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McLAREN M6B Can-Am 1968 | Présentation et démarrage

French Speed Connection:

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A major change
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Before getting to today's topic, and this nice McLaren behind me
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That was the introduction message
Now let's get into the subject we are here for and this stunning McLaren Can-Am
Of course today everybody knows McLaren
But before being a successful sportscars manufacturer
There was a man behind all that, Bruce McLaren
He was a New-Zealander Formula 1 driver
and was in 1959 the youngest F1 driver to ever won a Grand Prix
And this passion for racing evolved into something bigger few years later
And Bruce McLaren created his own F1 racing team and Sportscars racing team
with cars like this stunning M6B
A little bit of history for those who don't know the Can-Am championship and its fantastic cars
Like this McLaren M6B built in the mid-60's
At only 28 in 1964, Bruce McLaren was a F1 driver but also ran his own F1 team
And also launched his first Sporstcar
a car similar to this one, the McLaren M1
This car fitted with a Chevy V8 was supposed to beat the Lola in the Can-Am championship
Lola was the main competitor of McLaren at that time
The M1 is a great car but it is built around tubular chassis
While the new Lola T70 MK1, is built on an aluminum monocoque, lighter and more rigid.
and what was to happen, happened, and Lola outshined its competitors in the Can-Am championship
and of course it was not to Bruce McLaren's taste
End of 1966, a major upgrade of the M1 is launched, inspired by what had been done at Lola
and the new car is built around an aluminium monocoque, the McLaren M6
In 1967, two factory cars are built and painted in the typical orange color of the McLaren team
And these cars would immediately win and finaly beat the Lola
The next year, as the M6 had been so successful in 67, many private teams wanted to buy a M6 to compete in the Can-Am championship
McLaren thus decided to build a series of M6 for the privateers, the M6B
like this car
26 units would finally be built for the 68 season
The McLaren M6B is first of all an incredible shape
As a sportscar it is very low
mid-engine of course
a big Chevy V8 that we will detail later on
this is also superb curves and sheer beauty for a car that is designed for speed above all
Of course, that M6B is called a "small" Can-Am
It is true that the car is quite small
But this car has amazing specifications
580 HP, and only 745 Kg (1642 Lbs)
Think about it, the power to weight ratio is just unbelievable
Now in this bucket seat, one can dream of being Mark Donohue or Denny Hulme behind the wheel
Except that some major skills are required to master that kind of cars
Even if the chassis is great and the car handles great, with a very torque engine
We will come back on this later
This is nevertheless a beast of a car
For the story, these cars raced in the Can-Am championship in the States, but also in UK until 1966
And these cars have been banned from the UK championship, because during the last season
Not this M6B, but the Lola T70 that were the competitors to the McLaren cars
They beat 7 lap records out of 8 tracks they raced on
so that they were faster than the contemporary Formula one
It was just inconceivable that a car on the planet could be faster than a Formula 1
So that the championship was banned in UK
Fortunately, the Can-Am lived on in the USA with these fantastic machines, the McLaren and later the Porsche amongst others
With the doors opened and the hood off, it is much easier to see how the M6B chassis is built
a riveted aluminium monocoque chassis
What is cool in the M6B is that you are very well surrounded by two riveted aluminium boxes ...
... but filled with gas.
You never feel alone in the M6B !
Here is the heart of the beast and this famous Chevy V8
As you can see it is mid-rear mounted just behind the head of the driver
When you drive this car you just make one with the mechanical components
This engine is a classic small block 350ci Chevy V8
It is of course very well prepared in this McLaren
It is fitted with 4 big Weber carbs
It could also be fitted with a Kinsler injection system in period
This car also has a spare Kinsler injection setup so that it could be fitted back in if needed
This is one of the most noisy car on the planet
This is not really noise. That V8 does music to the hears
And we will make you listen to it later on
It is a race car so that the V8 is dry sumped. Here is the oil tank
It is matted to a classic Hewland gearbox, very common in the F1 and Sportscars world
This is funny of the engine oil coolers are mounted far back in the car
The exhaust : look at the diameter of these pipes
This a free exhaust, directly connected to the engine without any muffler
Look at this beautiful header
The tires might look monstrous. It is true that they are of unusual dimension
But there are much more extreme setups. With this car we are in 1968 with a customer car
McLaren and the other builders that race in the Can-Am will produce cars that are more and more extreme
Even if the chassis are typically similar to this one,
but with much larger bodywork, bigger aero package, and even fatter tires
not talking about the big block engines that are much more powerful
As we talk about power
few numbers to provide a context
this small block 5.7 Chevy V8 is good for 580 HP
And this car has been weighted at only 745 Kg (1642 Lbs)
That gives an idea of the power to weight ratio
That is to say that for 1500 Kg (3300 Lbs) car, more or less the weight of a Porsche 911 tubo
It would have to be powered by a 1200 HP engine !
