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Stanceworks Real Ferrari F40: Part 6 – It’s Time For The Suspension To Start Coming Together With Parts From Ferrari And H&R
It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is time to start talking about suspension components. The chassis has been coming together in the last...
Finally! A Budget Universal Joint Impact Adapter That’s Indestructible! Who’s Works Best For The Money?
There is a difference between price and value. I just had this conversation with a friend of mine last night, when we were talking about hardware stores. Sometimes the value of an item is about that...
Derek Drove A DELOREAN All The Way Across The Country And IT WAS TERRIBLE! Why Would He Do This?
Vice Grip Garage is getting a DeLorean, but Derek has to drive it all the way across the country from the Hot Rod shop to Vice Grip Garage headquarters in Tennessee. I’m not really sure that...
The World’s First LMP Kit Car! Would You Order A Car From Bulgaria? I Might If It Was An Aeromaster LMP!
These prototype style cars are ultra rad to look at, haul ass, and have been a staple in endurance racing for decades. When you watch the 24 hours of LeMans, or Sebring, or Daytona, these cars are...
DIY Upholstery How To: Old School Classic Car Bucket Seat Upholstery For Beginners. Do This At Home!
Paint and upholstery, the two things most folks send their cars out for when building something at home. They are the two parts of a build that intimidate folks most. Yeah, I know there are plenty of...
Tech Tips: Did You Know That You Might Be Using Your Thread Locker Wrong? Or Using The Wrong Loctite In General!
Thread locker, regardless of brand, is often referred to as Loctite because it is the most widely recognized brand out there. It’s like Kleenex. But regardless of which brand you go with, using...
DULCICH & FREIBURGER of ENGINE MASTERS Discuss Horsepower Myths – Dynos Don’t Lie, But The Internet Might
I can’t even begin to count the number of old wives tales, myths, and wacky theories I’ve heard about how to make horsepower during my life. I can tell you that some of the ones I...
The Motor Oil Geek Says We Need To STOP Using Regular Oil – Here Are 4 Reasons Synthetic is BETTER And Should Be In Your Engine
For a long time, folks seemed to think that there were particular scenarios when synthetic oil should be used in your engine and certain scenarios when conventional oil was more appropriate. If you...
Sheet Metal Fab: Willomet Motor And Fab Is Making a Custom Firewall For This Custom 1970 Dodge Charger
There are only a couple of common firewall modifications for most hot rodders, and yet full boogie race cars regularly get major changes made to their firewalls. Or they are completely removed and...
JUNKYARD 6.0L LS INTAKE TORQUE TEST-TRUCK VS TBSS (WHO IS THE REAL TORQUE KING?) FULL DYNO RESULTS!
We love us some 6.0 junkyard LS dyno testing around here and where can you get more of it than from Richard Holdener? In this test he’s checking out the Trail Blazer SS intake vs the Early...
Checking Main Bearing Clearances: Big Block Building 101 – Squarebody Stuff Keeps Rolling On The 454 Big Block Chevy For Project Creampuff.
Chad from Squarebody Stuff has got a .060 over 454 block that he is planning to do a full rebuild on for a project, and the next step is checking bearing clearance for the mains. Check it out and let...
Stanceworks Real Ferrari F40: Part 5 – Fabrication Is About To Get Real On This Rad V12 Powered Ferrari. Tube Bending At Its Best.
It’s time for another build episode of the Ferrari F40 over at Stanceworks, and that means it is tubing time! The chassis started coming together in the last episode, but there is going to be some...
OIL FILTER TECH: The Motor Oil Geek Is Going To Tell Us What Most People DON’T Know! Learn How Your Oil Filter Really Works!
It’s time for some more oil tech, but this time we’re talking about oil filters, and not the oil itself. If I had a quarter for every opinion I’ve heard about oil filters over the...
Checking Rod Bearing Clearances: Big Block Building 101 – Squarebody Stuff Keeps Rolling On Their 454 Big Block Chevy For Project Creampuff.
Chad from Squarebody Stuff has got a .060 over 454 block that he is planning to do a full rebuild on for a project, and the next step is checking bearing and side clearance for the connecting rods....