How Important Is Tire Noise to Truck Owners?
If the majority of your truck’s miles are accumulated in the rough, this article doesn’t apply to you. But if you’re like most pavement-pounding pickup owners these days, tire noise—at least to some...
View ArticleThe Jay-10: A Dazed and Customized ’68 Chevy
Not all builds go as planned and it takes real dedication to see a project through to completion. Many of the builds we feature make the process look easy, but often times it was a daunting task to...
View ArticleAll Terrain Vs. Mud Terrain Tires : What to Know Before You Buy
It may be the hardest decision that any true off-road enthusiast faces. Do you go with an all-terrain or mud-terrain tire? While pavement-pounders won’t have to worry about jagged rocks, rough...
View ArticleThe Wild Days of Chevy in the '80s: Five Crazy Concepts
While the decade of the 1980s is known for a lot things - some good and some bad, it often seemed like a period that was “ahead of its time”. Whether or not its visions would come to be real, the...
View ArticleNo-Lift Shift Systems 101: Keeping Your Foot On The Floor While Rowing The Gears
Back in the golden days of the original muscle car era, drag racers seeking that extra hundredth of a second would experiment with 'power shifting.' This no-lift shift required drivers to move from one...
View ArticlePerformance Roadblocks of the LLY Duramax
Many diesel enthusiasts know that every Duramax offered between 2001 and 2016 can support 500rwhp on tuning alone, but not everyone knows the specific hurdles that face each version of the 6.6L V8 in...
View ArticleThe History Of Electric Drag Cars And EV Drag Racing
It's hard to imagine a sport better suited to the specific strengths of electric vehicles than drag racing. The ability to instantaneously put down massive amounts of torque is a huge advantage for...
View ArticleHow Often (and Why) Should I Balance My Tires?
Only 11-percent of drivers check their tires’ inflation pressure on a monthly basis, so it stands to reason that an even smaller percentage bother themselves with making sure their tires remain...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Overland Jeep Gladiator is Coming
The coronavirus might have slowed the release of some highly anticipated 2020 vehicles (Ford Bronco Anyone?), but that hasn’t slowed down excitement for some of the cutting-edge equipment headed our...
View ArticleSummer Tire Inspection Checklist: 5 Tips For A Safe Driving Season
The changing of the seasons is a useful reminder that it's time to catch up on your automotive maintenance. The spring and the fall each herald new weather and different driving conditions for the next...
View ArticleCop-Spec: Is the 2021 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle a Muscle SUV in...
For decades there's been something cool about the police versions of civilian vehicles, with sedans like the Ford Crown Victoria P71 and Chevy Caprice 9C1 becoming favorites among both the officers who...
View ArticleLug Nuts: Which One Is Right For You
If you’ve ever swapped out your stock wheels for aftermarket wheels, you’d know that there is more than one type of lug nut. Maybe you even found out the hard way when realizing your old lug nuts don't...
View ArticleBudget Hero: The '87-'93 LX 5.0 Is One of the Greatest Mustangs Ever
In 1987 Ford introduced a car that would go on to become not just a sales hit, but a performance icon. I'm talking, of course, about the Mustang 5.0.By '87 the Fox Body Mustang platform had already...
View Article4BT Cummins vs. 1.9L TDI Volkswagen
fiThe 4BT Cummins was designed for commercial and industrial use. Volkswagen’s 1.9L TDI was primarily intended for passenger cars and maximum fuel economy. So why in the world should these...
View Article2021 Hyundai Veloster N DCT: Top Dollar Driving Experience for a Bargain...
Last year I got a chance to drive the Veloster N and I absolutely loved it. It was fun to drive and made all the right sounds. Although, if I had to point out a weak point, I would say it was the...
View Article4 Ways The Dodge Stealth Predicted The Future of Supercars.
When the Dodge Stealth appeared in showrooms in the early 1990s it wasn't just a primo example of Chrysler leveraging its partnership with Mitsubishi to rebadge a world-class sports car for pennies on...
View ArticleSlam It: 5 Basics of Airbag Suspensions
We recently posted a story about the basics of lowering trucks and thought it was fitting to go beyond by explaining how some trucks are able to sit flat on the ground. Many of the vehicles we’ve...
View ArticleSpartacus: The Hellcat Powered Gladiator of Our Dreams
Can a vehicle be over-the-top and understated at the same time? We think so. Case and point is Offroad Power Product’s latest build creation- Spartacus. We’ve learned over the years that the OPP crew...
View ArticlePerformance Roadblocks of the LBZ Duramax
While ’01-’10 Duramax engines share a lot of things in common and experience many of the same hurdles in making horsepower, these power plants are all a tad different in their own ways. The slight...
View ArticleA Supra-Inspired Minivan? Yes Please. Toyota Debuts Sleek New 2021 Sienna
Even with the dominance of SUVs and crossovers as the family haulers of choice, there remains a dedicated fanbase of the minivan and its unmatched practiaclty for hauling people and other things.So...
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