By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

Modified Car Forums is StreetFire’s newest channel partner, and over the last couple of weeks, they’ve been pushing up some seriously awesome content. I mean, I’ve probably used the phrase “best burnout ever”  at least a million times since starting at CarDomain, but I can’t think of a single tire-shredding clip that tops the one below. Check it out, and head over to their member profile to watch more completely insane videos.

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

We definitely had some strong opinions in this week’s eBay Motors Showdown, but the Bronco started strong and finished strong, winning by more than a 2-to-1 margin. Stay tuned for another match-up next week!

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

I don’t always agree with Peter De Lorenzo but this week I’d say he’s spot on. I especially agree with  his take on Honda. Check it out–Three Troubled Brands: Shocks Linger in the Aftermath of the Detroit Auto Show.

By Ryan Porter

IN-N-OUT Editor

I don’t know about you but I tend to make a lot of goals for myself each year, and this year seemed to have a bunch of car-related goals:

• Don’t buy any more cars
• Buy a motorcycle
• Limit my modification allowance to $1,500

What car goals do you have?

By Brian Lohnes

BangShift.com

Forgive us if you knew about any of this already, because we didn’t. We had no idea that, starting in the late 1960s, guys began building custom snowmobiles to make quarter mile speed runs on frozen lakes. These weren’t drag races, they, like land speed runs, were single affairs. We had no idea that a guy once glued treads to the slicks on a slingshot dragster that was powered by a blown, gas burning Hemi, installed skis instead of front wheels, and raced it on a lake. We also had no idea that guys built blown rear engined dragsters that powered tracks that went over 200 mph in a 1/4 mile…on ice. These machines are totally amazing.

We’re going to profile just a few of these totally crazy vehicles.

Our research seems to point to 1965 as the true beginning of racers really taking the speed run concept to another level. The factories like Arctic Cat began by mounting multiple engines onto otherwise stock sleds. Those nuts were able to squeak past 100 miles per hour.

Because there were no real rules as to what one was allowed to do in the Unlimited class, stuff went haywire pretty quick. “Snowmobiles” quickly turned into custom engineered machines that looked a lot like stuff that would be found on drag strips. Take this monster below as an example. It is the Rupp Super Sno-Sport and it was built in 1969. Powered by a Ford V8 sporting Gurney-Westlake heads, the “sled” went 150 mph at its best. Read more and check out the videos at BangShift.com

By Ben Schaffer

The Real JDM

I came across this picture from our archives and it made me think about the transition…The transition from our last blog post (the flawless old school Z) to what I want to write about next (Eco tuning) is what this picture represents…but also it represents the old and the new of JDM tuning which are both celebrating new heights of popularity at the very same moment in time. Granted the two cars are totally incomparable, but if i had to isolate two prominent themes of Tokyo Auto Salon 2010 it would be nostalgic car tuning and eco tuning. These two massively contrasting mediums of JDM tuning are what made TAS 2010 most different from previous shows.

So what about Eco Tuning? Well, there is one point in particular that I wanted to share. Often I learn profoundly interesting things in meetings with my friends and suppliers over in Japan. Although I wont say the particular company or the person in this case, there was an interesting perspective mentioned in private that I feel is worth mentioning publicly with my source being anonymous. Continue reading at The Real JDM

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

Our beloved CRX was just inducted into the NHRA museum and it is quite an honor. Thank you to Tony Thacker and the NHRA for recognizing our efforts in Sport Compact Drag Racing. Tony Thacker created a display in the west wing of the museum entitled “The Two Brothers Exhibit”. There is another two-brother racecar right next to the CRX from the 40’s and 50’s that did innovative things with a racecar in the salt-flats.

I think the people who visit the exhibit will ask the same question over and over. “Why are there fat tires up front?” I think the CRX is the only front wheel drive car in the museum. “Those crazy kids draggin backwards.” The Sport Compact Drag circuit was built on individuality. We didn’t want to do what the domestics did but do something entirely different. Continue reading at Speedhunters

By Ron Bergenholtz

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

You know the drill: Come up with a caption for the picture below by noon PST next Thursday. If you submit the funniest one, we’ll send you some CarDomain swag. Three entries per member max. Good luck!

By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

Swapping a motorcycle engine into a golf cart is the ultimate when it comes to custom fabrication. Using a 110 horsepower CBR 600 engine gives the golf cart more than enough power to destroy the greens and any terrain it encounters with ripping force. This enthusiast knows exactly how to build an awesome machine and what to do with it. Read more about the CBR 600 swap at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

So, there I was, minding my own business when WHAM!!! I was TIED DOWN, DRUGGED with the site of cool rides, forced to have a manicure torture, flogged, drawn and quartered (Whatever THAT is…) slammed down in a chair by executives and compelled to speak of the MOST EXPENSIVE CARS, BIGGEST BANK BOATS and SCORCHERINGLY HIGH PRICED PLANES you could ever imagine!!!

All on Discovery HD, every week thru April!!! OMG!! …It’s hell, people!!

Whatever. And no, I wasn’t given the Bugatti. Not even. I had to go out and buy MY OWN!! Can you believe it???!!!!

1/64th scale. (Easier to park than the full size. …I’m just sayin’)