Archive for March, 2008

TV Tonight: Unique Quips

Monday, March 31st, 2008

(Monday, March 31st, 2008) Tonight, it’s Top Gear and some other stuff you’ve seen before.
All times are central.

Unique Whips: Dual Lambos (Speed, 5:00 p.m.)
Pinks: Maryland (Speed, 6:00 p.m.)
World of Trucks (Outdoor 6:30 p.m.)
Top Gear: Episode 6 (BBC America, 7:00 p.m.)
Super Cars Exposed (Speed, 8:00 p.m.)
Top Gear: Episode 5 (BBC America, 8:00 p.m.)
Test Drive: Porsche Cayenne […]

TV Weekend: Speed Racer

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

(Saturday, March 29th, 2008) It’s a night at the races!
All times are central.

Auto Racing: Grand-Am Series in Homestead, Fla. (Speed, 5:00 p.m.)
IRL Racing: IndyCar Series in Homestead, Fla. (ESPN2, 7:00 p.m.)
Drag Racing: NHRA qualifying (ESPN2, 9:00 p.m.)
NASCAR Performance: A weekly review of the technology associated with NASCAR vehicles (Speed, 9:00 p.m.)

(Sunday, March 30th, 2008) It’s […]

Sleeve Your Strut: Slam Specialties Strut Airbags

Friday, March 28th, 2008

All the cool kids seem to be bagging their rides nowadays, but if you’ve got a car, you’ve been in a pretty tight pickle. For the longest time you’ve had to choose between air cylinders that ride like crap or bolt-in replacement bags that don’t get lift or lay you low — or you […]

Can’t Afford A Tesla? Try A TH!NK Instead

Friday, March 28th, 2008

So an electric car sounds rather tempting, right? How about an electric car that’ll go from 0 to 60 in less than four seconds, with a top speed of 125 mph, and that can travel 220 miles on a single charge, without emitting an ounce of carbon? Unfortunately, that car, the Silicon Valley Tesla, […]

Burt Reynolds Not Included: The Year One Bandit

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Everybody loves Burt Reynolds, some of us in an unhealthy way. At least if it’s unhealthy to grow a mustache, wear cowboy hats, and hang out with Dom DeLuise all the time. Is he dead? No? What is he, in his 70’s by now?
Anyways, the team at Year One is always looking for […]

TV Tonight: More Cars You Won’t Buy

Friday, March 28th, 2008

(Friday, March 28th, 2008) All evening long, it’s auction action on Speed.
All times are central.

IndyCar Series Season Preview (ESPN2, 6:00 p.m.)
Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction (Speed, 7:00 p.m.)

Enjoy.

Because 85mm Isn’t Good Enough: MSD 90mm Throttle Body

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

No one likes little throttle bodies, right? I mean, we all know that the more air you get in, combined with more fuel, equals a faster car, right? Sure, it’s more complicated than that, but we’re not scientists here at FOC. Well, I’m not anyways, and I think that Sean and Chuck are too […]

Cluster(insert curse word of your choice): US Speedo Trailblazer Cluster

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

There are a lot of posts up here at FOC, and most of them sound the same. So what’s different about this one?
It involves steps.
1. Buy a Trailblazer.
2. Make sure you do step 1. Seriously.
3. Take out the stock cluster, because it sucks harder than Lindsay Lohan on a bender.
4. Put in this US […]

Double-Din Changer: Pioneer AVH-P6000DVD

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

I like things big.  I have a big truck, I have a big gut, and I have a dachshund. But he’s overweight, so it still counts. That’s why I like this new Pioneer deck. It’s a double-din deck, so it’s twice the height of that pansy single-din unit you’ve got in your Taurus. As if […]

TV Tonight: I’d Rather Just Watch Earl…

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

(Thursday, March 27th, 2008) It’s an underwhelming Thursday, with reruns on TLC and auction action on Speed.
All times are central.

Unique Whips: Revenge of the Benz (Speed, 5:00 p.m.)
Pinks: Gateway (Speed, 6:00 p.m.)
Rides: Summer School (TLC, 6:00 p.m.)
American Chopper: Viega Corporation (TLC, 7:00 p.m.)
Barrett-Jackson Auto Auction (Speed, 8:00 p.m.)
American Chopper: Michigan Bike/My Name is Earl 1 […]