Donald Blair, a hot rodding icon best known for Blair’s Speed Shop and love of all things that go fast has passed away at the age of 90. Blair is best known for his iconic speed shop in Pasadena, California but it was his work behind the scenes promoting the love of power and racing [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The pony car sales numbers are in for September and GM has to be feeling pretty good right about now. The Chevrolet Camaro sales numbers continue to climb as it outsold the Ford Mustang last month. The Camaro sold 6,994 units in September compared to the Mustang selling 5,054 units. Those numbers give the Camaro [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Turbonetics announced Friday that it had hired Brian Regnier as their new Director of Engineering. Regnier has 22 years of experience in OEM, aftermarket, and motorsport turbo engineering and holds several patents in turbocharger design. Regnier has spent the past 16 years with Honeywell Turbo Technologies, the makers of Garrett turbochargers, in Torrence California. During [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The History Channel took a chance last year by importing the US version of the long running English car show sensation Top Gear. While the UK’s little brother was initially slow off the line and drew mediocre ratings in the show’s first year The History Channel stuck with it and its decision [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Sunpro slicks up its Style Line 2 Triple Gauge Kits with a sharp, modern panel design to give enthusiasts a more custom look for their dashboards. The Triple Gauge Kits feature a trimmed lower panel and are available in with white or black dial faces. Sunpros white face Triple Gauge Kit (product number CP8300) offers [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Craftsman has released a hot new garage door opener which you can monitor and control all by your smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc.) or by your computer. There’s even an option for a DieHard backup battery. The full story and press release is over at the Motorz site, so go check it out! Garage Door Opener [...] Read the rest of this entry »
The season 5 premiere of Motorz TV is now online (it aired this past weekend on TV). In this premiere episode, which is also the first of multiple episodes dedicated to a rebuild project, Chris Duke shows you how to tear down a Chevy 350 V8 small block engine in order to get it ready [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Back on the air again for its fifth season,Motorz TV (www.motorz.tv), presented by the Sears Blue Tool Crew and AMP Research, is rolling up its sleeves and breaking out the Craftsman tools, wheeling out the floor jacks, and airing more episodes for the gearhead in you, all premiering September 18th. For the full press release, [...] Read the rest of this entry »
In exciting news today — Duke Networks, LLC, production company for hit Do-It-Yourself automotive TV show Motorz has exclusively signed Jason R. Sakurai, Principal for Roadhouse Marketing, to be their liaison for the show, its host, Chris Duke, and for the production company. Sakurai, who previously represented Stacey David’s GearZ, has already started the process [...] Read the rest of this entry »
Hennessey has been around in the performance world for quite awhile and have made some marvelous machines, but their newest rendition of the already powerful Cadillac CTS-V coupe, the V1000, is just insane. As the moniker suggests, the 7.0L v8 under the hood puts down 1000 horsepower and almost as much torque leaving us with [...] Read the rest of this entry »