Category Archive: ENGINE, Hack of the Week, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos
Do Stop Leak Products Work? Do They Damage Engine Seals? Will They Destroy an Engine? Let’s Find Out
Feb 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Do Stop Leak Products Work? Do They Damage Engine Seals? Will They Destroy an Engine? Let’s Find Out
It seems like every single problem-solver product at the parts store has some group of folks who say they will ruin stuff, don’t work, etc. And yet they sell jillions of bottles of this stuff...
Barn Find Chevrolet El Camino Sitting For Years Will The Tunnel Ram Small Block Run?
Feb 25, 2023Chad Reynolds2
This 1970 El Camino is barn find greatness! It’s got a tunnel ram! Sure it’s dated, sure it will need love, but this thing has some serious period perfect vibes going on....
Engine Tech: How To Install Cam Bearings In Your LS Engine At Home
Feb 24, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Engine Tech: How To Install Cam Bearings In Your LS Engine At Home
Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build series for an...
Sick Week 2023 Finals! Peter Harrell At HED Is Tuning Up Some Race Cars!!!
Feb 23, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Sick Week 2023 Finals! Peter Harrell At HED Is Tuning Up Some Race Cars!!!
With Eric Yost and Stefan Gustaffson are both good at winning at Drag and Drive events, not only separately but also together. This year’s Sick Week had both of them in the hunt for wins in...
Holley Complete Accessory Kits For Ford’s 7.3L Godzilla V8 Are Simple And Straightforward
Feb 23, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Holley Complete Accessory Kits For Ford’s 7.3L Godzilla V8 Are Simple And Straightforward
We shared the new Godzilla accessory drive setups not long ago, but here is video showing just how they fit and how nice they are. If you are doing a swap, this is what you need. If you are looking...
Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The Exhaust Is Too Loud! Building Baffles At Home From Scrap.
Feb 21, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The Exhaust Is Too Loud! Building Baffles At Home From Scrap.
The first drive on a new project is always nerve-racking and super exciting! It doesn’t need to go perfect to be awesome, but when things go right it certainly can be the thing you need to pull all...
The Alfarrari Project: Some Intake Work, Radiator Work, An Expansion Tank, And Water Pump Delete. Sure It Will Cool!?!
Feb 20, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Alfarrari Project: Some Intake Work, Radiator Work, An Expansion Tank, And Water Pump Delete. Sure It Will Cool!?!
In these next three videos in the series you are going to see Jeff being stupid, Jeff fixing stupid stuff, him building an expansion tank for the cooling system, and then deleting the water pump from...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: It’s Time To Build A Stroker LS3 That Makes 650 Horsepower!
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds1
It’s time to build the engine so that in the next installment this thing can come together with the truck for big power burnouts! I mean that’s what we care about anyway, what about you?...
This Is Some Sketchy Looking Sh#t! Surfacing A Cylinder Head On A Lathe!
Feb 19, 2023Chad Reynolds2
I often fall down the rabbit hole that is YouTube and find myself watching videos of manufacturing and remanufacturing processes in other countries. Places like Asia and the Middle East often have...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 11 – Installing An Engine And Trans!
Feb 17, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 11 – Installing An Engine And Trans!
Here’s the eleventh installment in the channeled Model A Build. This episode is all about getting this beast setup for an engine and transmission. This thing is turning into something cool, on the...
Featured Product: Beef Up Your Fuel Flow with the Holley Sniper Twin Pump and Manifold Kit
Feb 16, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Featured Product: Beef Up Your Fuel Flow with the Holley Sniper Twin Pump and Manifold Kit
Sniper EFI systems have gotten more and more capable, with bigger and badder applications, and that means there is a need for more and more fuel. That’s where this new Sniper Twin Pump and...
Flying Sparks Chevy C20 Revival! Garfield Is PARKED NO MORE! Emily And Aaron Prepare For A Road Trip!
Feb 16, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Flying Sparks Chevy C20 Revival! Garfield Is PARKED NO MORE! Emily And Aaron Prepare For A Road Trip!
Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and also at getting long forgotten cars and trucks ready for them. That is the case with their awesome worktruck...
Testing Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang For Sick Week!
Feb 15, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Testing Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang For Sick Week!
Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...
Engine Tech: How To Assembly Press Fit Piston Pins To Rods On This Boosted LS
Feb 13, 2023Chad Reynolds2
Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build...