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HOW TO CURE VALVE FLOAT & ADD 40-50 HP WITH A VALVE SPRING UPGRADE. AIR FLOW VS VALVE CONTROL!
Valve springs are pretty magical pieces of tech. They move jillions of times during their life and are there to do just one thing. To close the valve after the rocker arm opens it. While doing this...
“Dirty Martini” • 70 Chevy C10 Build • Part 2
Introducing Project “Dirty Martini”, a C10 project that is going to be as awesome looking as it will be capable. With a bitchin Texas Speed LT5 under the hood, backed by a 10-speed transmission,...
Cameron Johnson Race Cars Show Some Of The Differences Between A Nitrous Car And A Blower Car Chassis
There are a variety of Chassis Certifications that are currently in use on the dragstrip, and all of them have to do with the combination of weight and ET. If a car is lighter, it will need a...
LS Corvair Project: Build Your Own Grill, And 6 Other Cool Things.
When you think about building an LS powered Corvair, you might not think about the fact that you have to somehow get cool air into wherever you put the radiator. In the case of John Reynolds bitchin...
JUNKYARD TURBO LS. HOW TO MAKE MORE HP PER PSI. JUST ADD A CAM!
Boost is king, but how is it that some engines actually make more power with less boost? And why do some components make the boost go down, but still make more power? Watch this video to see how...
Which DeWALT Impact Is Right For You: Dyno Graphs Of Every DeWALT Impact – How Much DO You Need?
If you are a DeWALT tool user, there are a ton of awesome cordless tools that you can buy. But they also have a bunch of bad ass impact guns and impact drivers. In fact, so many that sometimes it is...
Halfass Kustoms Shop Fire Part 3: Gathering Some Equipment From The Old Shop And Starting To Rebuild What We Can.
Here is Part 3 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. If you missed it the other day, we...
RIMAC NEVERA SETS 23 PERFORMANCE RECORDS IN A SINGLE DAY INCLUDING 0-249-0!
Here are all the details from Rimac! The all-electric Rimac Nevera is officially the ultimate record-breaking hypercar, setting a new 0-400-0 km/h (0-249-0 mph) benchmark on the same day that it set...
SINGLE VS DUAL PLANE, WHICH ONE IS BEST? SMALL BLOCK FORD INTAKE SHOOTOUT? 4 INTAKES-FULL RESULTS
Video Description: HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT FORD INTAKE. WHAT IS THE BEST INTAKE FOR MY 289 OR 302 (5.0L) FORD? WHAT INTAKE IS BEST? IS A DUAL PLANE BETTER THAN A SINGLE PLANE INTAKE? WHICH INTAKE...
Iron Trap Garage: Saving A 1940 Chevy Coupe From A Collapsing Barn!!
This car has been sitting in the barn for 70 years! Yes, 70 years! When it was parked all those years ago it then nearly died when the barn tried to fall in on it, but thankfully was braced. But how...
Vice Grip Garage: Forgotten Old Chevrolet Service Truck – Will it RUN AND DRIVE Home?
In typical Derek fashion, he’s having to get another ride up and running and ready to see if it can possibly make it home. The fun part about this square-body Chevy pickup is that he had never...
HOW TO MAKE BIG BLOCK FORD POWER PART 2! 514, 521 AND 557 CUBE BBF STROKERS. 700-1,100 HP COMBOS!
Big Block Fords can make big power! I know, it seems like nobody talks about them, but it is true. We recently shared Richard’s series on simple power combos that make up to 600 horsepower with...
Daddy Dave’s Audi Hits The Track: Insane 1st Hit In His New Audi Race Car!
Dave is back with the Audi again. Last week we showed you dyno testing the new car and now he’s at the track with it! I love this car, it looks so cool on camera and in person, and the color is...
Who Makes The Best Ratchet (Round 2)? Let’s Settle This! Snap On, Proto, Matco, FACOM, Gedore, Nepros, Crescent
In the US these are called ratchets. Some places call them ratchet wrenches, which gets confusing here because there are ratcheting wrenches, like the ones made popular by Gear Wrench several years...