FORGOTTEN C3 Corvette Gets Supercharged - PART 1 (preparing for burnout competition!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- In a two-part series, and In preparation for a burnout show, I'm installing a Weiand/Holley 142 blower, Holley carburetor, and other goodies on my 1980 Chevrolet corvette. With the pulleys provided, I should get around 5-6 PSI and turn this 4 speed into a tire fryer! I've got an idea for brakes to give me a little advantage, as well as special colored smoke tires. You can't miss this behind the scenes style video
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Don't let this guy's "awww shucks" demeanor trick you - you're looking at a seriously brilliant mechanic here.
if you watch closely, sometimes the character steps aside and the real Derek's voice comes out of his mouth. :-)
@@brianlojeck this is actually the first time I’ve seen the “real” mechanic come out. It was cool to see.
Reminds me of my good friend, who's been my mechanic, for 30 years now..
Derrick got crazy skills and it's great I can watch
I really admire how modest derik is . He is one of the best . 👌
"Chip Foose eat your heart out!"
This man is a comedic genius
I also liked the way he subtly dropped that in there .....
There is nothing close to this show, for general interest, specialist knowledge and a good laugh out loud pretty much every minute, great value!
IMHO its because a whole lotta people have been through what he's going through. He makes it friggin hillarious!!!
@@aboutmyfathersbusiness8324 Agreed! I bet not many of us would be able to pass the swear jar without being bankrupt though 😬.
I lived on a farm for a while and it's a great introduction to Tourette's when you are working with old worn out machinery.
@@vf19blue Tourette's !!! Agreed thoroughly!
He works on cars like the rest of us do ;-)
Vice Grip for cars and comedy, Diesel Creek for funny & Heavy equipment. My two favorite channels!
A guy has a lot of things:
- Knowledge
- Free Time
- Patience
- One-liners
Respect.
"license and registration please"
*Derek hands it over*
"Sir, this is registration to a burnout competition"
Hands down the best Channel on TH-cam I can watch this 24/7 and keep putting a smile on my face good job keep up the good work
Thank you kindly!
I can't believe how much the guy pushes himself to do these videos and not run out of stamina and just throw everything through a window out of frustration and just pure tiredness. This guy... This guy is a champ champion champiogne champagne. God damn. It's unreal. He didn't even got mind bottled through all this.
"Jessica wouldn't let me bring my Harbor Freight ones." 😬
Had'em packed, she took em out
@@ViceGripGarage She's gotten used to her Sasquach, although why is still a mystery.
It's when she packs em is when you gotta start worrying
@@NoWr2Run so sorry for you, I hope peace finds you soon
@@ViceGripGarage, i feel ya. Had mine for years on years never had a problem. Turned in 2 sets and got 2 of the replacement sets, never even took them out of the box cause I figured they'd be recalled too after reports of the weld fails, and they were. Should've kept the first set.
Me being a lady who knows nothing about cars but driving them...I love watching you bring these old cars and trucks back to life! You are a very funny genius...keep up the good work!
The shape of the body on these (and those) Corvettes is something else, hats off to the designer. Forget the blower, a new eight track player in the cockpit would add 97.657 BHP to the rear wheels.
"Gotta find somewhere to put this so I can lose it." My life in one sentence.
i laughed so hard,because its so true.
So true. Me and my Dad spent an hour looking for a part a couple of weeks ago. Turns out he had already fitted it to the car
So true.
@@BeatersRus ⁰0
My girlfriend in a nutshell.
VGG: Has lift
Also VGG: Uses jack and jack stands
Lifts are not always as great as everyone says they are, some jobs are faster to do the old fashioned way with a Jack.
I thought the same but that lift is not going to swing under the Vette. So you’ll need to use a floor Jack anyways.
Yeah ikr lol that drove me nuts haha I wish I had that lift 😞 or something I hate crawling around on my back an side an getting up an down under a car not fun
@@KnuckleHeadGarage27 your not missing out that much man, depending on ur lift, u still have to do some jobs with a floor Jack and sometimes setting up the lift can waste more time than just putting a jack underneath and getting it done and lifts can be sketchy and dangerous if ur not paying attention.
As much as he has to climb under then go back up top, especially for the brakes, the lift would be in the way.
We always used a little nail to block off brake lines. A guy snagged himself one of those snazzy fitted VGG capolaters supposed to be here Saturday. Love all you do Derek, I lost my dad about a month ago, and your videos always make me smile. Keep doing you brother, thank you.
