Roadkill Extra

The Roadkill Rotsun, a '71 Datsun 240Z, is famed as the car that never fails to fail. Maybe it's the curse of the S30 chassis platform, because there was a turbo-LS-powered 240Z at Hot Rod Drag Week 2016 that showed great promise.

David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan previously built a trailer that carried a V8 that powered a supercharger which became the infamous leaf-blower Monza. Freiburger addresses fan questions about how the whole contraption worked.

Roadkill leaves trails of stray parts all across the country, but occasionally some of the tools wind up back home to irritate our shop manager. David Freiburger shows you some of our juiciest leftovers from past projects.

David Freiburger shows some of the genius butchery that guys use to repair engines and keeps the show on the road.

Brian Lohnes and David Freiburger co-host the Hot Rod Drag Week live video feed every year, and they end up road tripping together. Things get pretty out of control and the best part is Brian busting Freiburger's chops.

Roadkill content editor Elana Scherr goes through what it takes to get a legit competition license that's required for quicker cars.

David Freiburger offers tips for a first trip to a local drag strip. There are tracks nearby most regions of the US, and most of them have test-and-tune nights or grudge nights where anyone can run their car.

David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich recall drag racing stories as they cruise a 1967 Pontiac Bonneville wagon during the shoot of an episode of Roadkill garage.

A 1962 Pontiac Tempest running in the mid 10s in the quarter-mile! That time slip and a perfect retro-beater look had David Freiburger loving this ride at Hot Rod Drag Week, and this Roadkill Extra tells you all about it.

At Hot Rod Drag Week, racers are forced to drive 1,000 plus miles as they visit four race tracks in five days. They tow small trailers with tools and parts, and David Freiburger shows tricks the guys use to pack critical cargo.

Remember when Roadkill tried to set a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, but ended up blowing their engine? It took years to get around to it, but the guys finally disassembled that engine to see what went wrong.

David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich recently road-tripped to the Bonneville Salt Flats. In this Roadkill Extra, Dulcich questions Freiburger on his 200-mph land speed racing history at the now flooded salt flats.

People often ask David Freiburger how he got a career editing magazines such as Hot Rod and Car Craft. In this clip, Freiburger gives the short version, leaving out the fact that he never even graduated from college.

Hot Rod Drag Week is the home of #BecauseRoadkill failure moments. In this Roadkill Extra, check out the disaster that befell a racer with a convertible Mustang as it was going about 140 mph.

Ever rent the cheapest car possible and wonder what it can do? Testing the limits of the lowly rental is Roadkill standard operating procedure, and this Roadkill Extra shows Freiburger and Brian Lohnes giving you the basics.

What do you do when your car slips off a floor jack and smashes a hole in your cast-aluminum oil pan? Find out in this Roadkill Extra with a competitor of Hot Rod Drag Week who runs a 2.3L Pinto four-cylinder in his MG roadster.

Here's another question and answer session, this time with Hot Rod Garage hosts Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa. Watch as they answer your questions about their appearance on the Roadkill Diesel Cadillac episode!

Many Roadkill fans have never worked on a carburetor before, so this episode has Freiburger taking apart a popular Holley carb for a show and tell about how these ancient fuel-metering devices function.

The shop where Roadkill works on cars is decorated with a number of photos shot in the '50s by the Hot Rod staff. David Freiburger shows some of these photos and talks about how they represent the hot rods of the past.

The Swedes came to Hot Rod Drag Week in full force in 2016, and David Freiburger shows you the quickest of them all: an Opel Ascona that has run high 7s with a nitrous big-block, and that has won the Stockholm Open six times.

Every time David Freiburger and Steve Dulcich work on the Crop Duster, it seems like they need to realign the front suspension. Pick up the terms involved in suspension alignment as Freiburger goes through the basics.