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Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, Videos

Hemi Starion, Part Two: Making A Hole For The New Engine To Sit In!

One of the problems with cramming a large engine into a car that never came with one is that you have to re-engineer the whole car to make it fit. Think back to all of those rear-drive swapped...

Listen Up: Honest Abe Was A Gearhead: How Abraham Lincoln Became The Only President With A Patent and More!

Yes, Abraham Lincoln was a gearhead. The man who many still hold as the greatest President in the history of the United States is the only President to hold a patent and his legal work helped to lay...

Real Power Video: Intake and Exhaust Upgrades On A V6 Jeep – What’s It Worth At The Wheels?

Normally when we’re talking about a video from the Horsepower Monster channel on YouTube it’s all about an engine build, a dyno test, or other stuff of that nature. Well, this one dies...

Built For Comfort And Speed: GHPC’s 1000cc AWD Kart Gets Electric Power Steering!

I know I put a ton of Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s videos up. It’s because every single time they do something, I’m impressed with the craftsmanship that they put into it, the...

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The Ultimate Mentoring Program: Helping Kids, One LS Swapped Toyota Corolla At A Time!

How does a little Toyota Corolla hatchback, a ton of Holden Commodore parts, an LS engine that certainly didn’t come from the factory, and a youth mentorship program combine into a package that...

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The Hellephant Finalls Roars: Check Out This Hellephant Swapped Demon On The Chassis Dyno – Massive Horsepower!

Mopar lied. They said that the $29,995 Hellephant engine that was revealed at SEMA in 2018 would make 1,000hp and nearly equivalent torque. It took forever to get these engines into the hands of the...

Classic YouTube: Putting The Big Hurt On ‘Em With A Big-Cube Olds-Powered Delta Ninety-Eight!

ProLuxury: the idea that just because it’s a pillow barge from the height of the Brougham era, that it doesn’t mean it can’t haul major ass and behave like a muscle car. It’s...

Tool Time With Stevie Fast: He Proves The Old Adage That If They Can’t Find You Handsome, Let Them Find You Handy

You know Stevie Fast as a racer but how about as a guy around the shop. Can he do anything? Is he just a person that hangs onto the steering wheel and lets go of the button? The answer is that yes he...

Which Works Better For A Small-Block Chevy, The Carburetor Or The TPI System?

You can spot it a mile away, the TPI setup. One square brick with a throttle body at the end, with long runners leading down into the manifold base. If you were into late-model power in the 1980s and...

Like Butter: Tearing Through A Fire Hydrant With A 60,000 PSI Waterjet

Ah, the fire hydrant. Coated in multiple layers of peeling paint, visited by all the dogs in the neighborhood, cracked open when copious amounts of water is needed, they are icons of steadfast...

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Unhinged: My First Automotive Sin, And It Involved A Mustang II

It’s no secret that I appreciate the Mustang nobody else seems to, the Ford Mustang II. The early cars through 1970 are nearly worshipped. The 1971-73 big-body cars have a lot going for them,...

Watch This: You Really Can Fix Big Dents With Hand Tools!

My grandpa Lanning lived next door to a couple of guys that regularly built cars for themselves, and others, in the early 2000s when he was building a hot rod of his own. The neighbors, Jack and...

The Challenger Revival, Part 17: Cutting Through The Layers To The Inner Good

To date, most of McCool’s work on his 1973 Dodge Challenger has involved restoration: rust and rot repair, cleaning up the appearances, interior rebuilding, and so on and so forth. We’re...

History Lesson: The 1980s Front-Drive Offerings In The Name Of Performance

Look into the past and you will see a lot of ghosts of cars past, cars that were meant to make an impact. Some did, some didn’t. They were everywhere, then suddenly they were nowhere to be...