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Mike at Cornfield Customs Is Doing A Step-by-Step Video On Bending Tubing For Frame Rails As He Bends Up A Custom Back Half
Dec 22, 2024Chad Reynolds0
Bending tubing is a fairly simple principle, but there are a lot of little things going on that have to be taken into consideration. Whether you are compression bending tubing, like at a muffler...
Cleaning Up A Dirty Rear! – Resto How To: Repainting a Rusty Rear Axle on a 1980 Trans Am
Dec 21, 2024Chad Reynolds0
Sometimes technique is everything, and using the right products can be a game changer. When combined, the right methods and techniques, along with the right chemicals and coatings, can make all the...
Grinding Disc Testing: The Ultimate Grinding Disc Shootout Requires A Pretty Trick Grinding Disc Testing Rig
Dec 21, 2024Chad Reynolds0
Jason at Fireball Tools is doing the ultimate grinding and flap disc shootout, and because he only does stuff as scientifically as is reasonable, it means that a very special testing rig is required...
CHEAP, JUNKYARD TURBO LS POWER. HOW MUCH POWER IS A TURBO WORTH ON A JUNKYARD 4.8L, 5.3L OR 6.0L LS?
Dec 20, 2024Chad Reynolds0
Turbo LS power baby. Whether you’ve got a 4.8, 5.3, or 6.0, that junkyard LS engine is just begging for boost and will make real power with even the smallest amount. What’s interesting...
Stanceworks Is Building A Real Ferrari F40, And Here Is All The Info You’ve Been Asking About On This Project
Dec 20, 2024Chad Reynolds0
It’s time for Episode 4 of the Ferrari F40 build over at Stanceworks, and that means Q&A time. There have been a jillion questions since they announced this project, and the answers to most...
Vice Grip Garage FINALLY WON At Freedom Factory! BONUS Multi-view EXTENDED Version!
Dec 19, 2024Chad Reynolds0
The 2.4 Hours of Le Mullets is obviously a parody of the 24 hours of Le Mans, but with way less skill, way less horsepower, and a lot more antics. It’s part Endurance Race, part NASCAR race,...
Wanna See What It’s Like To Drive A Sprint Car On A Road Course? Watch The Video!
Dec 18, 2024Chad Reynolds0
I’m a fan of sprint cars, super modifieds, and midgets. I mean how can you not be? At the PRI Show, me and Eric Yost walked around a Super Modified at the show and drooled at all the coolness...
Tech Tip: Here’s How Your Wiring Should Look When Wiring Your Meziere Or Other High Performance Starter For Maximum Cranking Power
Dec 18, 2024Chad Reynolds0
I have to admit that for a very long time I did NOT wire my starters like the one in this video. Well I wired it like one of them in the video, with the jumper wire, but not like Meziere shows you in...
If You Drooled Over A Porsche 959 In The 1990s, Then Check Out The KALMAR 9×9 : The $2.15 million 959 Hypercar Tribute
Dec 16, 2024Chad Reynolds0
I wasn’t a huge Porsche fan growing up, but I certainly appreciated them and was as impressed with them as anyone else. I mean who doesn’t dig an air cooled 911 or a 930 slant nose? Or a...
LOW-BUCK, CHEAP VS EXPENSIVE HEADERS-WHO WINS? STOCK VS SHORTY VS LONG TUBES, BIG TURBO EXHAUSTS.
Dec 15, 2024Chad Reynolds0
How much are headers and exhaust systems worth on the dyno, or in the car? The numbers might surprise you. But what’s funny to me is how some exhaust mods impact different combos. After all, we...
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona First Drive: No Matter How Good It Is, The Question Still Remains… Can an EV be a Muscle Car?
Dec 14, 2024Chad Reynolds2
No matter how quick, fast, or fun an EV is, the big question still remains… Can an EV be considered a muscle car? And because I like the skin on my body, I’m not going to make a statement...
Get Centurial Tools DIY Welding Fab Table For The Welder In Your Life! – Buy The Plans For Cheap, Have Them Cut, And Weld Them Together Yourself!
Dec 14, 2024Chad Reynolds1
If you haven’t heard of Centurial in the last couple of years, you must be living under a rock or you are NOT a DIY fabricator. These guys have been featured on Finnegan’s Garage and...
Best Second Gen Camaros Ever? Gap Industries Built Two Muscle Machines of the Year – Behind The Scenes Of The Photoshoot
Dec 12, 2024Chad Reynolds1
John Jackson is back at it, but this time it is with a Behind The Scenes video from his recent photo shoot of the Gap Industries 2nd Gen Camaros. These are some seriously bad ass machines, and...
CHEAP, JUNKYARD LS CAM SWAPS – WHAT’S A CAM WORTH ON A 4.8L, 5.3L (NA AND TURBO) OR A 6.0L LS2?
Dec 12, 2024Chad Reynolds1
What are cam swaps worth in an LS engine. Do they work in a 4.8, a 5.3 and a 6.0? Or are some engines just not worth doing a cam swap on? And if you do a cam swap, are the no springs required...