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Category Archive: TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos

The Infamous Egg-Beater Impact Wrench! Testing & 10,000fps Slo-Mo

If you haven’t seen this weird 12v impact gun, you are in for a treat now that the Torque Test Channel has a test video out. These things are supposed to work, but do they really? See what they...

Sick Week 2023 Finals! Peter Harrell At HED Is Tuning Up Some Race Cars!!!

With Eric Yost and Stefan Gustaffson are both good at winning at Drag and Drive events, not only separately but also together. This year’s Sick Week had both of them in the hunt for wins in...

Holley Complete Accessory Kits For Ford’s 7.3L Godzilla V8 Are Simple And Straightforward

We shared the new Godzilla accessory drive setups not long ago, but here is video showing just how they fit and how nice they are. If you are doing a swap, this is what you need. If you are looking...

Million Dollar Barn Garage Find!! 1931 Duesenberg Model J!! 1 of 25 Built! Here Are All The Details!

Here is video number two of this incredible story, and you won’t believe it. If you missed the first video, then go ahead and click the link below that will get you there. You aren’t...

Flying Sparks Garfield C20 Work Truck On Sick Week: Race Day 1 The Thrashing Is Real!

The Sick Week adventures continue for Emily and Aaaron and the week starts off with huge thrash sessions happening in the pits. Check them out. Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are...

Transmission Zen Time: This Guided Tour Of The Disassembly Of An All-Original 1970s Turbo400 Transmission Rules

There’s nothing cooler than watching a master at work. Well, as the internet has discovered Richard at Precision Transmissions is one of those masters. The dude is an absolute genius with...

Dirthead Dave Is Going To A Birthday Party! Airbag Suspension, 4-Link, And An Epic Road Trip In The Old Butter Jeep.

Dirthead Dave’s yellow Jeep YJ was sitting for too long, and he recently got it back up and running and on the trail for Ultimate Adventure. But now he’s going off an another adventure to...

Here’s One Way To Calibrate Your Cheap Torque Wrench At Home!

Cheap tools keep getting better and better, there is no doubt, but torque wrenches have always been one of those tools that folks are afraid to cheap out on and we understand the thought behind it....

Daily Coverage From Sick Week 2023 – Motion Raceworks Crew Breaks Stuff, Lets A Kid Drive The Car, And Has Way Too Much Fun

We’re following several groups of folks on Sick Week, and one of them is the group of folks from Motion Raceworks. Led by Doug and Andy Cook, this band of brothers are in it for the adventure...

The Fab Forums Fox Body Project: Mini Tubs! More Tire Is Good. Part 1.

In the previous installments, Kyle put together a cool tube front end that replaces all the inner bumper and chassis structures, and then he built a bad ass dolly to move this thing around in his...

MIG Welding Basics For BEGINNERS!! How To Set Up Your Welder + Tips, Tricks & Techniques!!

Wanna learn to stack the dimes while welding? Want to do it with your MIG welder instead of a TIG? This video from Karl and Make it Kustom will show you how to do that and more in this MIG welding...

Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: The Exhaust Is Too Loud! Building Baffles At Home From Scrap.

The first drive on a new project is always nerve-racking and super exciting! It doesn’t need to go perfect to be awesome, but when things go right it certainly can be the thing you need to pull all...

Will It Survive The Drive? Flying Sparks Revived C20 Work Truck Headed Toward Sick Week

Road Trip! Emily and Aaron at Flying Sparks Garage are pretty good at the road trips, and also at getting long forgotten cars and trucks ready for them. That is the case with their awesome worktruck...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Ruining The Interior To Make The Car Cooler? Hmmm

Wow, just wow. This one might set a whole new bar. Tell us what you think. Is it good? Is it bad? Is he really just ruining a ’55 Chevrolet Nomad? Well, the forgotten project Nomad is moving...