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Bill Martens, Special Programs Manager At Chevrolet Performance Is Talking About All Their Crate Engine Packages For 2024
Bill Martens is like the James Bond of Chevrolet performance parts. I say this because just like James Bond, who everyone knew was a special agent, everyone knows that Bill is one of the dudes with...
Piston 101: Cast Or Forged, Which One is Best for Your Engine? Should You Always Go For The “Full Race” Option?
As car guys and gals we are often guilty of going all in on every single thing we do to our hot rods and race cars. And sometimes this makes sense. I mean if we are going to be putting together a car...
WALMART Oil Showdown: Oil Expert Is Myth Busting Results! Testing Walmart Oil vs Name Brand Oil Using Science And The Engine Dyno
When I was a kid we always used Quaker State oil because my dad had a deal with them as a result of some partial sponsorship. And it was good oil, because we never had a single engine failure that...
We Can’t Believe How Much Power This LS1 V8 Made for Only $3000! Tony Angelo’s New C5 Vette Project Will Be A Riot!
Tony is back at it, with a screaming deal on a car he just couldn’t pass up. We all know a C5 Corvette is one of the most versatile and universal race car platforms around. You can drag race...
Strapping A 410 Sprint Car To The Chassis Dyno! Dyno Day at Engler’s in DubZero. How Much Power Will This Bad Boy Make?
If you have never been to the dirt track to watch winged sprint cars, then you are missing out. Sprint Cars in general are awesome, winged or not, but no matter how much fun they are to watch, their...
Better Burnouts Through Science! Finnegan Helps A Friend Make Cooler Air, And More Power, In A 10 Second Suburban Burnout Machine
An LS Swapped squarebody GM truck is nothing new, even if this one is a 3/4 ton Suburban. But when you have a very simple, stock bottom end 6.0 in it that makes 800 at the tire then even this 4600 lb...
Reborn: The Stanceworks Ferrari 244 GTK Gets a New K20 Honda Powerplant. Big Power And More Reliability.
It’s not often that you hear about someone blowing up an engine in their race car, only to replace it with something new and improved but smaller. I mean if you have a K24, then bigger makes...
HOW TO MAKE JUNKYARD 5.3L LS POWER. BTR CAM FAMILY FEUD-L33 VS TRUCK NORRIS NSR VS TRUCK NORRIS VS HOT ROD VS RED HOT.
Making great power with a junkyard 5.3 LS is not hard, after all there are tons of parts available. But sometimes there are so many parts that it makes it hard to know which ones to choose. If only a...
Four Into Six: Watch How Allen Millyard Made His Own Kawasaki Z1 Six Cylinder Block At Home
It’s purely amazing what the right mind with the right hands and the right tools can make. This video follows yesterday’s where Allen Millyard showed us how he made the cylinder jugs for...
The World’s Worst Mustang Fastback Project: Getting This Thing Running After Sitting For 40 Years
Will it run? Does it matter? Here’s Part 2 of the attempt to save this pony car. This 1965 Mustang Fastback is horrible. I mean it is about as ugly and rough as they get. It cost just $500 and...
Scott Bought Himself A 327 For Cheap. Is It A Deal? Or Is It A Disaster? We’ll Find Out Shortly!
Scott is always on the hunt for good deals at wrecking yards, on Facebook Marketplace, or just random spots around town, just like the rest of us. But sometimes he finds a deal that he may not have...
Boost Control 101: Here’s How To Plumb and Setup A CO2 Boost Control System On Your Ride For Precise Tuning
Motion Raceworks is always posting up cool stuff for their Tech Tip Tuesday segments, but this one is a bit more detailed than normal. This Tech Tip Tuesday video features a great walk through on a...
HOW TO ADD NITROUS TO A TURBO LS? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU RUN NITROUS ON A JUNKYARD TURBO 5.3L & 6.0L?
I’ve been very vocal about the fact that I put nitrous on pretty much everything, whether it has boost or not. I’m of the mindset that you should always have a button available, unless...
FULL 6.0L LS DYNO RESULTS. HOW MUCH HP DOES THE LOW BUCK TRUCK CAM MAKE? IS IT THE BEST 6.0L LS CAM?
We’ve all seen parts on Amazon that just seem too cheap to be real, and while we’ve heard some stories about stuff that is junk, we’ve also heard folks talk about stuff that...