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[ October 21, 2019 ] 1933 Plymouth Hot Rod ~ Burnouts and Shredding Tires Rides & Roadkillers
[ October 21, 2019 ] 66 Smoke ~ Cummins Powered 1966 Ford F-100 Rides & Roadkillers
[ October 20, 2019 ] Rebuilding Gas Monkey Garage’s Wrecked 1976 Chevrolet C10 Builds and Examples
[ October 20, 2019 ] River Find ~ Corvette Found and Rescued (kinda) at Boat Launch Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 20, 2019 ] DIY Budget Cylinder Head Rebuild DIY Projects
[ October 20, 2019 ] Zoomies ~ How To Fabricate Custom Headers How To & DIY
[ October 19, 2019 ] Fast Freddie’s ’69 Dodge Dart GTS RestoMod Build Builds and Examples
[ October 19, 2019 ] The Engine that Replaced the Flathead ~ Ford Y-Block Build Builds and Examples
[ October 19, 2019 ] I Bought Every Harbor Freight ICON Tool They Had Products & Reviews
[ October 18, 2019 ] How To Install a Welder Series Universal Rear Step Notch Kit How To & DIY
[ October 18, 2019 ] Hershey AACA Fall Swap Meet 2019 Car Shows & Events
[ October 17, 2019 ] Vapor ~ 1965 Ford Mustang E-Force Supercharged 5.0 Coyote Build Roadkill Muscle
[ October 17, 2019 ] Budget Sound Deadening Alternatives to Dynamat DIY Projects
[ October 16, 2019 ] How to Apply Rust Encapsulator Plus to a Rusty Rear End How To & DIY
[ October 15, 2019 ] 8 Mind-Blowing RestoMods and Custom Cars Ideas
[ October 15, 2019 ] Uncovering Buried Secrets in a Warplane Graveyard Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 15, 2019 ] Jessi Combs May Still Get ‘Fastest Woman’ Guinness World Record Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 14, 2019 ] Testing the Cheapest vs Most Expensive Impact Drivers on Amazon Products & Reviews
[ October 13, 2019 ] Abandoned Plymouth Satellite Revival ~ First Start In 35 Years Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 13, 2019 ] Best Advertising Of The Hershey AACA Swap Meet 2019 Car Shows & Events
[ October 12, 2019 ] CHP Reveals Official Cause of Kevin Hart ‘Cuda Crash Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 12, 2019 ] How To Make DIY Carbon Fiber Fenders and Body Panels How To & DIY
[ October 12, 2019 ] SEMA 2019 Sneak Peeks and Leaks Car Shows & Events
[ October 11, 2019 ] 2019 SEMA Battle of the Builders Car Shows & Events
[ October 11, 2019 ] Recipe For A Hot, Low Budget 318 Mopar Engine DIY Projects
[ October 11, 2019 ] Best Of The Hershey AACA Fall Swap Meet Car Corral Car Shows & Events
[ October 11, 2019 ] Ken Block’s Ultimate Home Garage Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 10, 2019 ] If You Own Work Boots You NEED This Hack! Hot Rod Lifestyle
[ October 10, 2019 ] This Diesel Motorcycle Is Built From Everything… Including The Kitchen Sink Ideas
[ October 10, 2019 ] Junkyard Pickin’ with WelderUp’s Steve Darnell Hot Rod Lifestyle

DIY Budget Cylinder Head Rebuild

October 20, 2019 Roadkill Customs

These tips will work on SB or BB Chevy, Ford and Mopar engines – pulling valve stem seals, removing valve springs, lapping valves, checking valve seat seal, cleaning aluminum heads and more… [More…]

Budget Sound Deadening Alternatives to Dynamat

October 17, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Nothing ruins a sweet ride more than vibrations and doors that rattle. Here’s how to sound deaden and insulate your ride on a budget. [More…]

Chevrolet Monte Carlo ~ Everything You Need to Know

Chevy Monte Carlo ~ Everything You Need to Know

October 1, 2019 Roadkill Customs

The car built to destroy Ford Thunderbirds on the oval. Here’s everything you need to know about the Chevrolet Monte Carlo. [More…]

700R4/4L80E Transmission Racing Upgrades

Racing Your 700R4/4L60E? START With THESE Basic Upgrades

September 30, 2019 Roadkill Customs

You want to race your 700R4/4L60E transmission, here are the minimum upgrades to help your driveline stay in one piece at the race track. [More…]

Will a Gas Engine Run on Charcoal Lighter Fluid?

September 23, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Charcoal lighter fluid is tested as a gasoline substitute in EFI, carbureted, and (see-through) Wankel rotary engines. [More…]

The Science Of Flatness

September 22, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Flatness is an often misrepresented property of our own intuition. Many of the objects we consider flat, pale in comparison to surfaces manufactured to actually be flat. It’s also a property that our industrialized world [More…]

The Spark Plug Story

September 22, 2019 Roadkill Customs

The first documented use of a spark plug in an internal combustion engine was attributed to the Belgian Engineer Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir in 1859. Lenoir is known for developing the first internal combustion engine, [More…]

4L80E, 4L60E,and TH400 Transmission Dimensions

4L60 vs 4L80 Transmission for Your LS Swap

September 14, 2019 Roadkill Customs

The Driveway Engineer helps you answer the 4L60 vs 4L80 transmission question for your LS swap, but cautions; stop wasting $ on Built 4L60’s. [More…]

Barracuda ~ Everything You Need To Know

September 12, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Plymouth gave us the Barracuda! A car so cool that the rock band Heart wrote a song about it. [More…]

The Surprising Reason Cars Sound Different

September 9, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Why does a Ford Mustang with a V6 sound nothing like a Nissan 350z with a V6 as well? And why does a Mazda RX-7 just sound so sick? [More…]

David Freiburger ~ Great Zip Tie Moments

September 7, 2019 Roadkill Customs

We’re all in agreement that the humble zip tie is one of the most helpful tools you can have around if you’re working on a car. These are favorite zip tie moments… [More…]

What’s the Power Difference: 2.5 Inch vs 3 Inch Exhaust

September 1, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Decide if 2 1/2 inch or 3 inch mufflers make more sense for your application with answers about power, tuning, and weight differences. [More…]

Automatic vs Manual Transmission ~ Which is Faster in a Drag Race?

August 30, 2019 Roadkill Customs

It’s an age-old question in drag racing: is an automatic faster than a manual transmission? [More…]

AMC ~ Everything You Need To Know

August 15, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Chevrolet, Dodge, and Ford — we all know them, but what about the small American company that gave them a run for their money? [More…]

Tri-5 Chevrolets ~ What Makes Them So Great?

August 15, 2019 Roadkill Customs

Ridetech goes to the 2019 Tri-Five Nationals in Bowling Green Kentucky to find out why 1955-1957 Chevrolets make such great Hot Rods. [More…]

5 Cars You’d Never Guess Shared Engines

August 12, 2019 Roadkill Customs

A common presumption is that all expensive sports and supercars have unique and complicated engines. While that may be true in many cases; Ferrari, Lamborghini or McLaren, for example, there are many other sports cars with much more humble motors borrowed from ordinary vehicles… [More…]