Benny Kirk
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6.1 HEMI Swapped Plymouth Prowler Is the Neo Hot Rod Chrysler Forbade it From Becoming
12 Dec 2021, 10:38 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The Plymouth Prowler was a perfect example of Chrysler's out-of-touch mentality at the turn of the new millennium. An unreliable, impractical pseudo hot rod with all the downsides an old gasser would have. But fresh from the factory, instead....
This Set of Cameras Racked Up More Days in Space Than Armstrong and Aldrin Combined
12 Dec 2021, 10:30 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It costs about $10,000 to transport one pound of material into a low geostationary orbit around the Earth. At least according to conventional wisdom. Whether true or not, NASA can't afford the quality of the equipment mankind sends into orb...
Car Mukbangs: How Eating Junk Food Behind the Wheel on Camera Became an Internet Sensation
12 Dec 2021, 04:12 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There are more than a few ways to scratch the YouTube content itch. Absolutely more than you should ever get through without neglecting your loved ones. But of all the things you could possibly watch, videos of people eating food in their car ...
New Jersey Turnpike: Impromptu American Autobahn or Traffic Riddled Nightmare?
11 Dec 2021, 20:19 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Long ago, a trip from New York City to Philadelphia was a day-long affair. At least in the days before high-speed rail and motor vehicles. In 2021, that same trip can be made in less than a couple of hours. Why? Much of it has to do with a stret...
Bentley Flaunts Deer Avoidance System in Parallel Universe of Christmas Car Commercials
10 Dec 2021, 20:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / We don't blame you if you can't stand Christmas-oriented advertising. It can be the worst part of anyone's holiday season. We have to give credit where it's due, though. At least when someone makes a Christmas advertisement with...
Racing World Loses Indy 500 Legend Al Unser
10 Dec 2021, 16:11 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Most racing drivers who've won the iconic Indy 500 don't go on to become household names. But when you've won the world-famous race four times on the trot, it's hard for people to ignore you. That's the life and career of A...
Car Wizard Reveals How Fixing Cars for YouTube Stars Turned His Shop Into a Film Studio
10 Dec 2021, 15:41 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Most mechanics look at the Internet as something to be feared. A place where disgruntled customers take to the web in their masses to chastise you for every mistake you've ever made working on cars. But for Dave, "The Car Wizard," s...
A Customer Paid Car Wizard to Cut a Hole in His Jeep Wrangler TJ
9 Dec 2021, 21:52 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The readers of autoevolution have spoken! You all seem dead split on whether a $1,500 job to fix an early 2000s Chevy truck is worth it. We wonder if the decision is as split down the middle about an early 2000's Jeep TJ Wrangler. The Car W...
New Indo-American Steel Factory May Soon Be the Gold Standard of the Subcontinent
9 Dec 2021, 20:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The history of the diplomatic relationship between the US and India has a bit of an up and down trend. But when you take politicians out of the equation and replace them with business people who want to help struggling supply chains, things are sud...
Battlefield 2042 Disastrous Release Continues, Online Physics Less Than Impressive
9 Dec 2021, 16:14 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / It wouldn't be hyperbole to call the release of EA's Battlefield 2042 a complete, unmitigated disaster. Matchmaking snafus, in-game graphical gremlins, and lag spikes so sharp you could shave with them have turned one of the most hyped g...
Is a $1,500 Heater Core Repair Worth it for This Awesome 8.1 Vortec Chevy Truck?
8 Dec 2021, 06:09 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Early 2000's American trucks are awesome, and monstrous 8.1 liter V8 Vortec Chevy trucks are even more so. But when the time comes to change the heater core on one of these beasts, the bill can leave your jaw on the floor and your wallet makin...
Fresh off the Factory Floor, 2021 Bronco Badlands Already Fetching $60K Used
8 Dec 2021, 06:06 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The newest generation of the Ford Bronco is an SUV that's ascended past automotive enthusiasm and is now a status symbol as much as it is a 4x4. Demand and hype around these novel off-roaders are still in the stratosphere, dodgy-fitting r...
False Alarm UFO Sighting in Pittsburgh Actually Elon Musk's Starlink Satellites
8 Dec 2021, 00:48 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Elon Musk may very well be a space alien from the Zeta Reticuli star system under his human skin. But his Starlink line of mini communication satellites is confirmed to be of this Earth, at the very least. That didn't stop Pittsburgh, PA resid...
GTA V: Modder Adds Ex-Soviet Supersonic Airliner to Single Player Mode, Oddly Fitting
7 Dec 2021, 21:59 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / In real life, the Tupolev Tu-144 "Concordski" was not the kind of plane you wanted to take a flight on. It was loud, noisy, hard to control, and more seemingly more suited to be a nuclear bomber than it was a supersonic airliner. Ironical...
Ace Combat 7: Modders Add SU-75 Stealth Fighter to Campaign Before Many Have Seen it IRL
7 Dec 2021, 21:08 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / PC game mods can be one of the most influential aspects of a gaming franchise, much to the chagrin of the companies that produce, license, and sell them. Ace Combat 7 is another one of those games that may have faded if not for a vibrant moddi...
Stellantis' Latest Deal With Foxconn May Be Their Path Out of Chip Shortage
7 Dec 2021, 16:27 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If the ongoing health crisis was a mild irritant for the auto industry, the global microchip shortage was a blood-gushing gut wound. With no end game in sight for the global microchip supply shortage, we were all left to wonder if this really was t...
Dylan Hughes's Turbodiesel 3 Series Drift Taxi Sure Beats NYC's Standard Fare
6 Dec 2021, 21:58 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / If a vehicle transports person A to place B driven by C, it should be, by definition, a taxi. Even so, Dylan Hughe's insane Mercedes turbo, inline-six swapped E46 BMW 323i, uses that term very loosely. Still, if it pulled up alongside you in N...
Turbo I-4 Swapped 1980s Corolla Panel Van is Aussie Restomodding at its Best
6 Dec 2021, 21:40 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Custom car builds organically followed on Instagram are one of the highlights of non-toxic social media culture. We've showcased more than a few Instagram custom build before. Go check those out if you're interested. But this build by @lu...
Travis Pastrana Proves He's Really That Good, Ties First With Teammate at Rally-X Finals
6 Dec 2021, 20:15 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / There are three inevitabilities if you're a fan of rally racing today. Death, taxes, and Travis Pastrana. Wouldn't you know it, one of the biggest names in American motorsports found himself on top of the rally world this week. Tying wit...
Major News Network Details Elon Musk's Hatred of Hydrogen Vehicle Tech
6 Dec 2021, 18:02 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Elon Musk and hydrogen are like oil and water. Both exist in the same time and space as one another, but one side of that dynamic would rather the other just go away and let him get back to his usual business. Selling battery-powered EVs to the mas...