# Carbage
> News and stories on the world of automotive, auto repair and modifications, motorsports, and technologies that create the vehicles that take us everywhere.
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- [About this site](https://carbage.online/about.md) - Carbage is an independent publication re-launched in January 2025 by Justin Banner. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Carbage to continue to exist.…
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## Posts
- [The Camfather, Ed “Isky” Iskenderian. 1921-2026](https://carbage.online/the-camfather-ed-isky-iskenderian-1921-2026.md) - The legendary man behind Isky Cams, Ed Iskenderian has passed away at 104.
- [Shoreline Showdown is a Bye Run to the 2025 Formula Drift Season](https://carbage.online/shoreline-showdown-long-beach-2025-formula-drift-drifting.md) - The return to Long Beach to close off the 2025 Formula Drift season wasn’t without its hiccups but managed to cap off another exciting year.
- [Will the Shoreline Showdown Truly Replace Irwindale for Formula Drift?](https://carbage.online/shoreline-showdown-replaces-irwindale-speedway-formula-drift.md) - With the close of the 2025 Formula Drift season, we speak to FD President, Ryan Sage, about the loss of Irwindale and how Shoreline Showdown came to be.
- [Holley LS Fest Brought the Best of LS V8s to the Beech](https://carbage.online/holley-ls-fest-2025-east-beech-bend.md) - As the smoke cleared from the 2025 iteration of Holley LS Fest East, the original event famous for all things LS-powered wrapped up perhaps its most popular year yet.
- [We’re Halfway There: The 2025 Formula Drift Season, Thus Far](https://carbage.online/2025-formula-drift-championship-halfway-point.md) - We enter the halfway point of the 2025 Formula Drift season and speak to driver Fredric Aasbo and judge Reese Marin for their thoughts on the championship.
- [2025 Formula Drift Round 3 at Orlando: It’s a Young Man’s Game](https://carbage.online/2025-formula-drift-orlando-speedworld-florida.md) - Round 3 of the 2025 Formula Drift series just threw a bit of a wrench in the domination of Fredric Aasbo and James Deane with a new face topping the podium.
- [What is an Alloy Wheel and How are They Made?](https://carbage.online/what-is-alloy-wheel-cast-flow-formed-forged.md) - Alloy wheels have been standard equipment for modern cars for decades, but what exactly are they and are alloys different from aluminum wheels?
- [Fix a Tesla Cybertruck with Glue? How Structural Adhesives Repair Cars, Trucks, and SUVs](https://carbage.online/how-structural-adhesives-repair-cars-trucks-suvs.md) - Structural adhesives for auto repair have been around for much longer than you think and how many important vehicle assemblies are manufactured.
- [Are Carbon Wheels Coming to Your Next Daily? Dymag Partnering with AIM Might Make it Happen](https://carbage.online/carbon-wheels-dymag-partnering-aim.md) - Even with the advancement of internal combustion engine efficiency and electrification, OEMs are finding every way to save fuel without major sacrifices.
- [Rain Didn’t Dampen Hot-lanta: Formula Drift Round 2 at Road Atlanta](https://carbage.online/formula-drift-round-2-road-atlanta-georgia.md) - Rain proved to be a factor in the second round of the 2025 Formula Drift season taking place at Road Atlanta
- [The Nappy Boy Automotive 2025 Ford Mustang RTR Convertible: T-Pain is Skirtin’ in a ‘Vert](https://carbage.online/2025-ford-mustang-rtr-spec-5d-convertible-t-pain-drift-car.md) - Known for his talents behind the mic, T-Pain has been a huge lover of drifting and now finally has his hands on a professional-level Mustang RTR drift car.
- [What is the De Dion Axle that Some Cars and Trucks Use?](https://carbage.online/what-is-de-dion-axle-tech.md) - It sounds strange and looks equally as strange on paper, but the De Dion axle offers some advantages over traditional rear suspensions. And disadvantages.
- [Our First Look at the 2027 Slate Auto Truck, Er, SUV, or Both?](https://carbage.online/first-look-2027-slate-auto-electric-truck-suv.md) - The 2027 Slate Auto Truck is confusing in that regard because it can sort of be both like the first-generation Toyota 4Runner and starting at under $30,000.
