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Update: We Got More Info On Wes Littrell’s Home Built Retro Drag Special. Its Ford Powered, Blown, And Hauls Ass. We Love It!

Apr 20, 20211320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Update: We Got More Info On Wes Littrell’s Home Built Retro Drag Special. Its Ford Powered, Blown, And Hauls Ass. We Love It!

I wish I had more to tell you about Wes Littrell’s bitchin machine, but it was like pulling teeth to get any details from the guy that sent us the video link. What I do know is that this sucker is home built, has the feeling of an C-cab roadster with a touch of comp coupe and some funny car thrown into the mix. Who knows what the inspiration was, but I do like it. The video below shows a couple of runs at Bonne Terre Dragstrip In Bonne Terre, Missouri where this bad boy is running in the 4’s. I think these are some of the first runs with this one because it is a little soft early and definitely not running as hard as we bet it ultimately can. It certainly doesn’t seem like he’s leaving off the trans brake, so I think these sucker will be a bad ass when set on kill.

We do know that it has 588 cubic inches of Ford between the frame rails, and the blower on top of it is a 14-71 which we totally approve of. The mechanical injection isn’t a bad touch either. I know nothing about the trans and the rest of the drivetrain, but I expect it’s got a C6 and a 9 inch.

Editor’s Note: After posting this up yesterday we got an email from Wes with more info about the car, as well as some cool photos.

Here is what Wes sent us.

This is Wes Littrell the owner of the truck. It’s completely homemade 588 ci BBF powered, A460 block, 10.5-1 comp,   Trickflow A460 heads, eliminator blower intake, Littlefield hi helix mag blower, 15% over. 14 lbs of boost. Very mild tune. Powerglide transmission built by me with all parts and converter supplied by BTE. It weighs around 2900 with the driver. I built and fabricated everything. Engine, transmission, narrowed the rear axle, strut front end and all the chassis. The 4.90’s passes were footbrake with slicks that are completely shot. I appreciate you sharing the footage. Here’s a picture from a couple years ago from Street Outlaws. It was when it was a pickup with a straight axle and 618 alcohol injected engine. Ran 5.30’s back then. I have three race trucks. One had the 618 in it and looks very similar and the other one is the twin engine that looks like the pickup. I believe that you guys shared a video of them a couple years ago. I also have three homemade tow rigs. I just enjoy fabrication and being different.

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Happy 4/21 – Let’s Celebrate The Mighty Pontiac 421 That Melted Tires From 1961-1966

Street Racing Action From The Small Tire Short Notice KC Cash Days In Mexico

Apr 18, 20211320 Videos, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Street Racing Action From The Small Tire Short Notice KC Cash Days In Mexico

The Wyco Racing Small Tire Short Notice Cash Days event looked to have a very diverse group of racers ready to throw down on the street. The location was interesting as well, and in this great video from Urban Hillbilly Videos you’ll get to see all the action from start to finish. And like I said, there are some interesting cars at this one. Sure you are going to see Camaros and Mustangs and Novas oh my, but you are also going to see interesting imports, Mopars, trucks, and more. This is a cool video that is fun to watch. And the road? WTF are they thinking? This thing goes up and then down before a huge hill after the finish line. I guess it helps you slow down quick, but man it looks like a weird place to race.

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Two Engines, One Camshaft: What’s Good For One Must Be Good For The Other, Right?

Apr 16, 2021ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Two Engines, One Camshaft: What’s Good For One Must Be Good For The Other, Right?

Richard Holdener is fond of saying “Every cam is a turbo cam.” and he’s right. He’s right, because what he means is that if you add a turbocharger to any engine, and make boost, then it will make more power. Sure, if you are trying to build the ultimate horsepower producing engine then camshaft specs will matter, but with normal power levels that most of you are after, any good performance camshaft will be an upgrade over stock. So what happens if we swap the same camshaft into two different engines? If the cam is worth 50 horsepower on one, will it be worth the same on the other? Is there a magic camshaft that just works in any engine?

For that information, and all the details on the engines used for this test, you are going to have to watch the video below. Richard puts both engines through their paces, swaps the same camshaft into each one to see just what power gains are possible with both combinations, and then starts the dialogue with out about the results. The numbers don’t lie, but there is certainly room for questions, debates, and more so get your comments on and see if Richard addresses your remarks in a future video.

