Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand
Apr 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Video: A WWII Cadillac M5 1-G Tank Engine On the Stand
When we learned yesterday that Packard built the 1,200hp engines that powered WWII PT boats, it got us to thinking about tank engines from the same era. We remembered that Cadillac motors powered...
Dyno Video: Twin 91MM Turbos, 534ci of Big Block Chevy, Whole Bunches of Horsepower
Apr 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: Twin 91MM Turbos, 534ci of Big Block Chevy, Whole Bunches of Horsepower
It wasn’t that long ago that nitromethane-burning engines were not making 2,000 hp. As you’ll see in this video, that magical number can be breached on gasoline in a hurry using a pair of...
Dyno Video: A Boss 429 Screaming to Be Let Out
Mar 31, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: A Boss 429 Screaming to Be Let Out
The Boss 429 was certainly a bad hombre from Ford back in the day. As we told you a while back, there are companies where you can now buy new crate versions of the blue oval monster to bolt in your...
Dyno Video: A 360ci Sprint Car Running Full Tilt on the Rollers
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: A 360ci Sprint Car Running Full Tilt on the Rollers
Gaerte Racing Engines is one of the premier Sprint Car engine builders in the country, and this totally bitchin’ video of the guys at Gaerte running a 360ci Sprinter on the rollers to check the...
Video Bonanza: Dyno Time!
Dec 23, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Bonanza: Dyno Time!
We love dyno videos. Not dyno videos of stuff blowing up, catching fire, or generally malfunctioning, but dyno videos of cool motors being wrung out from bottom to top. We also have a love of...
Video: The Old CarJunkieTV Blown Big-Block Chevy
Nov 17, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: The Old CarJunkieTV Blown Big-Block Chevy
I’m sick as a dog today and am just sitting around surfing YouTube. I found this old video we did back the days of CarJunkieTV.com and realized that it shows us dyno testing the same blown...
Killer Video: SOHC Ford Floating the Valves at Eight Grand
Oct 22, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: SOHC Ford Floating the Valves at Eight Grand
The is gearhead voyeurism: a look inside the valve cover of a 427 SOHC Ford motor at eight-freakin’-thousand RPM. What you’ll see is valve float. Not wildly bouncing valve float, but a...
The Sniper Lives: Twin Turbo, Viper V10 Powered Mustang Caught on Tape!
Jul 01, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Sniper Lives: Twin Turbo, Viper V10 Powered Mustang Caught on Tape!
Call it project Sniper, project Nitemare, or just bat poop crazy, but Scott Vanderschoor’s twin-turbo, Viper V10 powered Mustang project has officially transitioned from garage-bound dream to...
More of Our Videos, Now at MSDVideos.com
Apr 15, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on More of Our Videos, Now at MSDVideos.com
Several months ago, David Freiburger and I made a bunch of videos for MSD Ignition. The one called Set Your Timing has been posted for a while now, but more recently, they put up vids on how to know...
Video of the Week: Formula One Warmup
Jan 22, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Video of the Week: Formula One Warmup
All of us drag racing guys have been at the digs when the Fuel cars warm up. It’s awesome to run from trailer to trailer getting blasted in the face with nitro fumes. The sound of the big,...