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Dave Newbern’s ProCharged Fox Body Mustang Drag And Drive Car Gets Some Upgrades For Bigger Power!
Newbern’s Fox Body Mustang is his first, and while the ProCharged 5.3 made okay power as is, he knows he needs more power and so with the direction of some pretty smart folks, he’s...
Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – WILL IT RUN BETTER!? New Valve seals and much more!
Today’s update on the budget shop truck build, which includes a clean long bed to short bed conversion, has some work going on to make this thing have less blowby and more so that it runs...
Kevin From KSR Performance And Fabrication Says “This Is The Worst Engine Destruction I Have Ever Had!!”
I talked to Kevin at the PRI Show and asked him about all the carnage in this video and then we laughed a lot. Why? Well it turns out that if you take a stock bottom end LS engine and try to spin it...
DIRT CHEAP, $100 4.8L LS BOOST! JUNKYARD V6 M90 BLOWER TO THE RESCUE! IT FINALLY WORKS ON THE 4.8L!
$100 Supercharger for your LS engine? Wait, what? Has Richard lost his mind? Or will this actually work? The answer might surprise you. Sure it is going to take a little bit of work, but if you are...
Dirthead Dave Does A 5-Speed Swap On The Worst Mustang Ever Project. Is It Bad That I’m Liking This Thing Now?
Well, he’s back at it. This ugly little bastard, meaning the car not Dave, actually made the road trip back home but not without a little carnage. It’s got less gears that it left with...
It’s A Miracle! Finnegan Got Blasphemi Fixed So Of Course They Did Massive Burnouts. IN THE SHOP!!!
If you missed it a week ago, Finnegan broke the hell out of the T56 Magnum that they run in Blasphemi, after making even more power with this thing and then launching it on a track that had EPIC...
Derek Got Ahold Of This Beast At An ESTATE SALE! Cadillac EFI V8-6-4 – Will it RUN AND DRIVE 500 miles after sitting for 12 years?
My dad worked as a Service Advisor at a Cadillac dealership in the late 1970’s and 1980’s and I remember the 4-6-8 Caddy engines. They sucked. The mechanics and service guys all bitched...
World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: CHEAPER THAN REBUILDING – Tubular Control Arms AND Slotted Disc Brakes!
He’s back at it, and this ’57 Chevrolet is, dare I say, getting better looking? It’s getting more and more parts and is certainly showing whoever wants to watch, just what you can...
WELD PORN! 8-Way Tube Joint – TIG Welding Aluminum Fabrication And How To Pull Off This Sexy Joint
Sometimes you just need a little pick me up in your day, or something to inspire you to be better with your skills, and there is something pretty motivating about the welding you see at 6061.com....
Dyno Testing: CAMARO VS MUSTANG, WHICH MAKES MORE HP STOCK AND MODIFIED? 5.0L COYOTE VS 6.2L LS3, CRATE VS CRATE
The age old battle between Chevrolet and Ford will end no time soon, and we love it! And within that rivalry, none is stronger than that of the Camaro vs Mustang. These two pony cars are the best...
DIY Chassis Paint You Will Want For Your Next Project: A Clean Black Finish For Chassis, Floor Pans, Suspension Parts, And More!
We’ve featured KBS Coatings here on the site before, and have one of their kits sitting on the shelf to refresh our flatbed on the dually as soon as we can get the shop done and ready for...
Karl Fisher From Make It Kustom Shows Us How To Make An EASY, FREE, DIY SHRINKER TOOL! HOW-TO Make CURVED FLANGES on SHEET METAL!
In this episode, Karl makes a DIY shrinker from scrap he had laying around. And I know I could absolutely do the same thing with junk I have sitting around. I’m sure you can too. And if you...
Shop Shenanigans: Can The Iron Trap Garage Crew Get This Unknown 331 Cadillac Engine To Run??!!
I love all the cool old iron that the guys at Iron Trap Garage are always finding, because most of their stuff is at least 20 years older than the muscle car stuff I mess around with most often. What...
Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – CHEAP REPAIRS. Basic Patch Panel How To With A MIG Welder
This cool low buck shop truck build is turning out really cool and we dig it. If you missed it, the long bed became a short bed, using the stock bed with the smallest of cuts and welds so that the...