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Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 5 – Boring And Honing Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block To Make Big Power!
In the fifth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be boring and honing the cylinders so this little supercharged small-block will make more power. This is just one...
HOW TO BUILD LS POWER ON THE CHEAP: THE ULTIMATE 510-HP, ALL MOTOR JUNKYARD 5.3L BUILD. STEP BY STEP BUILD & FULL DYNO RESULTS
Junkyard 5.3s make real power regardless of how many miles are on them. I mean a 200,000 mile 5.3 will make 350 horsepower on the engine dyno. But what happens with simple bolt ons? And how about...
HOW MUCH HP CAN YOU MAKE WITH 317 LS HEADS? HERE IS A HINT-THE POWER LIMIT IS NOT FROM FLOW!
Everyone is always asking which LS heads are best and on the hunt for 243s all the time. But Richard Holdener, and several others, have done all the testing to see if there is much difference and if...
HEADS, CAM OR INTAKE? WHICH LS MODIFICATION SHOULD YOU DO FIRST? WHICH UPGRADE MAKES MORE POWER?
This is one of those questions that EVERYONE asks when it comes to the LS engine, and the truth is that it is a valid question. If the engine platform were different, that might not be a very...
Finnegan Made Massive Changes To His Car. We Hope This New 528 Inch Hemi Is Happy In Blasphemi!
Finnegan is back at it again, after having spent some time at Peter Harrell’s HED getting his Hemi back in prime shape. Now it’s up to him to get this bad boy in the car and setup so that...
THE 400-HP QUESTION-4.6L 2V MOD FORD-ALL MOTOR VS SUPERCHARGED-WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR HP? BOTH?
Looking for Mod Motor horsepower recipes? Want to make a lot more power with the one you have? Wonder which way to go on your own build? You aren’t alone, and that’s okay because Richard...
TUNE PORT L98 350-CAN WE MAKE 500 LB-FT OF TORQUE? PLUS, TRI-Y VS 4:1 HEADER TEST-WHO MAKES TORQUE?
When the TPI small block came out, it was the high performance combo that powered Corvettes and Camaros. It didn’t make much power, but it made more than most anything else available at the...
PONTIAC 350 VS PONTIAC 400-IS THERE A REPLACEMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT? YES…IT’S CALLED BOOOOOOST!
Boost, boost, baby, it can be the great equalizer! So how about a Pontiac 350 vs 400 test? These two are both good engines, but the 400 is getting harder to find and the 350s are still around. So...
SMALL BLOCK 400-THE OTHER GUYS SMALL BLOCK! HOW TO MAKE MORE HP WITH YOUR BIG-INCH SMALL BLOCK CHEVY
I’m a fan of a 400 cubic inch small block, because we have one in our ’66 Bel Air wagon and because it is the biggest Chevrolet Small-Block that you could get from the factory. But are...
HOW TO: 700+ HP FOR ONLY $2700. BUILD A BACK-UP, NO PREP OR DRIFT LS RACE MOTOR FOR JUST $2700!
Yes you can make real power with an LS for almost no money! Is it going to be a “real race engine”? No. But if you treat it right it will be pretty reliable and will make your low buck...
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...
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,...
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...
