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Hooniverse Asks: What’s the best factory-supported upgrade for the money?
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Through its Performance Parts division, Ford will sell you a kit to boost the power output on your Ranger. It’s called the EcoBoost Power Pack Performance Calibration and it’s $825. While that’s not cheap, it is a pretty sweet deal for what you get. Here’s the official rundown of what’s included: Ford Performance calibration for 2019-2020…
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Prototype Helicopters for our Hellscape Future
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Dystopian literature has been on the rise in the last ten years. I don’t have a stat to back that up, but every new youth fiction series that has gained accolades has been about a dystopian future: Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner, and Babysitters’ Club. That last one reads way different if you adjust…
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The News for January 22nd, 2021
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Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week: Porsche unveils a cheaper Taycan for the masses (sort of), Mercedes-Benz has a new compact crossover EV coming but it might not come to the land where compact crossovers…
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The 1986 Paris-Dakar rally is the one to remember
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The poster of the number 189 Mitsubishi Pajero racer proudly hangs in my father’s study. Being a geography professor, he loved all off-road vehicles as those were the only kind of vehicles that would allow him to travel to the remote places he wanted to see. He would spend a lot of time with me…
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2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R – Last Roar of a Legend
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The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R is a wicked machine. There’s a flat-plane-cranking 5.2-liter V8 engine under the hood making 526 horsepower, tremendous noise, and perfect emotions. Put your right hand down and you’ll find a real-deal manual gearbox that sends power to the rear wheels. And spits out that power through a set of…
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For Sale: Does this Daihatsu Rocky have you dreaming of dusty trails?
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You do not see a ton of Daihatsu products roaming the streets. If you’re going to come across one, it’s probably going to be either a HiJet, a Charade, or a Rocky. Today we’re talking about that last one, because I just found one for sale on Craigslist. It’s a 1991 Rocky located in Laguna…
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Last Call: Dakar truck & helicopter touch
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A Dakar race truck and a helicopter touch. While in the air! This incident happened on the last day of the race. Last Call indicates the end of Hooniverse’s broadcast day. It’s meant to be an open forum for anyone and anything. Thread jacking is not only accepted, it’s encouraged.
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This is what an abandoned Water Slope Tractor looks like
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Nothing makes the world feel larger than finding out about new abandoned vehicles, places, or ships. Like the McBarge, a floating McDonald’s, from the World Expo on Transportation and Communication in Vancouver, BC during 1986. It also was in Blade Trinity. The Fonserannes Water Slope Tractor is another example of that. This 18-wheeled tractor was…
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BFGoodrich launches off-road wiper blades
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Have you ever said to yourself “dang, I wish my wiper blades were as good as my BFGoodrich KO2 all-terrain tires. And I wish my wipers would look like my tires, too!” If you did say that to yourself, there is great news! BFGoodrich just launched BFGoodrich Off Road Wiper Blades. The new wipers are…
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Dan Grec & The Road Chose Me – Off The Road Again Podcast: Episode 53
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Welcome back to the Off the Road Again podcast! We’ve missed you. The focus is on the off-road adventure but we also dabble in all things SUV, truck, and van, maybe even some rally cars. Ross & Chris welcome Dan Grec to the show. Dan is known for writing the book, The Road Chose Me. He spent 999 days traveling Africa and has…
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Movie “Cars” – Aliens Armored Personnel Carrier
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You come across the strangest things on the internet, and at Hooniverse, we’re good with weird. Some sort of Facebook algorithm figured I might like a post from the Stan Winston School of Character Arts (which is a thing) about the APC carrier from the movie Aliens. They were very much correct. Behold, the Hunslet…
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Fire at Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum
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The Top Mountain Motorcycle Museum, located in Hochgurgl, Austria, suffered a fire on January 18th. The museum housed over 250 vintage motorcycles. The facility had been closed due to COVID restrictions and was preparing to reopen on January 24th. The fire occurred at night. The museum’s location at the top of a mountain pass made…
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Last Call: Z exactly how much fuel you have left
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I had a 1985 Nissan 300ZX when I was in college. It was a great car with some cool features. One feature I do not remember? Extra detail on just how much fuel is remaining in my tank. But check out what Friend of Hooniverse Andrew Collins has on his own Z31. How cool is…
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Formula Supra: Installing the engine and transmission
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Formula Supra is coming along nicely. Ryan Tuerck and his team are fabricating and figuring things out. You don’t simply slap a wicked Judd V10 into the engine bay of a car with a few turns of a wrench. Along the way you need to figure out how things will fit, leave room for other…
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Ford tells me my Bronco is almost here, but…
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I pre-ordered the new Ford Bronco the day after it was announced. That’s because the pre-order demand was so high that it caused the Ford website to crash on the first day. $100 deposit later and I was told someone will get back to be. Months later I got one curtesy call from a dealership…
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This overland-ready Suzuki Jimny is the cutest RV on the planet
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I’d love to have a ready-to-roll overland setup. There are no plans to convert my Montero to something like this. So it would need to be a different vehicle. Something small would be nice, as it would prove easy to park when not in use and maneuverable on most trails. It’s too bad we don’t…