Finnegan's Garage Ep.65: The Biggest Wheelie and Race of My Life!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- This is it, the fourth installment of an incredible cross-country road trip to race Jon Chase at the NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California. Yeah, you probably already know the outcome of this race because it happened weeks ago and there's plenty of videos from the Hoonigans, Motor Trend, TheCraig909, FourSpeedFilms etc, but this is the tale from my point of view.
I'm picking up the road trip to the race as we prepare to leave The Horsepower Connection in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. We finished dyno-testing Blasphemi and although it would not stop leaking water from the cylinder heads into the crankcase, it did put 1,070hp to the tires. To prevent making a motor milkshake during the event we decided to drain the water out of the engine and only run it long enough to race down the track.
The new ramp truck, Square Force 1, was running great but only getting about 5.5 mpg and we wanted to know why. Sure, it's loaded down with Blasphemi, my tools, boxes of t-shirts and is pretty much a 14,000 lb brick pushing through the wind, but we still wanted to know how the 454 V8 engine was running. So David Newbern, Mike Cotten and I, along with Steve Darnell and Merlon Johnson from Welderup, decided to install a Holley Wideband O2 sensor and custom gauge to see the air/fuel ratio of the engine in real-time.
Here is a link to the gauge we installed:
www.holley.com...
Since we weren't at home in my garage we brought along the portable Miller Welder Multimatic 220 AC/DC MIG/TIG/Stick welder. You've seen this machine on my channel before and it's become my go-to welder because I frequently switch from MIG to TIG welding without having to disconnect the torch or gun and I can leave both the pure argon and argon/co2 mix bottles connected to the machine. It really saves time. Here's a link to more info on that welder:
www.millerweld...
I also brought along the Miller Fusion 160 generator/stick welder for a couple of reasons: first off, the new ramp truck isn't that reliable and I figured at some point during this 5,300 mile trip we'd brake down in the dark somewhere and it would be nice to have a generator for power. We also relied on the 6,500 watts of electrical output to run all of the electric items in our racing pit. The Fusion 160 powered our battery charger, the lights in Square Force 1, the Multimatic 220 and a four-inch angle grinder without any issue.
Here's a link to more info on the Fusion 160:
www.millerweld...
When it came time to MIG weld the O2 sensor bug into the exhaust system of the ramp truck we simply connected the Multimatic 220 to the Fusion 160, hit the electric start switch on the generator, and were off and welding in no time. It really is a great combination of portability and welding power!
The wideband sensor and gauge revealed that the engine was running perfectly and there was very little room to improve its tuneup for better mileage.It also revealed a small exhaust leak when the engine was idling that falsely gave us a lean air/fuel ratio. Once the engine was above idle and there was sufficient exhaust speed the leak went away and the gauge read normally and indicated the 454 was operating an an efficient 14.5:1 air/fuel ratio. If we keep searching for better fuel economy we may have to look into an overdrive transmission or diesel-swap the truck like the we did to the Roadkill ramp truck.
Anyway, we made it to Pomona on-time and sleepy. Since I hadn't driven the car since 2018 and the engine, shifter, fuel system and ignition were all brand-new, we chose to make a couple of test passes before racing started. The first pass resulted in a massive wheelie! The second pass yielded the best ET I've ever ran; 8.68 at 160 mph! When it came time to race Jon Chase, the car ran just long enough to get the job done and then the Hemi quit on me. It's currently out of the car for an autopsy to find the reason for the water leak and see if we did any other damage.
Now that this trip and race are over we are going to switch gears and get back to work on the OG Roadkill Ramp Truck, the twin turbo Jet Boat, and m '67 C10. Look for an update on the ramp truck's broken rear axle in episode 66!
and if you'd like to support this channel and my bad decisions involving cars the please cop a hoodie, a shirt, a hat or some stickers here: www.fsmgarage.com
thanks for the support!
-mike
Wrenching with the competition to help him get on the track... first class show Mike. Well done.
yeah.. a racer in need is a racer in need.. even if he/she is your competition
It's one of the things I enjoy most about the drag race scene, you often see people helping even if they're strangers or the competition. Although I'm not sure if it is altruism or they're just that onsesed with wrenching. Either way great stuff
Yea, people talk a lot of crap on the internet, but real racers that are out on real tracks tend to stick together. A big part of why I love it so much.
Helping to fix your opponents car before the race = true sportsmanship!