We told you that this car is one of the loudest car in the world, and we did not lie
And we will prove it right now
This is called a small Can-Am, I can guarantee that is has nothing to do with small
We will shortly shoot a more complete review and take you with us on track with the car
Meanwhile, we hope you enjoyed this presentation of the McLaren M6B, and our first video in French
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Rare Chevy Sedan Delivery, Boss 302, and a Mercury 1 ton pickup | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 51

Hagerty:

(rock music)
- Three, two, one.
(tires squealing)
(engines roaring)
- A friend of mine, Peter Egan,
wrote, once wrote a great story in
Road and Track magazine that if you want
to look for old cars,
go to a small airport.
Because the wings of an
airplane leave lots of room
to put cars underneath them.
And so we're at a small airport, today.
Happen to meet this great
guy, a couple weeks ago,
Willy Vinton.
And Willy is the curator
and the manager of the
Fountainhead Auto Museum
in Fairbanks, Alaska.
He has assembled, what I think,
is one of the finest museums
in the United States.
I just went there a couple
weeks ago, and I said,
"Willy, do you know anybody with old cars?
"We're going to be shooting an
episode of Barn Find Hunter."
And he says,
"Well, I've got a couple old cars."
And he happens to own a
couple of airplane hangers.
So Peter Egan's story is coming
true in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Willy's going to open up his hanger
and show us what he's got inside there.
Are they underneath wings by the way?
- No, I don't have any airplanes in here.
They don't have room for
airplane in a hanger.
(laughter)
- Too many cars?
- Too many cars.
- Okay, cool.
- Yeah
- Let's see what you have.
- It's kind of a mess in there, but
- I like this kind of mess.
Well this is one of the most eclectic
little grouping of cars
I've seen in a while.
(laughter)
This obviously has my attention.
- 1947 Mercury 110 Pickup.
- I don't think I've
ever seen one in my life.
So, okay.
Mercury, tell us about that.
- Well, it's a Canadian
built Ford pickups.
They started build 'em 1946,
and so this is the second year for them.
Very few of the early ones left.
And I chased this one for
almost 25 years before I got it.
And the Mercury pickups are a little bit
fancier in some of the trim stuff than
the Fords were.
But, just a great old pickup
that's had an awful rough life.
- Where did you find it?
- Here in Fairbanks.
- In Fairbanks, okay.
- The sad part is I don't
have much history on it.
But I went through the
running gear, and it runs.
- So it's got a standard flat head V8?
- Yeah, it's all original.
- Can we open the hood?
- Yeah.
The only thing I did is I
put aluminum heads on it
because the heads were cracked on it.
- Oh, yeah, okay.
So is it Edelbrock or something?
- These are original
old Offenhauser heads.
- Got an alternator on there.
- Yup, yeah.
Six volt alternator.
- So do you drive this around?
- Not much, but I just
finished the tail lights on it
here a while back.
- Okay, okay.
- So I got lights all working on it.
- So this was that standard
Ford green that you see
on so many 50's trucks.
- Yeah, it's, I haven't even waxed it yet.
- (laughs) Wow.
Can you start it?
- Sure.
(engine starting)
- Sheesh.
I think it's got a starting problem.
It starts too quickly.
- Yeah (laughs).
- Man, is that sweet?
(engine revs)
Did you rebuild the motor?
- Yeah.
- Is that a hundred horsepower?
- It's a 85.
- 85.
- Yeah.
- Okay, isn't that sweet?
So one ton, amazing.
- We can run this outside if you want.
- Oh yeah, could we?
- Yeah.
- Okay, let's do that.
Okay, so we're going to pull this out
(blues rock music playing)
Wow, that's nice.
- Not so fast now.
(engine noises)
- Now to get back in that old clunker.
So tell me about this tailgate.
- You see what they did,
is they stamped this out
stamped the Ford out,
and if you measure a Ford tailgate
it's exactly the Ford
script is exactly that size.
- Wow.
- So and they made these
and just put them in
and spot welded them.
But you can see where somebody
was hooking up to a trailer
and the hitch was a
little high or something.
But if you look at the sides
the sad part about this thing
on that side over there,
somebody and I've never seen it before,
but it had two foot square,
or two inch particle board.
So the beds got to come
off of it this winter, and
because everything underneath
it's a wood structure.
- So you're going to
rebuild the bed, really?
- Just the bottom.
- Not the metal?
- No.
- Okay, well now we have room to go look
at this Model A you've got too.
This Model A, tell me, you
say it has an unusual history?
- Well, yeah.
This was bought new in Dawson City.
- Which is in Alaska?
- No, it's in Canada.
- Canada.
- Just across the border.
Now one thing you can tell about the ARs,
as you can tell this is a
restoration waiting to happen,
is that the emergency brake
is on the left.
- Like a Model T.
- Yes.
That was the very first Model
A's were built that way.
They called them the ARs.
And this was built in December of 1927.
- 1927, so they were still being built
during the last year of the Model T.
- Right, yeah.
- They closed production,
so this, do you know the
serial number, is this
one of the first ones?
