Expensive Vehicles

They found plenty of broken parts inside when they took it apart, but now it’s time to put it back together. Maybe this isn’t a how-to video, but more of a how-they-did-it video. Check it out. When Emily and Aaron bought their “new” C6 Corvette a few months ago, it was rough and ready, to say the least. This thing is NOT pretty at all, but it has some of the key features they really wanted. Now it’s time to start working on this ugly duckling and that means tearing apart several things. One of those is the rear transaxle which is not the easiest removal apparently and it fights them the entire way out of the car. Was there an easier way to do this? Apparently, Emily is wondering just that! Once they got it out, they knew there were some real problems. See how they fix them. Watch. CLICK HERE IF YOU MISSED THE FIRST VIDEO WHERE THEY BUY THIS ROUGH C6 CORVETTE Video Description: How to build a T56 transmission? Maybe not, but here’s how we did it!! Do you think our Corvette will dri...

(Photos by Wes Allison) When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association comes to the Del Mar Fairgrounds near San Diego, it is always a great show. The fairground end right at the beach on the Pacific Ocean and the town around the fairgrounds is full of cool restaurants, bars, shops, and more. This event is quintessential Southern California in every way and draws cars, trucks, customs, and muscle cars from all over the western states. Our own Wes Allison was on hand to get some photos so that we could share them with all of you, and as you can tell the weather was just perfect for a weekend car show. Goodguys shows feature cars and trucks of every shape, size, and style which means that no matter what you like you are likely to find it at a Goodguys Show. With the autocross, car shows, cruising, and more, this is one of those shows that really feels like something special. It’s a destination show for sure with so many cars driving around town before and after the show as well. It’s a g...

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) The main reason for my wife and I deciding to flee the northeast winter and head to sunny Florida last month was to get in some Drag Racing. Florida in March, you may be thinking Gainesville, and you would be correct, sort of. We went to Gainesville Raceway, yes, but we went the week before the infamous Amalie Gatornationals. We choose to hit up the NHRA Division 2 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event better known as the Baby Gators. The Baby Gators is a regional event for the NHRA sportsman classes. Divisional categories contested include Alcohol cars down through the list to Stock Eliminator. This is my favorite type of drag racing, the Camping World Pros are cool but give me Stock and Super Stock all day, every day. The big show Gatornationals only accept around 50 each of the sportsman classes and, for example, there were over 100 Stockers racing at the Baby Gators. There were well over 600 race cars on the property at Gainesville Raceway! As I have...

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) The Indianapolis World of Wheels is an exceptional show to check out. The 64th annual, as in years past, took place at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Around 500 vehicles were showcased within the confines of three buildings. The main building, as well as the one directly behind it, contained the ‘turntable cars’ as well as rows of cordoned off vehicles that you’d expect to see at an indoor show. This is also where most of the vendors were, some automotive, some not. The west building had a choice of modern trends in one room and old school technology in two others. The first room had mostly 80s-up slammed trucks, modern muscle, and insane stereo setups. However, this room did also have few older cars in place. The second and third rooms were the area for ‘Motorama 1962’. As the name suggests, this is where the traditional rods and customs gathered, though I did see a few later muscle cars in there as well. This west building seems to be a perfect fit...

Video Description: DID THE L78 375-HP 396 ACTUALLY MAKE 375 HP, OR DID IT MAKE 425 HP (RATED IN 1965)? HOW MUCH POWER DID THE SS396 REALLY MAKE? COULD THE LITTLE BIG BLOCK TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE REC-PORT, CLOSED CHAMBER, BIG-VALVE HEADS? WAS THE CAM SHARED WITH THE 425-HP L72 427 AND 450-HP LS6 454 TOO BIG FOR THE SMALLER 396? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO WHERE I DETAILED THE FULL BUILD UP OF A REPLICA OF THE L78 396 AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TRIED TO RUN IT ON THE ENGINE DYNO! The post HOW MUCH POWER DID THE 1965-70 L78 375-HP 396 REALLY MAKE PART 1? FULL 396 BBC BUILD & DYNO ATTEMPT appeared first on BangShift.com . https://ift.tt/y9jpeA7 from BangShift.com https://ift.tt/cwBJWZM

The Chrysler 413 is an interesting engine because it lived a long life in multiple roles and a very wide range of equipment. Hot rodders like to think about the hot rodded Max Wedge 413 (that gave way to the Max Wedge 426) and luxury car people like to think of the powerful and smooth Imperials and other cars that were shoved along by it, and finally truck guys will tell you that the 413 was a stalwart gas power plant offered in big trucks until 1979. That is a heck of a run for a mill that showed up on the scene in 1959 and was used in cars until 1965. The videos below aren’t about floating Imperials or sneaky big Polaras. Nope, the videos below celebrate the most BangShifty application of the engine in the form of the 420hp Max Wedge 413 as offered in a small number of Plymouth and Dodge models in 1962. Combating the Pontiacs and Chevrolets, the “Super Stock Dodges” were quickly recognized in songs and popular culture. The Beach Boys talked about the cars in their song “Shut Down” w...