I am a maintenance manager and the thing that amazes me is that other than car mechanics there is such a drought of people being interested in getting into the trades that people that are qualified are drying up. It pays well.
Maybe eventually trades people’s incomes will really make nice increases. I’m a Jet Engine Mechanic w A and P but I’m working with GE Aviation manufacturing turbine engine combustors. 17 years doing this and 20 as Jet Troop USAF. I haven’t seen any big pay increases due to labor shortages.
Democrats have convinced the junkies they can have a good income without working for it... money is simply something that arrives in the mailbox monthly if you will vote for them... 'other' people (illegals?) will do the work of providing goods and services... nothing new about this idea: "When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“ ................................................. - Benjamin Franklin.
Look at how beat up the old timers are. Kids don't want to sweat or bleed from knuckles. I'm 47. My body is total trash. I can barely hold a wrench. That's why guys. If they can't do it on a computer it's not getting done
Maybe things have changed but at one time most of the vehicles seen on car shows were scrapped when done, due to liability issues and lack of proper paperwork, just used as advertising for shows sponsors, show is choreographed, that why constant endless mentioning of brand names,
awesome timing, I'm rebuilding a 68 road runner with my pops and we are in the final stages. We are doing the hemi swap and I'm doing research on what we need.
The factory alternator can be made to work with an aftermarket ECU - just takes a little added wiring as the factory alternator relied on the Mopar ECU as the field/excitor signal.
7:53 he says it’s a 6.4, that engine is definitely a 5.7 liter hemi, a pre eagle hemi at that, I was waiting for them to say what it was the whole time because I couldn’t figure it out until I saw the exhaust manifolds and the valve cover gaskets, although I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the 6.1 liter hemis and up come with shorty headers from the factory, hence why it made “550” crank horsepower after all they did to it, it gained somewhere in the region of 210-230 crank horsepower
Only thing I would have liked to see on this engine were chrome valve covers. However I think it's a great swap, new school muscle in a classic muscle car.
You guys should get in touch with Russell Drake at Sound German Automotive for your next Gen III hemi build. He's the guy that unlocked the ZF8 transmissions. Would be cool to see you guys build an 8 speed in a classic.
Why you not wire brush all that rust out of the inside of the car and spray some primer. Look like it’s rusting away that fast…😳. Love the molar setup tall intakes look awesome on old cars…😊👍
Imagine having a 90k mile 67' factory 4 speed Coronet R/T and dropping $6k on an American Powertrain 5 speed swap and not being told you have to buzz a hole through your original floor pan and that factory hole just gets covered up. They didn't offer me a shifter knowing my original that I said I had wouldn't even work. Oh, one more thing. If you use their trans mount with a factory shroud your fan will need to be a lot smaller diameter due to the severe driveline angle error.
They want to keep it. They have the budget to do anything they want really. So not lazy just doing something different. If they built a sema car people would be complaining that they spent too much.
@@bradenkowal8117 Half repair and keeping the vehicle is one thing but they do sell their parts and project vehicles to make room for new projects and the next idiot who buys it is left repairing it. Hey if you are fine with people taking short cuts and not doing the real work then good for you......
What is going to happen to this project when You complete it ? Is it going to be given away or sold ? Can't wait to see it completed . Great content Thank You . 🇺🇲🇵🇷🦊👍
Sadly most vehicle projects done on most shows are disassembled for their parts,pieces, its how they "just happen to have __ from a past project" laying around the shop,,,, or are kept by the show as future "test mules" for sponsors products, and worst of all, once that segment done, just crushed or shredded,,, due to liability issues and sue happy lawyers, and or lack of good or proper paperwork
What happened to Power Nation on TV? I am no longer seeing any of the Power Nation line up on cable lately. MotorTrend TV and CNBC sports have stopped showing us your expertice, Tommy! Let me know where you went...other than TH-cam that is.
It looks good in the engine bay now but frankly I would like the looks much better with a hood that covers everything. Never was a fan of blowers or carburetors sticking up out of the hood, for drag racers I understand but for a street machine. No. I do learn a lot of good information on products watching you guys.
Call me a worry wart, I still would like to see some wider front wheels and tires on that beast. 500 plus horsepower is plenty and those little wheels take away from some stopping ability and the way it goes around corners. I do like the stance on the old girl though. Should turn some heads for sure.
Really love this build. I have a 2010 challenger 5 7 hemi and have been wanting to do a 6 speed swap. My concern is the pilot bearing. Did your hemi come out of an auto car and if so was there any issue with a pilot bearing on the crank ?
