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Myvintageiron7512 lines up a modern LS1 against a classic small block 350 for a straight side-by-side comparison, correcting a bore-and-stroke mix-up right in the video description. The comments turned into a deep dive on why GM’s small block became the most swapped engine in history, from matching bellhousing patterns to 850-horsepower stroker builds. Watch to see the comparison and judge the debate for yourself.
Rick Schmidt and Jeff Ford head to a real auction in Raleigh, North Carolina to test whether the intimidating reputation classic car auctions have with first-time buyers actually holds up. Along the way they demonstrate a ‘little things’ philosophy: treating small overlooked details as warning signs about a car’s overall condition. One viewer says they watched the whole episode without skipping around, calling Rick’s expertise genuinely informative. Watch to see what actually happens once the bidding starts.
This LS engine teardown starts with the same uncertainty every rebuild does — you never quite know what years of neglect actually did until the first bolts come loose. Viewers ranging from lifelong diesel technicians to first-time builders have weighed in on the technique, debating everything from head bolt removal order to a cheap salvage-yard 6.0-liter with an oddball factory quirk. Watch to see exactly what comes out of this engine, one bolt at a time.
Oldsmobile’s 1966 Toronado paired a 425 cubic-inch V8 with front-wheel drive at a time when that combination was nearly unheard of in America. Hagerty’s Stefan Lombard heads to the Lingenfelter Collection to walk through exactly what separates a well-sorted example from a expensive mistake, and makes the case for why this overlooked personal luxury coupe deserves real collector attention. Watch for the full checklist.
Mike Finnegan trades his own garage for a seat at Kaase Racing Engines, where a 5.0L Coyote wearing a Borla individual throttle body stack gets strapped to the dyno with Holley’s Robin Lawrence on tuning duty. The pull produces serious torque and a number that has commenters guessing all over the place. Watch to see what the Coyote made, and what it cost to get there.
Veteran drag racer Nick Scavo walks through exactly how to pack a parachute for drag racing, footage pulled from the V8TV Archives and produced by Kevin Oeste. At speeds where brakes alone can’t stop a car safely, a parachute packed wrong can fail at the worst possible moment. This is hands-on knowledge rarely captured on camera. Watch to see the precise, repeatable process a real racer trusts his own safety to.
Jon Kosmoski, the founder of House of Kolor and the man who essentially invented modern candy paint, walks a 1977 Camaro from bare metal to a mirror-finish Candy Apple Red in this hands-on demonstration. The techniques he explains have barely changed in decades — and for good reason. Watch to see why.
Nick’s Garage settles a long-running Mopar argument by testing the exact same stroked 426 Hemi with factory-style manifolds and then with headers, back to back, on the same dyno. The results push back on some assumptions viewers walked in with, and the comments are already asking for a round two with bigger headers. Watch the full pull-by-pull comparison to see which setup actually made more power.
A viewer’s engine ran smooth, started fine, and seemed simply low on power, until he pulled a worn camshaft and found some valves barely opening at all. Engineering Explained’s Jason Fenske breaks down the four things every gasoline engine needs to make power, and why each one quietly fades with age. One fix turned into a bigger power gain than anyone expected. What’s actually happening inside an engine that feels “just old”?
A countdown of “8 of Chevrolet’s Greatest Engines” left off the small-block 350 entirely, and muscle car fans in the comments are not having it. From the 1955 original 265 that started the whole small-block family, to the 409, the high-output 327, the 450-horsepower LS6 454, and a stock numbers-matching 427 nearly lost to a Jeep swap for under , the real list of Chevy greats might look nothing like the video’s. Which engines actually deserve the crown?
A seven-minute Steel Dreams walkthrough on inspecting a classic car before you buy sparked a comment section debate bigger than the checklist itself. Viewers point out that the host is sharing only a fraction of what he knows, and one reply frames a real collector’s dilemma: save five affordable classics or pour everything into one or two done right, since these cars will outlive any single owner. Other commenters zero in on a single pinch weld that supposedly tells you everything. Is a quick checklist really enough to protect a buyer?
Before any Chevy V8 makes a sound, it starts as a bare block on a stand — and this video walks through every step most build videos skip past: crankshaft installation, Plastigage clearance checks, ring and piston fitment, torque specs, and the small rear main seal that causes big problems if it’s rushed. It’s the unglamorous half of engine building that determines whether the glamorous half actually works. Watch the full assembly process from block to moving motor.
A car that quietly pulls to one side or wears through a set of tires years too early usually isn’t a tire problem at all — it’s an alignment problem hiding behind three angles most drivers have never heard of. CNET’s Brian Cooley breaks down camber, caster, and toe in plain language, and more than one viewer went out to check their own wheels after watching. Watch to find out which of the three you’re most likely feeling every time you drive.
Steve Dulcich and David Freiburger sit down to plan a small-block rebuild for a 1970 Dodge Challenger after its factory 318 got wrecked in a prior Roadkill Garage episode, and the conversation turns into a full history lesson on Chrysler’s LA-series V8. Viewers in the comments call it some of the best pure engine-nerd talk on the channel, right down to warnings about mixing cast and forged cranks. It is dense, it is technical, and Mopar fans cannot get enough of it. Watch to see what they land on for the rebuild.
Hagerty puts the classic carburetor-versus-EFI debate to an actual test, converting Parts Finder specialist Davin Reckow’s own 396 big-block Chevelle to a Holley Terminator throttle-body system and measuring the results every way that matters: feel, chassis dyno, eighth-mile drag strip times, and real-world gas mileage. It’s less opinion and more hard data for any big-block owner weighing the same swap. The numbers might surprise carburetor purists.