Category Archive: Hack of the Week, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
How To Make Patch Panels You Can’t Buy New: How To Fix That Spot In The Trunk Right Behind The Wheel Tub
With all the restoration parts available today for muscle cars and classics of all kinds, we still sometimes come across damage that can’t easily be fixed with what is available. Or, there...
The F-Bomb Project Keeps Coming Together. All The Pieces Are Starting To Be Connected And It’s Looking Killer.
This project is super cool, not only because it is going to look cool when done, but also because the methods used to build it seem really hard but actually are very simple and straightforward if you...
Cams, Cubes, Or Boost? Which One Makes The 4.8 LS A Torque Monster?
Torque, it’s the grunt that gets thinks moving and it’s what makes an engine good for towing, or for moving a big heavy car like our 1966 Bel Air Station Wagon. Typically, gas engines...
Got An LS7 You Want To Run As A Wet Sump? This Cool Drill Guide Will Help Your Conversion By Making The Dipstick Install Easy
GM’s LS7, the engine that came in Z06 Corvettes, was factory equipped with a dry sump style oiling system. I say dry sump style because the system they use isn’t exactly the same as a...
Edd China’s Workshop Diaries: Will The Range Rover Finally Start? Or Has All This Work Been For Nothing?
What started out as a simple job of getting his buddies Range Rover back running, has turned into a lot more of a project for Edd. This beast had been sitting for some time, but I don’t think...
Flathead Tech: How Ardun Overhead Valve Heads Work On A Flathead Ford
Ardun heads are the ultimate upgrade for a Flathead Ford V8 engine. Our friends Don Berg, Allen McAlister, and Doug Robinson, aka BMR Racing, own the famed Hemi powered BMR Roadster, but it’s...
VW Tech: How To Pull The Body Off A VW Beetle And Then Bolt In A New Pan
VW Beetles are some of the coolest little cars every made, and are beloved by people all over the world. Besides being cool, cute, economical, and fun, they are also super simple and easy to work on...
Stop Wasting Material: These Three Tips For TIG Welding Joints Will Save You Material And Some Headaches
Practice, practice, practice. I tell people all the time that the only way to get good at welding is to turn on the machine and start practicing. Whether it is TIG, Arc, or MIG welding, the best way...
HOW TO: 4.0L BARRA-DISASSEMBLY AND HEAD FLOW TEST Richard Holdeners First Barra Build!
Richard has been doing all kinds of testing with the Atlas 4.2 GM engine that he’s dubbed the Ameri-Barra, as it’s the American GM equivalent so to speak, but the Australian Barra from...
Chassis Hardware Lessons: Nuts And Bolts Matter! Tim McAmis Explains Why You Need To Pay Attention To The Hardware You Use.
You are going to love this video if you like Tim McAmis, because he has a ton of typical Tim McAmis one liners that will have you laughing. And this isn’t just a video telling you what grade of...
TIG Welding Stainless To Aluminum? Wait What? How To Bond The Two Like You’ve Never Seen Before
When it comes to tig welding, you pretty much can’t argue with 6061.com because the dude is a master and laying down strong and sexy tig welds. The projects are always fun, the techniques cool,...
Simple, Cool, And Effective Mobile Welding Table Project You Can Do At Home!
You know I have an affinity for welding tables and fixture tables around here and this is a super cool one that you can build at home no problem. It’s being built with some scrap stuff as...
Bolt An 8-Speed Transmission In Your Gen III HEMI Swapped E-Body!
Gen III HEMI Swaps are all the rage, and slamming one into your E-Body Mopar is a great power and performance improvement, but deciding which transmission to run and how to fit it in the car have...
Video Of Rob Wendland Front Halfing Larry Dixon’s Top Fuel Dragster: Sounds Simple, But It All Has To Be Perfect!
It isn’t uncommon for Top Fuel and Top Alcohol cars to get front halfed after a certain number of runs, a crash, big wheelstands, or what have you. The same could be said for a Funny Car...