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Rusted and Busted! DIY Frame Repair! Mortske’s 1962 Chevrolet C10 Shortbed, The Budget Friendly Pickup Truck, Might Just Break In Half!

Most of the time when we are talking about rust in old cars it is sheet metal. Whether it’s the floors or the quarters or the rockers, the normal spots are usually thinner materials. But...

FINALLY! The New Makita 1″ Drive Impact vs Milwaukee Shootout! Who Needs Huge Impacts Like This? Insane Power!

I remember working at a rock and gravel and building materials joint growing up called U-Save Rockery, where I drove a dump truck, ran heavy equipment for loading and unloading materials, ran a...

Newbern Bought An Old Jr. Dragster For His Kid, It Needs And Engine And The Brakes Are Junk. So He’s Putting An Engine In It!

Yep, Newbern is making sure his kid Luke is ready for the racing life and that meant grabbing a Jr. Dragster that came available for cheap. The engine on it was junk, so he’s making other...

Cordless vs Air: The Battle For Ratchet Supremacy Is Right Here! Putting Them To The Test To See Who Reigns Supreme.

I have always been horrible about using power tools. I forget to grab the air ratchet and instead spend my time with a hand ratchet all the while thinking I should stop and go get the power tool. I...

Kalitta Motorsports and Toyota Racing Give A Rundown On Top Fuel Engines With This Bitchin Cutaway Engine Display!

Toyota Racing and Kalitta Motorsports teamed up to take a Top Fuel engine and do a cutaway version so people can really see the inside of one of these beasts. It’s funny, because even a lot of...

LT Engine Tech: Whether You Are LT Swapping Something Old, Or Have An LT Powered Hot Rod, Here’s How To Install A Catch Can On A Gen V LT1

As cool as Direct Injection can be, there are some things about it that make certain maintenance a requirement. If you aren’t familiar, DI is where the fuel injector is inside the combustion...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE Finally? Vice Grip Garage Debates Between A Carburetor or Computer On This 8-6-4 Cadillac Nightmare.

Not long ago, we ran video as Derek tried to make this 1981 Caddy run. It wasn’t a great experience, as these things were always a challenge with their 4-6-8 engine. If you missed that first...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Bye Bye Custom Rockers, Hello Proper Running Boards For The Roadster Pickup.

In the last video, Brent was working on some custom rocker panels in an effort to see if this laid out GMC Roadster pickup would look cool with them instead of the factory running boards. Factory it...

Murder Nova Burnout Truck – Build Series Part 5: Procharger and Monster Transmission Install On The C10 Burnout Truck!

The Murder Nova Burnout Truck is getting closer and closer to done! It’s going to be pretty, have an LS for power, and because of the ProCharger that is being installed in this video, it will do...

The Make It Kustom 1931 Model A Ford Hot Rod Is Getting The Steering COLUMN, BOX, WHEEL & SHAFTS ALL INSTALLED

The Make It Kustom Model A Ford project is one that regular fans of the channel will know very well. This thing has been used for all kinds of cool tech videos on metal shaping and so much more. We...

GM Steering Column Tech: How To Fix A Broken Turn Signal Cam On Late 1960’s to Early 90’s GM Steering Columns.

If you have driven enough older GM cars or trucks, you have undoubtedly run into one or two that have screwed up turn signal switches. The normal is that the cam breaks inside the column so the turn...

Clutch Tech: RebelDryver Scott Is Replacing The Clutch On His 515 HP 1965 Impala SS with a T-56 6 speed AGAIN!

Scott is a longtime stick shift guy, who has done tons of stick shift swaps and has daily driven stick cars for years. So when he made a small mistake on the install of his McLeod RXT clutch during a...

LS ROLLER ROCKERS VS CAM SWAP-WHICH ONE ADDS MORE POWER? HOW MUCH HP ARE 1.85 ROLLER ROCKERS WORTH?

Rocker arms are considerable less work to replace than a camshaft, even on an LS engine which is a lot easier to cam swap, so if they are worth the same power as a camshaft then why not just do the...

How Bad Is OEM Oil? Or Good? Honda vs Toyota vs AC Delco vs Motorcraft vs Mobil 1

Oil is one of those products that you can buy at a bunch of different price points, and that have insane marketing campaigns to tell you why their brand is best and why it all matters so much. And as...