Category Archive: 1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos, XL Tech Stories
How To Build A Suqare Tubing Bender For $20 In 20 Minutes In Your Garage.
This is a pretty cool tool, that you can build in a matter of minutes with some scrap, a couple bearings, and one item you have to pick up at Walmart or the nearest sporting goods store. It’s a...
HORSEPOWER FROM AN OIL PAN? CHEAP AND STOCK SBF PANS VS MILODON OIL PAN UPGRADES. RESULTS FOR A 347 & 427 ON THE DYNO!
Can an oil pan make horsepower? Hell yes it can! Controlling oil is key in keeping a high-performance engine alive, and to making maximum power. There are multiple ways to control oil, but the two...
Cooler Than Rubber! Fabricating Hard Lines For Radiator Hoses Is Simple. You Can Do Them At Home!
Sometimes radiator hoses can be a pain in the butt, especially when you are doing an engine swap. It is getting harder and harder to find some of the older radiator hoses, even for stock...
WILL THIS 5.0L FORD MAKE 535 HP? HOW TO: 535-HP 347 FORD STROKER POWER BUILD! SOLID ROLLER CAM SWAP AND MORE!
Stroker small-blocks are good, we all know that, but making 535 horsepower from just 347 cubic inches seems like a bit of a stretch to a lot of folks, especially when you are talking about a...
NEW RUSTOLEUM 5 IN 1 SPRAY PAINT TEST. APPLYING A $41 PAINT JOB THEN HEADING TO THE CAR SHOW!
Spray can paint jobs have been the rage the past several years, and so have Rustoleum enamel paint jobs where people buy a $12 can of Rustoleum, thin it, and then spray it like it is regular...
Building Aluminum Body Panels For A 1979 Firebird From Scratch! English Wheeling Aluminum Panels – 1979 Firebird Part 3
This is awesome! This project is a 1979 Firebird and it is being built by a guy who decided he didn’t want restoration parts, but rather to build as much of the car out of aluminum as possible. In...
5.3L LS VS 5.3L LT VS 5.3L LS/LT HYBRID-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER? 500+ HP 5.3L SHOOTOUT-WHO WINS?
We talked about putting LT heads on an LS to make a hybrid of the two, but how does that stack up to an LS or an LT? Which 5.3 is the best one to build? I mean there are more and more L83 LT engines...
How It’s Done: Dipping And Chemical Stripping A 1966 GTO Body Of Paint AND Rust Is A Neat Process.
Dipping cars to remove paint and filler isn’t new, but the process has changed over the years for sure. In fact it isn’t just to get rid of paint anymore, but also to get rid of rust....
The StanceWorks 800hp 1931 Ford Model A Race Truck Is Back! It’s terrifyingly fast… and he’s eager to drive it again. But First It Needs A Rebuild
If you aren’t familiar with the Stanceworks 1931 Ford Model A, you should be. This little bastard is epic and yet there is something about it that makes you wonder if it is going to put the...
HOW TO: LT HEAD SWAP AN LS. GEN V L83 HEAD SWAP ON A GEN 4 5.3L L33. HOW MUCH HP ARE THEY WORTH?
GM’s LS engine may be the hottest internal combustion engine in the last two decades, but that doesn’t mean it’s the only thing GM built that is worth building. The LT engine, the...
The Alfarrari Project: Designing And Making Badges, Pulling The Engine AGAIN, And Trans Tunnel Mods
There is so much going on with the Alfarrari project, and this update has all kinds of stuff going on. First is the design of the new badges for this thing and then it’s more mechanical work as...
HOW MUCH POWER ARE AFR HEADS WORTH ON A SBF? ARE THEY WORTH 20 HP OR 100 HP? THE ANSWER IS YES!
We all know that a good cylinder head can make a big difference in power on just about any engine, but what about AFR heads in particular? They are known for being one of the finest cylinder heads...
Dylan McCool Is Teaching a High Schooler How to Pull an Engine for the First Time
I honestly can’t remember the first time I was around an engine getting pulled from a car, because I’ve been around it since I was born. But I do remember pulling engines at my...