@@NoWr2Run thank you
Thanks for the support. Sorry for your loss, keep your chin up. Been there.
@@ViceGripGarage Thank you, I have watched every episode, some twice even. Your videos take me back to when I was a kid helping my dad fix up our junk. We always did it the right way... No, no we didn't, but it worked.
It's been 2 years and i still miss my dad all the time. But now it's less sad and we mostly reminisce about all the good stories we remember about him. As for the brake line, I used to twist the line until they snapped, then hammer the twisted tip dead on until it sealed itself up. Still would lose a couple drips now and then, but it worked mostly well.
Sorry for your loss man that sucks but you can always look at the bright side and I hope a feller can keep your thoughts over there. Praying for you and my advice is do what makes a guy smile :)
"Tighter than Jlo's half -time outfit" surely the best yet!!
When a car diesels like that when I was a kid my Dad would say it runs so good it doesn’t want to quit!
“This car is clean” - Poltergeist reference
Nailed it~!
haahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaa.........
Get that camera guy a tripod, he's not chasing a criminal on cops 😂 making me dizzy with the wobble cam haha
I wonder what a guy had to pay for that shity ass filming lol
Looks like hit the lottery on this fucking Corvette got a whole new camera crew and everything
I hope it doesn't ruin this channel LOL
It would have been so awesome if Derek at the end of the day was like can I pay you with IOU lol
Agreed. I hope Derek sees this. There was another show I used to watch -- just some guys with tripods. Then the channel got sponsored and they went all Hollywood. Shows are un-watchable now without Dramamine.
In case nobody got that Harbor Freight jackstands reference he made... I'll cue you in. Harbor freight did a massive recall on just about all their jackstands. Supposedly the tooling they used at the factory was worn out and they were dropping cars on people.
Just a warning.
Worn out tooling does not equal low quality steel or bad welds and if the jigs are "worn out" (which they really don't do, especially in this case) then someone should have said something but they probably wanted to make sure they got paid and fed that day and had a job to come back to the next day... or they did say something and got shot before anybody else got "snobby" with wanting to make safety equipment with quality and accuracy!
Don't blame the local stores, they were accountable and did a recall! Blame the Communist run factory that rushed &/or cheaped out in the first place!
Using a Sawzall on the fan shroud...now that is ingenuity and spur-of-the-moment thinking and improvisation that made America truly great. And Chip Foose is probably eating his heart out right now.
I thought Road Kill was the coolest show ever. Then you had to pay for the Show, now we have you and it is the best show on TH-cam. Thank you, thank you. Your videos are view in this house 24/7.
"I need somewhere to put this where I can loose it"
Also, I will now refer to a universal socket as a 'jobble wockey' that scene with the mallet was hilarious!!!
Hands down my favorite TH-cam channel.
Thank you
100%
Yep I agree
Love this TH-cam channel! You can be having a really bad day, and one of Derek's videos will set everything right again. Thanks, buddy!
Wow, thank you!
I still think these are beautiful cars. But I’m British so what Would I know. But give my a thumbs up for driving a 53 Chevy
Lots of Thumbs up Thanks Guys
Definitely good looking cars.... so gutless from the factory.
"What is this thing? I don't know." Then he throws it. This is the best channel on TH-cam.
Welcome, where have y'all bin for all this time?
“I don’t like shiny things they make me uncomfortable”🤣😂
Its just, I get nervous, ya know?
I totally understand.
The problem with shiny things is you're always having to shine them.
Shiny things just tend to be more expensive so when you break them, you know you are further in the hole.
I've worked with hillbillies that hate anything new or shiny. They can't relax, they feel like mom's gonna cuff 'em in the head any second.
“It’s like the Bellagio fountain” 😂😂😂 ... I just spit out my drink.
hah, dang thing anyway
Me too. 😆
I hope a guy shows ol’ Cleetus how it’s done!
Hell ya brother!
@Lunsy They are equally great guys no need to bash either.
@Jeffrey Bamford they even went to australia and sent a burnout car from the states to do burnouts.
@Lunsy no correct..James does almost do all the work..so what?
@Lunsy i take it you never watched cleetus in the beginning he did pretty much all the work on Leroy himself
Although he pretends otherwise he knows exactly what's he's doing. A really entertaining show and I'm enthralled finding new episodes with old dinosaurs he breathes life back into. I'm a believer
Trying to protect paint=
Puts duct tape on paint=
I love this guy.
I think a VGG tee shirt should say "Will it work? Probably not"
"Thats factree" or "I doNt KnOw."