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This 1966 Chevy II Nova Is Retro Cool And With Some Love Would Be A Rad Rocky Mountain Race Week Machine

Candy Paint Job Tech: Here’s How To Do Amazing Candy Panel Paint. The Serape Mexican Blanket Paint Job.

Apr 10, 2021MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Candy Paint Job Tech: Here’s How To Do Amazing Candy Panel Paint. The Serape Mexican Blanket Paint Job.

Custom panel paint, candies, flake, and the like are often found on custom motorcycles, lowriders, and customs, and regardless of whether it is your favorite or not, and regardless of the color and style, everyone stares and appreciates what must have went into painting something like that. The truth about paint jobs like that is the time and effort that goes into them is mostly in the layout and masking of the thing. With so many layers and colors and graphics involved it can often take a hundred times longer to mask it than it takes to spray it. But there is a lot of skill that goes into spraying candies, pearls, and heavy flake. But how exactly does it really happen?

Well lucky for you, Time Warp Custom Paint is going to show us. This is a tutorial if you will and one that you can use to inspire you to get out and paint something yourself. Now I have to think that with a few spray cans and some time you could practice certain elements of this before you ever got into the good stuff, but regardless I think this could be something fun and it makes me want to try it out. I wonder if doing something like this on an old hood would be cool for the inside of the shop. Hmmmmm

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Wicked Fast Isle Of Man TT Motorcycle Racing Footage – Near Miss, Crazy Action

Apr 03, 2021Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, CRASH & BURN, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Wicked Fast Isle Of Man TT Motorcycle Racing Footage – Near Miss, Crazy Action

The Isle of Man TT is arguably the most bad ass motorcycle race on the planet. It just is. Held on public roads, with bikes of all kinds in a variety of classes, the entire place shuts down during race time and the spectators line the roads like little school kids waiting for the ice cream man. This is some epic stuff here folks and if you have never seen it before then be inspired to do something crazy right here. Keep in mind, the Isle of Man is not some place full of modern 4 lane roads and a road course like when a Grand Prix comes to a major city. No, we’re talking small roads, rock walls, lots of bumps that become huge jumps, and very very few barricades. That means that lots of people are standing with nothing but the small farmers fence or small wall around their yards between them and motorcycles going 150-200 mph. Yeah, it’s that kind of awesome.

Watch the video, love the action, and also enjoy the reactions of some of the people who have never been this close to the action before. You’ll see the look of shock on their faces, their hair blowing in the wind as bikes go by at break neck speeds, and the fun things that come out of their mouths after seeing them go by. This is fun stuff.

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Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

Mar 21, 2021OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

We’ve featured Carbon Fiber fabrication videos from Street Bandito before, but this one is cooler yet. The process for building this small part can totally be replicated for something bigger, and other than the materials there are no special tools you can’t acquire pretty easily. This part is small, more decorative that structural, but ends up really nice and strong and is the first part he ever built himself. I dig it, and this video just makes me want to try it in my own garage. I’ve already been thinking I need an oven for the new shop in case I want to powder coat small parts or something, but this just cements the idea that I need it. An oven, a vacuum pump, and some materials and you are good to go. This is fun looking stuff and with the availability of resins and materials nowadays you can make virtually anything from Carbon Fiber.

What do you think? Would you try this at home?

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Full Pro Mod Recap From The Mid West Drag Racing Series Xtreme Texas Nationals!

Murder Nova’s LS/Procharged 1955 Chevy Maiden Voyage! This Thing Is ROWDY!

Jan 31, 20211320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Spotlight, CAR FEATURES, Videos

Murder Nova’s LS/Procharged 1955 Chevy Maiden Voyage! This Thing Is ROWDY!

 

I like Rowdy. Especially ProCharged rowdy. I know what that is like because I have a small block with one on it and the thing is just plain nasty, in all the right ways. Shawn and the rest of the Murder Nova gang have been working on this ’55 Chevy for a while now and every time they get something else done on it there seems to be a little more excitement about actually getting to drive it. Well, this is the video. The one where driving the ’55 actually happens! Shawn last drove this car 11 years ago, and while it was driven on the street a bit then, it was definitely not a “street car”.

