Monthly Archives: July 2014

An “Unbelievably Freaking Cold” Ford Transmission Development Tale

Part of developing cars and trucks involves attempting to drive our development vehicles in every way and every place that you, the customer, will drive yours. To this end I’ve been all over the US, Canada, and even Mexico. Usually we went to the extreme places at the wrong time of the year. In January [...] More »

Throwback Thursday: Original MotorWeek Ford F-150 Lightning Road Test

For this week’s Throwback Thursday video I dug up an old segment from MotorWeek that included their first take on the then-new 1993 Ford F-150 Lightning – the truck billed as a Mustang GT with ...

Throwback Thursday: 1979 Ford F Series Packs a Big Stroker, Big Power (Video)

For this week’s Throwback Thursday I found a video of a 1979 Ford F Series pickup that has been modified to make some very serious power. This big beast packs a 514 cubic inch stroker V8 that delivers a whopping 650 horsepower to the rear wheels, making it one quick pickup. While the exterior of [...] More »

Throwback Thursday: LS1 Swapped 1971 Nova Looks and Sounds Incredible

This week’s Throwback Thursday video features a gorgeous 1971 Chevrolet Nova that looks stock on the inside and out, but under the hood is a carbed and cammed LS1 V8 that gives this classic Chevy muscle car a wicked grumble and a whole lot of go-fast power. This is just a walkaround video, so we [...]

Pirelli World Challenge Racing to Mid-Ohio for Rounds 11 and 12

As we head into the last three stops for the GT, GT-A, and GTS classes of the 2014 Pirelli World Challenge series championship, you can be sure that the drivers and teams will be holding nothing back. Now is the time when the teams push hard for every valuable championship point. Everyone will be giving [...]

Pratt & Miller Corvette to Run World Endurance Championship Like a Boss!

Leading up to my first ever road race as an official journalist with real life press credentials, you may start to see a few more articles geared towards it. Next week I’m headed to Road America to cover the Continental Tire Road Race Showcase with Tudor United Sportscar Championship (IMSA) and I will be detailing [...]

Chris Harris Shows You How To Drift

Drifting is something all of us motorheads do (or attempt to do) from time to time when no one is around to yell or threaten to jump out of the passenger seat, but is something that can leave you in a rather disastrous situation if not done properly. Check out the video after the jump [...]