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Category Archive: HISTORIC, TECH, Videos

This Ferrari Could Be Worth $400,000, But It Sat Outside Rotting For The Past 12 years. Is This The Ultimate Score Or A Bad Dream?

Ferraris are cool and all, but I only know enough about them to be dangerous. But when a dude that is into Ferraris says that this Ferrari 512BBi is a rare bird that could be worth as much as...

Stay In Shape: This Video From QA1 Talks About The Importance Of Off-Season Suspension Maintenance For Drag, Street, and Circle Track Cars

If there is one part of racing and really hot rodding in general that does not get the attention that it deserves, it is maintenance. Keeping your parts, pieces, and car working the way it should...

This Welding Table Project Is Great For A Small Shop, And Allows It To Multitask Too

I’ve been welding for decades, and whether you weld for fun, for work, or as part of your other hobbies, there is nothing more useful than good tools and machines. But no matter how good your...

Might As Well Make It Pretty: Painting The Engine Donor Mustang Up

The original plan for this mid-’00s Mustang was simple: rip the Boss 302 engine out of the car and shove it into the best big-boy Bronco that the Deboss Garage guys could find. And like every...

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How To Convert A 4-Door Tri-Five Chevy Into A 2 Door In Your Garage.

I didn’t grow up as a Tri-Five Chevrolet guy. I always thought they were cool, but they were never “Me” until I stumbled upon a ’56 Wagon a jillion years ago now and ended up...

Cheap Turbo Combos! Is This Ebay GT45 Clone The Best Turbo Ever?

If a $163 turbocharger sounds awesome to some of you, and scary as hell to others, that’s okay. You are our people. On the one hand getting something like this that cheap just makes you giggle...

The Fiero Revival: Rebuilding The Shifter Because…Well, Why Not?

How technical will you get on an afternoon project? If you’re deep in the guts of an engine, trans or axle, you’re going to be in deep, that’s just the nature of the beast. But what...

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How Do I Know How Big My Fuel Injectors Need To Be? Richard Holdener Gives You The Simple Math Lesson So You Can Figure It Out Yourself!

Sizing injectors for your engine is NOT rocket science, but it is crazy how many people question and argue and worry about injector sizing for their combinations. The math is pretty simple actually....

Cool Turkey: Here’s How Railroad Mechanics Change Out The Wheels On A Railcar – Awesome

There are certain things that we don’t really think about that often but when we see a video illustrating them we cannot help but watch. One of those topics was ho railroad mechanics change out...

Aftermath and Insight: The Story Behind The Master Shredder Dyno Explosion and The True Level Of Destruction Is Amazing

This is one of the most stunning “follow-up” videos we have ever seen. When the Master Shredder truck from Industrial Injection blew up on the chassis dyno this year, it did so in a way...

Do Gen 3 Hemis Make More Power With An Aftermarket Cam? Of Course. But Which One Makes More? Early or Late Gen 3? Watch

With incredibly rare exception, swapping out the stock camshaft in an engine for one with more lift, duration, and different cam timing will make more power. But do similar camshaft upgrades make...

There’s A New 5-Speed In Town! Out With The TKO And In With The New TKX!!!

Introducing the newest, and ONLY, 5 speed transmission designed strictly with swaps in mind. This is the Tremec TKX. Honestly, this one has not been easy to keep under wraps. Security was so tight...

Junkyard L99 V8 Gets Nitrous Thrown At It. Will It Live?!?!? This Baby LT1 Is Only 4.3 Liters!

Back in the day when everyone wanted at LT1 to swap into their hot rod, many unknowing folks looked at donor Chevrolet Caprices and thought they were all LT1 equipped when in fact they often had 4.3L...

Cancer-Free: Making The Last Rust Repair On The Valiant Wagon

Getting every last scale of iron oxide out of a car that had it by the ton must be as satisfying as the moment the priest exorcises the demon from the afflicted. Few dare attempt and fewer still do a...

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