Category Archive: ENGINES, TECH, Videos
Which Works Better For A Small-Block Chevy, The Carburetor Or The TPI System?
You can spot it a mile away, the TPI setup. One square brick with a throttle body at the end, with long runners leading down into the manifold base. If you were into late-model power in the 1980s and...
Watch This: You Really Can Fix Big Dents With Hand Tools!
My grandpa Lanning lived next door to a couple of guys that regularly built cars for themselves, and others, in the early 2000s when he was building a hot rod of his own. The neighbors, Jack and...
The Challenger Revival, Part 17: Cutting Through The Layers To The Inner Good
To date, most of McCool’s work on his 1973 Dodge Challenger has involved restoration: rust and rot repair, cleaning up the appearances, interior rebuilding, and so on and so forth. We’re...
Close Enough: Finnegan Finally Gets The Full Force Of His Wicked Twin-Turbo Jet Boat!
Okay, by his own admission, he wasn’t a full 100% throttle on his passes. But anything over quarter-throttle in what basically is a wood plank with a twin-turbocharged Sonny Leonard mill...
Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock Radiator Cap Should Be Mandatory Equipment On Every Race Car
In racing we always talk about the big stuff. We talk about big tires, big horsepower, big numbers, and big performances but the reality is that the little things are what not only win you races but...
How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!
This is an awesome video that shows us some amazing stuff about one of the aftermarket industry’s truly important names. Yes, we are going inside the COMP Cams factory in Tennessee to see how a...
Great Video: An In-Depth Discussion About Clutches and Torque Converters With McLeod and FTI Hosted By VMP
Soooo, a supercharger company hosting a clutch manufacturer and torque converter outfit on their weekly tuning show? Does this make any sense? Of course it does! It actually makes all the sense in...
Adjustable Shocks You Are Afraid To Use? Watch This Video From QA1 And Get Over Yourself!
There’s a syndrome that befalls even the most hardcore of hot rodders. That is the paralysis by too may adjustments that comes with adding lots of cool parts to your car. There’s the carb...
The Skid Factory Take On An Early Toyota MR2 Restoration Project…Begrudgingly, It Seems!
Not too long ago, during a competition for a mid or rear-engined vehicle, Marty from the Mighty Car Mods started working on an SW20-era Toyota MR2 and by the end of it, his absolute disdain for the...
Do You Know How To Get The Right Shifter Position On Your Tremec Transmission? Watch And Learn How To Change It.
Tremec transmissions have some cool features that aren’t just about handling huge amounts of power and providing a great driving experience for your engine. Nope, a lot of what makes driving...
Do It Yerself Wiring Kit: The LeManster Project Gets A Home-Built Wiring Job!
For a car that spent decades rotting away in damp soil and the occasional flood situation, the “LeManster” Pontiac that Junkyard Digs has been working on is coming together pretty...
The Challenger Revival, Part 15: Window Trim And Glass Installation
Pandemic or not, projects are still in need of work and work they shall get. It’s the best way to spend the time stuck at home, isn’t it? You were told that you didn’t need to go...