Back of the t shirt should have the “ I’m an idiot..... “ warning.
Back of shirt should say, Help me Understand
You could just bleep bloop them together !
He is that “Bob Ross” of the TH-cam automotive mechanic world and his name is Derk !
Thanks bub!
We’ll just plant a happy little blower here and a sprinkle of red tire smoke!
@@Chinny_Winny No mistakes, way too much, that's fine.
Derk The Daring?
That smoke coming out of the carburetor was probably just burnt ants.
@Stimpy&Ren well they are fire ants now if they weren’t before!! That’s Awesome, give em a taste of their own medicine!!!
"wouldn't let me bring my Harbor Freight..." , that is a person that LOVES you!
Sir, everytime I watch your video, I admire your mechanic skills. You bring from death back to life every car which cross your way. You are a Real Magician!!! You are the US Car Spirit Resurection Superman ! Wish you all the best for the future. 🤴👸
A feller ought to invest in an ant eater for situations just like this.
I've wondered about that before. Of all the invasive species that seem like they'd be beneficial without any downsides the anteater wins the prize.
Would that be FacTree???
Don't vinegar get rid of ants?
Wheres the burnout competition at?
I honestly looked into it at my old house. Turns out they can't be easily domesticated.
...."this is arm clearance...in case you were wondering why I went so big...." LOL said EXACTLY as I was wondering that very thing...AWESOME!!! Keep it up!
😁
Man it’s good to see your problem solving process. Your success seems to come from your determination to move forward no matter what challenges present themselves to you.
Much appreciated sir!
I'm old and this car was new when I was a mechanic... we didn't have lectric gasket removers... you kids have it easy. Those rubber gaskets at the front and back of the intake... I used to use weatherstrip adhesive (there was no RTV or silicone gasket stuff back then) to glue em into place... did the trick. Used it on thermostat housings and valve covers too.
All this high tech engineering terminology like "widgimawoos" and "lightning caps" and so on makes it hard for a non mechanic to follow sometimes, but really enjoyable to see someone who really knows what he is doing, unlike myself.
“I impressed myself is what I’m saying” haha when anything works out like I planned I’m impressed. Which is never
haha, excellent
I'm always scared and surprised when things go exactly how they should.
42:00 - “ it’s like the bellagio”😂
My fav car channel on youtube! Awesome content!
Glad you enjoy it!
Did I hear a guy say "pfffft...schedulabadella" at 38:07 while tightening bolts? These types of infamous hilarious quotes will keep a guy watching and rewinding over and over ;-)
Don't feel bad. My C3 makes me lose my mind too. Or well it did. It's pretty much all sorted out now after 8 years as a project.
after watching this i really can appreciate your regular video audio. this sounded like it was recorded from a VHS Tape
Thanks, I guess haha
@@ViceGripGarage I enjoyed watching none the less. like always, i ended up laughing like an idiot at least twice
@@technerdy me too, especially at “chip foose eat your heart out”!! Lmao
I just realized he used a floor jack when he's between a two post lift. Lol. Can't break old habits I guess.
I've done that a million times because you think it will take to long to set the lift up and then you end up fighting with a jack for 10 minutes and cussing yourself because you are still working on the ground lol
@@SlimPickins_07 You Jack the front a few inches put the front arms under then the same in the back takes like 5 minutes I'm not working on the floor if there's a lift there.
Possibly insurance thing with the garage he was at.
Car so low gotta roll onto to some 2 be fers to clear the floor jack can lift it up so lift arms can clear 😏🤷♂️
@@tomtheplummer7322 doubt it on one of those old vettes. At factory height they sit pretty tall.
"Chip Foose, eat your heart out!" Bwahahahahahaa best line EVER!
I mean, customization level 300, right?
I almost spit my beer out when Derek said that!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Perfect freehand/ freestyle cutout on the ol’ fan shroud....👏👏👏
Ortho Home Defense. NOTHING in the store kills them, and keeps them away for as long. Thank me now, or later. 👍🏼
This is byfar the best channel on utube.
Derek keep it rolling mate laying here with huge blood clot in my leg after a second knee operation wondering if I'm going to die any second. Can always count on you for a smile and a laugh
"This house is clean."
All I heard was Heather O'Rourke "They're Baaaaaccckk.'
hahahahah
How can there be 99 thumbs down? This dude is comedic gold!!! Love the videos!
Thanks Rj
The Corvette purists are having fits on the forums about this.
Good. Fuck em.
