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Engine Tech Video: Watch This Little 302 Receive A Trick Flow 11R Top End Kit – Installing The Upper End Of The Valevtrain
One of the neatest things to happen for people who love making horsepower over the last ten years has been the emergence, explosion, and acceptance of the “top end kit”. It was a...
Cylinder Head Tech Video: Watch Five Different Heads Get Dyno Tested On A Stroker Jeep Inline Six!
A couple of weeks ago we showed you a great video that explored the question of roller rockers making horsepower on a modified engine. This time we’re back with the same Jeep stroker inline six...
Know Your Gearbox: This Walk Around Of A Tremec Magnum Six Speed With American Powertrain Is Great
Knowledge is power and when it comes to selecting large components for your project car, that power is important to have. How do you know what the right transmission is for your project? Well, if you...
Suspension Tech Video: How To Calculate Spring Rate With The Guys At QA1 – Get It Right The First Time
We live in a world where the high performance aftermarket can service every single one of your needs, especially when it comes to suspension. We don’t live in a world where people have...
Project Hay Hauler Update: Bringing New Life To My Old 383 Stroker
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) When we last left off on the Project Hay Hauler’s build, we had just replaced the broken Dana 44 with a junkyard scored 12 bolt, then replaced the entire...
Best of 2019: Transmission Tech Video: American Powertrain Explains Why A Junkyard 6-Speed May Not Be Your Project’s Best Friend
There’s a lot of stuff in life that seems really, really good on the surface but going a little bit deeper than that reveals that there are hidden costs. Such is the case with scoring a...
Build An Ultra Clean Intercooler In Less Than 15 Minutes! Skills baby, these are skills.
Okay so the intercooler took a bit longer to make than 15 minutes, but the video is certainly that short and possibly some of the coolest timelapse fabrication footage we have seen in quite some...
Here’s How To Find And Repair Dents On Your Car, In Real Time!
I’ve got a couple cars and trucks with crappy paint jobs. I know several body shops that will paint them for relatively cheap, but I use the term relatively loosely. Some of the cars and trucks...
Here’s How You Smooth Out Steel Fender Flares: Project Mongrel Has Got Some Big Hips That Need Some Massaging
We love project Mongrel, as anyone who reads the site regularly knows. You will also find a video on how to make a jig for making tubular control arms, which are also for the Mongrel, but this one is...
Build This Aluminum Boat In Your Garage From A Kit! This Thing Is Rad!
I love jet boats and the aluminum jet sprint stuff that is so popular in the north west and Australia. So when I saw this video from a guy building one from CNC cut parts in his garage I thought, now...
Ridetech’s Coil-Over Suspension System For 5th Gen Camaros Is A Simple Swap. Watch This.
No matter how much we like to romanticize our old rides, which I prefer over anything new, there is no denying that the crop of muscle cars available today are arguably the best in the history of the...
Finnegan Shows Just How To Measure And Adjust Your Hydraulic Throwout Bearing
There has to be some clearance! At least for your throwout bearing anyway. While plenty of things in your car should be bolted up tight and have no clearance or play, the throwout bearing is not one...
Project Binky Is Almost Done And Ready For Paint! Finishing Up The Final Details Is All That’s Left
That’s right, the beloved little Mini called Project Binky is nearing completion and man is this thing going to be cool as hell. The boys have been busy getting it ready for the final few...
