Tips for Shipwreck Jeep badge of honor trail /// Gulches ORV park

Here are a couple quick tips for Shipwreck Jeep badge of honor trail within Gulches ORV Park in Waterloo, South Carolina. Shipwreck is at the bottom of a big bowl of sorts... And the most common way to enter Shipwreck is through a short/steep 38-degree descent called...

Lifted Civic Update #19: REV UP YOUR ENGINES!!!

Almost 5 months after we started, the CR-V heart transplant is a major success! About 2 months ago, we came to the realization that the B series harness was not going to work in our lifted Civic. We had to think creatively as there were no immediate options presented...

Forza Horizon 5 Review – An (Almost) Perfect Game

Let's get one thing out of the way first: Forza Horizon 5 is a fantastic game. It's actually so fantastic, it had me reminiscing about the last racing game that had me feeling this way. After much thought, I remembered back to the year 2005 when I first played Need...

APR / Dinan Track Day

Recently, we had the unique & mind-boggling opportunity to go ride in a bunch of APR & Dinan-tuned cars at Road Atlanta. Essentially like speed dating, but with badass cars & no baggage. Holy smokes... To set the stage, this was a David Murry track day....

Wild Child – Michaels Bagged, Widebody Callaway C7 Corvette

It's not every day that we get to feature a Corvette. For the most part, it seems like Corvette enthusiasts tend to keep their vehicles on the stock side. At most, you'll see a couple modifications here or there. But there are some people like Michael Giaccone that...

The EV Movement: Part 2

Ben Battles wrote a killer article with optimistic happy thoughts in his EV coverage of SEMA 2021… and I'm gonna tell you why he’s wrong lol. This might get a tad political (generally speaking), but just remember, I didn’t do it… politics did. The government needs to...

The AWD Civic is FINALLY showing signs of life. Since we have swapped over the twin cam B-Series on the lifted Civic, the car has not turned over. That is, until yesterday. After weeks of harness work and adaptation, it finally is turning over. This is absolutely...

And the Disappointment of the Decade award goes to…..

I had an old-school Honda buddy give me some advice once. He said he gave up on Honda as a company a long time ago, and life got a lot less heartbreaking. We all love the golden era of Honda. Honda/Acura created some truly innovative & remarkable cars that were...

SEMA 2021 – The Future – It’s Electric! (Boogie Woogie, Woogie!)

One thing is for certain... Electrification is the way of the future. There's absolutely no denying it. Many OEMs have promised full electrification in as soon as 10-25 years time - some even sooner. There has been a good amount of debate within the automotive...

SEMA 2021 – S3 Magazine Coverage

Another SEMA has come & gone... A bunch of us from the magazine attended this years show. There was a plethora of new & exciting products, cars & companies to check out. In fact, there is so much to document, we could not put it all into one article! So,...

Toyota Corolla Hatch Nightshift

By Wooley | October 28, 2021

NOPE… it's not the turbo Corolla GR we’ve all patiently waiting for. But if you’re looking for hope/hints about the

Bridgemoto FC RX-7

By Wooley | October 27, 2021

A while back, I received a call from Wooley (editor of this magazine), asking if I'd be interested in doing a ...

AWD Fest – S3 Coverage

By Ben Battles | October 26, 2021

I love a good road trip. This past weekend, myself & Jake from Slightly Mangled drove over 6 hours to Troy, NC

Old car magazines

By Wooley | October 25, 2021

I've got a collection of my dad's old car magazines dating back to the 70s. And I just ran across this Road & ...

Lifted Civic Update #17: Harness Adapter Fitted!

By Ben Battles | October 22, 2021

We now have a harness adapter! This week, we received the harness adapter for our project lifted Civic. After ...

Mazda3 turbo – 250hp and 320tq!

By Wooley | October 22, 2021

Historically, the Mazda3 has always been a visually appealing car. And it's always been pretty refined in top trim ...

Ford Maverick Sellin’ out

By Wooley | October 22, 2021

Hey Hey - according to Bloomberg this little Ford Maverick turd is selling well in preorders. Then again, as with ...

Prepping & Priming the stand-up Jet Ski project

By Wooley | October 21, 2021

Alright - back to rad things... If you hadn't noticed, the 2022 Civic Si is an ugly mess. But in the 90s, Civic ...

