Monthly Archives: September 2016

Question of the Week: Should “Rolling Coal” Be Illegal?

The trend of rolling coal – causing your diesel engine to load up and produce thick, black smoke – has become quite popular among the diesel truck crowd. This isn’t specific to Ford trucks, as plenty of GM and Ram owners have trucks modified to smoke under hard throttle, but it has become a hot topic in the automotive community.

The Ram Rebel TRX Concept is Over the Top…and I Want One

I knew Ram would bring something to show off at the 2016 State Fair of Texas. I had no idea it would be this.

Paralyzed Corvette Racer Gets Driver’s License for C7 Z06 With Head Controls

IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt has driven his head, breathing, and voice-controlled Corvette in closed situations, but thanks to working with the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles, he's now set to get a driver's license to drive it on public roads.

Best Motoring Tests Tires on Toyota GT86 Around Tsukuba Circuit

We love Best Motoring, Japan’s long time video-magazine series that pits the country’s best motorsport drivers against each other in a bevvy of stock and modified cars of all sorts in a number of challenges. While we all know and love their famous “5 Lap Battles” around Tsukuba circuit, today’s video of choice is a [...] More »

Corvette of the Week: Road Tripping in a Silver C7 Convertible

Road trips and Corvettes go together better than peanut butter and chocolate.

These Ferrari FXX Engines Are Music to Our Ears

The sound of a motor is like a classical piece of music to a car enthusiast. Within a space of time, a mechanical cacophony becomes tuned and finessed into notes of power and sheer pleasure. Today’s symphony comes courtesy of a gaggle of Ferrari FXX race cars. The FXX were a series of consumer race [...] More »

Dyno Blast: Worked 2011 Camaro SS Makes 403rwhp

This week’s Dyno Blast Wednesday video features a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro SS making a quick run on the rollers with a list of very common modifications. While it is unclear which transmission this Camaro uses, we know that the LS3 V8 has been fitted with BBK long tube headers, BBK high flow catalytic convertors, a [...] More »