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Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!

Dec 23, 20211320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories

Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!

If you watch videos from other countries, where guys are doing repairs that would seem nearly impossible without modern tools, you start to appreciate and understand what our grandparents and great grandparents were doing to make similar repairs. It’s a true testament to how good something can be even without CNC machines or what have you. In this video, the only equipment used to fix this completely snapped crankshaft is a drill press, a stick welder, and a lathe. The lathe isn’t anything new, but it does seem to work well, and the guy using it clearly knows what he’s doing. But the lathe could be 50 years old or 5, it’s all the same.

Watch as this guy cleans and machines each end of the broken pieces, which might actually be from two different crankshafts, slides them together, indexes them, and then gets his arc welding on. He then straightens the crank, machines the crank, and finally drills the oiling holes in it and then sends it on its way to be used in some truck or what have you. It’s impressive and you’ll dig it.

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Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.

Dec 23, 20211320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories

Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.

I get asked about LS engine combos all the time, and the overwhelming majority of them are from people who think that they need to build an engine with all aftermarket parts. When I ask them how much horsepower they want to make, the vast majority say something like 450 horsepower. This makes me shake my head, because making 400 to 500 horsepower is simple and doable if you have a 5.3 LS that runs. Stock they make 350 horsepower, so anything you do from there will make real power improvements. A camshaft and headers will make over 400, and when you combine an intake, heads, etc, there are real power numbers to be had. And then there’s nitrous! Okay that’s another video, these are completely naturally aspirated combos that are based on a stock bottom end 5.3L.

Check out Richard’s combos, dyno results, and more in the video below.

Video Description:

HOW DO I MAKE 500 HP WITH MY 5.3L? DO I NEED FORGED INTERNALS TO MAKE 500 HP WITH MY 5.3L? CAN MY 5.3L MAKE 500 HP WITHOUT BOOST? WHAT IS THE BEST CAM TO USE ON MY 5.3L? WHAT ARE THE BEST HEADS TO USE ON MY 5.3L? WHAT INTAKE SHOULD I USE ON MY 5.3L? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON THREE (3) DIFFERENT 5.3L BUILDS THAT NOT ONLY EXCEEDED 500 FLYWHEEL HP, BUT DID SO WITH THE STOCK BOTTOM END (STOCK BLOCK, CRANK, RODS AND PISTONS). ALL YOU NEED ARE THE RIGHT HEADS, CAM AND INTAKE (WITH HEADERS) AND YOU TOO CAN REACH THE 500-HP MARK.

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Best Torque Wrench? $450 Snap-On vs Craftsman, ICON, Kobalt, DeWalt, SK Tools, Proto, Wera

Several years ago the guys at Car Craft Magazine did a torque wrench shootout and found that the high dollar models from the big tool brands weren’t better, and in some cases were worse, than the cheap brands like you’d find at Harbor Freight, Home Depot, or Lowes. So when I saw this new test being done by the Project Farm youtube channel I immediately clicked on it. There are a lot of ways to test a torque wrench, but none are as good as using an actual torque wrench tester and that’s exactly what has been done in this video.

In addition to the torque wrench tester, they also did 1,000 cycles to see how accurate the torque wrench was after a lifetime of clicks. Accuracy was measured along with variation and all the results are given in this video. Check it out and see not only which torque wrench is best but also which one is right for you.

Video Description:

10 Wrenches Tested: Snap On, Wera, Craftsman, Kobalt, ICON, DeWalt SK Hand Tool, Proto Tools, Performance Tool, Lexivon, and a vintage Craftsman. Torque wrenches tested for initial accuracy when new at 50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 foot pounds. Wrenches were then tested at 50, 150, and 250 foot pounds in the counterclockwise direction. Subsequently, the wrenches were cycled 1,000 times at 100 foot pounds and then tested again for accuracy. My goal is to ALWAYS provide accurate and honest test results by avoiding outside pressure from manufacturers. To do this, I ALWAYS buy all of the products that I test along with the test equipment and supplies used for the testing. So, thank you very much for helping me achieve this goal by your support of the channel.

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New Product Install: New Mid-Mount Gen III HEMI Front Accessory Drive – HEMI Swap Greatness!

