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Pirate4x4TV Live Episode #6 is Today!
* Loren Healy the KING of the King of the Hammers
* Steve Beebe from Griffin Radiators
* Randy Rodd the owner of Jimmy's 4x4
* Sam Berri 2009 Class 1 VORRA Champion
* Premier of the 2010 Griffin King of the Hammers Anarchy Movie Trailer!
* Lance takes us back to Baja for the 2010 MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250!
* Charlene goes to DJ Safety and gets the full tour!
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Interview With The King
If I told you before the Griffin King of the Hammers that a LCQ driver that did not pre-run one mile of the course was going to win, would you believe me? Well that is exactly what happened. But Loren Healy did not come out of nowhere to win KOH.
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Griffin King of the Hammers
KOH has come and gone. It was an unbelieveable week on Means Dry Lake, and we have plenty of stories, photos and videos to share with you.
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Pirate4x4TV Live - Episode 4
Highlights Include:
- Greg Adler and Brent Goegebuer from 4 Wheel Parts Wholesalers
- Jeff Knoll and Dave Cole from Hammerking Productions
- Bill Kunz from Torchmate demonstrates how the new Torchmate 2x2 CNC Cutting Table works with the Hobart AirForce 700i plasma cutter
- Everything you want to know about the 2010 King of the Hammers is on this show!
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Pirate4x4TV Live - Episode 3
Pirate Santa, amazing guests, good action, tool tech, and more in December's recorded episode of Pirate4x4TV Live.
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High Tech Driveshafts
Billavista discusses some of the high tech advancements in driveshaft technology in his latest article.
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Powdercoating 101
What happens to your parts after you drop them off at the powdercoater?
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The Baja Wrap...
Charlene reflects on a week of adventure and determination in Mexico. Jeff Knoll shares his expeience in the right seat of the 1702 Torchmate/Pirate4x4.com Jeepspeed.
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Pirate4x4TV Live: Episode 2
Check out November's recorded episode of Pirate4x4TV Live!
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Baja 1000
Check out our Baja 1000 Live coverage from the Baja 1000
Coverage brought to you by Motive Gear, 10 Factory, and National Drivetrain
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Cooling Tech
The cooling system - deceptively simple yet devilishly complicated. Like many things - your rig’s cooling systems is one of those things that seems simple, that most people think they understand, but which, behind the scenes, is actually a lot of fairly complicated stuff working together in a fine balance. Or not working together well - which is often the problem.
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2009 Off Road Expo
We head down to Pomona, CA, to check out all the cool stuff at the Off Road Expo show.
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Driver Feature: Jason Scherer
Kurt interviews the 2009 "King of the Hammers" Jason Scherer.
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Product Review
Billavista puts the JMR MB1000 Manual Tube Bender to the test in his latest Technical Review.
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W.E. Rock Grand Nationals!
Check out the coverage from Choke Cherry Canyon in Farmington, NM, for the "Superbowl" of rock crawling - the W.E. Rock Grand Nationals.
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Strategies of the War on Access
Let there be no doubt: We are at war over our access to public lands and waterways. Further, we are at war over our basic freedoms like gun ownership, political views, consumer monitoring, and vehicle ownership. The list goes on, but more importantly, there are strategies we can employ to preserve our freedoms, keep our access, and protect our way of life.
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Pirate4x4TV - BITD Primm
Take an intense ride in the 1705 Pirate4x4/Shaffer's Offroad Jeepspeed at the Best in the Desert Terrible Town 250 in Primm, NV.
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XRRA Finals Video!
Doug put together a great 22 minute video of the action in Colorado Springs at the XRRA Finals.
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Camo and I were lucky enough to attend the the official launch of BFGoodrich Tires' new social networking project, "Nation of GO" at the K1 Speed go cart facility in Orange County. After an informative presentation about the new website, it was time for a little "GO" of our own. We got to put our skills to the test against some of BFG's best drivers - Casey Currie, Jason Scherer, Jeff Mello, Drift stars Sam Hubinette and Verana Mei, and more.
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Hard Core Trail Wheelin' in Farmington
We rolled into Farmington, NM, late Friday afternoon beaten up from driving in thunderstorms all afternoon. Loren Healey and the 667 Rockers were our hosts for the weekend so we headed over to his house that is literally a stone's throw from Choke Cherry Canyon. As soon as we arrived at the house, Scott Maiden of the BTG Crawlers out of Phoenix announced we were going to do a night run so we unloaded and off to the trail we went.
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RC World Championships
They might be small, but they fully get it just like their big brothers! We are doing live coverage of the ProLine Radio Controlled Rock Crawling World Championships at Donner Ski Ranch, CA.
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Wheelin' Fordyce with BFGoodrich
The BFGoodrich Outstanding Trails Program recognizes multiple trails each year with grant money to assist with preserving the trail and continuing conservation efforts. Since 2006, BFGoodrich has recognized 19 trails throughout the US and Canada, granting over $70,000 to keep your tires in the dirt! This year, they recognized the Fordyce Creek Trail, and we were lucky enough to have the opportunity to show Gary Enterline the uniqueness of the trail they chose.
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Vegas to Reno!
