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Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Water Meth Or Intercooler? Which One Really Does A Better Job Of Cooling An Intake Charge

Meth is bad kids, but water meth is good. Real good. As good as an intercooler though? What do you think? It can absolutely lower air intake charge temps and raise octane as well. We’ve used it...

Road To The Riddler: What Taking A Custom To Detroit To Compete For The Ridler Is Really Like

“There are custom cars, high-end builds…and then there are Ridler contenders.” In this video from our friends at Auto Revolution you see what it takes for Pro Design Hot Rods and...

Step 3, Repair: Street Machine Gets To Work On Fixing Their 1JZ-Powered Volvo

Plenty of people love a good Volvo. I’m one of them…I can appreciate a good 240-series brick, it’s the first car I ever did a worthy burnout in, the first car that taught me the...

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Dissection Time: The Mechanical Fuel Pump – Anvil-Simple In Detail!

It’s taken a couple of days and more cleaner than I’ve ever used in my lifetime on only half an engine, but it appears that the “melted ice cream” sludge that coated...

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Misery 2: Mighty Car Mods’ Toyota MR2 Is Proving To Be A Rusty Nightmare

As much as anybody could bitch about any car they are actively turning wrenches on, some cars are more of a nightmare than others, aren’t they? Third-gen F-bodies and their spark plugs,...

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Own A C4 Corvette? RideTech Has Two Options To Revamp The Performance Of Your ‘Vette!

At this moment in time, we firmly blieve that the C4 Corvette represents the best performance bang for the buck spend in the used high performance market today. These cars are are the rock bottom of...

Rocking A C3 Corvette? Holley Has Released Braking, Suspension, and Fuel System Components Just For You!

If you are a fan of the C3 Corvette and especially if you are the owner of a C3 Corvette, it is time to get excited over the latest news from Holley. Those guys have released performance brake...

The Sheet Steel CNC Plasma Cut Motorcycle Frame Gets Welded Up!

Here it is folks! Matt’s plate steel cnc plasma cut frame is being welded together now and should be amazing when done! I love this project and it is fun to see just how cool a simple cnc...

Wanna Know What A Blueprint 540 Makes On Nitrous? With A Roots Blower? With Twin Turbos? With A ProCharger? Watch This.

When Blueprint Engines came out with their power adder series of crate engines we got one of the very first off the assembly line. It was their 400 cubic inch traditional small block featuring forged...

Suspension Tech Video: How To Calculate Spring Rate With The Guys At QA1 – Get It Right The First Time

We live in a world where the high performance aftermarket can service every single one of your needs, especially when it comes to suspension. We don’t live in a world where people have...

The Fiero Revival: Now That It Runs Fine, Time To Get Onto The Body Work

Ronnie’s progress with his Pontiac Fiero has been astounding. The man is focused on the details and is as in-depth as they get, which makes all of the work involved in bringing a derelict,...

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Soap And Water: Scrubbing The Life Back Into A YJ Wrangler

I feel like the words “soap and water” have been involved in at least 75% of my conversations of the last week or so. You can’t completely defeat everything in life with soap and...

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LS Power Recipes That Work: Pick Your Power Level Right Here.

For years I’ve been telling people that if you want to know how to make a certain amount of power with an LS you need to listen to Richard Holdener. This guys has tested more engines on the...

Dyno Test Video: Measuring The Gains Of Roller Rockers On A Hot Rod Stroker Jeep Inline Six Engine

It’s the age old question that hot rodders have asked themselves since the dawn of time. “Are they worth the money?” This goes for basically any part of parts that people have to...