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Engine Building Tech: End Gap Mistakes That Will RUIN Your Engine. Lake Speed Jr.Gives Us The Inside Scoop On Piston Ring Gap!
Lake Speed Jr. is a sharp cat. I’ve known him for years now and ALWAYS enjoy the conversations we have about engine, oil, and motorsports technologies. This dude is super smart, a riot to play...
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...
Part 3: Watch This Epic Candy Orange Paint Job Get Finished On This Rad 1969 Camaro Drag Radial Racer
We shared Part 1 and 2 of this series over the past few days, and now it’s time for Part 3! And that means the shine is coming to this amazing color. I’m a sucker for an orange car, and for a...
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...
Part 2: Watch A Drag Radial 1969 Camaro Get An Epic Candy Orange Paint Job Right Here!
We shared Part 1 of this series a day or two ago and now it’s time for Part 2! And that means actual color is starting to go down on this bad boy. I’m a sucker for an orange car, and for...
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...
Watch A Drag Radial 1969 Camaro Get An Epic Candy Orange Paint Job Right Here!
This is just Part 1 of this paint job and we’ll have the other two over the next two days, but man is this some sexy paint right here. I don’t own anything with paint like this but I sure...
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...