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How To Notch Tubes Without a Tube Notcher
This is an easy to follow video that demonstrates how to accurately measure and notch tubes without the use of a tube notcher. [More…]

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4 Different Ways To Cut and Weld Box Tube Corners
Here are several tips from Urchfab on cutting, welding and finishing steel box corners to a seamless finish. [More…]

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How To Straighten a Bumper with a Hustler Stick Alignment Bar
The Hustler Stick Alignment Bar is perfect for bumpers, panels, hoods, decks, and brackets. Made with the strength and durability to last! [More…]

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How To Properly Bed-In Disc Brake Pads
Brake pad bedding is an process that removes impurities from the brake pad and lays down a thin layer of pad residue on the rotor surface. [More…]

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How To Turn Pump Gas Into High Octane Race Fuel
Race Gas is a fuel concentrate that can be added to pump gas to raise the octane a full 4 points per 2 ounces of mix. [More…]

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Plywood Fixture for Hand Shaping a Sheet Metal Dome
via The Garage Vlog ~ A wooden fixture is created to shape 20 gauge sheet metal into a dome by hand. [More…]

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How and Where To Score a Cheap Junkyard Engine
A guide to finding junkyard project engine donor vehicles for Chevrolet, Ford, and Mopar hot rods and custom cars and trucks. [More…]

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How To Install Ring and Pinion Gears in a Ford 8.8 Rear-End
In this video DIY Guide, The Fab Forums go over how to install ring and pinion gears in a Ford 8.8 rear end. [More…]

How To & DIY
How To Remove Dents from Auto Body Panels Using a Slapper File
This is a quick demonstration of how to use a slapper file to remove dents in auto body sheet metal that need little to no filler. [More…]

Automotive Basics
How To Understand Wheel Specs
Choosing new wheels is an exciting part of a build, but you’ll need the width, bolt pattern, and offset. Here’s what those numbers mean. [More…]

How To & DIY
Metal Forming Radius Bends With A T-Stake
Kent White demonstrates how to make a quickly and easily form a radius bend using a post-mounted T-stake. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Install a Train Horn
A full overview and how-to video of installing an air-powered train horn. [More…]

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How To Keep Your LS Engine Healthy While You Beat The Snot Out Of It
If you’re planning to beat the ever-loving snot out of your LS engine, consider these modifications to make it reliable in extreme and competitive circumstances. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Cut Curved and Laminated Windshield Glass
This is a series of narrated examples that cover how to cut curved, laminated windshield glass for chop top build projects. [More…]

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How To Make Tools To Stretch Sheet Metal
Kyle Voss of The Fab Forums demonstrates a tool he made to help stretch sheet metal. [More…]

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How To Cut GM Coil Springs To Drop Your Ride
Global West Suspension discusses and offers a tutorial for trimming (or cutting) GM coil springs to lower your vehicle ride height. [More…]

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How To Identify Holley and Demon Carburetors
When it comes to identifying your carburetor, it’s not as simple as just saying “I have a Holley or a Demon”… [More…]

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How To Coat Engine and Small Parts for Rust Prevention with Black Oxide
Davin Reckow walks you through blackening your steel and cast-iron parts with black oxide for protection against rust and corrosion. [More…]

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How To Properly Set Up A Panhard Bar
The panhard bar is such a wonderfully simple design that gets a bad rap from a long history of poor implementation. Here’s how to set one up properly. [More…]

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How To Repair Thin-Gauge Sheet Metal
Lincoln Electric Welding instructor and co-author of Full-Bore Welding, Mark Prosser shows you how to repair a hole in thin-gauge steel. [More…]

Home Garage
How To Setup an Oxygen Acetylene (OxyAcetylene) Torch
A Solid Overview of the Use and Maintenance of an Oxygen Acetylene (OxyAcetylene) Torch Setup. [More…]

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When to Polish vs Compound vs Wetsand
Polish vs Compound vs Wetsand ~ Learn what each process accomplishes on the same scratch to better understand each technique… [More…]

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How to Save Money on Your Hot Rod Build or Classic Car Restoration
Here are a couple tips right off to help keep costs under control as you embark on your hot rod project or build. [More…]

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How To Choose a Fuel Pressure Regulator for Carbureted Vehicles
When choosing a fuel pressure regulator for your ride, you need to take into consideration several factors. The regulator is a critical piece and should to be matched to the type of fuel delivery system and the fuel pump that you are using, or plan to use. [More…]

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How To Install Rear 4-Link Suspension for Air Ride and Coil-overs
How to weld-in a 4-link rear suspension system onto any chassis: axle location, Panhard bar fitment, theory and shock absorber angle. [More…]

