Category Archive: Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, ENGINES, Tech Stories, Videos

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 6: Final Assembly Is On! Let’s Get This Thing Buttoned Up!

In Part 6 of the build, we’re going to final assembly coming to a close! Last time the cam and heads and such went together, and now it is looking like a real engine!. This engine is getting closer...

Vice Grip Garage Tried To Drive This Grand National Home Last Year, Now He’s Fixing The Brakes And Really Driving It After 20 Years!

This might be one of the more valuable machines in the Vice Grip Garage fleet, and when Derek got it last year his plan was to make it run and drive for the first time in 20 years so he could drive...

Million Dollar Barn Find Duesenberg! First Start Up after almost 60 years! Auburn Cord Duesenberg Co

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with another rarety to feature, and this one is a legit barn find, worth $1,000,000, and in this video, they are going to start it up for the first time in nearly 60 years!...

IronTrap Garage Is Opening Up The RAREST Flathead Supercharger Ever! Have You Ever Seen One Of These?

Matt often finds rare stuff, but these Marshman superchargers are something really special. I’ve never seen one until they showed one on the IronTrap Garage YouTube channel and now they have...

HOW MUCH POWER IS A SBC TUNNEL RAM WORTH? 355 SBC INTAKE TEST-TUNNEL RAM VS RPM AIR GAP VS VICTOR JR

Tunnel rams make power! Period. But how much? And are they really just for high-rpm power? Do they only work on a racing engine? In this test from Richard Holdener you are going to see him put a set...

Roadkill’s Left For Dead Dodge Daytona Gets a Big Block and a Stick Shift!

Prep is happening! That’s right, the Dumpster Fire Dodge Charger Daytona clone is getting three pedals and a bunch of other goodies on a new episode of Roadkill so Finnegan has to get the thing...

FORD VS CHEVY-TRUCK MOTOR SHOOT OUT! 5.3L TRUCK LS VS 5.4L 4V NAVIGATOR MOD MOTOR. FULL DYNO RESULTS

Ford vs Chevrolet, this battle has been going on since the first Chevrolet pulled up next to its first Ford, and continues as strong as ever to this day. And with the unbelievable level of...

Will It RUN AND DRIVE 700 Miles Home? Is This The RUSTIEST Forgotten Firebird EVER! Vice Grip Garage Thinks So

Sometimes I wonder if Derek just picks some of these cars to make us think he’s crazy. I mean seriously, he can’t possibly think all of these are a good idea. I know he used to, but he...

This Is What The Inside Of A Burned And Melted LS Engine Looks Like After A Huge Shop Fire At Halfass Kustoms

When I was on Team Bigun, for the $10,000 Drag Shootout #2, our car was burned in a fire on a transport truck and the damage was kind of crazy. You would have been blown away if you saw the amount of...

Iron Trap Garage’s New, Unbelievably Solid, 1934 Ford 5 Window Coupe Project! This Thing Is Awesome And I So Dig It!

This new Iron Trap project is pretty badass. It has been built up at some point in its life and was done pretty well. Of course, the Iron Trap crew couldn’t just let it sit there on stands,...

WHICH LS HEADS MAKES MORE HP? PORTED REC PORT OR CATHEDRAL PORT? TFS 245 VS TFS 255 ON 427 STROKER

The Rectangle Port vs Cathedral Port argument in the LS engine world is as fierce as the Rectangle Port vs Oval Port argument that has been going on for decades in the Big Block Chevrolet world. But...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 4 – Truing Up The Decks On Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block To Make Big Power!

In the fourth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be making the decks perfectly square and flat so this little supercharged small-block will make more power. This is...

WHAT IS THE BEST LS3 INTAKE? BTR EQUALIZER VS TRINITY VS HIGH RAM! PLUS, BIG PLENUM VOLUME TEST?

Video Description: WHAT IS THE MOST POWERFUL HIGH-RPM LS3 INTAKE MANIFOLD? HOW MUCH POWER IS AN LS3 INTAKE UPGRADE REALLY WORTH? DOES PLENUM VOLUME ADD POWER? WHICH INTAKE MAKES MORE POWER, THE BTR...