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Category Archive: MOPAR, TECH, Videos

Hot Rod Garage Gets Serious With Their Demon 340’s Build: All-New Bolt In Suspension Parts! (And RIP 340…)

Tony Angelo’s 1971 Dodge Demon 340 is a looker, but a runner it is not. Ok, it was for about five minutes after it was roused out of an 18-year slumber, but between then and now, some seriously...

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Automotive Resuscitation: Watch As This 340 Demon Is Brought Back To Life After 18 Years In Storage

Tony Angelo…drifter, Hot Rod Garage host…and Mopar guy? Yep, it’s true. That 1971 Dodge Demon 340 sitting there, in it’s nearly blinding Green Go paint, is Angelo’s...

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The Only Thing We Know About A Swincar Is That We Want One. Now.

It’s called the “Swincar.” It’s made in France by a company called Mecanroc, who constantly refer to the car as a “spider on wheels”. Ok, fine. It’s all...

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Welding How To: How To Properly Mig Weld Common Rollbar Or Rollcage Joints

This video seems like a simple one on the surface, but gives some tips that will keep you from welding up joints that look like the crap they show for examples of what not to do in this video. It...

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Caption This: Tesla Has A New Snake-Like Charger That Finds The Car’s Charging Port Like A…Uh, Well…

Count this as the first time I’ve seen an automotive video, backed away from the computer, and went for a walk to come to terms with what I just saw. Was it the future? Was it real? Was...

This Is A Functioning, Remote-Controlled 18-wheel Liebherr Mobile Crane Made Out Of Legos. Guess What Just Hit Brian’s Christmas List?

Lohnes loves large-scale machinery like a fat kid loves cake, but he’s pretty much reached the limit of acceptability when it comes to owning the real deals with his wife. That isn’t a...

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Lessons On Preparing Your Rear End And Gratuitous Van Burnouts, Courtesy Of Hot Rod Garage!

As you may have known, the Roadkill guys jammed a healthy LS7 into a 1973 Chevrolet van with help and parts from MSD and Holley for the goal of taking it on Power Tour this year. It’s a unique...

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Intake Tech: Edelbrock Drops The Knowledge On Single VS Dual Plane, What May Be Best For You

While we all fantasize about building some full-kill engine that can swallow all of the competition whole, ordering your parts by using the “bottom of the page” method of decision making...

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Colin Furze’s Jet Kart: Proof That There Are Still Mad Scientists Out There

The last time we checked in on Master Furze, he had strapped a crotch-rocket engine to a weaponized Tuk-Tuk delivery cart and was driving around, roosting up dirt, blowing shit up and setting things...

Hot Rod Garage Unveils Their New Project, A 1974 Chevy Van That’s Getting 630HP Of Lingenfelter Power

Freiburger is building a van. No, that’s not a joke…the TEN Network and MSD are teaming up to turn a fairly worn 1974 Chevy short-wheelbase van into a 630 horsepower stomper that the...

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Toyota Responds To The Hydrogen-Powered Mirai’s Critics By Proving That The Car Does Run On B.S.

In the race to find a viable alternative to the internal combustion engine, it would seem that electric power might be the only game in town, but for Toyota, the concept of a hydrogen fuel cell...

Freiburger Finishes Off The EBC Brakes Mustang And Finnegan Talks Some Smack On This Episode Of Hot Rod Garage!

For the last few episodes of Hot Rod Garage, Freiburger has been taking us through a budget-minded build of a 2005 Ford Mustang GT that was tuned to have a little more power and a lot more handling...

Freiburger Is Back With A Bolt-On Suspension Kit For Hot Rod Garage’s Mustang…And You’ve Got To See This Episode’s Q&A Session!

We’re really digging what Freiburger and crew are doing to the black 2005 Ford Mustang GT on Hot Rod Garage, which is pretty much what we’re doing to our Chrysler 300C. Hmm…maybe...

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Watch Some Crazy Brits Make A Mini All Wheel Drive And Turbocharged! Part 2

This has to be one of the greatest build videos we’ve ever seen. Not only do these guys from Bad Obsession Motorsport have a great sense of humor, they have after all named this thing Project...

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