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Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Cutting down a FREE 1976 GMC dented LONG BED into a dent free SHORT BED!
Puddin is back at it, this time with a beat up 1976 GMC long bed pickup that he wants to convert into a short bed. And as funny as it sounds, this isn’t something that he’s every done...
HOW MUCH HP CAN YOU MAKE WITH 317 LS HEADS? HERE IS A HINT-THE POWER LIMIT IS NOT FROM FLOW!
Everyone is always asking which LS heads are best and on the hunt for 243s all the time. But Richard Holdener, and several others, have done all the testing to see if there is much difference and if...
Centurial Shares Their Best Tools, Tips, Tricks, And Secrets As They Build A Simple Roll Cage In Just One Day!
If you are a regular watcher of Mike Finnegan’s YouTube channel then you are probably familiar with the name Centurial. It’s a tool company that makes tools that help you fabricate roll...
Who Makes The Best Jack Stands? And Who Makes The Deadliest Jack Stands? Project Farm Is Testing Them All To Let You Know!
We’ve all heard the horror stories about misused jack stands, faulty stands, and cheap junk stands. I’d say that most of the problems with jack stands come from user error, but the best...
HEADS, CAM OR INTAKE? WHICH LS MODIFICATION SHOULD YOU DO FIRST? WHICH UPGRADE MAKES MORE POWER?
This is one of those questions that EVERYONE asks when it comes to the LS engine, and the truth is that it is a valid question. If the engine platform were different, that might not be a very...
V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!
Mortske is back at it! This time he’s taking a 6 cylinder square body and doing a swap, but it isn’t getting an LS! It’s been a running and driving truck like lots of folks have,...
Ultimate Adventure 2023 With The Dirthead Shed! Watch Dave Take Us Through The Rest Of His Week Of Hell, I Mean Wheeling.
When Dave says he beat the hell out of himself and this truck on Ultimate Adventure 2023, he means it! This project is pretty cool, and we knew there would be some carnage, but this might be one of...
TUNE PORT L98 350-CAN WE MAKE 500 LB-FT OF TORQUE? PLUS, TRI-Y VS 4:1 HEADER TEST-WHO MAKES TORQUE?
When the TPI small block came out, it was the high performance combo that powered Corvettes and Camaros. It didn’t make much power, but it made more than most anything else available at the...
Barn Find!1938 Ford Hot Rod Pickup! OHV V8 Power!! Abandoned For 48 Years! Will It Run?!?
Mortske is back at it, with a bitchin old Ford truck that has been sitting for 48 years, and he’s going to see if he can make it run and drive again. 48 years is a long time, but this truck is...
The Big Fix: Watch This Welder Perform A Repair On A Massive Lanz Bulldog Piston
Ok, now this is neat. You are about to watch a welder perform a piston repair on a massive Lanz Bulldog piston. So a Lanz Bulldog is a tugboat engine? No. A locomotive engine? Negatory. How about a...
What No One Tells You About Engine Swaps! What Is The Best Engine To Pick? Or Is There One?
You’ll remember that Jared just finished up the Duster project where he installed an LS, then a Gen 3 HEMI, and then a Ford Coyote, all in the same platform so that he could run that same car...
BOOSTED 5.3L LS-HOW TO ADD 100+ HORSEPOWER WITHOUT MORE BOOST! VORTECH SUPERCHARGED 5.3L MODS
When in doubt, turn up the boost. I mean this makes sense right? If you need more power, just turn up the boost. But what if you don’t want to turn up the boost because of fuel limitations or...
Hot Rodding 101: The ULTIMATE Ford Flathead Intake Guide – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know!
The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago and have posted some great video content. The first one in the Hot Rodding 101 series was about Ford Flathead V8...
Measuring For Your New Hydraulic Clutch Install: How To Get Perfect Hydraulic Release Bearing Air Gap For an American Powertain Hydramax
Installing an American Powertrain Hydramax system in your hot rod or muscle car is an excellent upgrade. If you are swapping to a modern manual transmission, and why wouldn’t you, then...