I decided I wanted to see the aurora borealis, so I took four days off of work, bought the cheapest plane ticket to Fairbanks I could find, and drove around the state sleeping in the...

A hot rod is, by a definition I just made up, a small vehicle with large vehicle parts. Years ago, someone figured out that you could take the engine out of a truck and...

Have you ever played darts with a sledgehammer? People ask me all the time what this car is like, and it’s hard to explain, but I will try to answer this question here with...

I own a Dodge Viper and a minivan, and if I could only keep one of them, it would be the minivan. Now I know what you’re thinking, you’re thinking “I don’t want to...

I have a disease. A disease that causes me to look at every vehicle/engine combination and say “No, no, no, you’ve got it all wrong!” A Fiero with an Iron Duke? WRONG! A Barracuda...

Engineering is easy; just make an educated guess and then add an appropriate safety factor. If you’re 50% sure a car will tow 4,000 pounds, call it a 2,000 pound tow capacity and ship...

A hot rod is, by a definition I just made up, a small vehicle with large vehicle parts. Years ago, someone figured out that you could take...

You suck at driving. Well, I mean, not you specifically. You are great at driving. And me, I’m also great at driving. But everyone else? Everyone else...

There seems to be no write-up of how to install a big bore kit in a DRZ400, so I decided to fill the void. All I really...

I fell in love with the 60’s Honda S600 after driving it in a video game years ago. I don’t remember the game, I just remember driving...

It didn’t work.

There are many important moments in the life of a car guy: The time you buy your first car, the first time you start the engine on...

I wrote a book about my experience building and racing cars in college. It’s exciting! It’s amusing! It’s free! (for ebook download!) RACECAR: Searching for the Limit in Formula SAE By Matt Brown Free: PDF...