They a taking a parts car and turning in to something fun to play with without adding a third mortgage to the house to do it. They are just showing what can be done with a little imagination and your own hands. The hot rod industry is slowly dying a painful death and doing stuff like this is just another way of keeping the fun going a little while longer.
@@greglechowski5030 Agreed with both of your comments. Another red flag about the industry is the steady decline in motorcycle sales. A lot of the older riders have reached the age where they can't ride any more, and the young bedwetters rather ride electric scooters. The times they are a' changin'.
So you'll clean up the engine bay to show off the G3, but you won't spend $20 and half an hour to clean and rust-convert the underside? 'Splain that for me.
Curious how much of a discount they get for using these products vs how much it would cost us real world folks to do something like this?Don't get me wrong I'm not hating on 'em.
The Holley system by itself is ~$2000, The 5-speed is ~$5000, Hemi engine core ~$2500.... they are looking at around $20,000 just for engine, trans, K member...
They will. With clearcoat. And I DESPISE clearcoat! Why? just take a look at the cars around you as you sit at a traffic light. Wish we'd go back to single stage paint jobs, but that will never happen again.
Mopar engine bays are painted to match the body color, and the body is color is BLACK and they painted the engine bay BLACK, I don’t understand why everyone is so pi$$ed off? They didn’t do anything wrong, and a bright orange engine bay with a black body would look atrocious 🤮
@@dancampbell4400 Because they said the original color of the car is Omaha Orange not black. They said they weren't painting the car black, they were leaving it as is.
@@dancampbell4400 Not necessarily. The original orange paint does pop through here & there (and shows on the door jams at 20:00). It would make a helluva Halloween hot rod! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
If y'all could take a page out of Roadkill's book and stop with the cheezie scripted bullshit, and just work on that car it'd make it way more enjoyable to watch.
and which film school did you go to ? It is very different from their normal but I like it, its more stimulating and not as stale as some of the other PN shows of the past, just my opinion
Watch Part 1: Bringing A ’69 Road Runner Back From The Brink
th-cam.com/video/qbS6KBcuA7M/w-d-xo.html
My 1970 Plymouth Roadrunner came with the pistol grip and the "Beep Beep" horn. 😉
I am a maintenance manager and the thing that amazes me is that other than car mechanics there is such a drought of people being interested in getting into the trades that people that are qualified are drying up. It pays well.
Same problem in Europe
Maybe eventually trades people’s incomes will really make nice increases. I’m a Jet Engine Mechanic w A and P but I’m working with GE Aviation manufacturing turbine engine combustors. 17 years doing this and 20 as Jet Troop USAF. I haven’t seen any big pay increases due to labor shortages.
Democrats have convinced the junkies they can have a good income without working for it... money is simply something that arrives in the mailbox monthly if you will vote for them... 'other' people (illegals?) will do the work of providing goods and services... nothing new about this idea:
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.“
................................................. - Benjamin Franklin.
Look at how beat up the old timers are. Kids don't want to sweat or bleed from knuckles. I'm 47. My body is total trash. I can barely hold a wrench. That's why guys. If they can't do it on a computer it's not getting done
@@allenmichaud1605 - I'm 74, took good care of myself, love to wrench every day...
This project is really bad ass! The patina or neglect look isn't my preference but all the next owner has to do is "correct" that oversight.
Maybe things have changed but at one time most of the vehicles seen on car shows were scrapped when done, due to liability issues and lack of proper paperwork, just used as advertising for shows sponsors, show is choreographed, that why constant endless mentioning of brand names,
I'm always amazed at how all of you guys know how to do pretty much everything
awesome timing, I'm rebuilding a 68 road runner with my pops and we are in the final stages. We are doing the hemi swap and I'm doing research on what we need.
Spend the extra money and get an Eagle Head Engine.
Yeah guys! I'm really excited for this build process,
Keep up the amazing work guys!!!
This build is literally perfect. I don’t think I’d change one thing. 🙌
Back in the day I had a 68' RR. We stuck a 440 in it and to save weight ( not really) we "swiss cheesed" the inner fender wells. Looked great.
I love watching this channel, you guys do a great job of fully explaining what you are doing. Kudos guys. :)
The factory alternator can be made to work with an aftermarket ECU - just takes a little added wiring as the factory alternator relied on the Mopar ECU as the field/excitor signal.
That's well cool.
You must be well pleased.
Borgeson power steering boxes are a pretty good upgrade over the stock boxes.
Aww yeah hemis! I love hemis!
Keep up the great works guys!
