Author: Chad Reynolds

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HOW MUCH ARE AFTER MARKET IRON & ALUMINUM HEADS WORTH ON A BBC? STOCK REC PORT VS SUMMIT VS AFR 290

The debate over iron vs aluminum heads has been a long argued one. For years, the old school guys would swear that iron was better for towing and this and that and heat retention and blah blah blah. And then the aluminum head guys talked about power and heat dissipation and blah blah blah. So […]

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Featured Products: Lakewood Bellhousings For Gen3 HEMI: The Ultimate Guide To Bolting Your Gen III HEMI To Your Transmission

If you are looking for a bellhousing to get your Gen III HEMI mounted up to your transmission of choice, Lakewood has got you taken care of with choices for both manual AND automatic transmissions. These cast aluminum options fit right, take all the guesswork out of parts, and will make your swap or upgrade […]

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New Product: If You’ve Ever Though About Building Your Own Fixture Table, Or Adding Holes To One You Already Have, This New Fireball Tool Is What You Need!

There are other ways to do this, but none as easy as this cool kit from Fireball tools. They have a new line of fixture tables, that are truly some of the finest you could buy, but if you already have a welding table that you’d like holes in, or have been considering building your […]

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Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion: Lowering, Rebuilt Suspension, Custom Fabrication, MORE!

In the first video we shared the shortening of the bed and chassis to convert this long bed to a short bed. If you missed it, you can use the link below to check it out. In this second video there are lots of fun modifications going on to make this thing as cool as […]

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Newbern, Cotten, and Crew Tour The 2023 SEMA Show, A GTR Catches Fire, And More! Follow Along For The Fun!

The SEMA Show in Las Vegas is something special each and every year, as millions of square feet of convention center end up filled to the brim with cars, trucks, parts, and more. It’s an epic show and something truly special if you haven’t been before. In recent years the show has gotten bigger and […]

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Bending Frame Rails The Hard Way And The Easy Way: Impossible, or just a lot of work? Bending Both Ways On A Single Frame Rail.

Bending rectangular tubing requires some special bending equipment, but even with that there is a “hard way” and an “easy way”. The hard way refers to bending it along the long side of the rectangle vs the short side which is easier. So if you think about a 2×4 frame rail standing on it’s short […]

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Who Makes The Best Flex Head Ratchet? Big Names? Small Names? Cheap Or Expensive? Let’s settle this!

I bought my first flex head ratchet a few years ago because I thought I needed one. The one I got wasn’t expensive, and isn’t great. LOL The flex head is too sloppy, so it never seems to bend the way you want it to and flops around like a pain in the ass. Video […]

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BIG BORE VS BIG STROKE-372 VS 383-WHICH SBC STROKER DOES IT BEST? BONUS TEST-302 VS 347 FORD

Is big bore more important than a big stroke? Or are cubic inches cubic inches? In this video we’re going to see Richard Holdener test a big bore 372 vs a big stroke 383 to see if one is a clear winner in the horsepower and torque shootout. Check out the video below and hopefully […]

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Finnegan’s 632ci Big Block Chevy Nitrous Engine is Trashed! What Has He Done In The Side Chick Race Boat?

Racing is fun, but sometimes it can be brutal too when parts aren’t cooperating with making things fast. Oh and don’t forget about the parts that get the race car, or in this case race boat, to the races as well. Finnegan has had all kinds of trouble getting to and racing at the recent […]

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LS Swap A Square Body Part 2: Halfass Kustoms New Square Body Chevy Project Gets A New Hydraulic Clutch For The NV3500 And More

It’s kind of nice when you have a collection of Chevrolet trucks and SUVs that are sitting with their LS engines and transmissions just waiting to become donors for other projects, and that is exactly what Brent has got going on at Halfass Kustoms. So when his buddy asked for help in installing a 5.3 […]

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