Which forum? 😁
I never liked those guys much anyway.
I think cutting the fan cowl will have them howl.....
Better there then here.
Derek...you are my hero! You do everything I can’t! Honestly, I live my life’s fantasies through you! Thank you for being an average guy, with average projects! You give me hope!....Thanks again!
He talks funny but that’s the true sign of a video master as well as a true master machanic. And a master of his craft in general. I can’t stop watching.
Love the not so subtle nob to chip foose's freehand cutting abilities lol
hah, glad you liked
“I don’t know what this is....we don’t need it. 😂 love it
Just gotta get it outta there
That was the vacuum check valve. He's gonna need it....
A camera guy needs to turn on the exposure jeez a guy can’t just seen darn anything round here
Looks like he's got a whole new camera crew today... Trump voice " you're fired"..
That was my first thought in the first few minutes. This just don't look right.
It appears there is way too much contrast?
Agreed for sure.
Yep...usin the fat girl filter on the ol camera
Rare privilege to see what goes into new stuff being tweaked beneath the hood .. real spannering by a very talented guy in the zone. Thank you . That Florida heat and poor indoors lighting is something else on top !
I like how he's got it parked in a 2 post lift and still got the floor jack to lift the front end.
I think a fella ought to name such a fine machine'The Ant Eater'.Just saying.
Heck, even the blower has a long snout!
too bad its not pink. dead ant, dead ant, deadantdeadantdeadant
How about "Ant Farm ?"🤔😀♥️✌️
👏 Brilliant mind
A guy wants to watch this but i just need to get at least 5 hours of sleep tonight got to be up at early ass hell o clock
Around here we call that getting up at Dawn’s ass crack.
Damn I hate where I live now
We just call it sunrise and early as shit
@@paulyoung181 I thought it’s “Ass Crack of Dawn”
a must go up after 3 hour but must see this.ho needs sleep.
@@a_friendly_alien4289 a variation on the same theme.
For some reason this guy’s voice reminds me of Tom Bodet the motel 6 guy. “We’ll leave the light on for ya”
😂😂😂😂
Ah hA! So THAT's where I've heard that voice before! Yer right R Allee, he does sound almost, well maybe, I dunno, like Tom Bodet doesn't he :)
VGG: "We'll leave the dome light on for ya."
Dear Derek @vicegripgarage
I’m writing to you from 2023, watching this episode with my wife , questioning why you didn’t use the lift at times. She told me to “bleep bloop him and ask” and here I am. One, I’m so proud she pays attention and couldn’t be happier with my wife. B, so glad you’re so entertaining. It’s relaxing and fun to watch. And 3, thanks for not sticking with this camera crew, they didn’t do you any favors. It was admittedly hard to watch and felt like “Monster Garage” nor “Vice Grip Garage”
Keep it up, we all love what you do!
I call them valley walls. But end of block dams is good too
Pulls off hose: "No excitement here that's good." lol
And then Derek says.... " Don't know where the other half of this one went...?? " lmao
Derek, you never disappoint!
Thanks Robert, so awesome I keep seeing your comments
Knowing GM I would imagine that the AC Delco jackstands are probably made in the same place as the Harbor Freight ones.
I was a traveling Craigslist mechanic in DETROIT for a while years ago. It was Bad. I’m not playing when I say I’ve seen these same cars over the years and Derek, he’s bomb ass problem solver and a hard worker. That’s what it takes to just get in there and make that shit work with what you got and not complain. 😂😂😂😅
This comment is not a joke at all. I just found out my dad has cancer my dog died my best friend died i was crying hysterical most of the day. Then this video came up on my TH-cam feed I was laughing my ass off for a good 5.7 minutes this “guy” is awesome.
Hey thanks for the laugh I really needed it your a gem 💎
He goes “there’s a thing there, yep,yep, that’s broken, Ok, that’s great”
I wish this was every nite ! Love this channel !
This episode is full of Gems ,
Super Brave working on this
engine bay , it is tighter than
J Lo's half time outfit ,lol.....
@Jeff Kopis gay
I don’t know how you do it.
I hate working under a deadline.
Good thing you know what you are doing! 👍🏼
Ram
I went ahead and did the right thing by smashing that like thinga-ma-doo because a guy never disappoints.
"fuel make-it-happener"
"lightning whirler"
This channel almost competes with AvE for comedy slang. 🤣
Exceeds....
