Gears and Gasoline

Last year we drove our Evo 9 MR and STI swapped Subaru Forester from Florida to Alaska. Now, we're going to take another road trip!

If you're looking for more information on car prep, check out these links, ordered by topic: 1) Brake Pads

I often think about how I can become a better driver without actually going to the track, because it does cost money and I have so little of that.

As professional detailers, Daniel Wendell and his staff at Automotive Aesthetic have curated a selection of niche, top-level tools for completing their work.

We recently uploaded a video showing the assembly of my new forged Subaru Ej257 engine.

My Subaru Forester XT motor has lasted 147k hard miles, after losing compression on Cylinder #4 it was time to build a new engine.

The story of Thomas Burns and his Z is one that highlights the best parts of being in a community, and one that reminds us that sometimes, things are more than just things.

This February, Gridlife held their first ever event on the West Coast. Willow Springs' Streets of Willow was the venue for a day of HPDE, time attack, and Bracket Battles!

I managed to melt a forged piston in my previous Zetec engine, so it was time for a new one. This time I'm going with a Ford Focus SVT engine.

We've been asked about what camera gear we use to film our videos. This video should explain all of that, and some.

We produced this little video for Nitto Tire and our buddies at Driving Line, and they were cool enough to let us share it as well.

What's up with cars and video games!? Let's talk about it! Thanks to The Driver's Vault and Performance Auto Gallery for making the whole intro segment possible. You can see more of them below.

My factory fuel lines started leaking on my Forester, which is apparently a common problem on subarus.

A few weeks ago, Devin Herndon, our honorary intern and the host of this very special, suggested doing a Christmas video on the channel.

You may know about my Subaru Forester from the Florida to Alaska road trip series, but what you probably didn't know is that my Forester used to be bone stock and automatic.

The #GRIDLIFE season is pretty much over, but there's still one battle to be decided.

You may know about my Subaru Forester from the Florida to Alaska road trip series, but what you probably didn't know is that my Forester used to be bone stock and automatic.

It’s likely evident to the keen-eyed observer that for a channel with a name as inclusive as “Gears and Gasoline”, we tend to pay the most attention to only one segment of the automotive market

It's been almost 2 years since we introduced the Legacy GT Wagon to the channel, and unfortunately not much progress has been made. On the last episode, we got the engine running!

As a spectator of auto racing, all we see is the action on track. What we miss is the grinding, the hard work, the obsession behind the scenes.

Top fuel and funny car drag racing are at the top of their class. These are the fastest accelerating vehicles on the planet.

We cover a lot of time attack on this channel, but never do we see stakes this high.

When last we left off with our trackday series, we were fresh off our second track weekend with NASA Mid-Atlantic.

A few months ago I blew my engine at Summit Point Raceway. In this episode, we will tear apart the engine and find out what happened.

The Autobahn Trackbattle event is one of the most challenging events Gridlife's drivers will deal with all season.

Kuriakos owns one of my dream cars, and it's a real looker.

We had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Fortune Auto on the long-overdue suspension upgrade for the Evo.

This Episode concludes our journey from Florida to Alaska! We took our STI drivetrain swapped Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR on a journey of over 10,000 miles.

We drove our turbo cars from Florida to Alaska. We took our STI drivetrain swapped Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR on a journey of over 10,000 miles. This isn't click bait, we actually did it!

We drove our turbo cars from Florida to Alaska. We took our STI drivetrain swapped Subaru Forester and Mitsubishi Evo 9 MR on a journey of over 10,000 miles. This isn't click bait, we actually did it!