Would be a good idea to cover those velocity stacks so nothing falls into them.
Storm door screen works really well 😉
I'm pretty sure they've thought of that...
Maximum Mopar Magnificence!
12:49 sweeeet transition!
7:53 he says it’s a 6.4, that engine is definitely a 5.7 liter hemi, a pre eagle hemi at that, I was waiting for them to say what it was the whole time because I couldn’t figure it out until I saw the exhaust manifolds and the valve cover gaskets, although I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure the 6.1 liter hemis and up come with shorty headers from the factory, hence why it made “550” crank horsepower after all they did to it, it gained somewhere in the region of 210-230 crank horsepower
I watched the engine build. It was a BGE 6.4
@@stevenhoitz9260 Gotcha, I just saw it not long ago and I stand corrected
Only thing I would have liked to see on this engine were chrome valve covers. However I think it's a great swap, new school muscle in a classic muscle car.
Hell yeah!! Like a kid in a candy store
Can’t wait for the next episode!!
You guys should get in touch with Russell Drake at Sound German Automotive for your next Gen III hemi build. He's the guy that unlocked the ZF8 transmissions. Would be cool to see you guys build an 8 speed in a classic.
I'd call you guys the Mopar bro's. But your already known as the best, yep keepemcoming
Why you not wire brush all that rust out of the inside of the car and spray some primer. Look like it’s rusting away that fast…😳. Love the molar setup tall intakes look awesome on old cars…😊👍
That’s not wood on the shifter boys but you now that already lol
Thank you guy, great video, and learned about some conversion setup :)
americans are the wizards of tools...
Cheers from Brasil!
Thanks for the complement, but we are also the Nation of 'tools', too. Just watch our politicians as our country slowly dies.
@@eskieman3948 yeah... its bad. same here right now.. those rusty pieces need to be removed from history. We deserve a fresh start.
“The repair won’t last as long as it should”. Translation: Fix it up and SELL IT!!
Thanks for the share.
Outstanding work! I own a 68 Plymouth satellite so I can't wait to hear that bad boy fired up but i have to say it man those wheels are ugly!!!
Imagine having a 90k mile 67' factory 4 speed Coronet R/T and dropping $6k on an American Powertrain 5 speed swap and not being told you have to buzz a hole through your original floor pan and that factory hole just gets covered up. They didn't offer me a shifter knowing my original that I said I had wouldn't even work. Oh, one more thing. If you use their trans mount with a factory shroud your fan will need to be a lot smaller diameter due to the severe driveline angle error.
Love the episode, I'm in the minority, not a fan of patina
No Part 3?
I am not sure if they want to keep the patina or just cutting corners but they should of done the correct repairs and not the lazy way out.
They want to keep it. They have the budget to do anything they want really. So not lazy just doing something different. If they built a sema car people would be complaining that they spent too much.
@@bradenkowal8117 Half repair and keeping the vehicle is one thing but they do sell their parts and project vehicles to make room for new projects and the next idiot who buys it is left repairing it. Hey if you are fine with people taking short cuts and not doing the real work then good for you......
Really the only thing they arent doing is painting it.....everything else is done right. The whole drivetrain is new....
What is going to happen to this project when You complete it ?
Is it going to be given away or sold ? Can't wait to see it completed . Great content Thank You . 🇺🇲🇵🇷🦊👍
Sadly most vehicle projects done on most shows are disassembled for their parts,pieces, its how they "just happen to have __ from a past project" laying around the shop,,,, or are kept by the show as future "test mules" for sponsors products, and worst of all, once that segment done, just crushed or shredded,,, due to liability issues and sue happy lawyers, and or lack of good or proper paperwork
What happened to Power Nation on TV? I am no longer seeing any of the Power Nation line up on cable lately. MotorTrend TV and CNBC sports have stopped showing us your expertice, Tommy! Let me know where you went...other than TH-cam that is.
If you have a Samsung tv there is a Powerblock channel that runs shows 24/7.
I’m disappointed you didn’t do the Omaha Orange in the engine bay.
It looks good in the engine bay now but frankly I would like the looks much better with a hood that covers everything. Never was a fan of blowers or carburetors sticking up out of the hood, for drag racers I understand but for a street machine. No. I do learn a lot of good information on products watching you guys.
I don't understand why they keep saying it has patina, its just in black primer and not patina'd at all.
Because like barn dust it adds 15k in value...lol
Call me a worry wart, I still would like to see some wider front wheels and tires on that beast. 500 plus horsepower is plenty and those little wheels take away from some stopping ability and the way it goes around corners. I do like the stance on the old girl though. Should turn some heads for sure.
finally some red blooded American, alpha male content . . . cue the hater comments.
