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Amazing Engine Video: This Awesome, Ultra-Rare, Chevy Small Block 5-Cam, 4-Valve, Overhead Cam Beast Runs!
There were plenty of overhead cam engines that existed in 1971, including some cool V8s like the SOHC Fords, but there were NOT overhead cam Small Block Chevrolets. Well, not from the factory that...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Gets A Bunch More Love! Suspension, Trans, Turbos, And More!
The Maliboom is getting way more than it was ever supposed to, but man is it going to be a bad ass! If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain...
LS THROTTLE BODY UPGRADE-WHAT’S IT WORTH? HOW MUCH POWER IS A THROTTLE BODY UPGRADE WORTH ON AN LS?
We always used to laugh at the dyno shop and say that we wanted to take all the “As seen on TV” type of performance parts and install them all to see if they actually made any power...
Mac-Fab Beadlocks Tour And Step By Step How To Beadlock Wheels With Lyle Barnett
Turbo John recently visited Mac-Fab and shot a great behind the scenes video with Lyle Barnett, showing the shop, the process, the ins and outs, and options for getting your wheels beadlocked and it...
The TRUTH About Valvoline’s BOLD Engine Cleaning Claims: Is Restore And Protect Real, Clickbait, or Lies?
I used to know a few “oil guys”, and some of them were actual specialists who blended oil and other lubricants for oil companies you would know. Then I met Lake Speed. Once I met Lake, I...
Plasma Table Hack! Cut And Notch Round Tubing With Some Simple Brackets And Skateboard Wheels!
Laser and cnc plasma tube notchers are all the rage in manufacturing nowadays because they can significantly shorten the manufacturing process for metal components, and at the same time increase...
Fabrication How-To: #5 – This $50 Tool Will Change Your Fabrication Game! Low Buck But Super Effective.
Sometimes the best tips someone can give you about a technical subject is what tools to buy and not to buy. Or which tools to spend real money on, and which ones don’t need to be fancy. Well...
FINNEGAN IS GIVING AWAY HIS 1957 CHEVY WAGON, BUT FIRST HE’S GOTTA FIX IT! Gasser Time!
The cat is out of the bag by now with the fact that Finnegan is going to give away his 1957 Chevrolet station wagon gasser. You can enter by using the link below, but suffice it to say you will be...
DZ302 CHEVY-HOW TO ADD 200 HP TO YOUR SBC WITHOUT BOOST OR NITROUS! HEADS, CAM, INTAKE & OILING!
Can you really add 200 horsepower to a naturally aspirated small block with heads, cam, and intake? When it’s only 302 cubic inches? This sounds too good to be true, but Richard is testing one...
The Best Step Bit Project Farm Ever Tested Destroys A $123 Snap-On Blue Point! Which One Should You Buy?
We love our tool tests around here and one of our favorite tool testing creators is Project Farm. We don’t share all their videos, but we sure to share a lot of them. They are thorough, more...
Crashed LS Turbo Drag And Drive Car Gets Rebuilt: The Maliboom Get’s A Front Suspension Redesign And Rear Upgrades Too!
If you missed it, Dane Thompson’s Maliboom smacked the wall in Oklahoma during Rocky Mountain Race Week a few months ago and he’s been thrashing on it since. Despite lots of conjecture, it turns...
This Old Hot Rod Traditional Style Drag Car Project Part 4: Check Out This Vintage Dragster Build As The Chassis Work Continues!
The Race of Gentleman has spurred a bunch of renewed excitement for traditional hot rod drags both on the dirt and sand, as well as on the dragstrip. They didn’t invent these events, but they have...
JUNKYARD LS CAM WARS! NA VS NITROUS VS BLOWER VS TURBO CAM. SPOILER ALERT-IT’S ALL THE SAME CAM!
Every cam is a nitrous cam! Wait, I mean every cam is a turbo cam! Wait, I mean… well, okay here’s the deal. Richard Holdener is sort of famous for saying that every cam is a turbo cam,...
This Father, Daughter, And Son, Funny Car Go-Kart Project Isn’t Pretty, But It Might Be With A Little Oven Cleaner And Elbow Grease!
Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another project to save and this one is going to make you smile. It’s an old funny car go-kart, with the Pepsi Challenger livery, that he...