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Can Finnegan And Newbern Save The Death Metal Charger, Again? Is The 2JZ Here To Stay?
The Death Metal Charger is like a cat, it has 9 lives. But will it every actually get to being something cool and fun that doesn’t require cutting and hacking every single time it gets ready to...
Winter Fun Project: Alex And Dennis Build A Barstool Cart Of Sorts. Shenanigans Ensue.
Go carts are fun. No matter how old you are there is something fun about getting on a go cart and racing your friends or just terrorizing the neighborhood. Several years ago I rode a racing barstool,...
LS Corvair Project: More Chassis Work As The Suspension Mounts, Hubs, And Roll Bar Come Together
While I’ve heard of a few drivetrain swaps that practically bolt in to other makes and models, that is not going to be the case when you are trying to put an LS4 into the back of a Corvair. These...
Dyno Video: TURBO 4200 ATLAS-ELECTRONIC BOOST CONTROLLERS-DO THEY WORK? DO THEY ADD BOOST? DO THEY ADD POWER?
Technology has come a long way with just about everything in our lives, and boost is no different. While you can control boost mechanically, with a simple to turn boost control knob, there are much...
LS Corvair Project: Figuring And Fabrication, That’s All It Takes To Put An LS4 In A Corvair Right?
While I’ve heard of a few drivetrain swaps that practically bolt in to other makes and models, that is not going to be the case when you are trying to put an LS4 into the back of a Corvair....
Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!
If you watch videos from other countries, where guys are doing repairs that would seem nearly impossible without modern tools, you start to appreciate and understand what our grandparents and great...
Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.
I get asked about LS engine combos all the time, and the overwhelming majority of them are from people who think that they need to build an engine with all aftermarket parts. When I ask them how much...
Dyno Video: Nitrous AND Boost! Don’t Be Afraid, It’s What Turbos Want And Here’s Proof.
I’ve been running nitrous on turbo and centrifugal supercharger combos for years and years. and you should too. They love each other and it would be rude and completely unromantic not to let...
Sheet Metal Fab Tech: Inner Fenders On A Rad Wide Body Slant Nose Porsche Project.
There have been a lot of wide-body cars built in the past few years and a lot of them are really cool. But there are a bunch of them out there that look good on the outside but not so much on the...
Project Binky Update: lt’s Back And It’s Badass, But Has Had To Have Some Tweaks
Despite being the most well thought out car build I’ve ever seen online, and also being finished to a much more show car level than anyone ever expected at the beginning of this whole project....
JUNKYARD 6.0L LS CAM TEST-STOCK VS BTR TRUCK (STG 1-3) VS LS3 VS SLOPPY STAGE 2 VS (BIG) COMP 469
It’s cam testing time! I’ve been in the dyno cell with Richard on several occasions where all we were doing was testing camshafts, and I can tell you that when you get in the groove...
Mini Block, Big Problems: Can The Machine Shop Save A 1965 Mini Block With A Badly Gouged Deck?
When last we left this latest Hagerty Redline Rebuild project, Davin had pulled the 1965 Mini engine apart and things looked a little grave. Why? The deck had some bizarre gouges in it. We’re...
Rally Car Revival Part 2: Giving a Bug Eye Subaru WRX A New Lease On Life With Cobb Tuning
Written By Steve Baur – Photography by the Author Most everyone with a performance car thinks about how they can extract more performance from his/her vehicle. Whether it’s improved...
