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Category Archive: New Products, OTHER, Tech Stories

New Product: KBS Coatings Ultimate Frame Coater Kit for Inside-Out Rust Protection

KBS Coatings specializes in DIY coating systems that are perfect for hot rodders and truck enthusiasts. I’m going to be using one of their All-In-One Chassis Paint Kits to repaint my recently...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: First Start! It’s ALIVE!!!

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on the fuel system and finally starting it up for the first time! If you have missed any of the previous installments on this...

ANATOMY OF A 5.0L TURBO CAM, BLOWER CAM, NITROUS CAM, STROKER CAM AND NA CAM-THEY ARE ALL THE SAME!

Every cam is a blower cam! Wait, what? Is every cam a turbo cam? How about a nitrous cam? But what if I’m running a stroker. Richard is going to show you how the exact same cam runs in all...

FORGOTTEN Dodge Police Car – Will A Turbo Make It All Better? Or Is A Rebuild Already In Order?

We’ve been sharing the videos from this forgotten cop car video series, and some of them are pretty funny. This one here is going to be interesting because it’s TURBO TIME! Turbos make...

The Most Powerful Impact Wrenches on Amazon vs Milwaukee: Not Bad!

Ever look at those Amazon tool listings and wonder if one of those weirdly named brands could possibly be worth having? Yeah, us too, so when we saw this latest video from the Torque Test channel,...

How It’s Made: Steve Morris Racing Engines 4500HP SMX Head Gets Machined to Life!

Machining stuff out of billet aluminum is cool, and this right here is extra cool. When you are talking about a billet aluminum head for a 4500 horsepower racing engine, it’s something to see...

Part 1: The Backyard Builds 1936 Ford Goes From 5 Windows To 3 Windows. Chopping It Up For A Cooler Look.

Chopping up 1930’s hot rods makes some people cringe, but to me there is nothing finer than a properly done chop top. With the right lowering of the lid, you can really see a hot rod come...

4.6L VS 5.4L-MISTAKES WERE MADE! HOW TO ADD A VORTECH SUPERCHARGER TO FORD 4.6L 2V & 5.4L 4V MOTOR!

I don’t see how adding boost to anything can be considered a mistake, but if you do it wrong I guess it can seem like it. Richard is back at it as always, and he’s got all kinds of great...

Single Seat Race Car Build Part 14: Building The Racing Seat For The Single Seat Racecar

In this latest installment of the build, the seat comes together. As you would expect, this single-seat race car is going to get just one seat but it needs to be pretty specific. Here’s the...

Ian Is Back At It In The Big Tire Garage, Welding Link Brackets To A Couple Axle Housings

For some reason, you find a lot of hesitation when it comes to welding things to axle housings. People that do a lot of other fabrication are often scared to do this one. I understand, as people are...

LS 6.0L AND 408 HEAD SWAPS – CATHEDRAL v REC PORT v TFS/AFR CNC HEADS! HOW MUCH ARE HEADS WORTH?

The argument over which cylinder head is best on an LS engine is always fun to listen to, but there is nothing better than testing. Most people don’t have an engine and multiple cylinder heads...

Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Wiring, Fuse Block And ECU Mounting

In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is working on wiring, but not just stringing them out. He’s also mounting the LS fuse block and ECU mount, planning out wiring, and...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Their 2023 Application Guide, Ready For Download Here!

With 38 pages of pistons and rings, there might not be an engine worth building that MAHLE doesn’t have a piston and ring for. I can tell you that while the supply chain issues have been a...

Modern Vs Muscle! CHEAP, JUNKYARD TRUCK 5.3L VS 365-HP 327-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER? WHAT HAPPENS IF WE MODIFY THEM?

Richard Holdener is back at it with an engine dyno shootout that will make people happy! It’s modern technology vs a muscle car icon and we love these. How does one of the factories’...