Dec 23, 20211320 New Drag Race Products, Apex New Products, ENGINE, ENGINES, New Products, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL New Truck Products

New Product Install: New Mid-Mount Gen III HEMI Front Accessory Drive – HEMI Swap Greatness!

One of the most annoying and frustrating parts of any late-model engine swap can be fitting a bunch of accessories that never came in your car up front and in between the engine and radiator. Whether you realize it or not, almost all of the late model V8 cars are considerably larger than their previous counterparts. A new Challenger is bigger than a 1970 Challenger, for example, and so is the underhood space. These new cars are designed to fit around all the stuff that needs to be on these late model engines, and the older cars weren’t. Thankfully the gang at Holley has come up with the solution. Their new Mid Mount accessory drive system is a game-changer.

When Holley came out with accessory drive systems for the LS engine it made swapping one into just about anything much less of a headache, and now Mopar fanatics are going to benefit from the same technology. Their bracketless design means everything fits tight to the block minimizing any chance of interference between accessories and the chassis, body, etc.

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Holley’s new Gen III Hemi Mid-Mount Accessory Drive Kits offers a simple, clean and reliable way to install all of the serpentine belt-driven accessories for your late-model Mopar engine onto our patent-pending bracket-less design. This allows the alternator, air conditioning pump, power steering pump, and everything else to be mounted tighter to the engine, making a Gen III Hemi swap an easier affair, regardless if you are using a VVT or non-VVT engine in your build! https://www.holley.com/products/engin…

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Best Torque Wrench? $450 Snap-On vs Craftsman, ICON, Kobalt, DeWalt, SK Tools, Proto, Wera
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Junkyard LS Cam Test: Will The Same Camshaft Work With A Carb, EFI, Nitrous, Or Boost?

Oct 03, 2021ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Junkyard LS Cam Test: Will The Same Camshaft Work With A Carb, EFI, Nitrous, Or Boost?

When it comes to camshafts there is never a shortage of opinions or available grinds. And one thing that I always find amusing is the “ideal conditions” world that so many hot rodders, racers, and tuners seem to think they are in, when in fact some very small percentage of them are in that place at all. If you are racing at very highly competitive, elite, or combination limited levels, where every single horsepower can make a difference between winning or losing, then having the perfect camshaft might be the difference over a weekend of racing. But if you aren’t in the small percentage of racers who find themselves in that position, then you open up a world that includes a lot of camshafts and engine components that will give you everything you need.

But do you have to have a different camshaft for your LS engine if you are running a carburetor instead of EFI? How about if you add boost to it? Richard Holdener has done the testing so that you can see the answers right here. Watch

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DO YOU NEED A SPECIFIC CAM FOR BOOST? WHAT ABOUT FOR A CARB, FOR EFI OR FOR NITROUS OXIDE? WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THE SAME CAM WORKS ON ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS? HAS RICHARD LOTS HIS MARBLES? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO WHERE I RAN THE SAME CAM ON A CARBURETED LS, A NITROUS LS, AN EFI LS AND A SUPERCHARGED EFI (GAS AND E85) LS. WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I RAN THE SAME COMP CAM DESIGNED FOR AN NA APPLICATION, ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMBOS? FULL DYNO RESULTS.

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Uncovering Original Paint With Oven Cleaner! This 1934 Ford 5 Window Gets Even Cooler!

Sep 19, 2021Hack of the Week, MISC, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Uncovering Original Paint With Oven Cleaner! This 1934 Ford 5 Window Gets Even Cooler!

I’m a fan of original paint and patina, but I hate the fake stuff. Sometimes the patina on a ride doesn’t look great because of a horrible repaint that makes the car look worse than it probably does underneath as well, and that’s what Matt was facing on his 1934 Ford 5 Window. It had received a brush on paint job that was doing it no favors, but he thought that there was original paint still hiding under it. After doing some testing, he got it figured out and is going to use oven cleaner to get down to the original paint and hopefully make this thing look a jillion times better than before.

Check out the video description below:

In the last video on the 1934 Ford 5 Window we briefly showed some of the original paint that we had started to uncover. Well after 40ish hours, Matt stripped 99% of tan paint that was brushed on back in the 1950s. Matt walks us through some tips and tricks to using Oven Cleaner to remove unwanted paint. While the paint is worn through in spots, we think it looks way nicer. Let us know down below what you think!!

