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Category Archive: DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, ENGINES, Hack of the Week, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Low Buck ’56 Chevy LS Swap Part 2: Doing The Most With The Least And Still Ending Up With A Great Cruiser

When the Halfass Kustoms crew got a new project in the other day, a 1956 Chevrolet Sedan, with the stock 6-cylinder and three on the tree that was in for an LS swap and upgrades so it can be a family...

Edd China Show Us What Happened To The Cadillac’s That He And Mike Were Supposed To Race Across China And Europe!

On this episode of Edd China’s Workshop Diaries he keeps working on one of his favorite projects, the electric ice cream truck starts looking racier, but the big news is the Cadillacs. The...

Finnegan And Newbern Swap Out The Blown Up LS In The Rogers Jet Boat And Now It’s A Runner!

When you blow up an LS engine in a boat for one show, like Roadkill, then the logical thing to do is to take that boat and remove the broken LS so you can replace it with another one. Of course when...

Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Episode 7: More Work On The Electric Ice Cream Van , Plus Ask Edd!

In the latest episode of Edd China’s Workshop Diaries he keeps working on one of his favorite projects, the electric ice cream truck, or van as those weirdos over there call it. But...

Saving The Subie: Giving A Bug Eye Subaru WRX A New Lease On Life With A Budget JDM Engine Swap!

(Words and photos by Steve Baur) – Long before I had seen one on the road, I was driving them in the PlayStation game Gran Turismo and watching them race in the FIA World Rally Championship....

Building A Fabricated 9 inch Housing For A 6 Second 200 mph Hot Rod. Alex Taylor’s ’55 Chevy Chassis Is Almost Done!

When you build a car that is capable of making thousands of horsepower, and then utilizing it to run the quarter mile in 6 seconds at over 200 mph, there are a lot of components and parts and pieces...

Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Episode 5: More Work On The Range Rover, And The Electric Ice Cream Truck!

Edd is banging away at projects, and that means lots to see and hear about from his workshop. I feel British just writing workshop. Anyway, he’s got his buddy’s Range Rover in the shop...

$1,000 Build: This Budget Built F100 Just Keeps Getting Cooler And Cooler, Watch How It Comes Together

This is a no bull real deal $1,000 build that is cool, will be fun to drive, and can be done by you at home. Yes the real budget is $1,000 and yes selling stuff off the donor vehicle to get budget...

Every Wonder Just What’s Inside A Top Fuel Bellhousing? Clay Millican Is Going To Show Us His Top Fuel Clutch Right Here

There are a lot of secrets in racing, and this is especially true in classes where everyone has the same parts and pieces. That’s because if everyone has the same stuff then the only difference...

$1,000 Build: Yep, This F100 Is Coming Together With An Ultra Cheap Budget

This $1,000 F100 build has been incredibly popular, and for good reason! This is a no bull real deal $1,000 build that is cool, will be fun to drive, and can be done by you at home. Yes the real...

Are They Ruining It? The Motion Raceworks Bubba Nova Gets Engine Swapped

This 1972 Nova is the first street car project to come out of the Motion Raceworks shop, and it is a pretty special one. Yes, they have built several cars that they drive on race events like Rocky...

Edd China’s Workshop Diaries Episode 2: Starting On A New Range Rover Project

Like any good hot rodder, Edd China is all about hauling something out of it’s near grave and making it good again and that is exactly what’s starting right here with a friends Range...

Watching The Pakistani Truck Guys Rebuild A Clutch Disc With Simple Tools Is A Reminder Of How Things Used To Be!

They are No McLeod or Centerforce, but these dudes still get some stuff done. Watch this video and see just how a sprung hub clutch disc is stripped, and relined with new clutch material in a shop...

They Sorta Made It! Day 6 Of The 5 Day C10 Build, Plus Every Installment Of Finnegan’s 5-Day C10 Build!

The lead in photo for the last video asks if they look tired, and my answer is “You better!” Cause if you are on a 5-Day build thrash and you don’t look wore out, then you either...