Truth!!!
If other Sports ...Pro and otherwise could take a Page or 2 out of Mikes book!! Humble winner as well ! True racers will loan/give u whatever parts u need and help u put em on! (then Properly drag ur ass!!) Naturally!
14,000 lbs, 456 gears, 80mph, 454, what part of bad gas mileage is hard to understand?
Did he say if it even has a lockup converter? 😆
@@grabasandwich no th400 ever had a lockup clutch
I had a 70 SS454 Montecarlo a verrry long time ago and it got eight something so honestly I don't think with all of the weight, 4.56, and eighty MPH that your doing bad. It is what it is. Seems normal to me.
@@Sharkey_t thx, I probably read that somewhere but I forgot.
jake welder that is not a 4L80
Dude it's got the aerodynamics of a billboard
Suggestion: The deflector is possibly only creating down force. May have more success deflecting the vacuum of of the back of the vehicle. I have enjoyed traveling with you guys on the podcast.
It is a billboard!
Thomas Wright pushing a 7 ton barn down the road. I bet the people drafting it are getting great MPG. 🤓
My 60 Landcruiser has the same aerodynamics, but i still can get 20mpg out of that
Having said that, it definitely wouldn't do that at 80mph. More like 60
Any bigger wheel stand and you're going to need bubble wrap..
A good call back to one of the greatest roadkill episodes ever
It's you're** though.
only true Roadkill fans understand this
Yep
@donutdoode69
Yep, Stubby Bob the wheelie capable Truck
You guys live the dream Finnegan, thanks for sticking around youtube and not following along with all the other corporate tv shows, and letting us see the things you guys build. Awesome content
Always nice to see a new video featuring Blasphemi with wheels in the air.
Those NHRA stickers on the ramp truck are so cool. The truck looks like you Finnegan was racing in the 80s and 90s
He just had to eat that 72 oz steak and weigh down the truck didn't he
Mike you are truly a good guy and 100% a true sportmans. Help work on ur comps car. It was what the old school drag racing was all about. Helping everyone go fast.
a racer in need is a racer in need.. proper old school there
You seriously need an external mic with wind fluffy thing on it. You can get them very cheaply! Essential for outdoor filming. I keep losing mine... (so I'm glad they're cheap).
The 'dead cat'...
I'm just glad he got someone to fix up the audio so the levels are better, at least it was possible to hear them this time. Could consider getting a lav mic for the more intentional segments, and an external mic with a wind sock for everything else.
You set a world class example for people young and old. Well done & can't wait to see the projects again.
BlaspHEMI is a BEAST!!! Always broke but kills it when running. Never quit making videos Mike and crew. 😁👍🏻👍🏻😁
1) Please move the wing forward 2) Consider diesel swap... you want to get to 10mpg, put a diesel in it.
You would probably get 14 MPG
You can buy a lot of gasoline for what a diesel swap would cost....
I agree with moving the wing foward....
The wing is in the wrong spot and not at the right angle to actually be effective, Fin knows that. He mentioned in the last video that the company that makes the wing contacted him and gave him the info on where it should go and at what angle. These videos are weeks behind actual time (because the man is busy). If he ever mounts the wing permanent, I expect that it will go in the right spot at the right angle, then we should see a noticeable increase in cruising fuel econ. Shit, when that wing starts doing its job the truck might get 11mpg or better with that smog era 454. Im pretty interested to see it happen myself.
11 is a bit of a stretch for a 454 with 4:56 gears, no matter what he does to it.
I like your channel Mike, I’m Keith from Illinois, Chicago south suburb. Your gasser is sweet, I have a 1991 firebird formula drag car, and 1989 nice formula, a little newer muscle, old school sbc though. Keep up the good work and rock out in your badass car!
Congratulations Mike and crew and all your support. You all are awsome, and blasphemi, my all time favorite older body hot rod. The wait, the troibles, and everything else that went wrong, you guys never gave up. That was probably story i've watched in a long time. Win or loose, that was onefor the books. Thanks guys, n CONGRATULATIONS. You all earned it, and thanks for bringing us all along.
Blasphemi vs ruby or even Leroy would be a sweet race
Hey Mike
You are pushing a 14,000 pound brick through the air at 80 miles an hour… Let that sink in…
You’re not going to get 20 miles Per gallon but you can get better than you are. Many of us full-time RVs with class C motorhomes weigh about 4000 pounds more than you do and we are shaped just like the same chunk of brick that your truck is. We have about the same engine same tranny same gears same Duallys.
