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  1. Winter Projects to Start Thinking of Using Heatshield Products

    Car Improvements

    Winter Car Projects with Heatshield Products

    Fall is here, and soon the cold months of winter—unless you live in Florida—will sentence your hobby car or truck to the garage for hibernation. It also means it’s time to plan out what fixes and upgrades you’re going to do before everything thaws out for the next spring and summer of fun. To help with that, we’re going to plant the idea seeds in your brain for car projects you can do using Heatshield Products that will improve the performance, reliability, and/or looks of your car or truck.

    Improve Underhood Looks with Lava™ Hot Rod Sleeve

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  2. Why the Push to Leap Past Hybrids Straight to EVs?

    Hybrid vs. Electric

    Hybrid vs. Electric: Why the Push to Leap Past Hybrids Straight to EVs?

    The debate in the automotive world is all about the merits of hybrid vs. electric vehicles. Why are we being pushed so hard toward electric vehicles (EVs) instead of the more viable and practical hybrid vehicles? In the last 2-3 years the automotive market has changed course dramatically, dropping the idea of creating new hybrid vehicles (cars and trucks that use an internal combustion engine and batteries for propulsion). Multiple car companies have announced they’ll only offer new

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  3. Out of Production Cars and Trucks Gone Before Their Time

    Out of Production Cars and Trucks Gone Before Their Time

    Ever wonder about cars that looked great, but their production ended before their time seemingly had come? Over the decades there have been car and truck models that seemed like sure winners, but the automaker pulled the plug either do to lack of sales, internal politics, government influence, or a combination of the three. To the public these decisions can look logical, ill-conceived or downright perplexing. Here’s out list of vehicles we think production ended too early.

    1993-97 Ford Probe

    Second Generation Ford Probe

    The Ford Probe originally came into existence in the 1980s as a replacement for the rear-wheel-drive (RWD) Ford Mustang. Thankfully an internal Ford group worked on their own to k

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  4. Unglamorous But Still Cool Movie Cars

    Unglamorous But Still Cool Movie Cars

    There are plenty of cool movie cars that are glamorous, exciting, good looking and inspire us to imagine being behind the wheel of them. Almost any Bond hero car, the Blues Mobile, the Back to the Future DeLorean and many more. But what about the unglamorous movie cars that still had a starring role in a movie? A car that you wouldn’t dream of driving and would likely sit ignored on a dingy used car lot in most circumstances. For a little fun, we decided to choose some examples to stir up some debate and dust off our obscure movie knowledge.

    The Evil Dead Oldsmobile Delta 88

    Evil Dead Oldsmobile Delta 88

    An odd quirk of director Sam Raimi is to find a way, when possible, t

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  5. Can an EV Muscle Car Truly Replace the Hellcat?

    Can an EV Muscle Car Truly Replace the Hellcat?

    The electric vehicle (EV) onslaught has claimed another victim in the factory-built performance world. Dodge recently announced that production of the Hellcat supercharged 6.2L V8 Hemi will end in 2023. The plan is to fill that void with the planned line of eMuscle EVs with performance numbers that are definitely impressive, but without the rumble of a high-horsepower V8 that can be heard before the car is even seen. And that gives us pause to ponder some aspects of this EV push.

    Dodge Hellcat Charger and Hellcat Durango

    ABOVE: Since the first Hellcat version came out, Dodge has installed the supercharged Hemi V8 in the Challenger, Charger, and Durango SUV. Some of the most powerful factory-built vehicles to ever leave the Dodge factory,

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