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Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!

Dec 23, 20211320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories

Old School Repair: This Dude Welds A Crankshaft Back Together Like A Boss! It Was Broken In Two!

If you watch videos from other countries, where guys are doing repairs that would seem nearly impossible without modern tools, you start to appreciate and understand what our grandparents and great grandparents were doing to make similar repairs. It’s a true testament to how good something can be even without CNC machines or what have you. In this video, the only equipment used to fix this completely snapped crankshaft is a drill press, a stick welder, and a lathe. The lathe isn’t anything new, but it does seem to work well, and the guy using it clearly knows what he’s doing. But the lathe could be 50 years old or 5, it’s all the same.

Watch as this guy cleans and machines each end of the broken pieces, which might actually be from two different crankshafts, slides them together, indexes them, and then gets his arc welding on. He then straightens the crank, machines the crank, and finally drills the oiling holes in it and then sends it on its way to be used in some truck or what have you. It’s impressive and you’ll dig it.

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Qarantine Cruise Photos: The November 2021 Quarantine Cruise In Had Some Epic Machines. Check Them Out!

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Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.

Dec 23, 20211320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories

Dyno Proven 500 Horsepower Combos: Three Stock Bottom End 5.3 LS Combos That Will Make You 500 Horsepower Or More.

I get asked about LS engine combos all the time, and the overwhelming majority of them are from people who think that they need to build an engine with all aftermarket parts. When I ask them how much horsepower they want to make, the vast majority say something like 450 horsepower. This makes me shake my head, because making 400 to 500 horsepower is simple and doable if you have a 5.3 LS that runs. Stock they make 350 horsepower, so anything you do from there will make real power improvements. A camshaft and headers will make over 400, and when you combine an intake, heads, etc, there are real power numbers to be had. And then there’s nitrous! Okay that’s another video, these are completely naturally aspirated combos that are based on a stock bottom end 5.3L.

Check out Richard’s combos, dyno results, and more in the video below.

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HOW DO I MAKE 500 HP WITH MY 5.3L? DO I NEED FORGED INTERNALS TO MAKE 500 HP WITH MY 5.3L? CAN MY 5.3L MAKE 500 HP WITHOUT BOOST? WHAT IS THE BEST CAM TO USE ON MY 5.3L? WHAT ARE THE BEST HEADS TO USE ON MY 5.3L? WHAT INTAKE SHOULD I USE ON MY 5.3L? CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO ON THREE (3) DIFFERENT 5.3L BUILDS THAT NOT ONLY EXCEEDED 500 FLYWHEEL HP, BUT DID SO WITH THE STOCK BOTTOM END (STOCK BLOCK, CRANK, RODS AND PISTONS). ALL YOU NEED ARE THE RIGHT HEADS, CAM AND INTAKE (WITH HEADERS) AND YOU TOO CAN REACH THE 500-HP MARK.

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Facebook Find: This 1980 Z28 Camaro Is Throwback Greatness I Would Drive Like A Boss

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Parts, Parts, And More Parts! Alex Taylor’s 6-second 1955 Chevy Project Gets Big Turbos, And All Kinds Of Other Goodies Plus More Chassis Work!

Apr 06, 20211320 Project Cars, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320

Parts, Parts, And More Parts! Alex Taylor’s 6-second 1955 Chevy Project Gets Big Turbos, And All Kinds Of Other Goodies Plus More Chassis Work!

It’s on! Alex and Dennis Taylor are in a mad thrash to get Alex’s newest project, her big tire 1955 Chevrolet, ready to run in the 6’s and go 200 mph in the quarter. To do that requires lots of fabrication the chassis, which we’ve been seeing happening over the past few weeks, but it also takes big power and lots of parts to make and support that power. This beast is going to have a big set of Precision Turbos, Holley EFI, QA1 Shocks, AFR heads, and so much more. Some of those parts are showing up already and others are on order right now. This is an exciting time in a project because it feels like Christmas when the new parts come in. Of course there is still a ton of fabrication work to be done, but they are making good progress.

It always seems like the Taylors do this stuff so easy, because they have the right tools, the right equipment, and the right skills to utilize all of it. I’m pretty excited to see this project progress and can’t wait to see it run down the track and turn heads on the highway. I know that when it is done it will be something to see.

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Watching The Pakistani Truck Guys Rebuild A Clutch Disc With Simple Tools Is A Reminder Of How Things Used To Be!

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Fabrication Spotlight: Dennis Taylor Knows How To Get Down With Some Dual Fuel Tanks

I’ve said it plenty of times, Hot Rods by Dennis Taylor is one of the coolest hot rod shops in the country. Besides the fact that it is a full family affair, Dennis himself is arguably one of the most talented builders around. I’m lucky enough to have been around countless high quality car builders, some of whom have won award after award, but it is incredibly rare to find any that finish every single stage of a build in house like Dennis does. I say this, because Dennis is the guy doing the fabrication, bodywork, engine work, paint work, wiring, upholstery, assembly, and setup. I mean everything. Not his crew, but him. Yes, he’s trained his wife Deb to be an awesome fiberglass woman, and daughter Alex is also in the shop working quite often, but Dennis is a guy that can, and does, build cars from start to finish himself. And it is awesome to watch.

So today I’m going to spotlight something Dennis just finished up for fellow Rocky Mountain Race Weeker Clint Sodowsky. It’s a new fuel cell for his bad ass 1968 Camaro, but not just any fuel cell. This one has a 15 gallon side and a 5 gallon side. One for pump gas and one for race fuel.

Here is the info from Clint and from Dennis.

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Clint’s Post from Facebook: “Dennis Taylor is so talented ! He built me a dual pump fuel cell for Rocky Mountain Race Week. On the 15 gallon side with Holley dual brushless pumps for street driving and if needed still enough pump to handle big power. Race side is 5 gallons with an Aeromotive 10.0 gpm, which can also be used to street drive if any thing happens.”

Dennis’ Post from Facebook: “When you drive and drag it can be complicated. 🤣 Wrapping up a new dual street/strip tank for our good buddy Clint Sodowsky and his badass fast 68 Camaro.”