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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...
DYNO VIDEO: How Much Power Does BeerMoney Actually Make?!
People are always asking how quick and how fast Beer Money is, and then they ask how much power it makes. With all the No Time, No Prep racing that we’ve been doing with it, there isn’t...
A Delicate Balance: Check Out This Trip To The Machine Shop And An In-Depth Look At How To Balance A Crank and Rotating Assembly
Long before the internet, few hot rodders had any REAL idea what happened in the back of the machine shops they sent their parts to. Drop it off, come back a week later to get it, pay the man, and...
Engine Building Zen: This ASMR Video Of A Hot Rodded Subaru Engine Being Built Is The Gearhead Equivalent Of A Nature Film
This could be the most relaxing and cool engine build video we have seen in a long, long time. Why? There is no music, there is no talking, there is only the sounds of the work being done....
Big Block Chevrolet Power Combos! 400 To 1000 Horsepower, All Right Here!
There are a ton of ways to make horsepower nowadays, and it has never been easier than it is in 2022, but with so many options and so much information it can be intimidating when trying to decide on...
Polishing Turds Episode 3: Line Honing This Small Block To Make It Something Greater
When Peter Harrell, owner of Harrell Engine and Dyno, decided that he was going to start up a YouTube Channel of his own, he decided to call it “Real Good At Doin’ Stuff!!!” It’s a channel...
HOW TO ADD 90 HP TO A 5.0L FORD! 302 HEAD TEST-E7TE v GT40P v AFR 165. ARE ALUM HEADS REALLY BETTER?
Remember when a Fox-body Mustang with a cam and some nitrous with Flowmasters was a player on the street? When a guy with a Vortec and some ET streets was hardcore? Well that was 30 years ago, and...
Cheap Junkyard Fix! Adding An Overflow Bottle To Your Muscle Car Or Truck!
Overflow bottles are required to run your car down a dragstrip, on the autocross, or any other motorsports events and are a good idea because they keep things clean if you get your car warm. Plus,...
Polishing Turds Episode 2: Let’s Tear This Pile Of Underwhelming Garbage Apart!
When Peter Harrell, owner of Harrell Engine and Dyno, decided that he was going to start up a YouTube Channel of his own, he decided to call it “Real Good At Doin’ Stuff!!!” It’s a channel...
