Category Archive: Apex Driveline Tech, Apex Tech Stories, DRIVETRAIN, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 4 Reassembling This T-56 To See If It Works!
Apr 13, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 4 Reassembling This T-56 To See If It Works!
They found plenty of broken parts inside when they took it apart, but now it’s time to put it back together. Maybe this isn’t a how-to video, but more of a how-they-did-it video. Check it...
Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 3 – Ooops, There Broken Parts In Here!
Mar 30, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 3 – Ooops, There Broken Parts In Here!
They got it apart, and there are broken parts inside for sure! When Emily and Aaron bought their “new” C6 Corvette a few months ago, it was rough and ready, to say the least. This thing is NOT...
FINDING OUT WHY FINNEGAN’S LT4-SWAPPED ’67 CHEVY C10 BROKE AND HOW HE’S GETTING IT READY TO RACE FREIBURGER.
Mar 26, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on FINDING OUT WHY FINNEGAN’S LT4-SWAPPED ’67 CHEVY C10 BROKE AND HOW HE’S GETTING IT READY TO RACE FREIBURGER.
In a recent video Finnegan was out doing 6th gear burnouts in his sequentially shifted C10 truck and unfortunately he killed the clutch. Now he’s got to have it up and running for a showdown...
LS Corvair Project: Almost Ready To Fire! Plumbing The Expansion Tank And Getting A Full Underneath Tour
Feb 09, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LS Corvair Project: Almost Ready To Fire! Plumbing The Expansion Tank And Getting A Full Underneath Tour
This project is getting closer and closer to a real running and driving car. The expansion tank is the subject of this video here, but John gives you a complete tour of the bottom of the car as well....
Rebeldryver’s Garage Gets Their 1965 Impala SS Running Again With Help From American Powertrain!
Jan 09, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Rebeldryver’s Garage Gets Their 1965 Impala SS Running Again With Help From American Powertrain!
Rebeldryver, AKA Scott Liggett, is one of the early BangShifter’s and his ’65 Impala has been a staple on these pages since the beginning. Scott has written about upgrades and tons of...
How To Replace U-Joints With Impact Sockets: Eastwood Shows Us How!
Dec 17, 2022Chad Reynolds2
I’ve been changing my own U-Joints for as long as I can remember, and when I was growing up my grandpa changed them all the time in his autoshop. Between him and my dad, that’s how I...
Lawrence Tolman Regears The 8.8 In The COYOTE KILLER For Better Acceleration
Dec 02, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Lawrence Tolman Regears The 8.8 In The COYOTE KILLER For Better Acceleration
Ford’s 8.8 inch rear axles have become a very popular performance choice in not only the cars and trucks that came with them, but also a lot of other rides receiving swaps. Sure, the Ford 9...
In The Market For A New Rearend For Your Ride? Before You Purchase A Rear End Housing…… WATCH THIS!
Nov 27, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on In The Market For A New Rearend For Your Ride? Before You Purchase A Rear End Housing…… WATCH THIS!
No matter where you purchase your rear-end housings from, there are some basic questions, measurements, etc that are required before you make an order. With that said, there are also some decisions...
The Alfarrari Project Continues: More Fabrication, More Metal Replacement, And Prepping For Power!
Sep 06, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Alfarrari Project Continues: More Fabrication, More Metal Replacement, And Prepping For Power!
Here are the next 5 videos in the series on this one and it just keeps getting better. I’m feeding you multiple videos at a time so you can make some real headway, and get hooked really easily,...
Stick Shift Tech: How To Index Your Bellhousing For Perfect Manual Transmission Operation
Feb 11, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Stick Shift Tech: How To Index Your Bellhousing For Perfect Manual Transmission Operation
When you buy a manual transmission, a bell housing, a clutch, and the linkage to make it all work, you quickly realize during the installation that there is a lot going on here. It’s not...
Stunning: The All-New Gordon Murray Automotive T.33 Is A Masterwork Of Design And Performance
Feb 01, 2022Brian Lohnes1
(By Tom Lohnes) – Professor Gordon Murray is a man of many things. Having designed many Formula 1 cars, and the car nearly everyone heralds as the single best automobile ever made, the Mclaren...
Oil Pan Build: Watch The Neat Transmission For a 1965 Mini Cooper Go Back Together
Jan 07, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Oil Pan Build: Watch The Neat Transmission For a 1965 Mini Cooper Go Back Together
Learning stuff, whether in person or remotely is pretty awesome. For us, this video fit that bill perfectly because having never climbed under a classic Mini, we had no idea that the transmission was...
Old School Assembly: Watch This Vintage Frankland Quick Change Rear Axle Get Assembled
Jul 27, 2021Brian Lohnes1
When it comes to dirt track racing, land speed racing, and even old school drag racing, quick change rear axles have been a thing for many, many years. The ability to make simple, efficient, and...
Saving The Subie: Giving A Bug Eye Subaru WRX A New Lease On Life With A Budget JDM Engine Swap!
May 07, 2021Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Steve Baur) – Long before I had seen one on the road, I was driving them in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo and watching them race in the FIA World Rally Championship....