Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, TECH, Videos
The Mongrel Build Part 48: The Final Final Rust Repair Is Done. This Little Ride Is Getting Close To Tire Smoke And Fun!
Apr 06, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Mongrel Build Part 48: The Final Final Rust Repair Is Done. This Little Ride Is Getting Close To Tire Smoke And Fun!
If you haven’t been following the Mongrel build, you have been missing out. I mean who would have thought that a Ford 100E and a Miata could end up together in such perfect harmony. It’s...
Mopar Pinion Snubbers – When To Use Them And When To Ditch Them
Mar 28, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Mopar Pinion Snubbers – When To Use Them And When To Ditch Them
Chrysler suspension systems are pretty straightforward for many years: torsion bars up front, leaf springs out back. The system appeared in two different layouts: the parallel-bar system that could...
Axle Necropsy: How Badly Did Finnegan Kill The Ramp Truck’s Dana 70?
Mar 27, 2019Bryan McTaggart1
Finnegan’s original car hauler, the Roadkill Ramp Truck, has been enjoying a pretty solid build. It’s gotten a full Cummins swap that’s nicely wicked up via a compound turbocharging...
Hell On Parts: This Bugatti Brake Testing Video Is 1,800-Degrees Of Gnarly
Mar 25, 2019Brian Lohnes1
Yeah, you are looking at a brake rotor that is carry about 2,000-degrees of temperature in the middle of a brake testing regimen that would make even the most brutally harsh engineer cringe. The work...
Holley’s New Terminator Max LS Fuel Injection System Is Awesome And Affordable. Watch This To Learn All About It!
Mar 24, 2019Chad Reynolds2
When the folks at Holley EFI announced the new Terminator this week, a stand alone EFI system for LS engines that is amazingly feature packed, the LS swap world collectively gasped in awe. This...
The Coyote-Swapped Fusion: More Fabrication And The First Start!
Mar 24, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Coyote-Swapped Fusion: More Fabrication And The First Start!
We’ve been following Matt Soppa’s RWD-converted, Coyote-swapped 2016 Ford Fusion build since we first laid eyes on the subject. With looks that echo the dearly departed Australian-market...
These Eastwood Videos Show Just How To Use A Bead Roller On Some Of Your Projects. We Want One!
Mar 24, 2019Chad Reynolds1
The list of tools and shop equipment that I want in my new shop is as long as my arm, and I know I’ll not be able to get them all right away. But, when I do start acquiring some of them, you...
Rousing The Dead: After 24 Years Quiet, This 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Will Wake Up!
Mar 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rousing The Dead: After 24 Years Quiet, This 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 Will Wake Up!
It probably seems like I’m stuck on revival videos…and I am, for good reason: inspiration. When your project car has spent five of seven years dead, sooner or later you start to lose hope...
Want To Learn How To Use An English Wheel On Your Own Projects? Watch This!
Mar 23, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Want To Learn How To Use An English Wheel On Your Own Projects? Watch This!
An English wheel is one of those tools that you only have if you are serious about shaping metal. Most race and customs shops don’t even have one. The art, and we do mean art, of using one...
The 4.2L Vortec Checker Build: Shift Linkage, Fuel In, And Maybe A Start?
Mar 22, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The 4.2L Vortec Checker Build: Shift Linkage, Fuel In, And Maybe A Start?
Making sure that a engine is bolted into a car and won’t go anywhere anytime soon is actually the easy part of a swap. You can bolt something together, right? Of course, that’s easy...
Harbor Freight Welding Table Hack: How To Make This Cheap Little Table Kind Of Bad Ass
Mar 17, 2019Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Harbor Freight Welding Table Hack: How To Make This Cheap Little Table Kind Of Bad Ass
Welding tables are one of those things where what you want and what you have room for, are usually two different things. I know, because I can’t wait to get my big shop done so I can build a...
Skin Grafting: Replacing A Rotted Trunk Floor In Two Steps: Cut Out Bad, Weld In Good
Mar 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart2
If there is one thing that bothers me about living in the Midwest, it’s rust. Remember, my roots are further west than Kentucky…Colorado has plenty of good metal to work with, Arizona has...
How To Make Cool Stuff With A Cheap Bead Roller And A Plan
Mar 16, 2019Chad Reynolds1
Bead rolling is one of those things that really does make a huge difference in both the strength and appearance of sheetmetal parts for your projects. Do it half assed and you can still get the good...
Engine Autopsy: Here’s A Look Inside The Ill-Fated DeBoss Garage 16-Cylinder Detroit Diesel
Mar 06, 2019Brian Lohnes1
About a week ago we showed you the DeBoss Garage video of the guys buying a junkyard Detroit Diesel V16 engine, getting it running, and then blowing the sucker up for fun. It was going to be crushed...