Shave your head’s and bump the compression just a scoshe, Double check your front wheel bearing condition and preload when you check your front calipers to make sure they pull back and release. You already know about driveline balance and of course you know about using synthetic gear lube in the diff, right? You need to mount that wing about 12 inches forward of where it is and make it adjustable to move it as far as maybe 16 inches forward then experiment with the attack angle from there. I’m getting 4 to 6 miles per gallon better than you are, it’s the little things that all add up . And tell me you’re joking about maintaining a steady 80 mph.
Love the channel you’re doing a great job, keep swinging for the fences
I think he's doing 75+ just to go with the flow of freeway traffic. The wing won't look cool if he mounts it forward.
Two words for the cure: Gear Vendors Overdrive. Ok, three words.
And after all of that, you didn't even show him without his beard! Haha
Matt Misanthropy I forgot! Lol
hoonigans did show it in their video if you really want to see it
Probably figured that he’d already embarrassed Chase enough...:)
Prolly cauz the clippers blew a connecting rod!, and that's 4 or 5 videos down the road..
For as much trouble as you guys have, and as little actual racing gets done, (0.00001% of the videos content is actual racing!), I find it hard to stop watching your videos.. You guys have, literally, more fun than a barrel of monkeys! Thanks for all the laughs and smiles!
Best Finnegan's episode ever! TH-cam is getting better and better, thanks to people like you for posting videos like this. You've raised your game on the video production and editing. Keep it up!!
Well I can say you had one darn fun and crazy trip... Congrats!
Blasphemy, ''speed parts killer''. I love that hoodie. Great show.
I was mad at you at first because it took you so long to get the race out. And then halfway through I knew it wasn't about the race at all. I realized that it was about the adventure of three close friends and brothers which I truly miss the adventures with my brothers
Thank you Mike allowing me to tag along and experience again what I miss about my brothers
Thank you
Best episode ever!! Two of my favorite shows in one. Real pride in your eyes when towed back passing the grandstand 🤠
Depending on the profit margin, you need to sell a T-shirt for every 10miles you travel just to cover fuel
Thumbs up for the sportsmanship! Helping Jon with his car was great.
I have a 77 Ford F-150 with a c6, a 400, and 4.11’s that gets a solid 9 or 10 MPG’s. I’d say your doing pretty decent with that ramp truck.
Star Wars outro was ballin', nice job and well Blasphemi's a beast what more can you say.
The Ramp Truck needs a gen four 6.0L with a 1900TVS off a ZL1/CTSV and matching auto to get it in the double digits with power and reliability.
That second test pass..Holy Sh*t! It left like a scalded cat! Great film.
All this hype , and you win on an 11 second pass, awesome :)
I have a miller generator stick welder with flat tires lol. Thanks for taking us along Finnegan and Co. Zip~
I would research what kind of fuel economy a 1989 school bus gets. Your truck may be kicking ass. :)
Making memories had a blast at pulling up to the line at Pomona with you Mike. It wasn't an ideal outcome for me but still one of the best days of my life.
win or lose that was a very surreal experience. still can't believe they let us race there. lol
Finally. Love the videos but the sound is all over the place. You get quiet so I turn it up, then a gust of wind is loud AF. Great video tho 🔥🤘🏻
That race was one of races can’t afford to lose for sure congrats sir.
ramp truck needs a IH DT360 and a eaton fuller 13 speed
6v71 Detroit Diesel, 5 spd. And stacks
Congrats to Mike and his team!! I knew Blasphemi was gonna win from the beginning of the call out.
I'm more about the Volkswagen Ranch... it's a couple miles further up the highway!
Looks like a really fun road trip and adventure. Really digging the almost weekly Finnegans Garage episodes!
Maybe Gear Vendor has a good overdrive for that truck? They should.
I had one on a th400 with the controller . Made it act like a 6 speed auto. Pretty nice
@@lpatierno84 I knew it'd be a solid choice, never had one, but after I made my comment I noticed many others had recommended it too.
Only downside I ever heard is it can drop the rpms too far and lug the engine, putting it not in ideal rpm range. Idk the credibility of that remark though.
adam forbes There are quite a few Doug Nash overdrive units around for cheap. I know of at least one that will bolt right to the back of a th400, and the guy would sell it for a couple hundred bucks.
