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CHEAP JUNKYARD M90 MAKES OVER 600 HP! IS IT A WORLD RECORD FOR THE 3800 V6 M90? 5.3L + M90=600+ HP!

Richard Holdener has been playing around with a junkyard find M90 supercharger for the past few videos, making an adapter to connect it to a 4.8L LS and then modifying the 4.8 for more and more...

CHEAP E-BAY TURBO VS JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER-4.8L TORQUE FOR TOWING. GT45 TURBO VS M90-WHICH WORKS BEST?

Speed parts have never been easier to find, or cheaper to buy in the grand scheme of things, and everyone is always interested in finding out how much horsepower you can make with a cheap chinese...

Derek From Vice Grip Garage Gets His Hands On Motion Raceworks 1,000HP ZZ632 GM Crate Engine “Work Truck” To Perform Some UPGRADES!

Well here we go! Derek has gotten his hands on the Motion Raceworks OBS Chevy pickup to make some upgrades and adjustments and boy is this thing going to be cool as hell. With the 1,000 horsepower...

JUNKYARD 4.8L M90 LS HEADER, HEAD & CAM TEST. 1 3/4 v 1 7/8, 706 v 799 HEADS, TRUCK NORRIS v HOT ROD

Richard is doing more boosted LS testing and this time it’s the M90 Supercharger again with more mods to the 4.8 in an effort to see just how much power this little blower can support. Check...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 6 – Dry Decking Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block. What Is It, Why Do It, And How Is It Done?

In the sixth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be dry decking this little supercharged small-block so it will be able to make big consistent power. He’s also...

CHEAP JUNKYAD M90 BLOWER AIR FUEL DISTRIBUTION! DOES A ROOTS BLOWER FAVOR THE FRONT FOUR CYLINDERS?

This little M90 Supercharger, the one that came on supercharged 3800 V6 GM engines, has been the talk of the town lately as it can actually support some real power on a junkyard LS engine that...

FINNEGAN DID IT! HE FINALLY MADE REAL PROGRESS ON HIS DRAG CADDY! Turbo Header Fabrication Is Happening Now!

Finnegan’s Caddy is arguably one of his most popular projects, and everyone that follows it loves the updates as Finnegan gets more done. It’s not been a fast project, but given that Mike...

CHEAP $89 JUNKYARD M90 SUPERCHARGER MAKES 537 HP! HOW TO RUN A CHEAP V6 SUPERCHARGER ON A 4.8L V8!

Less than $90 for a supercharger that bolts onto your LS engine? Sounds too good to be true, and of course there is more to it than that, but yeah it actual works! Without the blower on it, this LS...

Fireballs! Finnegan’s Day Of Track Testing Ends With A Car Burning To The Ground, But It Isn’t His Despite Blasphemi’s New Fire Breathing Ways.

Finnegan is back at  with some great testing in Blasphemi. With more power, a newly upgraded and rebuilt transmission, and some other cool upgrades, this sucker should be quicker and more consistent...

This Is What It Really Takes To Paint A Race Car! Curry Does Bodywork And Paint On Topol’s Tombstone Camaro After Switching To Big Tires For No Prep Kings!

We’ve shared a few Paint by Curry videos before, where this master puts down some amazing candies, metallics, carbon clears, and more on bad ass race cars. Located in Alabama, he’s a go...

Building a PERFECT METAL SHAPING Station. EASY 2 SET UP. Customizable for YOUR TOOLS With Karl Fisher From Make It Kustom!

In his most recent videos, Karl has been showing how to build your own shrinking and stretching tools using mostly scrap and they have been awesome. When you combine them with all the other tools and...

Why Would Anyone Spray A 318 Powered 1965 Dart? BECAUSE YOU CAN, That’s Why! WILL IT RACE? Forgotten Dart V8 Four Speed Gets Nitrous!

Sometimes Dylan McCool does something that makes absolutely zero sense to your average logical person, but that makes folks like us smile for sure. This is one of those times. Sure, there are...

Small-Blocks Aren’t Dead: HOW TO MAKE MORE 383 STROKER POWER. HOW MUCH POWER ARE PORTED HEADS, CAMS OR INTAKES WORTH? RESULTS

We know that everyone is always hot and bothered by the LS and LT engine platforms, along with Coyote and Gen 3 HEMI platforms, but that doesn’t mean that all those great small and big block...

Engine 101: How to assemble an LS top end, including heads, valvetrain, intake, and valve covers!

Putting an engine together can be a pretty intense and difficult task depending on the engine and on the tools that you may or may not have. But, luckily, an LS engine is one of the easier ones to...