Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Watch This 557ci Kaase Ford Hemi Belt Out 844 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno
The Boss 429, which is the basic inspiration behind the overgrown Kaase version here is one of the neatest engines to ever come out of a Detroit manufacturer. Like the “Cammer” V8s of the...
Watch The 1988 NHRA Winston All-Stars From Atlanta Right Here – Really Fun Stuff!
As you read this I’ll be heading to or working at Atlanta Dragway as part of the 2018 NHRA Southern Nationals. Atlanta Dragway was still a pretty new joint back in 1988 when this video was made...
4/27: Paying Tribute To Ford’s FE Stomper In All It’s Forms!
Four twenty-seven. Cobra Jets, Super Cobra Jets, and Boss small blocks may run with it, but there is no doubt that Ford’s seven-liter race motor was a violent beast in it’s own right....
Morning Symphony: 20,000 RPM From A Cosworth-Built F1 V8
Somewhere north of about 4,500 the 368ci mill in the Cadillac limo floats the valves. Most small-block Chryslers hate life above 6,000 RPM without serious work, and the most rev-happy V8 I’ve...
MAHLE Piston Tech Video: Checking Out Skirt Wear and What It Can Tell You About Your Engine
Engines tell stories. They tell stories by how they run and what type of wear that they have. That being said, you need to be able to read the story to understand what the engine is telling you and...
Morning Symphony: The Scream Of The C-5 Galaxy At Full Song
When I explain to people what I did before Brian and Chad decided that I’d work out fine here, I often get strange looks…”wait a minute. You were working on planes and...
Happy 4/08! Celebrate With The Sounds Of Angry Stroked Chrysler Small-Block!
The standard Chrysler 360 measurement is a 4″ bore coupled with a 3.58″ stroke. It wasn’t a bad mill out of the box, but when you compare it to the 340, an engine with a reputation...
Classic YouTube: 8,700 RPM Out Of A Naturally-Aspirated Buick Indy V6!
I’m a fan of the Buick V6, mainly because I used one in a front-drive Regal to add a nice tidy bit of extra change to my bank account thanks to cocky Mustang and Honda drivers around Tacoma. In...
Big-Block Delete: Finnegan’s Ramp Truck Loses It’s 454 For A 12-Valve Cummins From An Air Force Tug Dodge!
It isn’t everyday that you can understand someone yanking the 454 out of a perfectly good square-body GM truck. Besides the immediate “but…big-block!” argument, there’s...
Over 200 Horsepower Per Cylinder: Scott Forrester’s Holden Gemini Runs A World-Class Four-Banger!
In 1957, Chevrolet hit the goal of one horsepower per cubic inch from their 283ci V8 by way of fuel injection. Back then, that was a hell of a goal to achieve. But that was over sixty years...
Awakening The Dead: Watch As Old Engines Are Brought Back To Life!
There is an immense joy to be had when an engine that hasn’t ran in forever kicks over and returns to life. It’s such a satisfactory accomplishment. You’ve done all of the checks to...
Morning Symphony: Poking At A NASCAR-Powered Rover SD1
When the Rover SD1 line first appeared in the mid-1970s, the goal was to simplify the large British Leyland car line and to bring about an air of sportiness to the lineup…the Ferrari...
The LA Run: Listen To This 416ci Small Block Mopar Work Over The Dyno!
The small-block Chevrolet is so commonplace that even though it makes great power and can be built dirt-cheap, people are just about sick of seeing them. Small-block Fords can absolutely romp, as...