I skipped all the other coverage of this because I wanted to see it on this channel. Awesome job with the video.
You should try moving the wing forward to see if that helps with gas mileage.
It needs a cab fairing from a big rig trailer on It. That wing leaves way to much area on either side.
Should bring it all the way up to 5.7mpg...
Craig Code that’s like 12%!
Roadkill and Finnegan's Garage are my favorite things to watch on youtube.
Livin The dream Bro ! Your a hero and a great inspiration ! you know why your starter broke ………..Because Roadkill !
Even though we knew who won a month ago. And didn't matter who won, it was the sportsman in both of you that made the race epic. Mike for going across the country, and even lending a hand repairing his opponents car. And Jon for not being a sore loser and following thru. Its the sportsmanship and friendly environment that makes track day a great day.
This is better than Roadkill, sorry is Roadkill still a Thing. Finnegan's Garage
All the way God Bless
Was a welder for 20 years and you made a great commercial for Miller. I hope you got paid for that cause that was tight and I love Miller’s new equipment line.✌️
Now that there's an o2 sensor, might as well toss a Holley TBI and double you MPG.
Double...lol. ok. Negative on that ghost rider.
I lost count how many times i"ve watched this video. It's Great every time!
Please buy a cover for that microphone! Can't hear the first half of the video over the wind noise. Still a nice video
Enjoyed that,what a trip. Well done guys 👍. I still cant get my head round running that beast with no water and its still going 🤔
Hey let's go on a road trip, what should we bring? Don't forget the Miller Fusion 160... LOL that thing is a beast! What don't you guys have in that ramp truck?
Clearly, The Force Is With This lot.. awesome show. Thanks soo much Bro.
Good guy Mike helping the competition get their car running
Good job guys. Incredible last minute push, by everyone. there are no real losers here. Mission accomplished. Please please come to Orlando Speedworld in November.
JT
Throw a Holley EFI on it and call it a day. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
He showed the afr is just fine. What’s efi going to do to help?
Your coverage of this event was so much more humble and enjoyable than the hoonigans. Keep the good content coming!!
You and Cletus McFarland should race!!
you called it lol. i cant wait to see the episode that cleetus is on. too bad i dont have motor trend on demand
BTW. Congrats on keeping your beard.👍👍👍. Hope you get that coolant issue figured out
I used to have a 1963 ford 1 TON dually with a 460 swapped in. It got 2.5 MPG.......
Micah Doty love it!!
Micah Doty that ain’t right at all lmao
How??? The lowest I've seen on the street is 5-7 mpg on big blocks
I know it's been a while but i'm just catching up on Roadkill and watched your 2019 Drag Week win. Damn near brought me to man tears. You and Blasphemi truly deserved that, greatest automotive victory story of all time.
DURAMAX SWAP in the future episodes of the ramp truck?
Way to go
No don't destroy that truck. All the cutting and modification and cost. When it will probably only get mid teens in mpg is not worth it. It's to nice of a truck. Maybe build a box for the og ramp truck. But dont Diesel swap this. Change the auto or diff gears even a gearvendors.
Super proud of you. Always been a favorite person.
Why screw around and just install Holley fuel injection system since your fuel system was screwed
New PB and a victory. Congratulations Finnegan, BlaspHemi and crew
Haha I'm early again. Looking forward to watching this vid
Justifier 985 you can never be too early
Man, you've had some help Finn, that Star wars prologue?/epilogue just shows how great a guy you are and how many people are willing to get behind you! Aussies who've met you can't say enough good things about you!
Good luck with the rematch, I'm sure it won't go smoothly, but you won't be wearing a tri five by fire tat,
I guess time fire another cummins swap. This one for real needs it and od I don't think would help, bogging the engine would be worse.
Great Video Finn, the entire trip was great to watch through all the social medias and seeing all the people from the hobby pitch in and help (including you helping John that wasn't in this video) was amazing and why I'm always proud to be "A Car Guy"
I've been waiting for this!👏
congrats on the win. have fun with the rebuild. cant wait to see what the engine looks like.
When you're in single digit MPG range, you count every tenth increment!
Yep. Five....POINT SIX. POINT SIX. Got to accentuate the point 6.