Hang out with the guys as they build a set of headers for this thing, button up the rest of the little stuff, figure out why one hole isn’t firing, and then light this bad boy off and take it for a cruise around town. Remember, street car, so they are running this one on E85 straight from the pump.  I don’t know how good that E85 is that they are putting in, but it is certainly good enough for cruising around town. I can’t wait to see the first street hits and the fun they have while perfecting their shenaniganary.

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Long Lost Film Of ’66 Winternationals Found! Sunday Eliminations With Packed Pomona Grandstands!

 

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Ever Wonder How They Make Wooden Airplane Props? Check Out These Two Ladies From Culver Props As They Take Us Through The Entire Process

Jan 16, 2021HISTORIC, MISC, TECH, Videos

Ever Wonder How They Make Wooden Airplane Props? Check Out These Two Ladies From Culver Props As They Take Us Through The Entire Process

Airplanes are bitchin machines, and were instrumental in the design and components used on some of the earliest hot rods. So it is no wonder that gearheads are often attracted to the cool shapes and lines that come on classic and military airplanes. And what’s cooler than the sexy wooden propeller hanging off the front of a neat old airplane? If someone asked what it took to build one, it would take a few minutes to think about all the steps and critical shaping that is required to make one from scratch. But now, you and I can watch one getting made, step by step, by two talented craftswomen from Missouri who build every single prop that comes out of Culver Props in Rolla, Missouri. I stumbled onto their YouTube channel and saw that they are starting a series on what it takes to make a new prop, and how the days progress during the build process.

I for one am excited to see what this cool prop will look like when done, seeing as it is made from several layers of Maple. Laminating wood like this not only produces a beautiful layered look, but also provides more strength and stability than if the prop were made from one solid block of wood.

Here’s Day 1 of a Propeller Build, we’ll share the next one as soon as it is posted!

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Best of 2020: This Guy Built His Own Prosthetic Hand Setup With Aluminum!

Jan 01, 2021TECH, Videos

Best of 2020: This Guy Built His Own Prosthetic Hand Setup With Aluminum!

Call it a toll of war, call it experience by years, but it is just a true, frank statement: I know way too many people who are missing limbs. Many have lost hands, feet, legs, eyesight and in many cases their minds as well. And that’s before we get into other issues, such as disease, accidents and the C-word that I can say in public. When humans started out on this planet, missing limbs all but promised that you were not going to eat well, and that if a big cat suddenly decided you were dinner…well, so long. Then it became a matter of public hindrance, a disability. Peg-legged sailors, riflemen with the sleeve sewn shut where an arm should have been. Nowadays, prosthetics are borderline unreal. From a basic foot extension that assists with balance to the radical neuroprosthetic technologies that are being studied and tested, what you can get away with via prosthetic devices today is nothing short of amazing. Handicapped? Not as much as you might think.

The amazing thing about this home-built aluminum hand…itself, a pretty loaded group of words…isn’t that it was built at home, or that it functions as well as it does. The fingers can splay, they can grip, they can form a fist, that’s pretty solid for a home-built unit. No, the impressive thing is that it was built at home by your narrator…you know, the man who actually needed the prosthetic because he is missing a good portion of his hand? As he shows off the latest generation of his device, you’ll pick up on the improvements he’s made along the way, such as the move away from 3D-printed fingers (too fragile).

“I built my own artificial hand, and it works great.” How do you follow up a gem like that?

Thanks to Kevin Brown for the tip!

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This Snowmobile Vs. Jetski Chase Video Proves That Anything Goes In Finland!

Nov 29, 2020FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos

This Snowmobile Vs. Jetski Chase Video Proves That Anything Goes In Finland!

I should’ve known it from the moment I saw the action kick off. Two jet ski riders and a guy who is driving…not skipping across, like we’ve seen, but actually driving…a snowmobile on water. Like it’s a normal freaking thing…it’s just another day in Lahti, or Kuopio, or Kajaani, nothing to see here. Intended to be a Hollywood style chase scene, what we really have is a Finn on a sled, on water,  telling physics to eff itself. At several points we were expecting to see the snowmobile dip just a little bit too far below the water and risk hydrolock, but the rider, Joni Maununen, does a superb job of keeping everything together and right at sea level.

I’m calling it right now: the only reason you don’t see Finnish actors in American action movies is due to the language barrier. That’s it. And that’s sad. If Arnold Schwarzenegger can overcome a thick Austrian accent and do all that he did, certainly a wiry Finn with little regard for personal safety can make it big as an action star.

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