Category Archive: FORD, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Chassis Swap, LS Swap, And More! It All Starts Right Here.
Brent at Half Ass Kustoms just finished up a cool 1937 Ford Pickup project and is jumping right into a new project as well. This one also happens to be a Ford, but it’s going to be quite a bit...
DIY Metal Fab: Steel Plate HAMMER FORMING!! Step By Step with Simple Tools – G10 Van Battery Tray
There are several ways to make fairly complex sheet metal parts in your own home shop, but few have the factory appearance and satisfaction that hammer forming provides. Karl Fisher at Make It Kustom...
Iron Trap Garage Builds A Big Pole Barn ON TOP OF THEIR GARAGE!!!
When it comes to adding shop space to an existing building you have two choices, either go up or go out. Either way will work, but sometimes one is much easier than the other. In the case of...
Vice Grip Garage: Abandoned Camaro Race Car – Will It RUN AND RACE again?
Derek is back at it folks, and somehow he’s found another American flag-themed race car to revive. Like the Chevelle, this one is as patriotic looking as possible and was a competitive circle...
Finnegan’s Garage: FINALLY FIXING THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST 2JZ-SWAPPED DODGE CHARGER!!!
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or...
730-HP BBC ON 87-OCTANE!! HOW TO: 700-HP BIG-BLOCK CHEVY POWER COMBOS (ALL MOTOR, LOW COMP 540, SC 454 & TURBO 454)
There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given power output. Many ask about 600 horsepower combos for their muscle car...
Project Farm Tests Metal Cutting Blades: What’s The Best Metal Cutting Blade? “Dry Cut” vs “Abrasive” vs “Diamond” Blade. Diablo, DeWalt, Makita
Anyone who builds stuff from metal has to question what chop saw to use now that the world of metal cutting has come to know and love the dry saw. When companies like Evolution started selling a...
600-HP BIG-BLOCK CHEVY POWER COMBOS. FROM CHEAP JUNKYARD TURBO 8.1L TO ALL-MOTOR 496 TO SUPERCHARGED 454
There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given power output. Many ask about 600 horsepower combos for their muscle car...
This Single Seat Race Car Build Is Not What We Expected, Because It Is So Much Cooler!
Bennett’s Customs is an Australian is a traditional builder that does some pretty cool car and motorcycle projects, and they have embarked on a new project that must be done by September in...
HOW TO MAKE CHEAP, JUNKYARD BBC 454 POWER. HOW TO MAKE A 500+ HP BIG-BLOCK CHEVY POWER COMBOS WITH PEANUT PORT HEADS.
There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given power output. Many ask about 500 horsepower combo for their cruiser...
Vice Grip Garage Takes The Independence Chevelle To Cleetus And Cars And Does The Burnout Contest In The Rain!
In this latest Vice Grip Garage video Derek gets the Independence Chevelle ready to rock and make smoke at the Freedom Factory in Florida. It was Cleetus and Cars, and there was some rain expected,...
Matt And Mike From Iron Trap Unveil All The NOS GM Parts They Just Found! Buy This Stuff!
In a recent video from Matt and Mike at Iron Trap you saw them hit up this 100 foot long building in Virginia where a jillion NOS GM parts were stored along with some killer old Fords. The old Fords...
HOW TO BUILD CHEAP, EASY, JUNKYARD 400-HP BIG-BLOCK CHEVY POWER COMBOS! GEN 5 454, GEN 6 454 & GEN 7 8.1L 496 POWER
There are so many times that I’m at an event and someone comes up to me to talk engines and wants to know how to make a given power output. Many ask about 400 or 450 horsepower combo for their...
Iron Trap Visits A Virginia Drag Racer’s Collection – Oldsmobile Rocket Powered 1940 Ford Coupe And More!
When you are driving home from gathering up more vintage car parts, and you have room in the truck, you stop to see if you can collect more parts! When a viewer hit up Matt and the crew at Iron Trap...