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Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, FORD, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

FORGOTTEN 42 Years! Will This Flathead V8 Ford RUN and DRIVE?

Dylan is back at it again, with another long-forgotten and neglected ride. This shoebox Ford hasn’t been registered in decades and is in serious need of a good bath. But how much more than a...

Our Buddy Jefferson Lost $2k Buying A Car From A Tweaker On Facebook Marketplace!

So because of the standards on YouTube, lol I know that’s funny right, you can’t say meth or stuff like that without the algorithm thinking you are talking about drugs in your video and...

Vice Grip Garage’s 1980s Built Chevelle Drag Car: First Passes In 35 Years Are INCREDIBLE!

This Chevelle is OG cool and although it was built in the 1980s and has been off the road for decades, it recently hit the dyno and made some noise. If you missed that video or the one where Derek...

The Hot Rod Hoarder Is TRYING To UnStick 3 Locked Up Engines – Will They Ever Run Again?

You ever try to get an old car or truck running for absolutely no reason at all? Yeah, we’ve all been there. You buy a truck or car that you are absolutely going to swap the engine out of and...

How To Rebuild A Holley Carb, Part 1. Keeping It Simple. Anyone Can Do This!

While EFI is the hot topic nowadays, and we’re fans of some of the cool stuff it can do for us, there are jillions of cars and trucks still running around with carburetors on them. I own a...

Brent Is Attempting To Get This 1930 Model A Sedan To Run And Drive Again

Oh my god I’m in love with this car! It’s so damn cool, and people would hate me because I’d want to cut it up. Yes, I would want to chop this car a few inches. It is so straight...

One Owner 1967 Chevrolet C10 Farm Truck! Abandoned for 16 Years! Will It Run?!?

Mortske is back at it with another one family owned truck that he has somehow picked up and is ready to see if the darn thing will run. It’s been sitting since 2007, so who knows. This truck is...

The Vice Grip Garage NASCAR Truck Gets A Big Block! Will It Even Fit?

Now it’s getting a big block and turbo 400? That’s not what these were ever designed to hold, so will it fit, and will any of the other stuff needed to make it work actually fit?...

The Alfarrari Project: Redoing Some Stuff And Trying To Figure Out How To Mount An Alternator

Sometimes when you do an engine swap the initial fit-up makes you think it will be a cake walk. Then you start trying to hang all the extra crap on the engine like the water pump, accessories, and...

THE TWIN-TURBO 540 BIG BLOCK IS IN FINNEGAN’S 1961 CADILLAC!

Oh yeah, it’s time to get things rolling! The Caddy is getting the newly finished 540 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet stuffed into it so that the twin turbos from Nelson Racing Engines can fit...

The Other 3/08: Here’s A Look At The Hudson 308ci Inline Six!

Today’s date is one of the fun one when we play the displacement calendar game. Why? Well because we have two great engines. We already told you about the Holden 308ci V8 but what about the...

FINNEGAN FIXED HIS 632CI BIG BLOCK CHEVY WITH JB WELD!

If you didn’t know, Finnegan bought a new drag boat last year and was planning on racing the hell out of it in California and the western states. On the first outing, after the boat had been...

Derek At Vice Grip Garage Bought A WRECKED NASCAR Truck! Let the BUILD BEGIN!

With the Independence Chevelle being retired, what do you think about taking a NASCAR truck and making it into a burnout machine? I’ve certainly heard far worse ideas and think that Derek could...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Our 6.8 LS3 Stroker Goes to California… Will it Fit?

It’s time to take this built LS3 and send it to its home! But will this thing fit inside this project truck the way they want it to? This is going to be tight. This project is way bigger than you...