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Nick Panaritis of Nick’s Garage is chasing a number that would make most engine builders nervous: 600 horsepower from a rebuilt 1968 Charger 440, running on nothing but pump gas, in a car built to be driven daily rather than babied. This first installment puts the freshly rebuilt big block on the dyno to see where months of machine work actually land. It’s the moment that decides whether the build lives up to the client’s ambitious bar. Watch to find out why.
Does bolting on headers actually make more power than stock manifolds, or is it forum folklore? Nick Panaritis put a 426 Hemi stroker on the dyno to find out, running both configurations back to back so the numbers could speak for themselves. With nearly 300,000 views, plenty of gearheads clearly wanted a real answer instead of another argument. The dyno chart settles it.
Nick Panaritis finally found the 1970 Challenger he wanted for his freshly rebuilt 426 HEMI, but there’s a catch: the car turned out to be a genuine, rare Challenger T/A. Now he faces a decision that splits the Mopar world in two. Does he preserve an original piece of Trans-Am racing history, or build the one-of-none HEMI brawler he’s always dreamed about? Nick’s Garage puts the question straight to the audience, and the answer is anything but obvious.