Charlene and Jon brought you some unbelieveable live coverage of the Vegas to Reno race. If you missed it, don't despair. We've posted a great recap of each day, a photo gallery, and if you'd like to relive the live updates, you can replay them!
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Product Review - JMR TN1000 Tube Notcher
The ability to bend and notch tube is one of those watershed capabilities in your fabrication arsenal. Second only to the leap you made when you went from not being able to weld to sticking metal together, nothing opens up more possibilities than being able to work with tube.
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XRRA Eastern Finals
Congrats to Adam Carter for taking the win in Jellico, TN, at the XRRA Eastern Finals. The Rock Midget and Nate were out there capturing all of the action. Be sure to check out the excellent story and photos of this great event.
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WEROCK Oroville
Andy was in Oroville, CA, for the WEROCK West Coast finals. Check out the recap of the live coverage.
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Nor Cal Rock Racing, Round Two
Once again, John Goodby and the rest of the folks at Nor Cal Rock Racing did a great job with the track, and this time to make it a bit more exciting, there was a Pro Purse of $3,000 up for Grabs.
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CalROCS Donner
Bonus lines. This last CalROCS event at Donner Ski ranch was about "pucker factor" bonus lines. Once again, Glenn Bonner and the CalROCS crew out did all expectations and delivered a rock crawling competition that amazed fans and frustrated competitors.
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Product Review
Welcome to a visual tour-de-force examination of one of the best engines you can put in an off-road rig - the awesome 525hp Turn Key Engine Supply LS2.
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Reno Rocks!
Pirate4x4 stepped up the game in Reno with a live broadcast of Reno Rocks action at the Sands Regency. Check out Andy's blog and Jason's photo galleries here.
Coverage brought to you by Poly Performance |
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Nor Cal Rock Racing
Jon was at Prarie City for the much anticipated event #1 of the Nor Cal Rock Racing Series. |
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XRRA Jellico!
Nate went down to Jellico, Tennessee, to bring us live coverage of events #3 and #4 of the XRRA East series
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Baja 500
Check out our daily blog of Torchmate Racing's race effort at the Baja 500. |
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CalROCS Does Mustang Ranch!
Glenn Bonner and Kurtis Harryman continue to impress me. Not just impress me, but amaze me. I have been to my share of rock crawling events. I have been to a few rock races. I have even been to the legendary King of the Hammers race. With that in mind, from a spectator's point of view, this last CalROCS event will go down as one of the greatest 4x4 events I have ever been to.
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W.E. Rock Hannibal
Jason captured all the action, and Chicky Barton, Shannon Campbell and Jake Good took the gold in their respective classes. See the photo galleries here. |
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The LS Primer - Part 2
Part 2 of the BillaVista LS Primer article continues our look at the latest GM small-block V8 engines - the Gen III and Gen IV motors. We pick up where we left off with Part 1, starting with a look at the so-called "truck" engines. |
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The LS Primer - Part 1
The purpose of this article is to introduce you to the third and fourth generation GM V8 engines – the so-called "LS motors". I’m calling it a "primer" because the topic is so vast that it would take several hundred pages to cover every single aspect of these motors. Instead of drowning you in trivia, I’m going to concentrate on the basic and most important information. Of course, it’s still a BillaVista article, so there’s going to be plenty of technical detail.
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KOH Rausch Creek Qualifier
If you missed the live coverage of the East Coast KOH qualifier, you missed out! But don't despair, we've got all the blow-by-blow coverage and photo gallery for you to see at your leisure. |
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CalROCS Browns Valley
We don't know what Glenn Bonner and Kurtis Harryman did to piss off the "Rain Gods", but the Gods sure did bring the rain on Saturday during the first CalROCS event of the 2009 season.
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W.E. Rock Cedar City
Check out Andy's coverage of event #2 of the W.E. Rock West series.
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XRRA Gray Rock
Nolen was down in Gray Rock, AL for event #1 of the XRRA East series. Check out the action and gallery here. |
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W.E. Rock Dayton!
Jason got some killer shots of the action and even a few mud wrestling pics. |
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Pirate4x4TV Episode 15
In this episode Dirty Doug captures all the action at event number one of the XRRA West Rock Racing Nationals in Moab, UT. |
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Fabstock
Back in September of '08, Dan Dubose of Blue Torch Fab in Birmingham, AL, received a private message about Viktor Whitlow, a young Army Reserve Veteran who had his Jeep vandalized in the parking lot of his college campus. The vandals broke into his Jeep TJ, destroyed the interior and cut up the seats, slashed the tires, spray painted all over it, including painting "Soldiers are Murderers" on the hood. |
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XRRA Moab
Check out Jason's photos from the the 2009 XRRA season opener in Moab, UT. |
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W.E. Rock Tucson
We are live in Tucson, AZ, for event number one of the W.E. Rock West series with live streaming video and audio |
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King of the Hammers Movie Trailer
Here is your exclusive sneak preview of the King of the Hammers Movie, "The Second Crusade". |
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The Rocky Road to the King of the Hammers
The 2009 King of the Hammers winner, Jason Scherer tells his story on winning the world's roughest one day desert race here.
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