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MORE SURPRISES FROM A CAR CASEY BOUGHT WITHOUT SEEING IT FIRST! WILL IT RUN?!
A couple of weeks ago Casey bought a car that he had never seen with the exception of a couple of really crappy photos. And as if the bad photos weren’t enough, he bought it even after the...
The Fab Rat’s Barn Find 1967 Pontiac Firebird Is Finally Doing Burnouts!
It’s burnout time baby! The barn find ’67 Firebird made it home and is getting some tweaks so it will be ready to drive and ready to do burnouts! If you missed the previous stories about...
ABANDONED Barn Find Camaro will it RUN AND DRIVE after 23 years?
Is 20 years too long for a Camaro to sit in a pole barn? Sure it’s restorable, but is will it run and drive as is? I’ve had really good luck with cars that have sat for a long time as...
Turbo Tech: FINNEGAN SHARES SOME EASY TWIN TURBO LS ENGINE PLUMBING HACKS
There seem to be two kinds of people who do their own turbo installations, those that go at it with no concern or worry and just blaze through it, and those that are so paralyzed by concern and worry...
Tall Drink Of Bad Ass: This 572ci Hemi Has A 10-71 Blower And Four Digit Horsepower On Tap!
While it has not been too loudly crowed about over the last couple of years, the availability of good quality blocks for the legendary Gen II hemi has been really spotty. The aftermarket offerings...
How to Select Spark Plugs for Your Engine: Your Guide To The Right Spark
Spark plugs create one of the three things needed for an engine to run. Air, fuel, and spark are all three needed in order to create the fire that powers the engines we know and love so much. In some...
Running Out Of Inputs And Outputs? Holley EFI’s CAN Input/Output Module Allows You To Expand Your Current ECU’s Capabilities
The current crop of EFI systems on the market are light years ahead of where we were 10 years ago. With that said, there are lots of times when someone purchases an EFI system for their ride that...
HOW TO: NA & BOOSTED LS INTAKE TEST! CARB & EFI. TRUCK VS DUAL PLANE VS SINGLE PLANE (WHO IS BEST?)
What intake should you run on your LS build? Are you going to spray it with nitrous? Pack it full of boost? Or go old school with no EFI and instead run a carburetor on it? All valid questions, and...
HOW TO ADD 120 HP: JUNKYARD TURBO LS CAM SWAP-BIG HP AT SAME PSI-TURBO HEADERS VS CAST MANIFOLDS-HP?
Every cam is a turbo cam, in the words of Richard Holdener himself, so if that is the case then how can you possibly make more than 100 extra horsepower from a cam swap on a junkyard LS turbo combo?...
Happy 3/05! Let’s Talk Small Bore Small Blocks (and V6s)
305ci is not exactly a magical number when it comes to high performance engines in most people’s minds but the reality is that if you are a stock car racer or someone who has followed the...
5.0 Shootout! 5.0L SB FORD VS 5.0L COYOTE-WHAT’S THE BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK? HAS MODERN TECHNOLOGY IMPROVED THE 5.0L?
Mod Motor and Coyote Ford engine fans are always going on about pushrods being antiquated technology, even though there are several modern engine examples that use them and make great power in both...
HOW TO MAKE 6.0L POWER! FORD vs LS-WHICH 6.0L MAKES MORE POWER? MOD 363 FORD STROKER OR MOD 6.0L LS
Since the LS engine’s inception, there have been Ford guys talking about similarities between the LS and Ford small block platforms and even rumors of Ford actually designing the LS engine...
Finnegan Is Working On The New Twin Turbo 427 For The New Jet Boat!
Mike and Newbern are working on the new jet boat project some more! This sucker is going to haul ass but just as importantly it is going to haul five people while doing it. This is a pleasure hot rod...
5.0L Ford Cam Swaps: HOW MUCH POWER IS A 5.0L CAM SWAP WORTH? WHAT IS THE BEST CAM FOR MY 5.0L 302? 5.0L FORD EFI VS CARB
Cam swaps are worth power in nearly every engine combo out there, but people sometimes question just how effective they are on small engines like the 5.0L Ford. Trust us, cubes matter, but even an...