Engine Archives ~ Roadkill Customs

Engine, Transmission, Wheelbase Cross Reference and Chassis Donor Vehicle Search

July 11, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Use the Engine, Transmission and Chassis Cross Reference and Interchange Chart to: look up engines and transmissions by model number; view vehicle applications; identify vehicles that have the parts you need; and search for applicable vehicle(s)… […]

OBD / OBD-II Diagnostic Trouble Code Database

July 10, 2018 Roadkill Customs

How and Where To Score a Cheap Junkyard Engine

June 12, 2018 Roadkill Customs

For generations hot rodders have pulled bigger and more powerful engines out of other cars to use in their DIY hot rod projects. Back in the ’50s gearheads would spend hours hunting for Cadillac and Oldsmobile engines to use in their rods. In the ’60s builders started pulling Hemis, Pontiac 455s, Ford Cammers, and of course the big-block Chevys out of cars to power their gassers, T-buckets and other custom powered street machines. […]

Hot Rod and Custom Motor Mount Considerations

June 2, 2018 Roadkill Customs

There are many factors that affect the location of the motor in a hot rod or custom car or truck chassis: Plan ahead. The tech session produced several points to consider when mounting a motor in a hot rod or custom car or truck project… […]

How To Build a Budget Chevy 350

June 1, 2018 Roadkill Customs

El Rey’s Blue Collar 350 El Rey’s Garage demonstrates a typical low buck Chevrolet 350 engine build including the step by step process and parts used (+ part numbers)… From friend of Roadkill Customs, Brutha […]

How To Connect GM LSx Engines to an Older GM 4 Speed Manual Transmission

May 26, 2018 Roadkill Customs

In this video you’ll learn how to connect an original GM 4 speed manual transmission (Muncie M20/M21/M22, Borg Warner Super T10) to your swapped in LSx Series engine. See Parts List below… What Parts You Need […]

How To Adjust the Valves on a Small Block Chevrolet

May 15, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This video demonstrates how to properly adjust Small Block Chevrolet engine valves… […]

How to Degree Your Camshaft

May 14, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Lots of gear-heads skip degreeing in the camshaft, some because they are unaware of it, or because they think the practice is too complex, too difficult, or just not needed. The method of degreeing a […]

Small Block Chevy Twin Turbo Kit for $1000

May 7, 2018 Roadkill Customs

For the price ($1,072.00), this is the most complete Small Block Chevy Twin Turbo Kit available and has all brand-new, quality parts capable of producing well beyond 750 horsepower with supporting modifications. The kit includes […]

When Mechanics Lose Their Minds – Insane Engine Swaps

April 30, 2018 Roadkill Customs

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How To Hot Rod a Vintage GM Straight 6 Engine

April 29, 2018 Roadkill Customs

Everybody knows that the engine is a central key component to ANY Hot Rod project. But is a V8 the only way to go? NO WAY!! Stacey David shows you why. He takes a vintage […]

The Sweet Sounds of a Flathead Ford V8

April 28, 2018 Roadkill Customs

This video was put together simply to share the sweet sounds of this Flathead Ford V8. Its a little long (just over 3 minutes), but with such an awesome sounding engine, we just had to […]