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HOW MUCH POWER IS THE PERFORMANCE DESIGN LS3 INTAKE REALLY WORTH? LS3 VS PD 105 & 112-FULL RESULTS!
If you haven’t seen a Performance Design intake manifold, you are missing out. When this company first came onto the scene everyone in the industry wondered how they had come out of nowhere to...
HOW MUCH POWER IS THE LS3 ROD MOD REALLY WORTH? 427 LS3 STROKER INTAKE TEST-STOCK LS3 VS ROD MOD
What is the rod mod anyway? And does it make power? The answer to the power question is in this video, and the thought behind it is that adding rods to the inside of the intake that are specifically...
Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 3 – Tearing Into The Heads On Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block Before The HED Love Starts!
In the third episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be pulling the cylinder heads apart to see what is necessary to make them better so this little supercharged...
Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 2 – It’s Time To See What’s Inside Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block Before The HED Love Starts!
In the second episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be pulling the engine apart to see what is really inside it so he can start figuring out what can be better so this...
Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 1 – How Much Power Does Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block Make Before Getting Some HED Love?
In the first season of Polishing Turds on the Real Good At Doin’ Stuff HED YouTube channel there was another small block that got the love and made considerably more power afterwards. In this...
CHEAP, JUNKYARD LS CAM SWAPS. 4 CAMS TESTED. CAN YOUR LS CAM REALLY BE TOO BIG? HOW TO MAKE LS POWER
Too much cam… is that a thing? Well, it might be in some instances, but what about in your junkyard 5.3? I know I’m looking to swap a 5.3 into a square-body Suburban before too long and I...
DO NITROUS CAMS MATTER? FULL DYNO RESULTS-355 SBC, 2 DIFFERENT CAMS, BOTH RUN WITH SAME NITROUS
Richard Holdener is a fan of saying that every cam is a turbo cam, but does the same hold true for nitrous? In this small-block nitrous cam test you are going to find out if there is truth to some of...
HOW TO MAKE 351 CLEVELAND POWER. TUNNEL RAM, STROKER 351C MODS, CUBES, CAM, HEADS AND DUAL QUAD!
Whether you are Ford guy or not, you have to respect the Ford Cleveland small block. It was Fords baddest small block back in the day, had incredible cylinder heads way before anyone else did, and...
Here’s What A Typical Day On The Dyno Is Like At Harrell Engine And Dyno!
I think everyone that has built a performance engine should run it on an engine dyno or in the car on a chassis dyno. They are truth tellers, help with tuning, and are fun! I know I’m...
HOW DO YOU MAKE MAXIMUM TORQUE WITH A SMALL BLOCK CHEVY? JUST ADD CUBIC INCHES! 383 STROKER BUILD!
I built my first stroker engine in 1996 to replace the engine in my 1992 Chevy pickup. It was based on an earlier 350 block with a SCAT cast steel 3.75 inch, aka 400 stroke, crankshaft with 5.7 inch...
FINNEGAN DYNO TESTED BLASPHEMI AND IT LIVED! SO WHAT’S NEXT?
Since blowing it up on Drag Week, Finnegan’s Blasphemi has been getting lots of love in preparation for the next chapter of fun and racing. Part of that is some more driveline work in the form...
HOW MUCH POWER DID THE L78 375-HP 396 REALLY MAKE? WAS THE LITTLE BIG BLOCK UNDERATED OR OVERRATED?
The famed SS 396 Camaros, Chevelles, and Impalas were arguably some of the most influential muscle cars in history as they spawned a completely new level of competition in the pony wars. These cars...
HEAD TO HEAD SHOOTOUT-LS1 VS LS2 WHICH ONE MAKES MORE HP NA & BOOSTED WITH A VORTECH SUPERCHARGER?
There have been a few generations of LS engines and each one has gotten better and better, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t good deals to be had on older-generation models like the LS1...
