Category Archive: 1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, TECH, Videos, XL Tech Stories
How To Build A Roll Cage At Home: This Video Is A Step By Step Guide To The Entire Process. Watch And Be Inspired.
Jan 25, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How To Build A Roll Cage At Home: This Video Is A Step By Step Guide To The Entire Process. Watch And Be Inspired.
If you have moved your project along to the point where you need or want a roll cage, then there are several options for making that happen. If you are not the type to do some cutting and welding...
Built It Or Boost It? The Most Common Question I Get Asked About LS Engines. But This Time It’s A 5.0 Ford.
Jan 24, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Built It Or Boost It? The Most Common Question I Get Asked About LS Engines. But This Time It’s A 5.0 Ford.
In this era of boost every junkyard combo possible, the number one question I get from people is what to do to their engine before adding boost. Back in the day, anything over 5-7 lbs meant that...
Mechanized Mayhem: Stevie Fast Jackson Teaches You All You Need To Know About Mechanical Fuel Injection
Jan 21, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Mechanized Mayhem: Stevie Fast Jackson Teaches You All You Need To Know About Mechanical Fuel Injection
If Stevie Fast Jackson came onto the scene as a guy people knew for his quick wit, funny videos, and ability to talk trash while kicking butt, the now know him as something else. Jackson has...
Ever Seen A New Roots Blower Go Together? This How It’s Made Videos Shows You Step By Step
Jan 18, 2021Brian Lohnes2
If we were to rank the age of hot rodding power adders, the Roots blower is the granddaddy of them all. Originally developed as a pump for moving air into mines and blast furnaces by a pair of...
Mild To Wild: 700 And 1,000 Horsepower Gen 3 HEMI Builds You Can Do Too!
Jan 18, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Mild To Wild: 700 And 1,000 Horsepower Gen 3 HEMI Builds You Can Do Too!
Our boy Richard Holdener is back at it, and this time he’s making big power with late model Gen 3 HEMIs. In recent years, with the development of the Hellcat platforms, Mopar has made...
Small Block Ford Intake Testing – Single vs Dual Plane On Both 351 Cleveland And Windsor
Jan 16, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Small Block Ford Intake Testing – Single vs Dual Plane On Both 351 Cleveland And Windsor
The world of intake manifolds is a diverse one, where dual plane, single plane, tunnel ram, IR, cross ram, long runner and short are available for just about every popular engine combo. And because...
Rust Repair How To: Fixing Trunk Flange Gutters The Right Way With Fitzee
Jan 16, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Rust Repair How To: Fixing Trunk Flange Gutters The Right Way With Fitzee
Rust repair definitely ranks in the top 10 things most hot rodders and racers dread or fear, and I have to admit that I was one of those folks for a very long time. Now I’m no body work guy, so...
Important Tips For Keeping Your MIG Welder Running Smooth, Especially When You Don’t Use Them Every Day
Jan 16, 2021Chad Reynolds1
Welders are some super robust machines, designed to do lots of work for a very long time, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t heed these tips and tricks from Matt at Urchfab on how...
Dulcich Does YouTube: This Oil Pan Baffling Video Shows You How To Improve A Stock Pan At Home!
Jan 13, 2021Brian Lohnes6
Steve Dulcich is a great guy who’s magazine stories have enthralled us for years. In more recent times it has been his video work on shows like Hot Rod Garage, Engine Masters, and others that...
Dyno Shootout Fun: Watch The Most Popular LSx Intake Manifolds On The Market Battle Head To Head!
Dec 30, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Shootout Fun: Watch The Most Popular LSx Intake Manifolds On The Market Battle Head To Head!
The battle for the hearts and minds of aftermarket shoppers is raging, especially in the LSx world. Over the course of a year that saw so many facets of the world really suffer, the high performance...
Build Your Turbo Kit Like A Pro: Turbo Piping Fit Up Tips!
Dec 13, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Build Your Turbo Kit Like A Pro: Turbo Piping Fit Up Tips!
Prior to YouTube, learning to fabricate parts and pieces for your hot rod usually required you to learn from your dad, a friend, your grandpa, or in some cases a trade school. But fabrication for...
Cheap Turbo Combos! Is This Ebay GT45 Clone The Best Turbo Ever?
Dec 06, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cheap Turbo Combos! Is This Ebay GT45 Clone The Best Turbo Ever?
If a $163 turbocharger sounds awesome to some of you, and scary as hell to others, that’s okay. You are our people. On the one hand getting something like this that cheap just makes you giggle...
Watch How Boninfante Tests Their SFI Bellhousings By Exploding Flywheels Inside Them!
Dec 06, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Watch How Boninfante Tests Their SFI Bellhousings By Exploding Flywheels Inside Them!
Having and SFI rated bellhousing, or scattershield, is a really really smart idea for anyone running big power with a clutch. It’s also a requirement for certain classes, and the only way to...
How Do I Know How Big My Fuel Injectors Need To Be? Richard Holdener Gives You The Simple Math Lesson So You Can Figure It Out Yourself!
Nov 29, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How Do I Know How Big My Fuel Injectors Need To Be? Richard Holdener Gives You The Simple Math Lesson So You Can Figure It Out Yourself!
Sizing injectors for your engine is NOT rocket science, but it is crazy how many people question and argue and worry about injector sizing for their combinations. The math is pretty simple actually....