXAS, located in Fort Worth, Texas at the Texas Motor Speedway June 17-18th, 2022. Now … [Read more...]

How It’s Made: CPP Tubular Control Arms

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Video: Classic Performance Products Control Arms Last year we installed a complete set of CPP Tubular Control Arms on our Project 1955 Bel Air build. Naturally when we took them out of the box, we were checking them out and admiring how nice the welds were and just how well built they seemed. That got us thinking a bit on how exactly does a tubular control arm get built? … [Read more...]

Goodguys 12th LMC Truck Spring Lone Star Nationals!

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Goodguys 12th LMC Truck Spring Lone Star Nationals Kicking off the 2022 season, the Goodguys Lone Star Nationals showed up at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas! Now normally you'd think being Spring, in March and in Texas that the weather would be nice, right? Friday was insanely cold with highs in the 30's! What the heck Texas - we thought you were known for heat? … [Read more...]

The Flair Witch Project: Suzy Bauter’s 1963 Rambler Wagon

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1963 Rambler Wagon: The Flair Witch If you've been in the Pro Touring/Autocross scene for any amount of time, it's likely you've met Suzy Bauter. She originally got into the scene in Southern California, but relocated to Tennessee. That means you'll see her and her partner Rodney Prouty at events in the northeast to deep down south and all over. Everywhere she goes she has a … [Read more...]