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Pakistani Truck Cylinder Head Rebuild: They May Not Have Much, But They Are Determined! Watch This Cylinder Head Go Through The Entire Process!
You just saw the video from Peter Harrell at Harrell Engine and Dyno, where he’s doing a competition valve job on a set of cylinder heads for a small-block, and this valve job and cylinder head...
347 FORD STROKER-WHAT MAKES MORE POWER? BOLT ONS OR BOOST? WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU UPGRADE WITH BOTH?
Bolt-ons or boost? It’s the age-old question when building horsepower. Or should you just jump right into doing both? Luckily for us Richard Holdener is the king of dyno testing and can show...
DOES BIG BLOCK CHEVROLET HEAD FLOW MATTER UNDER BOOST? AFR 315 VS 345-ALL MOTOR 496 & 8-71 BLOWN 496!
Cylinder heads determine power potential of an engine. The camshaft controls the rpm range and power curve, but the overall power potential has to do with how much air and fuel you can get into the...
FORD VS CHEVY VS DODGE-WHAT AMERICAN V8 MADE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF POWER? 5.0L VS 350 VS 360-WHO LOST?
Videos from the dyno are usually all about making the most power you can with a given combo, but not this one. Today’s video is all about finding the engine that makes the LEAST amount of...
Q-JET VS THE WORLD!! PONTIAC 400 CARB SHOOTOUT 2-BARREL VS Q-JET VS QUICK FUEL 750 (THE OTHER GUYS!)
GM cars and trucks came with Quadrajet carburetors for decades, and they came on every GM makes engines at some point or another. They were considered to be a performance 4-barrel carburetor that...
5.0L FORD-CARB VS FUEL INJECTION-WHICH ONE WORKS BEST? EDEL RPM & 750 VS GT-40 & 65MM THROTTLE BODY
Carb vs EFI, it’s a battle that has been the topic of discussion since the inception of electronic fuel injection, and one that isn’t going to stop anytime soon. And the truth is that...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Shortening The Driveshaft, Sorta First Drive, And More For The F1 Project
Here is Part 11 of the 1951 Ford Project. It’s nearly ready for the big unveil, and in this episode the driveshaft gets shortened, the radiator goes in, and the running boards get mounted so it...
FORD 5.0L INTAKE SHOOT OUT-GT-40 vs 93 COBRA R vs SN95 COBRA vs EXPLORER-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER?
The GT-40 intake manifold is one of the most talked about and revered intake manifolds in small-block Ford history. And because it is so good, Ford enthusiasts were always looking for intakes that...
Fuel Injector Guide – Which Fuel Injector Is Right For You?
Injectors are a pretty important part of an EFI engine, but can be a tricky buying choice when you start making real power with a combo, or are building one up from scratch. If you are going for a...
WHICH IS BETTER-CNC PORTED STOCK LS HEADS OR AFTER MARKET CNC HEADS. TEA 243 HEADS VS AFR 245 HEADS!
Should you port your stock LS heads or buy aftermarket? With LS engines being capable of making such crazy power with stock components, do the cylinder heads fall into that category? Do you need...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: First Fire Of The LS, Trans Tunnel Fab, And More! Part 10
Here is Part 10 of the 1951 Ford Project. Finishing up the wiring, making this thing actually run, and then filling the giant hole in the floor that needs to cover the transmission. Plus all kinds of...
FORGOTTEN Square Body Chevy Will It RUN AND DRIVE After Years?
Derek at Vice Grip Garage has a whole collection of relics sitting on his property that are just waiting for their chance to come back to life, and it is fun to hear the story behind them and see...
Large By Huge Video: This Look At The Biggest Four Cylinder Engines In The World Is Neat!
Perhaps it hurts to say it a little, but the four cylinder engine is likely the most popular piston engine size of all time. We can talk about different layouts and all but in reality, wether inline,...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Wiring Up The LS Swap And Trying To Make A Column Shifter Work
Here is Part 9 of the 1951 Ford Project. There is a bunch of wiring cleanup to do when swapping an LS using the factory harness and ECU. Because this engine is staying stock, the factory ECU will do...