Porsche 944 gets Alpen wheels

By Wooley | October 20, 2021

As I was searching for wheels for the Porsche 944 project, I landed on Victor Equipment’s site. As some of you may

Revealed (unfortunately): The all-new 2022 Honda Civic Si

By Wooley | October 19, 2021

The new Honda Accord I mean Civic Si was released. And to no one’s surprise, it’s another ugly car to deal ...

KPower Industries – high horsepower K-Swapped Miata

By Wooley | October 19, 2021

As a country, we’ve been in a little bit of a funk. Ok... a lotta bit. But for the sake of the article just go ...

Lifted Civic Update #16: Diff Is (Mostly) Mounted! S1Built Diff Mount Install

By Ben Battles | October 15, 2021

Sorry about the lack of uploads last week! As we were preparing to mount our S1Built diff mount, we ran into an ...

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SLAMMEDEnuff? Gatlinburg 2021 – S3 Mag Coverage

by Ben Battles | Oct 5, 2021 | Blog, Features, Photoshoots, S3 Life, Street/Events/Meets

One of the biggest shows of the year. Slammedenuff Gatlinburg is a must-attend event for stance car enthusiasts. Cars from literally all over the USA gather in one place for a two day mega event. Inside the show, you'll find everything from simple & clean Euros to...

Lifted Civic Update #15: S1Built Sponsorship Announcement! Plus, Body Work Begins:

by Ben Battles | Oct 1, 2021 | Blog, Features, Projects

I have waited over 3 months to make this announcement... We would like to thank S1Built for sponsoring our project lifted Civic build. These guys were actually our very first sponsor on the build, matter of fact. We did not want to announce them too soon and not...

Sneaky Sancho – 900hp Silverado lowered on Volk TE37s

by Wooley | Sep 27, 2021 | Features

This is Jose Garcia’s 2017 Chevy Silverado Z71 4x4… Aka - MEX GTR. Jose Garcia & his cousin, Kelvin (with the gray EG hatch a few features back) are super tight. In fact, they run a few Mexican restaurants together in the far upper north metro-Atlanta area. And...

Lifted Civic Update #14: Getting Prepped For AWD!

by Ben Battles | Sep 23, 2021 | Blog, Features, Projects

We are making great progress on our lifted AWD EK Civic! Last week, we ran into an issue with our ECU wiring on the lifted AWD EK Civic. Turns out, the solution is at least 3 weeks out. In the meantime, we are getting to work on the AWD swap in the rear. We started by...

What’s wrong with the Automotive Industry

by Wooley | Sep 23, 2021 | Features

You know what… yep… I’m gonna beat this dead horse one last time & then I’m done. I will never, ever understand why the new Toyota Supra is a BMW that doesn’t come with a manual transmission or targa top. It's impossible to wrap my head around it. Furthermore -...

Cross Streams // Solid Axle Swap WD21 Nissan Pathfinder

by Wooley | Sep 21, 2021 | Blog, Features

What we’re lookin’ at here - is a solid axle swap 1988 WD21 Nissan Pathfinder. It's awesome! But it’s not easy… or cheap lol. This straight-axle swapped WD21 Pathfinder belongs to Daniel Pence. He drives it a lot actually, both on & off-road. He’s owned this...

Lifted Bronco Sport – Is it a Real Bronco?

by Ben Battles | Sep 20, 2021 | Blog, Features, New Car Reviews

The Bronco Sport isn't even a "real" Bronco... A lot of folks have been skeptical about the off-road capabilities of Ford's new Bronco Sport. I'll be the first to admit, I was a skeptic myself - was. That's until I got the opportunity to experience the Bronco Sport...

Lifted Civic Update #13: Front End 90% COMPLETE! Headed to Gambler 500 TN

by Ben Battles | Sep 17, 2021 | Blog, Features, Projects

This week has been interesting, to say the least. We have been hard at work over at the Slightly Mangled garage. Jake managed to slide in the Hasport Performance engine & T-brackets between the subframe & the body thanks to our HRG Engineering subframe drop....

Can of Whoop RS

by Wooley | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog, Features

There’s always been something special about the way us car guys look at life... The way we envision the future, the way we calculate risk & investments, and the way we attack problems… all seem to bear the same color to us. When we find an old abandoned body, we...