Category Archive: Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
TRY This SIMPLE Trick to Build Curved Flanges for Inner Structures!! (Hammer Forming + Dimple Die)
More metal fabrication tech from Make It Kustom’s Karl Fisher. Because so many of you asked about how he made the inner bracing on the Model A project, he’s dedicated an entire video to...
How To Make This EASY Dimple Die Tool for Under 20 Bucks!!! ( With Just a Welder + Grinder!!! )
You know how much we love to make tools around here, and so whenever we find a video showing how to build one we’re all over it. One of our favorite tech channels on YouTube is Make it Kustom...
The Hamill SR3 Is An Insane Small Block Powered Roller Skate – Ride In One At Goodwood Here
The Can-Am racing of the middle 1960s was all a prelude to what would become the most famous road racing series in the world for a couple of years in the early 1970s. It was also the period of time...
Listen To This 482ci Tunnel Port Headed FE Engine Sing Beautiful Songs On The Dyno
I know I am kind of an FE fan boy but why shouldn’t I be? The insanely diverse and awesome engine family powered everything from trucks to NASCAR stock cars to NHRA nitro powered machines,...
Wagons, Ho: Junkyard Digs Dives Head-First Into AMC Eagle Lunacy!
AMC Eagles are a strange thing to me. On one hand, they are American Motors doing what they did best after 1970…which is to say, they’re re-heated Hornet leftovers that probably...
So Weird It’s Cool, So Ugly Its Beautiful: The Alfa Romeo SZ Is A Strange Car Built By A Sometimes Strange Company
This is a great video on a car we never knew existed. The video tells the story of the Alfa Romeo SZ which was the oddball dream of old school Alfa Romeo internal leadership that wanted to...
Wild Machine: Watch This Nissan Patrol Make 2,400hp On The Dyno With A 5.3L Nissan Inline Six
This right here is wild. You are going to see a Nissan Patrol built for the Aussie version of Drag Week known as “Drag Challenge” make more than 2,400hp on the hub dyno using an engine...
You Wish: This Comparison Between A Real Makita Electric Impact And A Wish Knockoff Is Pretty Great
This is some great stuff. Before today we never knew of the Torque Test Channel on YouTube. These guys have built all kinds of neat testing rigs to see if impact tools live up to their advertised...
72 Tracks in 25 Years: This Video Takes A Speedy Look At Every Place IndyCar Has Raced Over The Last Quarter Century – Wild!
IndyCar has had an amazing history with racing facilities. If you go back into the 1970s and 80s, this list of 72 tracks in the last 25 years would balloon to well over 100 with all of the places...
Interview Video: Tony Schumacher Is Back Full Time In NHRA Top Fuel For 2022 – He Talks About How It Came Together
The news bombs have been dropping around NHRA in quick succession over the last two weeks. The first huge one to hit was the announcement by DSR that Tony Schumacher would be racing full time in top...
Metal Fab Tech: How To Make Rectangle Tube Bends WITHOUT a Bender in ANY Size + Radius!!
If you want really nice smooth bends in square or rectangular tubing you usually need a mandrel bender, but there are plenty of times when you want to build something out of rectangular tubing and...
Edd China’s Workshop Diaries: Is The Mini Rally Build Finally Complete?
If you’ve been following our Edd China Workshop Diaries videos then you know that he’s been working on a friend’s Mini Cooper rally race car. The thing came in for what should have...
TURBO TECH: COMPOUND TURBOS VS SINGLE TURBO – SHOULD YOU RUN COMPOUND TURBOS ON YOUR JUNKYARD LS?
Compound turbos are nothing new, but have become a talking point again recently in a variety of racing and street applications. If you aren’t familiar, here are the basics. For this story...
