Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, ENGINE, ENGINES, Tech Stories, Videos
Awesome Engine Video: Watch This Vintage Packard V12 Get An Incredible Rebuild – First Class All The Way!
We often talk about a situation where a car is restored and in the end the thing is actually better and nicer than it would have been brand new. It is not often that we talk in such a way about...
Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: New Shop Move Complete, It’s Time To Cut The 1949 GMC Roadster In Half.
It’s time to shorten the frame on Brent’s custom GMC Roadster pickup now that he’s moved in the new shop. You might remember that his shp burned to the ground earlier this year and...
HOW MUCH HP IS AN INTERCOOLER WORTH? CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER GETS A TICK PERFORMANCE INTERCOOLER.
To intercool or not to intercool, that is the question. For years folks have debated no intercooler, an intercooler, which kind of intercooler, etc. for their supercharged or turbocharged...
DD Speed Shop Has FORGOTTEN First Generation Camaros? Frozen In Time, And Ready To Be Saved!
Everyone knows Dan from DD Speed Shop for all his Tri-Five Chevrolet builds but did you guys know he has a couple of First Gen Camaros? Yep, and he’s about to see what he can do with these two...
Fiberglass How-To: Using Foam And Glass To Form A Custom Dash For A 1967 C10 Pickup. Mockup And Design Are Not As Hard As You Might Think!
I happened upon this video series the other day and knew I had to share it. After recently posting a video of Brent at Halfass Kustoms doing a Pontiac dash swap in a ’53 GMC pickup, this 1967...
Building A Giant: This Documentary Shows The Whole Process From Block Casting To Assembly Of A Massive MTU 8000 Series Diesel
Now this is the type of thing that is completely mesmerizing to us. To see the full process of constructing a massive, 20-clylinder ship engine is just fantastic. Not just because of the size of all...
FULL DYNO RESULTS ON THE L78 396, OVERRATED AT 425 HP OR UNDERRATED AT 375 HP? WHAT DID IT MAKE?
Everyone always thinks that the engines of the muscle car era were the most powerful to ever come out of the big three. The truth is that newer engines make the same rated power, or more, with a much...
Ultimate Toyota Gear Install Guide: IFS and Rear Drop Out How To With Ian Johnson From Big Tire Garage
Ian is back at it with more driveline tech, which is one of his specialties. He makes it look easy, and that’s good, because he shares the tech, the tools, and the reasons for what he does to...
Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 7: Pulling The Body Off The Frame To Finish Welding And More.
Here’s Part 7 of the La Salle grille swapped 1936 Ford, where everything is coming together so it’s time to finish up all the welding on the chassis. This car has had a lot done to it, but if...
Chop Top How To: Chopping The Top on a 1953 Chevy Truck. Part 2: Fixing a Butchered Top Chop
If you missed Part 1 of this 1953 Chevrolet truck chop, we’ve got a link below to make sure you see it too. In this one the metal work begins in earnest as the rear section of the roof...
HOW TO TIG WELD SILICON BRONZE: Karl At Make It Kustom Is Making A Custom Urn For A Fellow Hot Rodder
If you have ever had a loved one pass away and done the search for an urn, you know that there aren’t many cool options. When my wife passed away, we had the guys at Mooneye’s make a...
Dirthead Dave Is Getting His Mini Truck On With Hand Made Airbag Mounts on the rear of his Nissan Minitruck
Dave Chappelle, the one that can weld and build killer trucks of all kinds, not the funny one on TV, is our kind of dude. One day he’s working on his horribly ugly, but cool, bagged Mustang II,...
Sally’s Speed Shop And Dylan McCool Try To Save A FORGOTTEN General Lee! Will It RUN and DRIVE After All These Years?
If you are a car enthusiast over the age of 40, the General Lee is an American TV icon, as we all grew up watching the Dukes of Hazzard where this car was as big a character as any of those folks...
