If you have been following my posts you may have seen that I spent my last three years at Ford (2004-2007) working as an automatic transmission cooling engineer. I also started my engineering career working on cooling. I worked for Chrysler Defense, Inc., as an automatic transmission engineer from 1980-1982. Early in 1982 we were [...] More »

Fact: Drag racing is fun. Fact: Mudding is fun. Combining the two feels like the most natural progression there could ever be. It’s almost as natural as a Ford beating a Dodge in a drag race. BOOM. Seriously though, the lift kit on the F-150 definitely helped out a lot. I don’t doubt that the [...] More »

This week’s Truckin’ Fast video features a heavily modified 2008-2010 Ford F-350 in action on the drag strip. At the beginning of the video, there is a weight of 13,456 pounds which I am led to believe refers to the weight of the truck, but that seems incredibly high to me. Sure, this F-350 is [...] More »

58,669 Ford Rangers, GTs and Mustangs have been recalled due to an emergency airbag recall according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In total, 7.8 million vehicles have been affected by this latest round of recalls and the deadly defect numbers seem to be growing. The NHTSA says to act immediately on any recall notices to [...] More »

This Ford truck is great. It looks great, it rides great, and it jumps great. It also is wonderful at crashing. This driver seems to be a little overly excited to take their Ford to this Tuff Trucks competition and jump it on the track, so much so that as they jump on the mound [...] More »

When it comes to going vertical, Rock Bouncers seem to do it best and one guy in particular is Bobby Tanner. Watch him take Screaming Blue up this nearly impossible looking wall. Then add the difficulty of water to the mix and you just wonder if he’ll really make it. Bobby just doesn’t let up [...] More »

Now that is a mighty big hill. The 4×4 Tahoe in the left lane gives it’s all, but it can’t quite make it’s way to the top of the heap. It’s a big hill! He gives it a valiant effort trying several times to storm his way up the soft, muddy grade. I mean, I [...] More »