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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...

Warp Zone: Finnegan’s Twin-Turbo Jet Boat Hits The Water!

Mike Finnegan came to fame as the co-host of Roadkill, but among the man’s many different facets of interest, the one that is the strangest in my eyes is that the dude drag races boats. This...

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Project Townado: The Cleveland Lands Back In The 1976 F-350 And The Truck Starts Coming Back Together

We have been having a blast watching the Full Boost YouTube channel Project Townado come back together. The 1976 Ford F-350 ramp truck was blown apart, the engine was torn down partially, the heads...

The 100 Horsepower Power Wheels Jeep: Shock Tuning And More Frame Structure Fabrication

We want this Jeep to run so badly. We want to see this little four-wheel-drive testament to engineering gone insane to be functional, to drift corners with one front wheel hiked in the air while...

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Trick Horse: Keeping A Ford Pinto As A Daily Driver With The Power Of Holley Sniper EFI!

I conjured up the idea of “Pro Commuter” a couple of years ago and far as I can tell, I’m the only one who cares anything about the concept. But the idea itself seems to have some...

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Watch Rob Dahm’s Insane Billet 4-Rotor RX-7 Make Repeated 1,000hp AWD Dyno Pulls! This Is Mental

Rob Dahm’s RX-7 build is one of the most wildly awesome things on the internet. Not content to just do it like so many others have, Dahm is building what is basically the fastest, hardest core,...

Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Build: More Machine Shop Action, Some Carnage, and The Repairs That Save The Day

When last we checked in on the Hagerty Redline Rebuild Buick straight eight engine project, a few of the bores had been condemned to be hogged out for sleeves and a couple of them had been given the...

Project Binky Gets An Engine Rebuild: Better Parts For More Boost!

Project Binky is at the bodyshop getting pretty, which is weird to say by the way, but while the bodyshop is slinging Bondo there is still plenty to do to get it ready to put back together. Before it...

Short Stroke 8,000 RPM LS Screamer! This Sucker Makes Big Power And Revs For Days!

You gotta love a short stroke high rpm engine combo. I mean who doesn’t like the sound of a V8 engine at 8,000 rpm? Ford, Chevrolet, Mopar, they are all awesome up there. But GM’s LS...