After working on the trucks at the shop today, the time finally came to get rid of the rusty appearance behind the rims of my Eclipse. I never see caliper paint in blue on the shelves at parts stores, so I used engine paint. Both are rated to 500 degrees.

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This weekend, I finished the install of my SSBC front disc brakes for my Barracuda. Everything went together really well (picture after the jump). It just took forever to do. Exhausted, I went outside to check on my dad who was pushing a dead tree over with the backhoe. I decided to explore the area to see if I could find any gems.

I found a bunch of random things like a shopping cart and metal scraps that looked like they could go to something important. The main thing that really caught my eye though was this Chevy hood. Just look at that chrome! I'm thinking it is a Bel Air/Nomad hood. I cannot tell what year it is because the holes for the ornament seem to be in an odd place. What do you think? And what did you do this weekend? More »

When Mazda dropped off this 2, I thought there had to have been a mistake: I felt like I'd just had the exact same car last summer. But a second glance showed a crucial difference: this one's got a manual five-speed! They've also thrown on some Bridgestone Blizzaks for winter driving, and I'm beside myself with stoke about that since they are literally my favorite tires: I'd run these stickies year-round on my Eagle if they didn't wear down so fast on warm pavement! Moreover, I'll be driving the Mazda2 across the state this weekend, through the mountain passes that sometimes require traction tires. It'll be kind of cool to see how much difference a tire makes for bad-weather haulin' in a car I've already had some seat-time with during sunnier climes. Stay tuned for the full review.

These guys took a Craftsman Truck Series motor and dumped in a fox-body Cobra. It's running an F2 Procharger and Snow Performance methanol/water injection, and cranking out over 900hp. See it on the dyno and on the track, below the jump!

If you were interested in my post last week about the new BFG g-Force Sport Comp-2s, then you might want to check out the reviews by some of my fellow bloggers. You can read Chad Reynolds's take over at BangShift, Matt Farah's opinion at The Smoking Tire and Antonio Alvendia's view at Motor Mavens. Seems like everyone agrees that BFG has a pretty cool new Ultra High Performance tire!

Holy crap, these look amazing (yes, I'm a sucker for retro). HRE has three flavors right now: the 454 (classic Italian style five-window), the 501 (mesh lace) and the 505 (thick five spoke). Hit the jump to see the other two on a Ferrari and Lambo and read the press release!

Needless to say, Toyota's in-house tuner TRD didn't waste any time in coming up with a whole host of bits and pieces for the new 86. The TRD-tuned 86 made its debut last week at the 86 Opening Gala in Japan. As you might expect, there was a lot of body gingerbread, including ground effects and a cool rear diffuser. A little more exciting was the big-brake kit and 40-way adjustable shocks. And the little TRD door-striker is beyond precious! See a bunch more pics below the jump, via JONSIBAL.

I spent all yesterday at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California trying BFG’s newest Ultra High Performance tire, the g-Force Sport Comp-2. The day was divided into four activities: dry skidpad, wet skidpad, 0-60-0 and then some open road course stuff. Cars? How about 392 Challengers, STIs, GTIs, Camaros, and the new Boss Mustang. It was epic. Continue reading after the jump!

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If you're the type of person who never gets tired of staring at supersized cowl induction (hey, there's a niche for everything), this longstanding thread over at yellowbullet.com should keep you busy for awhile. 4" and taller cowls on just about everything you can imagine: some of my favorites below the jump!

On Saturday I got up early, hitched up my trailer to my van and started a 600-mile round trip to the west side of Cleaveland, OH to pick up a parts car for my buddy. He is building a 1965 Pontiac full-size wagon and needs a front clip and interior.  After a lot of Craigslist searching he found a 1965 4-door hardtop Bonneville in OH. It was a 32,000 mile little old lady car.  With a good front clip, bumpers, and mint interior, he was sold and so we were off to pick the car up.  After 13 hrs of nice weather, holiday traffic, and $175 worth of gas we showed up back in Rochester, NY with a baby blue parts sedan. Although it looks mint in on the trailer, the frame is rotted to the point of the tranny falling down and under all that primer are about 50 galvanized pieces of metal brazed in to patch little rust holes. Good news is the 389 runs and the needed pieces are in very nice shape. Check it out below the jump!