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Broader Performance Shows Us How To Check An Automatic Transmission Dip Stick For Accuracy. You’d Be Surprised How Off They Can Be!
Most of you have probably never found your engine or transmission dipstick to be off, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t. When you mix aftermarket dipsticks, tubes, and oil or transmission...
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...
Chrome Pot Metal Step by Step Restoration. Can It Be Done, Or Is Pot Metal Not Able To Be Re-Chromed?
One of the more frustrating parts of restoring a car or truck can be the trim parts. Stainless trim can be difficult to straighten and polish, plastic parts take a whole different set of skills, and...
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...
Race Car Tech: Tim McAmis Makes Flush Mounting Your Rear Windows Clean and Simple. Here’s How, Plus More Things You Can Do With Them!
Quarter turn fasteners, aka Dzus fasteners, are about as race car as it gets. And they are super useful for all kinds of things. Whether it is holding body panels on, or floor pans, interior panels,...
How Much Are 30 Feet Of Garage Cabinets Worth? Is $4,000 A Deal? Alex Taylor Racing Gets Some Upgrades, But Is It Worth It?
Storage is king when it comes to your garage or shop, because it doesn’t matter how much room you have if you have no place to store all your stuff. And it seems like the small stuff is even...
Make Your Own Tools: Justin At The Fabrication Series Shows You How To Build Your Own DIY Metal Cutting Bandsaw Table
We love tools around here and especially those that are homemade. I love it when you can spend time in the shop building something and then end up with a tool that will help you build other things....
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...
Eastwood Company Is Building the Fast and Furious Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX! Whether You Dig Imports Or Not, You Might Learn Some Stuff.
The Fast and Furious movie franchise is one of the biggest money makers in movie history, and whether you like each one or just some, they all started with the original Fast and Furious that we all...