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Can You Reuse Rod And Main Bolts? Torque To Angle And Torque To Yield, Everything You Need To Know About Fasteners On Gen V GM Engines
I remember building some of my first engines, using parts we had in the garage, which included used rod bolts, main bolts, and head bolts. We weren’t building big power combos, or things under...
Do Stop Leak Products Work? Do They Damage Engine Seals? Will They Destroy an Engine? Let’s Find Out
It seems like every single problem-solver product at the parts store has some group of folks who say they will ruin stuff, don’t work, etc. And yet they sell jillions of bottles of this stuff...
Engine Tech: How To Install Cam Bearings In Your LS Engine At Home
Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build series for an...
You Need This Tool – Episode 135 | Surface Prep Disc For Paint And Rust Removal
If you do anything with metal, then you have a need to clean it before or after working with it. And whether you use a grinder with some abrasive or another, a DA sander, scotchbrite pads, wire...
The Infamous Egg-Beater Impact Wrench! Testing & 10,000fps Slo-Mo
If you haven’t seen this weird 12v impact gun, you are in for a treat now that the Torque Test Channel has a test video out. These things are supposed to work, but do they really? See what they...
Here’s One Way To Calibrate Your Cheap Torque Wrench At Home!
Cheap tools keep getting better and better, there is no doubt, but torque wrenches have always been one of those tools that folks are afraid to cheap out on and we understand the thought behind it....
MIG Welding Basics For BEGINNERS!! How To Set Up Your Welder + Tips, Tricks & Techniques!!
Wanna learn to stack the dimes while welding? Want to do it with your MIG welder instead of a TIG? This video from Karl and Make it Kustom will show you how to do that and more in this MIG welding...
Testing Best & Worst Power Adder Tricks For Your Air Tools: Triple Air Hose? Bigger Hose? Different Fittings? Buffer Tanks?
Normally the Torque Test Channel videos that we share are testing tools in head to head competition, but in this one it is all about how to make your current air tools better, stronger, and faster....
One Is Amazing One Is Trash: Harbor Freight’s New Cut-Off Tool vs Ryobi, Ridgid & More
More tool testing from the Torque Test Channel. This time it is cutoff tools, a new category of cordless tool that usually would have been handled by an air-operated die grinder or electric grinder...
Engine Tech: How To Assembly Press Fit Piston Pins To Rods On This Boosted LS
Our friend Jefferson has started up a new YouTube channel to show off what he’s got going on over at his shop Red Dirt Rodz, and one of the first things he’s sharing is a full-build...
How To Build A Channeled Hot Rod: The Working Man’s Model A Sedan Part 10 Rebuilding The Cowl! Plus Cool Tools!
Here’s the tenth installment in the channeled Model A Build. This episode is all about getting this horribly rusty cowl back into shape, and a cool tool you can buy or build to make your life...
Somehow Harbor Freight’s New Impact Driver Beats… Everything? Does It Really?
Here is another Torque Test Channel video that shows just how good these tools are or aren’t. But how can a Harbor Freight Hercules Impact Driver actually beat out a pair of Milwaukees? Well,...
Can A $200 TIG Welder Really Keep Up With A $2000 TIG Welder?
We’ve talked about it a lot over the past few years, the fact that you can get better and better reasonably priced equipment for your shop or garage. From floor jacks to hand tools to tool...