- [Hotpit Autofest Drifts in Kevin Harvick’s Backyard: Round 2 Coverage from Kern Raceway](https://carbage.online/hotpit-autofest-drifting-kern-raceway.md) - Hotpit Autofest Round 2 took place at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in Bakersfield, California and put on quite the show for the NASCAR aligned fans.
- [Formula Drift Starts the 2025 Season on the Streets of Long Beach](https://carbage.online/formula-drift-starts-the-2025-season-on-the-streets-of-long-beach.md) - A warm day meant hot action on the Streets of Long Beach as a great start to the 2025 season, including a major announcement for Round 8.
- [Cadillac Will Return to Le Mans for 2025](https://carbage.online/cadillac-will-return-to-le-mans-for-2025.md) - The four-team effort will consist of IMSA and WEC teams for a true global effort at the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- [Making Tires in the Age of Advanced Automation](https://carbage.online/making-tires-in-the-age-of-advanced-automation.md) - With the rise of AI, more advanced robots, and the need to tightly control inventory, how has Kumho Tire evolved its tire manufacturing process?
- [2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N TA Sets EV Record at Tsukuba](https://carbage.online/2025-hyundai-ioniq-5-n-ta-sets-ev-record-at-tsukuba.md) - Driven by the legendary Nobuteru “NOB” Taniguchi, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N TA Spec car set a record for EVs at the equally legendary Japanese Circuit, Tsukuba.
- [Recharging Finally Comes to Formula E With Pit Boost](https://carbage.online/recharging-finally-comes-to-formula-e-with-pit-boost.md) - The Jeddah Grand Prix was the launch of the long-awaited recharging pit stops that these Gen 3 cars promised and looks to have delivered it.
- [The Ford Mustang Mach-E is Going Racing](https://carbage.online/the-ford-mustang-mach-e-is-going-racing.md) - A NASCAR prototype and a Pikes Peak teaser are going to showcase the racing capabilities of Ford’s all-electric Mustang SUV.
- [Yokohama Tire to Sponsor the 2025 King of the Hammers Every Man Challenge](https://carbage.online/2025-yokohama-tire-every-man-challenge-sponsor.md) - Abbreviated to “EMC,” the event takes place the same week as the King of the Hammers and provides entrants an opportunity to race in the big one.
- [Phillips 66 Lubricants Joins Acura Meyer Shank Racing GTP Effort for 2025](https://carbage.online/2025-imsa-phillips-66-acura-racing-gtp.md) - Phillips 66 claims the ARX-06 will serve as a rolling test bed for its lubricants during the 2025 IMSA season while HRC aims for the title.
- [China Trade, Tariffs, and the Automotive Aftermarket (September 2019)](https://carbage.online/china-trade-tariffs-automotive-aftermarket.md) - I originally wrote this in 2019, when the Trump administration first tried to implement tariffs. Now, in 2025, I feel that this story is worth bringing back because it’s just as relevant now as it was then. Perhaps even more so.
- [Reborn – The Synergy Manufacturing 1971 Jeepster Commando JK](https://carbage.online/restorod-synergy-manufacturing-1971-jeepster-commando-jk.md) - When you search for “restorod," it's always muscle cars with LS-swaps. Synergy Manufacturing did more than a swap with Jeep's original muscle car.
- [Feeding the Fire: The Parts of a Basic Electronic Fuel Injection (EFI) System](https://carbage.online/how-electronic-fuel-injection-works.md) - The modern Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) found on nearly all cars, trucks, and SUVs today are fed by EFI. Here’s how that fuel system works.
- [Catching a Brake: Demystifying Pads, Rotors, and Drums](https://carbage.online/how-brakes-work-are-made.md) - When it comes to performance upgrades, the brake system is often one of the most misunderstood or misinformed portions of the automotive world after aerodynamics.
- [Happy Landings - Bypass Shock Tech](https://carbage.online/how-bypass-shocks-work.md) - Bypass Shocks just scream off-road runner, but purpose do they really serve on those race trucks?
- [Twin Traction Beam Action – A Into TTBs](https://carbage.online/how-do-twin-traction-beams-work.md) - The Strength of a straight axle, the stability of IFS: This is the Twin Traction Beam Axle
- [Not Everything Will Go As Planned](https://carbage.online/first-blog.md) - Yeah, weird way to title my first blog here but there's a reason for that.

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