Bad ass Runs Finnegan! Nice seeing the ol green hornet at 18:49 one tire fire burn out mobile
Stubby bob vs blashemi whellie contest. Whelie bar on blashemi thought.
@Finnegan A 6L80 might be a good choice too. You can stack a couple extra clutches in it to get the maximum GCVW up way past the 14,000lbs hypothetical max (same max gcvw as a 4L80 I believe). They are great transitions, smooth shifts and with the right TCM should save you a bucket load of fuel. Just something to think about. Love the videos Fin, keep doing gods work!
Dumping water from the cooling system took weight off the front of the car and would contribute to wheel stands.
Plus the water pump is a mini dyno
Epic adventure. Thanks for letting us tag along with you.
Does anyone else think Finnegan should put a Duramax in the new ramp truck?
Might double the milage. What do you think?
I could see it, but if it didn't, it would just be cooler.
@@lanemendenhall1717 Yeah I agree, but he already has a cummins swapped ramp truck and its not very often you see a squarebody with a duramax, everyone and their dog has a cummins swapped squarebody.
@@lanemendenhall1717 I would say just compound turbos on it.
U know they would hack the shit out of it and it would be so unreliable
Keep on keeping on with the ramp truck it’s awesome and so is you’re love for it 👌
5.6 mpg is excellent for that vehicle. My ford 2006 e250 service van only gets 10 mpg.
My cummins 4bta and ZB 5 speed box truck conversion camper van gets about 15 mpg, weighs 1500 lb and has way worse areodynamics. So my suggestion is diesel swop it.
Crazy KT
Pics or you’re lying
Chump Johnson it’s a U.K. 2003 DAF lf45 7.5 tonne ex bread delivery truck on springs, it gets about 18mpg, but I am guessing the us gallon conversion. They are geared for economical start stop city driving, fine for an over heavy camper conversion. No putting pics of my vehicle on the internet, so sorry. But they all look the same, so google it. Only 150 horsepower, but it will sit all day at 60, I never drive faster as the economy goes down hill really really fast plus the cops get all stoppy, it is a private HGV, so not speed limited, but the cops always stop me when going faster.
@@chrisj197438 . Pics or you are lying. 😂
That was brilliant! I don't know what else to say, utterly brilliant.
Wow, Fennegan found a better way around TH-cam copyright laws
Man, these videos always brighten my day. I'm so glad you started your own channel. Keep being awesome, Finnegan.
Compound turbo Cummins swap the new ramp truck
Keyon Cochran keep it original
Ive always loved that style of spoiler like on the snapon trucks
The green hornet in the background
More green hornet! Let’s get 15’s!!
can't wait to see the rematch. don't care who wins but i love seeing you guys get together on stuff
Better than MTOD thumb it if ya agree
I just want to say thank you, to Finnegan, Newbern, Cotten, and Uncle Bobby (even tho he never turned a wrench). Was some great content, and a lot of fun to follow along. You guys kick ass.
For the record: Chase stole from Finnegan. Cause Finnegan began HIS gasser almost a full year before Chase started HIS gasser. Nonetheless Finnegan wins all the way.
I am mexican and watch you guys from this side of the border and when I saw that 18-pack of Tecate, I felt a bit weird that a trio of "gringos" are having some mexi beer.
Nice!
ONE Sentence ! DO NOT SCREW WITH IT ! Leave IT ALONE ! IT Is Doing What IT Is Designed TO DO ! Remember , In its Day , The
Speed Limit Was """ 55 """ Miles PER HOUR !!!!
Blasphemy is one of the coolest car's I've ever seen man that thing is bad ass
So, you have won me back. Rock on Finnegan
The fast and the furious quotes probably some of the funniest. Love it man
Great view at about 10:30,snow capped mountains and Palm trees in the same picture!!!
My Grandpa had a 1977 C-10 2 wheel drive Chevy pick-up when I was younger, he usually got around 8 MPG with that (and of course he drove it like a Grandpa). I think you're doing pretty good getting 7 MPG with a 454 in that rig. Grandpa tried to sell me his truck when I was 18 (mid 80's), I liked the truck but knew I couldn't afford the gas!
that was goodtimes for sho!!!!wouldnt of known that you even had any problems!!!!Good driving,hope to see you and the blasphemi around these parts again!!!Big big fan
Super cool man gasser life. They both sound good but your little test pass there that's pretty slick and I know it takes money to go fast!!!.