Category Archive: ENGINES, TECH, Videos
Jackstand Jimmy Installs and Talks Through the Wastegate Merge – How To Twin Turbo, Gate, Merge
The best aftermarket companies are the ones whose products solve problems with great solutions. There are a lot of those kinds of products at Motion Raceworks and in this video you are going to see...
Flying Sparks Garage Is Road Tripping! Aaron and Emily Are Doing Power Tour In The Bronco
The good news is that they drive the Bronco a lot now, but they have never taken it on any long trips like the cross country trip that is Hot Rod’s Power Tour. So if they want to go next week,...
Video: When You De-Winterize An Old Boat, Don’t You Just Wonder If It Will Actually Start Sometimes?
If you live somewhere that freezes, which means a lot of the country, you need to make sure you winterize your boat so that the thing won’t freeze up and ruin stuff. If you leave the boat...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Wiring Up The LS Swap And Trying To Make A Column Shifter Work
Here is Part 9 of the 1951 Ford Project. There is a bunch of wiring cleanup to do when swapping an LS using the factory harness and ECU. Because this engine is staying stock, the factory ECU will do...
DOES A SMALLER LS CAM MAKE MORE TORQUE THAN A BIGGER LS CAM? AFR LS3 CAM TEST-STAGE 1 vs 2 vs 3!
Small cams are torque cams, bit cams are horsepower cams. Everyone knows that, so why is it that Richard Holdener is doing a Stage 1 vs 2 vs 3 AFR Cam test? Because testing is knowledge and makes it...
Best Gas Can? $140 Wavian vs Eagle, Surecan, Scepter, Briggs & Stratton, Midwest, VP Racing
Modern gas cans SUCK! With all the safety and weird locks and stuff it is so hard to actually use one that I often wonder whether they actually result in more spills and more danger for the user than...
The Abandoned $500 Chevy Nova: Will it RUN and DRIVE After 24 Years Parked?
In the last video we saw Tommy giving us a tour of this machine and get it out of the spot it had been sitting in for 24 years. Now he’s going to try and see if it even runs. When Tommy goes...
Iron Trap Model A Shop Truck: Simple Bolt On Ford Model A Hydraulic Brake Conversion
The Iron Trap shop truck project steers and has all kinds of fun new parts in it, but it doesn’t have any way of stopping right now so this video is going to show how to put some simple juice...
Make It Kustom Is Making Custom Formed Track Nose Panels And They Are Awesome
Custom metal shaping projects can vary dramatically, with some being pretty simple and straightforward and others requiring some pretty specific tools, planning, and skills. But if you break it down...
Polishing Turds Episode 4: Squaring The Decks On This Small Block To Make It Something Greater
In this latest episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the excitement that is decking the block. This series is of course done with tongue firmly in cheek, but the real...
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Steering Column, Pedals, And More!
Here is Part 8 of the 1951 Ford Project. In this episode of the build the steering column is going in, which does require a bit of tweaking for exhaust clearance, and the hanging pedal assembly is...
Adding A High Power Ignition To Your Sniper EFI Has Never Been Easier: Installing A Hyperspark Ignition Master Kit
Installing a Holley Sniper EFI system is really a simple process. With all the components they have available for fuel systems, the hard part really can be handled pretty easily. The rest of the...
Surface Rust Sucks! Here Are Some Rust Removal Secrets From The ProShaper Workshop
Flash rust or surface rust, whatever you want to call it, rust sucks when you go to work with a piece of sheet metal only to find it has a coating of it on one or both sides. You certainly...
Install Video: Check Out This How-To On Installing The Ridetech 1988-98 C1500 Coil Over Suspension! Awesome System
The 1988-98 Chevrolet truck platform has finally come into its own in the world of hot rodding and that means parts and pieces are being developed with a fury by the aftermarket. Ridetech recognizes...