Got a link for the wheels and tires
Awesome 🔥
Filler paint looks good, use on whole car? But know you want different look.
What happened to Mike Galley from engine power?
I miss Rick Bacon.
Awesome!
Really love this build. I have a 2010 challenger 5 7 hemi and have been wanting to do a 6 speed swap. My concern is the pilot bearing. Did your hemi come out of an auto car and if so was there any issue with a pilot bearing on the crank ?
It's 2022; why keep going with 5-speeds instead of 6?
Don't understand why you didn't paint the engine compartment it's proper color. BTW, patina means your too cheap to paint
They definitely have the budget to do whatever they want. They are just doing something different
They a taking a parts car and turning in to something fun to play with without adding a third mortgage to the house to do it. They are just showing what can be done with a little imagination and your own hands. The hot rod industry is slowly dying a painful death and doing stuff like this is just another way of keeping the fun going a little while longer.
@@greglechowski5030 Ya start pricing the parts they are using. Adds up real fast. None of that is cheap.
Dated a girl once called Patina, but she was not cheap to take out.
@@greglechowski5030 Agreed with both of your comments. Another red flag about the industry is the steady decline in motorcycle sales. A lot of the older riders have reached the age where they can't ride any more, and the young bedwetters rather ride electric scooters. The times they are a' changin'.
What do you think about tying in the frame rails?
Basically, it's a good idea. Most guys making any real power use subframe connectors unless they have some rare model.
You can send me the car and I'll spend the money to get the body done. At least you can stop the rust from spreading.
Can u upgrade my Chevy..( optra 1.8 )
Do u guys even work in Detroit?
Is that a serious question, bro?
Funny how the inverse of the prideful statement “it’s got a hemi in it”… does not work for the owner…. 😂😂
I hate it when they ugly rust finish patina. IT'S RUST!
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So you'll clean up the engine bay to show off the G3, but you won't spend $20 and half an hour to clean and rust-convert the underside? 'Splain that for me.
paint it
Curious how much of a discount they get for using these products vs how much it would cost us real world folks to do something like this?Don't get me wrong I'm not hating on 'em.
The Holley system by itself is ~$2000, The 5-speed is ~$5000, Hemi engine core ~$2500.... they are looking at around $20,000 just for engine, trans, K member...
I'm under the impression that Powernation gets a HUGE discount in some cases ($0), or that many of the parts are temporarily on 'loan'.
I hate patina. Paint it.
They will. With clearcoat. And I DESPISE clearcoat! Why? just take a look at the cars around you as you sit at a traffic light. Wish we'd go back to single stage paint jobs, but that will never happen again.
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Never did like garbage sticking thru the hood on street cars, looks like ass,
5 seconds into the video and you guys already ruined it.. this isn’t a Chevy or a Ford, paint the engine compartment the correct color!
Mopar engine bays are painted to match the body color, and the body is color is BLACK and they painted the engine bay BLACK, I don’t understand why everyone is so pi$$ed off? They didn’t do anything wrong, and a bright orange engine bay with a black body would look atrocious 🤮
@@dancampbell4400 Because they said the original color of the car is Omaha Orange not black. They said they weren't painting the car black, they were leaving it as is.
I agree with your engine compartment color statement, but the rest? Dumb.
@@dancampbell4400 Not necessarily. The original orange paint does pop through here & there (and shows on the door jams at 20:00). It would make a helluva Halloween hot rod! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Vbaknabam..xaim.
I'm sorry... Did you say 550hp??? All that engine and all that work and that's it? This is why guys are LS swapping everything. 🤦♂️
They're not done with tuning that engine by any means.
@@eskieman3948 watch the engine masters episode where they compare gen 3 and gen 4 hemi engines.
😎✌🖖👍👌🤓😎✌🖖👍👌🤓
If y'all could take a page out of Roadkill's book and stop with the cheezie scripted bullshit, and just work on that car it'd make it way more enjoyable to watch.
The new director is a bit annoying. Changing cameras 4x in the middle of a single sentence? Time to go back to school.
and which film school did you go to ? It is very different from their normal but I like it, its more stimulating and not as stale as some of the other PN shows of the past, just my opinion
👍👍🇺🇲 Lgb
this channel is still mostly about being a schill for products not self help
Surprised someone liked that comment , most time's I get how you criticize them
Not sure if you know how tv shows work....but thats how it is. This isnt a how to video. Its them building cars.....
that's how it has always been