Category Archive: FORD, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Zephyr Chop Part 3: Shaping Sheet Metal By Hand To Replace Damaged A Pillars On The 1939 Lincoln Zephyr Coupe Conversion
Here’s another metal shaping update on the Lincoln Zephyr Chop and 2 door conversion that is going on at Make It Kustom. This time it is all about the A Pillars and how to make templates and...
BOOSTED 5.3L LS-HOW TO ADD 100+ HORSEPOWER WITHOUT MORE BOOST! VORTECH SUPERCHARGED 5.3L MODS
When in doubt, turn up the boost. I mean this makes sense right? If you need more power, just turn up the boost. But what if you don’t want to turn up the boost because of fuel limitations or...
Hot Rodding 101: The ULTIMATE Ford Flathead Intake Guide – Everything You Ever Wanted To Know!
The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago and have posted some great video content. The first one in the Hot Rodding 101 series was about Ford Flathead V8...
How Good is the CHEAPEST Welder on Amazon? DeBoss Garage Puts One To The Test To See What A $70 Welder Can Do.
We talk about cheap tools around here a lot, and have even featured some cheap welder test videos, but can a $70 welder actually be worth owning? DeBoss Garage is going to put this one to the...
Measuring For Your New Hydraulic Clutch Install: How To Get Perfect Hydraulic Release Bearing Air Gap For an American Powertain Hydramax
Installing an American Powertrain Hydramax system in your hot rod or muscle car is an excellent upgrade. If you are swapping to a modern manual transmission, and why wouldn’t you, then...
Upgrade Your Classic Sniper EFI with Holley’s Sniper 2 EFI Conversion Kits If You Want The Latest And Greatest On Your Ride
Holley’s New Sniper 2 EFI is a big advancement in self-tuning DIY EFI conversions and takes all the good from the Classic Sniper and then turns it up a few notches. I’m not talking about...
Zephyr Chop Part 2: HOW TO Make a SIMPLE Steel Plate HAMMER FORM – Door Corners on 1939 Lincoln ZEPHYR Chopped Coupe
We like how to stuff around here and one of our favorites when it comes to shaping metal is Karl Fisher at the Make It Kustom channel. This kid is talented, easy to understand, and not afraid to...
Somebody Needs To Build This! New Wrecking Yard Inventory! 1954 Plymouth Belvedere! Solid car with Nice Chrome!
The early to mid-50’s cars and trucks were some of the coolest round rides and make awesome hot rods, customs, and cruisers. They just ooze cool, and when they have awesome patina you just...
Is Amazon’s Own Cordless Electric Screwdriver Worth Buying? Amazon vs. DeWALT, Ryobi, Skil & More. Putting Electric Screwdrivers To The Test!
Full disclosure, I’m not really a big fan of cordless screw drivers usually. Cordless impact guns, yes, but the screwdrivers always seem to be more trouble than they are worth to me. With that...
NO TURBO LAG! HOW TO GET THAT SNAPPY BOOST RESPONSE! BTR STAGE 2 TURBO VS SIMPLE TORQUE CAM. FULL DYNO RESULTS
Richard Holdener has always said that every cam is a turbo cam, but does that mean that getting a turbo cam is a waste of your money? Or is it that boost works with any cam profile so don’t let...
Mortske Tries To Revive A Squarebody Tow Truck!! Abandoned for 12 Years! Will the 6.2 Liter Chevrolet Diesel Run Again?!?
This one is interesting to me not just because it’s a square body tow truck, but also because it’s a 6.2L diesel which is what is under the hood of my recently acquired square body...
IT’S HERE! New Milwaukee 2967 Gen 3 High-Torque Impact Gun vs The World! When Will They Stop Making Even More Power?
We’ve featured a lot of big power impact gun tests recently and have told you that the new Milwaukee was expected to drop soon. Well here it is. This the the newest high torque from Milwaukee...
Hiding a Dry Sump Tank in My Hemi-Swapped ’55 Chevy Gasser: Can You Find Where Finnegan Put This Thing? Or Is He As Sneaky As He Thinks?
Sometimes building horsepower isn’t as hard as packaging everything into an engine compartment that is needed to make that power. I think that the crazier you get the more you just assume that...
Cleetus McFarland Puts LeRoy The Savage On The Rollers At Harrell Engine And Dyno To Test Out It’s New H.E.D. engine.
We shared the video about LeRoy’s new engine the other day, but if you missed it there is a link below to check it out. Today’s video is strapping LeRoy to the chassis dyno to see just...