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The Alfarrari Project: The Ferrari Powered Alfa Gets Custom Made Headers! Making Headers For A Ferrari Engine In And Alfa Romeo
There is so much going into building this little hot rod, and every single part of it is custom. After all, there are no kits to do this kind of thing so you have to build it all yourself if you want...
Finnegan’s Hot Rod Drag Week 2022 Movie: Part 2 – THIS IS THE END. BLASPHEMI IS BACK
Blasphemi is back in Part 2 of the Drag Week Movie! We all watched the Finnegan’s Garage videos from Hot Rod Drag Week 2022, where the trials and tribulations of drag and drive events all reared...
SPARK PLUG HEAT RANGE TEST-JUNKYARD LS. HOT PLUG v COLD PLUG-DOES IT MATTER? TAPERED VS GASKET PLUGS
We recently shared a video from Richard Holdener where he tested spark plug gaps to see if a tight gap vs a normal gap vs a super wide gap made any difference in horsepower in an LS engine. The...
4.10 Gears, Rain, And A 450-Mile Drive…Vice Grip Garage Brings Home A Wild Chevelle
As much as I’m sure it pained Derek to do, retiring the Independence Chevelle from competition was the right thing to do. The patriotic A-body put on plenty of good shows, but being very...
Make It Kustom, HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck Build! The 1971 GMC Fire Truck Ramp Truck Gets The Engine And Trans Mounted!
Will it run? In this video from the collaboration Fire Truck turned Ramp Truck, where Make It Kustom and HalfAss Kustoms have gotten together to thrash on Karl’s Make It Kustom rig,...
Dyno Video: Hunting Down Problems At 6,000 RPM In A 3,000hp Diesel Truck – This Is Wild
Lavon Miller, his brothers, and the rest of the crew at Firepunk Diesel are well known and much feared in the diesel competition community nationwide. From his early days at the Diesel Power...
Hot Rodding 101: What To Look For When Buying and Building A Ford Flathead – Hot Rod Engines
The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago that we’ve watched, but we never shared it with you guys until now. They just put up a new one today so we...
Beastly Barra: Builders Are Chasing The Magical 2,000hp Output Level From The Aussie Inline Six
We’re definitely living in interesting times when it comes to cars and the way we propel them, right? The whole electric car thing is seemingly going bonkers at the same time as the best...
SHOULD YOU RUN YOUR JUNKYARD 5.3L LS HOTTER OR COLDER FOR MAXIMUM POWER? 116 DEGREES VS 180 DEGREES!
Over the past 50 years, automobile manufacturers have made a lot of changes to engines in order to make more power, more efficiently, and with fewer exhaust emissions. There are a lot of physical...
Newbern Almost Lost The Engine In His 1957 Chevy And Daily Drive Tahoe To The Cold! Watch And Learn!
It’s COLD almost everywhere in the United States right now and I hope all of you have checked your antifreeze levels to make sure your coolant is good and that you aren’t going to risk...
LOW-BUCK, AUTO PART STORE OIL VS VS HIGH $ SYNTHETIC! 0W-10 VS 20W-50. CAN YOU GET POWER FROM AN OIL CHANGE?
Does high-dollar oil make more power? We’re talking power, not longevity, as I am a believer that in certain applications there is an advantage to buying good oil. But I also know that most...
FAST LSXR INTAKE TEST-IS IT WORTH $1000? HOW MUCH HP DOES IT ADD? LSXR VS CHEAP, JUNKYARD TRUCK INTAKE
One thing that sucks about modern EFI engines like the LS, LT, Mod Motors, And HEMIs is that aftermarket intake manifolds for them tend to be really expensive. It’s understandable as there is a...
DO EXPENSIVE SPARK PLUGS REALLY ADD POWER? E3 VS LASER PLATINUM VS CHEAP COPPER
When it comes to spark plugs, there are all kinds of claims as to which ones make more power, get better mileage, and make your engine run cleaner. And while Richard can’t test if they make a...
