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SEMA 2022 There's no doubt that talks on electric vehicles are getting more and more popular. It's been a few years since we were at SEMA and one thing we noticed right off the bat was the amount of EV's there were along with companies selling conversion kits. We could talk about the pro's and con's of that for days - but let's get back to the SEMA we all know and … [Read more...]
DAKOTA DIGITAL ACQUIRES W.I.D.E CONTACT BRAND Dakota Digital, Inc. announces today that it has agreed to purchase the W.I.D.E Contact brand of products. Developed in 1995 by Dave Kopser, the W.I.D.E Contact brand of door contacts has become a staple in the custom vehicle market. Dakota Digital has been a distributor of these great products since the inception, … [Read more...]
Installing Dakota Digital Universal HDX Gauges One of our side projects has nothing to do with auto crossing or Pro Touring, but we are having a blast with it. It's our 1923 Ford T-Bucket that we are installing a modern LS into. One thing we ran across was the need for gauges. Now if you've been following Lateral-G over the years we've installed just about every version of … [Read more...]
NASCAR Hall of Famer Rusty Wallace is still a gearhead through and through. This is his '66 Nova which is heading to Barrett Jackson soon. Rusty is somebody that knows how to drive, and this car was built to handle! The car was originally purchased at an auction and had been flipped after some damage. Rusty brought the Chevy II to Ambition Road to fix it right. Under the … [Read more...]
Story by Don Estel I bought this Nova SS in 2019 from a shop in Oregon. The car came with a 509 hp 502 GenVI motor and a Tremec TKO 600 5 speed trans and 12 bolt with 3:73 gears. The prior owner performed a 2 year restoration ending in 2004 and only put 800 miles on the car at the time I purchased it. I drove the car for a couple of months when I decided I wanted to make … [Read more...]
Building The Ultimate 1970 Pro Touring Chevelle - "Collateral Damage" A few months ago our very own Lateral-G owner Jody picked up a 1970 Chevelle. He had a vision for the car - handles like it's on rails, tons of power, stop on a dime, and to be able to put ten's of thousands of miles a year on it. The goal wasn't go out and build the baddest auto cross machine ever, it … [Read more...]
Installing Dakota Digital's Odyssey Air Pressure Monitor Project No-Name, our 1966 Chevelle has been on air ride suspension for almost 20 years now. When we first put it on bags we used manual valves which are easy to plumb in manual gauges to see the pressures at each corner. With those we were able to raise the car and pretty accurately have it at the same level every time … [Read more...]
DAKOTA DIGITAL RELEASES THE RETROTECH SERIES OF INSTRUMENTATION: DEBUTING THE 1962-1976 CHEVY NOVA APPLICATIONS Dakota Digital is proud to unveil the Retrotech series of instrumentation fitting the 1962-65, 1966-67 and 1969-76 Chevy Novas. The RTX series is the latest from Dakota Digital, focused on retaining that stock look without sacrificing the late-model features … [Read more...]
"Large Marge" 1973 Mustang Build With lots of time at home recently we've been watching a lot of YouTube. One channel we stumbled upon was that of Jason Lewis of AutoEdits and his 1973 Mustang. At first glance, a '73 Mustang isn't a popular choice. If people are restoring a '73 Mustang, it's usually the popular Mach 1 versions, not a base Mustang. But the more we watched … [Read more...]
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 car has these, they aren't as … [Read more...]
