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[ April 24, 2022 ] 2022 AHRA No Name Nationals at Jeffers Motorsports Park, Sikeston, MO Car Shows & Events
[ August 8, 2022 ] How To Be Prepared For A Dyno Session And Not Waste Your Money How To & DIY
[ August 5, 2022 ] Are You Killing The Hot Rod Community? Don’t Be “That Guy” Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ July 26, 2022 ] Reversing Gears ~ Rescuing One’s Own Derelict 1967 Pontiac GTO Builds and Examples
[ July 24, 2022 ] How To Paint a Lace Roof on the Cheap Using Grandma’s Curtains How To & DIY
[ July 20, 2022 ] Exploring an Antique Junkyard in the Hills of West Virginia Projects & Parts For Sale
[ July 19, 2022 ] How To Cut Glass Mirror to Fix Broken Side View Wing Mirrors How To & DIY
[ July 19, 2022 ] The Rusty Truck Hillbilly Hauler and Fifth Wheel Camper ~ Full Tour Rides & Roadkillers
[ July 15, 2022 ] Tips for Buying a Used Car or Truck in Today’s Crazy Market Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ July 13, 2022 ] Best Stripped Thread Repair? Heli Coil vs TIME-SERT, JB Weld, Loctite Products & Reviews
[ July 11, 2022 ] 1,300HP Mercury Comet BRAKE FAILURE CRASH – Mistakes Were Made Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ July 3, 2022 ] How To Swap 1st Gen Dodge Truck Rotors from 5×5.5 to 5×4.5 How To & DIY
[ June 27, 2022 ] Amazing Chevrolet Small Block 283 Engine Rebuild Time-Lapse Builds and Examples
[ June 22, 2022 ] Hot Rod Power Tour EXPOSED — The TRUE Experience Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ June 20, 2022 ] DD Speed Shop Conquers The 2022 Hot Rod Power Tour Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ June 17, 2022 ] Bracket Drag Racing 101 ~ Understand the Essentials and How To Win Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ June 16, 2022 ] Repairing A Damaged and Dented Classic Truck Grill in 10 Minutes How To & DIY
[ June 15, 2022 ] Twin Turbo 1963 Divco Milk Truck Goes 114mph Rides & Roadkillers
[ June 10, 2022 ] How To Pass Drag Racing Tech Inspections for the No Name Nationals Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ June 5, 2022 ] 1927 Cadillac Series 314 Barn Find with Period Air Brake Conversion Builds and Examples
[ June 5, 2022 ] Swapping Holley Electric Choke to Manual Choke for Total Control How To & DIY
[ May 31, 2022 ] Will DD Speed Shop Survive the 2022 Power Tour In A 65 Year Old Chevy? Builds and Examples
[ May 24, 2022 ] How To Set Up a Ford 9 Inch Third Member for High-Performance Use How To & DIY
[ May 20, 2022 ] RolledRunner: Wrecked and Rolled 1969 Plymouth Road Runner Revival Builds and Examples
[ May 19, 2022 ] Product Review: Testing JEGS Engine Sling and Engine Cradle Products & Reviews
[ May 16, 2022 ] Life Advice For Young Car Guys — Win At Home In Your Own Garage Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ May 13, 2022 ] The Holey Goat 1970 Pontiac GTO Gets Legal and Goes Into The Wild! Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ May 11, 2022 ] Father Helps Son Build His First Hot Rod ~ 1959 Ford Custom Sedan Builds and Examples
[ May 9, 2022 ] 1954 Studebaker Straight Axle Conversion ~ IT’S NOT A GASSER Builds and Examples
[ May 8, 2022 ] Making a Ford 300 Inline 6 Hybrid with a 5.3 Liter Chevy LS Cylinder Head Builds and Examples
[ May 7, 2022 ] 2022 Roadkill Customs No Name 500 Channel and Vehicle Introductions Car Shows & Events

Adjustable Brake Proportioning Valve ~ What It Does and Why You Need It

March 31, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Matthew Finlay is working to finish up his disk brake conversion and an adjustable brake proportioning valve helped get it dialed in right. [More…]

How To Identify a 4L60E Transmission and Decipher Case Tags

March 28, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Various case changes and other differences in the 4l60E Transmission variations since 1993 are discussed with a full list of Tag ID meanings. [More…]

How To Select Spark Plugs For Your Engine

March 12, 2022 Roadkill Customs

How to properly prepare spark plugs for your engine combination and how you can use them to make a little extra horsepower on the cheap! [More…]

Power Timing Secrets For Classic Cars

March 7, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Uncle Tony’s Garage goes over a time-proven method that can make your car run better than it could just going by the factory specs. [More…]

Is America Wrong About Ethanol?

March 4, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Research from the University of Wisconsin: “the carbon intensity of corn ethanol is no less than gasoline and likely at least 24% higher.” [More…]

Hot Rodding 101 ~ Early Oldsmobile Rocket Engines 1949-1964

March 1, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Matt from Iron Trap Garage covers the first generation of Oldsmobile Rocket engines produced from 1949 to 1964. [More…]

What’s My Rear-End Gear Ratio and What Type Differential Do I Have?

February 15, 2022 Roadkill Customs

This is a simple method to determine your rear-end type and gear ratio without opening up your differential. [More…]

How To Properly Index Your Bellhousing and Why You Should

February 9, 2022 Roadkill Customs

One of the most misunderstood parts of mating an engine and transmission is indexing the bellhousing to the back of the engine properly. [More…]

Secret 1970s Factory Slap Shifter ~ The Engineers Must’ve Been Racers

January 29, 2022 Roadkill Customs

This factory shifter could be bumped up one gear at a time to prevent skipping a gear or accidentally hitting neutral at full throttle. [More…]

All About Your Engines Oil Pump

January 24, 2022 Roadkill Customs

Uncle Tony breaks down how a typical gerotor oil pump works, a breakdown of its parts, and how and why they go bad. [More…]