John M. Guilfoil, Author at Blast

New mufflers on a 1987 Dodge Power Ram, exhaust swap

The Shop Truck #9 — Let’s “do” the exhaust

October 26, 2013

This portion of The Shop Truck restoration was made possible by Summit Racing Equipment. For over 40 years, Summit Racing Equipment has set and reset the standard for fast shipping, customer service, and tech e...

Infographic: Baseball players make more money than just about everyone

John M. Guilfoil

October 17, 2013

How much income, on average, does a baseball superstar earn in the US? For starters, baseball belongs to the top 3 sports when it comes to revenue, together with Pro football and basketball. However, the averag...

5 takeaways from the 2013 ALCS so far

John M. Guilfoil

October 16, 2013

I know we're only potentially halfway through the 2013 ALCS so far, but seriously, how amazing has it been so far? You don't need to hear it again, but I have to fill 300 words to appease Google, so: One yea...

5 Mice (and other input devices) for the 2014 computer

John M. Guilfoil

October 14, 2013

Oh good lord, computers are dying! Actually, no they're not, but that's a separate rant. Computers aren't dying. They're not going away. You're not all going to be using just iPads and Nexuses (Nexi?) and Su...

The Computer Is Not Dying — 10 Reasons Why

John M. Guilfoil

October 13, 2013

We're starting a little series here, in an attempt to explain why the Personal Computer is not, in fact, dying. We have some hardware to look at, some reasons to give you, and when we're done, we hope you'll...

Anker announces a $12, 24-watt mini howitzer that can charge two tablets in your car

John M. Guilfoil

October 7, 2013

Anker, creator of some mixtures of pretty and functional have thrown together a $12 car charger that can power two iPads or other tablets at the same time with dual 24W 2.4 amp USB ports. The $11.99 charge...

Neptor/Eagle Tech Foldable Bluetooth Keyboard smartphone accessory

Tested: Five smartphone accessories NOT for the iPhone 5S or 5C

John M. Guilfoil

October 7, 2013

Hubbub. That's what it is. Apple releases some new phones (same size as the old phone) and the world goes nuts with accessories. Nuts. Bonkers. Insane. All in the name of SEO. Fact is, most people don't h...

The top 3 “How I Met Your Mother” guest stars

John M. Guilfoil

September 12, 2013

Britney Spears surpassed expectations

The Shop Truck #8 — Seafoam!

John M. Guilfoil

September 5, 2013

Every gearhead seems to love this. Maybe it's just the smoke, but something about Seafoaming an engine hearkens us back to the very roots of our car-loving, car fixing, car breaking beginnings. Seafoam is a ...

5 exercises men should avoid

John M. Guilfoil

September 4, 2013

It's enough that we get motivated to get off our asses and hit the gym more often, but is it possible that some of the machines and workouts we're doing are actually making things WORSE for us? Depending on ...

The Shop Truck #7 — How to wash your engine bay

John M. Guilfoil

August 26, 2013

Corey expertly covers the air cleaner/carburetor and the distributor cap. Just go for it, right? Wrong. After our trip to Little Foreign Car Garage to see Skipper Hull went, well, swimmingly, we were adv...

The Shop Truck #6 — What’s that coming out from underneath..ohhhh crap…

John M. Guilfoil

August 24, 2013

Son of a bitch. Yeah...it overheated As Corey introduced earlier this week, Blast Cars visited the Little Foreign Car Garage in Waltham to catch up with my old friend Ken "Skipper" Hull, who has been in ...

The Shop Truck Update: Marvel Mystery Oil didn’t work for lifter tick

John M. Guilfoil

August 19, 2013

Obviously, not every product works exactly the same way for exactly the same problem. But, sadly, we have to report that Marvel Mystery Oil did not do the trick for our Chrysler LA 318 engine's lifter tick. ...

The Shop Truck #5 — Cleaning Out the Doors

John M. Guilfoil

August 14, 2013

This is Zep 505 cleaner. I love it. Car restoration is glamorous right? A guy gets his hands dirty, uses a ratchet and some wrenches, maybe gets cut a few times. Women in the area get turned on. (Or a wo...

The Shop Truck #4 — You hear that ticking? We think that’s a bad lifter

John M. Guilfoil

August 13, 2013

You hear that? Use your noggin to filter out the pulleys and the fan noise and you'll hear a rhythmic ticking. It's a dreaded sound that is often associated with faulty hydraulic lifters. In the video ...

Interview: Previewing Natasha’s story, and why I fucking hate Cystic Fibrosis

John M. Guilfoil

August 9, 2013

Natasha and John in 2006 Hi. I'm John. I created Blast Magazine in 2006, and I launched the predecessor to this website with some of the amazingly strong women who write for Blast earlier this year. I'm ...

The Shop Truck #3 — Status Report

John M. Guilfoil

August 8, 2013

Kevin had The Shop Truck for almost 90 days, and in that time he replaced a lot of parts and did way more work than he could ever have anticipated on a truck that is, as we both noted, shockingly clean. He run...

So you want to fix cars? Here are the top 20 tools you need to start

John M. Guilfoil

July 24, 2013

For automotive enthusiasts who understand cars as much as they love them, doing the repairs yourself can be fun and rewarding. Seems easy enough, right? You love cars. You know cars. You can fix and maintain yo...

Graphic: What if Mario Kart was real?

John M. Guilfoil

July 10, 2013

The all-important question answered

Watch: 22-year-old drives BMW M3 over a cliff in Arizona

John M. Guilfoil

June 24, 2013

Holy crap. A 22-year-old named Josh was extremely lucky not just to be alive but -- somehow -- to walk away uninjured after he sped through unguarded curves near Tortilla Flat, Ari. and took his 2005 BMW M3 ...

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