Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories
Will The Vice Grip Garage 1966 Chevy C10’s Straight 6 Love A Fuel Injection Swap! Will It Run With EFI For Power Tour?
I dig Derek’s cool 1966 Chevrolet C10 shop truck but it needs some love on the induction side to make the straight-six even gooder. I said what I said. I said that this straight-six can be even...
Dirthead Dave Bought The Worst Mustang Of All Time! Will It Run And Drive???
Dirthead Dave is fun, mostly because of the variety of stuff that he actually likes. On the show, he was always about off-road stuff, which we love, but there is more to him and that is fun to see on...
Tool Tuesday Dyno Test: Who Makes the #1 Cordless Drill?
It sucks when you grab a drill and try to drill into something that requires some real power and your drill can’t make it happen. Think drilling brackets or a hole into the side of a truck...
Can You Build A Simple DIY CNC Plasma Table INCLUDING THE Plasma Cutter For $600 Off Amazon?.
If you haven’t once said that you wished you had a CNC plasma cutting table, then you aren’t a car builder. I realize that not everyone can have one, I certainly don’t, but that...
HOW TO: YOUR FIRST CHEAP, JUNKYARD TURBO MOTOR! WHAT YOU NEED, WHAT YOU DON’T & FULL DYNO RESULTS!
Building your first turbo combo, whether it is an LS or not, starts one of two ways. You are either going in headlong with zero hesitation because you’ve watched Richard’s videos and are...
David Newbern FINALLY Takes His First Car, That He Just Recently Bought Back, For A Cruise Around His Home Town
A couple of months ago we saw David Newbern buy his first car, a 1964 Impala, back after selling it years and years ago. The car is a very low mileage 283 small block powered car, backed by a...
How-To Linear Stretch With A Power Hammer – Make It Kustom Is Metal Shaping At Bespoke Coachworks
While Karl at Make It Kustom does a ton to teach as many metal shaping techniques as he possibly can, he is still a student of the process and that means he’s always wanting to learn even more...
Building A Custom Center Console For a Classic Truck, Including All The Upholstery
Sometimes building custom parts for the interior of your classic car or truck can be fun, and other times it can be so daunting because we make it into something bigger than it really is. The...
2021+ Bronco Parts: Spare Tire Kit, Lift Kit, LED Lighting, And More To Make Your Bronco Your Own
If you’ve got a new Bronco, and you want to make it your own, then Holley has got the parts for you. We’re talking lift kits, skid plates, lighting, and so much more. This is a vehicle...
Barn Find! 1971 Pontiac Trans Am! 455 Auto On The Column? Fresh Out Of Storage After 40 Years!
Everyone knows that a 455-powered Trans Am is something special, especially if it is a 1970 or 1971. What makes some of them even more interesting than they would already be is the fact that...
Installing (UYpgrading) An Aeromotive Dual Phantom 340 In-Tank Fuel Pump Module In A Muscle Car
Jefferson is back at it, installing a new Aeromotive Dual Phantom system on his Buick GS. The car already has a single Phantom in it, but it needs the dual setup because he’s upgraded the...
PUMP GAS TORQUE FOR TOWING PART 2-SUPERCHARGED 496 STROKER. OUR BBC HUNT FOR GRUNT GETS MORE TORQUE!
The Hunt for Grunt Part 2! That’s what I’m all about right now as I have a big block in my 1987 Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually that is in need of some love. We’re going to swap the heads and do a...
Big Tire Garage Car Trailer Rebuild: Increasing The Load Capacity Of Your Car Trailer
Ian Johnson’s Big Tire Garage is always a great place to learn stuff and see cool projects, but he’s also good for the kind of stories that save you money. As someone who’s got an...
Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire Part 4: Week 3, Cleaning Up Tools And Sheds And Doing Maintenance On Summer Vehicles
Here is Part 4 of the post-fire videos, and man it is unbelievable what kind of damage fire can do to a shop and cars and tools. You have to see this to understand, as they show you the aftermath and...