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Category Archive: CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Can Mortske Make This 1955 Chevrolet Run After It Was Abandoned 50 Years Ago?! Will It Run And Drive?

Mortske is always bringing something cool back to life, and finds some really special rides that we are always amazed at. In his latest “will it run” video he’s taking this bitchin...

What No One Tells You About Engine Swaps! What Is The Best Engine To Pick? Or Is There One?

You’ll remember that Jared just finished up the Duster project where he installed an LS, then a Gen 3 HEMI, and then a Ford Coyote, all in the same platform so that he could run that same car...

Hot Rod Hoarder’s 1973 Nova Grandma 4 Door Project: Will It RUN and DRIVE After 32 Years Parked?

Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, with more from his Hot Rod Hoarder YouTube channel and this time is a pretty cool one. Tommy is sort of known for resurrecting “wrong year” Nova’s and...

Is Your Brand Loyalty is Holding You Back? If Cross Brand Engine Swaps Scare You, You Might Be Short Changing Yourself!

I have a lot of fun, as a Chevrolet guy, telling Fox Body Mustang owners that their Ford engines are cute but that an LS practically installs itself. I’m doing this to get a rise of course,...

Blasphemi’s 1,100HP Supercharged Hemi is Rebuilt: Finnegan Takes Us Inside This Aluminum Beast As Pete And The Crew At HED Put It Back Together!

Finnegan is back at it with another great update on Blasphemi, and that means behind the scenes footage of this bad boy going back together at HED. But it isn’t just about putting it together,...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Nomad Gets A SUPERCHARGER! The Blower Whine Sounds So Sweet!

The Nomad has been a fun build, and now it is even funner! This is DD’s Speed Shop’s first time to install a supercharger and decided that it was going to be on the Nomad. And we approve!...

Dylan McCool TURBO V8 Police Car: Will it Boost? TURBO V8 Police Car! – Lightbar, Custom Transmission, Rear Axle! Part 2

The cop car is back! And it makes boost! But is it fast? Or just cool? Or both? Dylan McCool has been working on his Dodge Diplomat police car for a while now and although it runs and drives and is...

BOOSTED 5.3L LS-HOW TO ADD 100+ HORSEPOWER WITHOUT MORE BOOST! VORTECH SUPERCHARGED 5.3L MODS

When in doubt, turn up the boost. I mean this makes sense right? If you need more power, just turn up the boost. But what if you don’t want to turn up the boost because of fuel limitations or...

Hot Rodding 101: The ULTIMATE Ford Flathead Intake Guide – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know!

The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago and have posted some great video content. The first one in the Hot Rodding 101 series was about Ford Flathead V8...

Upgrade Your Classic Sniper EFI with Holley’s Sniper 2 EFI Conversion Kits If You Want The Latest And Greatest On Your Ride

Holley’s New Sniper 2 EFI is a big advancement in self-tuning DIY EFI conversions and takes all the good from the Classic Sniper and then turns it up a few notches. I’m not talking about...

NO TURBO LAG! HOW TO GET THAT SNAPPY BOOST RESPONSE! BTR STAGE 2 TURBO VS SIMPLE TORQUE CAM. FULL DYNO RESULTS

Richard Holdener has always said that every cam is a turbo cam, but does that mean that getting a turbo cam is a waste of your money? Or is it that boost works with any cam profile so don’t let...

Hemi History: This Debut Video Featuring The Red Ram Hemi Is Awesome

It was an engine that would change the face of American hot rodding, but like all new engines debuted by a manufacturer, it was at first a mechanical ox, yoked to factory metal. Like all new stuff...

Engine Magic: Watch This Video About Bringing A Buick Stage II IndyCar engine Back to Life On The Dyno!

This is one of the neatest engine videos we have seen in a long, long time. Why? It is all about bringing a Buick Stage II IndyCar engine back to life on the dyno…in Australia. The engine was...

Two Thing: Check Out The Build Of This Two Cylinder Engine From A Pair Of One Lungers!

The other day we showed you basically the pinnacle of American engine building with a look inside the shop of Sandy Wilkins and the build of a secretive and complex variant of the RY45 V8. Today we...