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Polishing Turds Episode 5: Balancing The Crankshaft

In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the excitement that is balancing a rotating assembly. This series is of course done with tongue firmly in cheek, but...

WHICH IS BETTER-CNC PORTED STOCK LS HEADS OR AFTER MARKET CNC HEADS. TEA 243 HEADS VS AFR 245 HEADS!

Should you port your stock LS heads or buy aftermarket? With LS engines being capable of making such crazy power with stock components, do the cylinder heads fall into that category? Do you need...

BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Prepping Our Junkyard Magnum 360 For Swap Day!

Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...

HOW MUCH NITROUS IS TOO MUCH? HOW MUCH NITROUS CAN I RUN ON AN LS? 383 STROKER LS ZEX NITROUS TEST

Nitrous sometimes gets a bad rap because it scares people who still believe that using it will result in melted pistons. While that is possible, modern nitrous systems are more effective, safer, and...

Iron Trap’s 1934 Ford Coupe “Beautiful” Has A New Engine And Is Ready To Drive!!

Video 1 Description: In the last update on “Beautiful” we found out the 59ab we had planned on putting in as a replacement had a cracked block. The engine appeared to be totally rebuilt...

Getting Lucky! MYSTERY Small Block Chevy Engine Identified

(Words and Video by Tommy Lee Byrd aka The Hot Rod Hoarder) This Mystery engine intrigued me from the moment I realized it was part of a package deal with my $500 Nova. Decoding an old engine is...

Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: First Fire Of The LS, Trans Tunnel Fab, And More! Part 10

Here is Part 10 of the 1951 Ford Project. Finishing up the wiring, making this thing actually run, and then filling the giant hole in the floor that needs to cover the transmission. Plus all kinds of...

Will This Pontiac GTO RUN AND DRIVE After 40 YEARS? (Buried in Garage)

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has been working hard on cars and trucks of all kinds this year, but this one here is pretty special for a variety of reasons. First off, it’s a 1967 GTO that has...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap: KUSTOM HOT RAT ROD MODERN BUILD!

It’s Part 4 of the 1965 Mustang chassis swap, and the front sheetmetal is starting to go together. Of course, this is where things are going to get more difficult because the old and the new...

Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Wiring Up The LS Swap And Trying To Make A Column Shifter Work

Here is Part 9 of the 1951 Ford Project. There is a bunch of wiring cleanup to do when swapping an LS using the factory harness and ECU. Because this engine is staying stock, the factory ECU will do...

DOES A SMALLER LS CAM MAKE MORE TORQUE THAN A BIGGER LS CAM? AFR LS3 CAM TEST-STAGE 1 vs 2 vs 3!

Small cams are torque cams, bit cams are horsepower cams. Everyone knows that, so why is it that Richard Holdener is doing a Stage 1 vs 2 vs 3 AFR Cam test? Because testing is knowledge and makes it...

The Abandoned $500 Chevy Nova: Will it RUN and DRIVE After 24 Years Parked?

In the last video we saw Tommy giving us a tour of this machine and get it out of the spot it had been sitting in for 24 years. Now he’s going to try and see if it even runs. When Tommy goes...

Polishing Turds Episode 4: Squaring The Decks On This Small Block To Make It Something Greater

In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the excitement that is decking the block. This series is of course done with tongue firmly in cheek, but the real...

Adding A High Power Ignition To Your Sniper EFI Has Never Been Easier: Installing A Hyperspark Ignition Master Kit

Installing a Holley Sniper EFI system is really a simple process. With all the components they have available for fuel systems, the hard part really can be handled pretty easily. The rest of the...