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Finnegan And Newbern Make The World’s Biggest Rooster Tail With The Rogers Jet Boat!

Sep 06, 2021FUNNY STUFF, Hack of the Week, MISC, OTHER, RACING & ACTION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Finnegan And Newbern Make The World’s Biggest Rooster Tail With The Rogers Jet Boat!

Jet boat owners love a big rooster tail, because it looks cool not because it makes it go fast. With that said, there is an ideal angle for particular jet boat setups based on hull design, setback, etc. When in “race mode” a boat like this Rogers will want an angle of somewhere around 5 degrees up, but to get an ideal launch you want more water in the water. This is why race boats control the angle of the nozzle so that it can be in the ideal position for launch and then change to the ideal angle for high speed. But some folks use these to make a bigger rooster tail so they can look cool on the river. But not this big of a rooster tail. Cause this, this is something special. You know, like Newbern and Finnegan. This thing is a wheel standing, launch it out of the water machine now. It’s crazy.

They have stacked all the stuff that can make the nozzle aim higher, and taken off every single limiter. And now they have an insane angle that quite literally makes the biggest jet boat rooster tail in history. Oh and did I mention they tested it in a thunderstorm, on the lake, with the pouring rain and lightning all around them? Yeah, cause lightning doesn’t strike water….

Oh, and based on the level of giddy they have going on in this video, I’m expecting a second attempt for even bigger shenanigans.

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Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

Mar 21, 2021OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos

Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

We’ve featured Carbon Fiber fabrication videos from Street Bandito before, but this one is cooler yet. The process for building this small part can totally be replicated for something bigger, and other than the materials there are no special tools you can’t acquire pretty easily. This part is small, more decorative that structural, but ends up really nice and strong and is the first part he ever built himself. I dig it, and this video just makes me want to try it in my own garage. I’ve already been thinking I need an oven for the new shop in case I want to powder coat small parts or something, but this just cements the idea that I need it. An oven, a vacuum pump, and some materials and you are good to go. This is fun looking stuff and with the availability of resins and materials nowadays you can make virtually anything from Carbon Fiber.

What do you think? Would you try this at home?

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Just A Small Step In The Right Direction: Giving A 1964 Galaxie A New Spark

Jun 13, 2020TECH, Videos

Just A Small Step In The Right Direction: Giving A 1964 Galaxie A New Spark

I love the whole idea of driving your classic. They were regular cars that just managed to get old…what’s the issue with still driving them? Well…a couple of things, to be fair. Advances in technology have made keeping an engine in tune easier, parts wear out and electrical components get cooked over the years. That’s why we build these cars, that’s why maintaining them is so important, and that’s why keeping every last thing as it was back in the day may or may not be the best thing to do. Luke’s 1964 Ford Galaxie is a Midwestern gem, a four-door sedan that was treated wonderfully over the years. By all accounts, it should be a daily-driving gem as it is, and Luke is more than up for driving the car near-daily. But there are issues with this car, and in this video he will take on the ignition system with a new distributor and some spark tuning. This is one part of at least a two-part series that will give the Galaxie a much-needed boost in performance and a healthy step forward in actual drivability. It’s not as simple as swapping a distributor, either!

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Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock Radiator Cap Should Be Mandatory Equipment On Every Race Car

In racing we always talk about the big stuff. We talk about big tires, big horsepower, big numbers, and big performances but the reality is that the little things are what not only win you races but keep you safe. Take the Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock radiator cap. This device is a real world solution to a real world problem. I can give you at least a dozen examples of wrecks I have seen on the track due to people’s radiator caps failing, coming off, or otherwise letting them down. With the unique and awesome Safety Lock design, these problems are quite literally eliminated.

Made from billet aluminum and available in multiple pressures, the cap utilizes a roller pin design to contact and secure itself to the filler neck and then there’s the locking shell which is quite literally the lynch pin of the system. Once the shell is installed and the safety pin is inserted, that thing cannot come off.

There’s nothing worse than wrecking your stuff because of something like a radiator cap. Actually there is. There’s wrecking the track for your fellow competitors and potentially wrecking someone else’s car if they get caught up in your mess. This is a great solution to a problem that exists in the world and can be solved. We think every race car in the country needs one!

Press play below to see a great video on the Meziere locking safety radiator cap –

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