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Category Archive: BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Building Aluminum Body Panels For A 1979 Firebird From Scratch! English Wheeling Aluminum Panels – 1979 Firebird Part 1

This is awesome! This project is a 1979 Firebird and it is being built by a guy who decided he didn’t want restoration parts, but rather to build as much of the car out of aluminum as possible....

Dylan McCool Is Teaching a High Schooler How to Pull an Engine for the First Time

I honestly can’t remember the first time I was around an engine getting pulled from a car, because I’ve been around it since I was born. But I do remember pulling engines at my...

HOW WELL DOES STACK INJECTION REALLY WORK? DUAL SBF STACK TEST, 331 & 408 STROKER-FULL DYNO RESULTS

Stack Injection, or Individual Runner Injection, whatever you call it, there is nothing that looks quite like it. If you aren’t familiar, this is a setup that has been around for decades and...

Tri Five Nationals 2023 – Survivors, Barn Finds and Drag Cars With The Hot Rod Hoarder

Last weekend’s Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky was as good as it gets, and luckily Tommy Lee Byrd was on hand shooting video and finding all the cool stuff to share with all of us....

HOW CAN I MAKE MORE POWER FROM MY 190 Horsepower SBC 350? BOLT ONS VS BOOST-WHICH ONE MAKES MORE POWER? TRY BOTH!

We all know you can make real power with any of the common hot rod and racing engine platforms, and that the small-block Chevrolet is obviously capable of being built into a real race engine. But...

New Arrivals At The Wrecking Yard: New Inventory! 1963 Dodge Custom 880 Convertible!!!!! Super Cool Drop Top Dodge!

There is no shortage of cool project cars at Nobody Else’s Auto in Great Bend Kansas, but this one here is something special. I’m a big fan of convertibles, and this one here is pretty...

LS3 VS LS7 HEAD TEST-WHICH PORTED HEADS MAKE THE MOST POWER? 720+ HP 427 TEST MOTOR (FULL RESULTS)

The internet is full of experts who swear they know they answer to this question, but very often the information you get is based on seat of the pants feelings, or straight theory, and while...

Dirthead Dave Adventures: Trail Days on the OnX Offroad Build Challenge during Ultimate Adventure did NOT disappoint!

The onX Offroad Build Challenge is a cool deal where three teams go head to head building their own off-road rigs and then running them during the Ultimate Adventure off-road event. Ultimate...

Surprising 1320 Garage Tour: TimeCapsule Eclipse & STOLEN SEMA ITEMS?!

If you are familiar with Chillin’ with Chet, then you know that there are some pretty cool cars in the collection. In this newest 1320Garage video you are going to get to experience it all with...

Heads Up Drag Racing Video – Hot Summer Nights – MoKan Dragway

Thanks to our friends at Urban Hillbilly Videos we’ve got Hot Summer Nights racing action from Mo-Kan Dragway in Missouri. Mo-Kan is a fun spot with great racing and this video is all about it....

A Week In The Life Of IronTrap Garage – Massive Flathead Collection, Early Fords and More!

Matt and the gang at IronTrap Garage have some pretty cool adventures and are always finding the coolest cars, collections, stashes, and parts. I love that they have decided to share a week in the...

Alex Taylor Is Driving a 12x Record Holding Camaro At Bonneville Speed Week: 200+ MPH for TWO Miles – Insane! Speed Week 2023 Wrap Up – Video 7

In this video, the 5th of Alex’s adventures on the salt, she’s a licensed driver! How fast will she go? Will she get to 200 mph? More than 200 mph? Watch and find out. The weather has not...

Newbern Has A New Ramp Truck Project! This 1968 C50 Is Going To Be Awesome!

Newbern has spent way too much time around all of Finnegan’s ramp trucks, so now he’s going to embark on his own ramp truck project. He and Wesley just picked up this bad ass peach and...

Rebeldryver’s Ford 428 FE Project Part 7: First Fire Of His Newly Rebuilt Ford 428. Will It Run Or Be Another Failure?

In Part 7 of the build, Scott bolts this sucker to the engine run stand to see if it will actually fire up and not eat itself like the last time it was rebuilt. Let’s see how it all works out,...