DIY Projects
Do It Yourself Wide Whitewall Tires
Using a grinder and flapper wheel to work through the outer layer of a tire to expose the illustrious whitewall layer – Be careful… [More…]

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How To Make Simple Carbon Fiber Panels
This video demonstrates step-by-step the basics of carbon fiber lay-up for vacuum bagging. Starter kit information. [More…]

DIY Projects
Engine Turning 101
Engine turning, also known as damascening, jeweling, krayling, or swirling, is a quintessential example of high-quality auto metalworking. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Make A Custom Battery Box
The Fab Forums make a custom battery box for the twin turbo project… [More…]

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Five Ways to Improve Handling in an F100
We discuss five ways to improve the handling on your Ford F100 truck including polyurethane bushings, sway bars, and Crown Vic swap. [More…]

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How To Choose The Correct Timing Set For Your Application
There are a few different types of timing sets out there, each for a specific application. Pat shows why each is used for each application. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Fix Dents on Stainless Steel Trim
Car and truck trim can be expensive to repair if you send it out to professionals, but with just a few tools you can repair it yourself! [More…]

How To & DIY
How To Put Corvette IRS in a Chevy C10 with DECAlink™ Suspension
Scott’s 1967 Chevy C10 has a Corvette IRS setup made possible with Detroit Speed’s DECAlink™ suspension system. Here’s how to DIY. [More…]

Automotive Basics
How To Determine Engine/Pinion Angle
Engine and pinion angle are relative to the ground. Most engines are set at 3 degrees, this allows the carburetor to sit level, however… [More…]

How To & DIY
How To Install A Transmission Temperature Gauge
A Transmission Temperature Gauge allows you to monitor the operating temperature of your transmission by measuring the transmission fluid’s temperature. Overseeing these temperatures assists in ensuring that your transmission does not overheat causing major damage. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Narrow a Ford 8.8 Inch Rearend
The Ford 8.8 is cheap to modify and replace parts on. This video covers strip-down, measurements, cutting, and welding a Ford 8.8 rear-end. [More…]

How To & DIY
Understanding Automotive Paint Mixing Ratios: How To Mix Paint
Kevin Tetz explains Mix Ratios and how to properly mix automotive paint when spraying your project vehicle. [More…]

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How To Measure Wheel Back Spacing / Offset
Be sure you have proper wheel clearance for your specific car before purchasing new wheels, wheel spacers, and wheel adapters. [More…]

How To & DIY
How To Re-Drill Axles/Brakes For Different Bolt Pattern Wheels
This vehicle wheel bolt pattern drill guide helps you drill out both your axle and brake drum or brake rotor to a different bolt pattern. [More…]

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How To Make a Motorcycle Gas Tank with Ron Covell
Legendary metal shaper and fabricator Ron Covell shapes a motorcycle gas tank and explains the metal fabrication tips and tricks he uses. [More…]

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How To Repair and Polish Damaged Hubcaps
Matt breaks out a handheld planishing hammer and hammer and dollies to correct the damage before taking them to a near mirror polish. [More…]

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How To Rebuild Bottom End ~ Chevy 350 Small Block Engine
Chris shows you how to rebuild the bottom end of a Chevy 350 V8 small block engine. [More…]

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How To Mount a 6.0 Liter LS Engine to an Older GM TH350 Transmission
A demonstration of how to get an older TH350 transmission and torque converter bolted up to an LS engine with No Adapter Required! [More…]

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How To Box-In a Differential / Solid Axle Rear-End Housing
You’ll learn how to fabricate and weld on steel plates to stiffen the rear axle and prevent it from torquing when under load [More…]

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How to Choose Between Cat-back vs Axle-back vs Muffler Exhaust
Differences in design, sound, and performance of Flowmaster muffler, Axle-back, or Cat-Back exhaust system for your vehicle. [More…]

DIY Projects
How To Repair Your Windshield
If your car windshield has been cracked by a rock, you don’t have to replace the windshield. You can repair it yourself, here’s how. [More…]

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Old Car or Truck? How To Boost Performance
Whether it’s the economy or simply because vehicles are more durable, an increasing number of people are driving used cars and trucks longer… [More…]

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How To Polish Aluminum Wheels to Look Like Chrome
How to remove years of oxidation and corrosion on aluminum Mag wheels the quick and easy way using a Mag Wheel Restoration Kit. [More…]

How To & DIY
How To Metalshape Fender Compound Curves
Learn to form a compound curved fender: paper pattern making, dissecting panels, shrinking, stretching, English wheeling, and TIG welding. [More…]

DIY Projects
2-Minute Tech: Wiring Tips from Ron Francis Wiring
Black Top Magazine’s project “Riff-Raff”, a 1956 Ford Fairlane Club Sedan is getting rewired with a Ron Francis Express Series Kit. [More…]
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