Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, Videos
Morning Symphony: The Scream Of The LA 318 (Yes, They Can Scream!)
Enough with my usual prose…it’s 3/18 and it’s time for me to dive right back to my roots, to the LA 318 and the cars I usually found them in. If you are unfamiliar with my...
Engine Masters! Is A Stroker Motor Worth The Cost Over A Standard-Sized Mill?
“No replacement for displacement”, that’s the battle cry, right? The more cubic inches you pack around, the better off you’ll be? Depends on the argument you’re wanting...
Cayman, Meet Coyote: This Ford-Swapped Porsche Is Basically A Baby Ford GT!
Forget about the Gulf livery, and don’t sweat the details about how a Porsche Cayman got a Ford Coyote 5.0 jammed up it’s back end. Matt Farah will tell you all about the how and way as...
Manifolds or Headers? Engine Masters Tests The Difference Between The Two!
Ah, the fun part of the exhaust: the upper end. The knee-jerk response is always “headers!”…whatever fits in your ride, go with headers and you’ll be happy. But is it the most...
Crunch Time: Watch As Finnegan Crafts Wastegates Onto His Monster Drag Boat!
We don’t know which side of the Roadkill duo is actually the “sane one”. Freiburger has plenty of insanity under his belt, with the off-road hijinks, the garage work and the fact...
Ground Testing: Watch As These 427 Ford Engines Are Ground-Tested After Being Removed From A Chris Craft Boat!
When a car is wrecked, salvagers go for what didn’t get hurt in the collision. Same thing happens with boats…or, at least, one boat in particular. This 42 foot long Chris Craft...
After Getting Bashed In The Comments For The Header Bash Episode, Engine Masters Takes A Second Swing At The Dented Headers Myth!
It just might have been the only time David Freiburger will ever admit to beating up Hookers, but in an early episode of Engine Masters, they bolted up a set of Hooker Headers to a BluePrint 400ci...
Take Your Sides, It’s The Battle Of The 408 Cubic Inch Small Block Strokers! Ford Versus Mopar!
There’s nothing quite like a head-to-head comparison between two manufacturers to stir up the masses, is there? The fastest way to get sure-fire results in the comments section of a video that...
Hot Rod Garage Jams A Supercharged Mill Into The Crusher Camaro – 700+ Wheel Horsepower!
It only seems like yesterday that the Crusher Camaro, that other bright yellow GM product that has been in the magazines forever, was getting a new engine courtesy of Mast Motorsports. In fact, it...
Hydraulic Roller Or Solid Lifter…Which Cam Works Out Better? Engine Masters Flogs The Dyno To Get The Answer!
This is a fun comparison: which camshaft will perform better in a Chevrolet 454 that is wicked up to hang easily in the 600 horsepower range and provide the power you crave? On one hand, you have a...
Add Cylinders And Go: Check Out This LS-Based V-12 Engine On The Dyno!
In 1966 the last General Motors-built twelve cylinder engine, the famous 702ci “Twin Six”. Based upon the GMC V6 family of engines, the Twin Six utilized a good amount of parts from the...
Video: Watch The Biggest And Baddest Ford Production V8 Of All Time Shoot Fire And Sound Pissed! 1100ci!
That’s right, the biggest and baddest ass production Ford built V8 in the company’s long history was an 1100ci, all alumimum, dual overhead cam, 32-valve piece that made over 1,000 lb/ft...
Which Loses More Power: A Three-Inch Exhaust Or A 2.5 Inch Exhaust? Engine Masters Tests Out The Backpressure Theory On A Chevrolet 454!
Here’s a fun question that you can use to fire up just about any message board: what does a high-horsepower engine like better: a 3″ exhaust to breath better with, or a 2.5″ exhaust...