@@fyrbyrd71 was gonna say almost? not even close its miles ahead
They be working/conspiring on a Frankestein-esqe mechanical monster....;)
Fuel makingin happener
That's a tall order, too. :)
I predict rods and such finding their way to the outside world real soon.
Watch him run an 8 Inch wheel
No way, with stock heads and cam it will not make any real power.
@16driver16 Absolutely will. Watch me.
@@ViceGripGarage have faith. Car has made it this far.
@@ViceGripGarage Lmao!. Love your show man, keep up the great content for a feller. "Whoops, there goes a bolt... great." I know that feeling all too well.
Fyi advance auto parts Carries electric fans, usually in stock, I would know I'm a commercial manager at one lol. Love you man, be good...kinda.
My wife made me watch an episode of Cupcake Wars I told her I could beat that made her watch this winning!!!!
haha excellent
Chalk one up for the fellas. Fellas 1, wives...a lot, but most importantly; fellas 1.
I got lucky, my girl and I love this show. She's from Wi though and loves the accent
Gawd my wife pulls the 90 day fiancé crap on me. She tries to get me to watch that...
@@jiminycricket2230 Attempting to make you watch 90 day trap show, it is a crap test. Just say No!
Thanks for saving an old Vette from certain death!
Incredible how much perseverance Derek has. I could tell In this video that it wasn’t his normal turn and burn car fixin. The time crunch, the space limitations in the engine bay, the camera men in his face, the tedious intake swap, the Florida heat… heck I was stressed just watching. you could tell it was gettin to a guy just a little but he just kept going.
Total number of driver/mechanics for the burn out show attempting to gain 80-90 Hp the night prior....1. 👍
🤘🤘👊
You are amazing Derek the work you do on these cars is incredible! Thinking you’ll gain about 100hp!
Hope so!
Has this thing started yet?? "I dont kno"... " help me understand"
A buddy won the burnout at the mopar nats one year in his HUGE block 69 barracuda with tires that smoked red, it's somewhere online, Guy Fiel, great guy left us a few years back!!! Loved reptiles and mopars!!!
There's almost always a plug in the radiator where you can run a thermal switch that activates at a pre-detetmined temperature. Use one rated at 180 degrees F and use it as your fan ground with a constant 12v source to the fans. Radiator hits 180 and grounds the circuit. Fans run until coolant is cooled down. Make sure you have continuity to chassis on the radiator!
Jeez those paparazzi are just blatant. Look at that guy just standing there taking photos of Derek.
Especially the one in the yellow pants!
It makes so much more sense now. I was wondering how he ever thought that craptastic malaise engine would do acceptable burnouts.
Corvette owners everywhere are crying, and I'm enjoying it.
I'm a Corvette guy, and I have no problem with it. It's not like he's butchering a rare survivor.
Yeah it's just a later c3.
Angle Grinder + Wire Wheel = Whisker-doo.
Goddamn that's it's name for life.
If you stuck the shop vac hose into a 5 gallon bucket and a 1/2" hose into the buckets vent hole you can easily suck out coolant and not have to worry about clean up after.
"It's hotter than 1990's Britney Spears in here" Lmao
Wasn’t she still a minor in the 90’s?
@@maddexxx847 And?
@@Hagfan789 if tweens are your thing.........😔
Nice beaver Brittany
@@maddexxx847 not in the late 90s. Britney Spears is 40. HES talking 98-99 britney when she burst on the scene and was smokin
"I dont know how to run one of these Jobble-Wakkies.." Lol flails furiously 😄😂😂😂
The worst thing about your videos is they end. I really like your pro tips and humor. Witch craft! Lmao
I really thought I was being original when I did my shop vac radiator drain the other day. Great minds think alike my friend
Dropping in the big ol boost whirler to well BRING THE THUNDER
I do not have to watch the video first, to hit the like button. A fellow just knows :)
Appreciate it
Same here, it's a great show and some good laughs a feller is just waiting for the next show like a kid for a lolipop
Savage facts
@@ViceGripGarage I will second that thought! Only bad thing about your videos is that they end!
@@williambehles7704 Lol I know right
"get this thing buttoned up, around 3:00, na probably Midnight"
.
When the camera guy doesn't lend a hand to pass a tool LOL
Camera guy doesn't seem to be doing camera guy things well either 🤣
This is my favorite channel, learn so much and laugh more… thanks!!
I do all my own maintenance on car. Rebuilt my first motor with my dad when I was about 8. Well helped him. Don’t you just love those bolts that’s in a tight spot where you have to spin it just enough the wrench won’t go back on. And you have to flip it every time.