- I don't know, cause the,
I got to pull the body off
to get the correct
serial number off of it,
cause it's got a different engine in it.
- Um hm.
And so what color will
this be, do you think?
What color, can you identify what-
- Well, I gotta go back
and do some research,
but it looks like it was a dark blue.
- I see.
Oh yeah.
- Um hm.
I love it when then they
haven't been molested.
- Yup.
So two unique vehicles.
So, now we are on your third one here.
- Well, the third one over
there is a 1975 AMC Gremlin.
- So what's the story with this car?
- Well, that was the
last car my Dad bought.
- Oh wow, he bought it new?
- No, he bought it used, and
it's never been messed with.
It's got 62,000 miles on it.
- Original paint.
- Yeah.
- So did your Dad live in Alaska?
- No, it was Montana.
- Montana, okay.
Have you driven this car?
- Yeah, I drove it about,
oh I brought it up here
about 20 years ago, I guess.
- So it's an automatic,
keys are in the ignition.
A bench seat.
- Yup.
- Wow.
Well, thank you, sir.
- You betcha.
- This has been a great
way to start the morning.
- Well good.
Doesn't get much better
than this, you know.
(blues rock music playing)
(engine roars)
- We're going over to see a guy named
Peter Lundquist right now.
I met him last week when I was here
driving around the state,
I asked him "Do you know
any cars in the area?"
He said "I got some at
my house, at my hanger."
So here we are at the hanger.
- Peter!
Thanks for meeting me.
- Yeah, you're welcome.
- I met Peter a week and a half ago.
We were driving around Fairbanks
on kind of a pleasure drive.
And actually Peter is a good
friend of my friend David,
who loaned us this Mustang.
He said, "You gotta meet Peter,
"he's got a cool car in his hanger,
"where he keeps his own collector cars."
And there's one back there
that just (snap) bam,
that's the car, so follow me.
All right, so, I don't want to
put the words in your mouth,
tell me about this car.
- Totally original other than the wheels,
but my brother bought it in 1975,
when he was going to law
school in Puget Sound.
He bought it in Tacoma,
and then he drove it to
law school every day.
And in the summers he would
drive it up to Alaska,
work up here, drive it back in the Fall
and go back to law school.
And shortly after he
graduated, he passed the bar,
then he got killed by a drunk driver.
- Ah.
- Pretty unfortunate, but you know.
I ended up with the car.
I haven't done much with it.
It will start right up and drive.
It's very solid.
- How long has it been sitting here.
- It's been sitting here for 12 years.
- Do you remember what he paid for it?
- $500.
I have the canceled check at home.
- Do you really?
- Yeah.
- Now this car has some unique features.
It may look like an
average 57 Chevy wagon,
but if you notice,
the first thing you
notice it's a two door.
Okay, so it's a two door
wagon, so it's not a Nomad.
If I were to tell you
it's not even a wagon,
you'd probably scratch your head saying
"What's going on here?"
So tell us why this car is unique, Peter.
- It's unique because it's
a rare sedan delivery,
is what it is.
And, ah, they
GM called it Window Delivery,
but they built a very limited production
of sedan deliveries
with glass in the back.
So it looks like a station wagon, but
sedan delivery trim, sedan delivery back,
there's no back seat.
Sedan delivery back door.
And the VIN number has
SD for sedan delivery.
- So sedan deliveries, if you think about,
was a panel, kind of a
panel van, and it was just
metal around here,
and a lot of times florists
would put their name
of their business or plumbing business.
But the tell-tale mark
for a sedan delivery
is a one-piece tailgate.
Station wagon had a window one
up, the tailgate went down.
But this is a one-piece, can I open this?
- Sure, yeah.
- All right, so it's
a one-piece tail-gate.
That was a sedan delivery exclusive.
Also.
(door slams shut)
As Peter said, there's no back seat.
(door opens)
You can see back here,
it's just a compartment
for storing things.
So who ordered this car and why?
- They made them specifically
for the government.
So I think they were all
Department of Agriculture or
Forestry is what I understand.
I've never seen, I've seen
other pictures of one,
and they were all bare-bones.
So they were straight
six, no real options,
plain Jane, work vehicle.
- So this is a 150.
Most base model
55, 56, 57,
Chevies are 210's.
You can tell a 150.
Now look if I make a
mistake, don't criticize me.
Because I don't know
everything about 57 Chevies,
but a 150 had no door handles,
armrests on here.
No armrest.
You had to close it with the door handle.
Probably why a lot of them are broken.
This was a 210 option.
I believe they only had one sun-visor.
But this one has two, so I
may be mistaken in that area.
It's got a radio delete clock delete,
and I'm going to see how
many miles are on this thing.
99,636 miles.
It's got a three on the tree.
If you look, there's
nothing on this dashboard.
There's no brass trim, gold
trim, or anything like that.
It's a basic basic car.
The 150's also had the
most basic steering wheel.
Just one small horn button in the center.
No deluxe horn ring around there.
And that's it.
It's a basic basic delivery vehicle.
Or work vehicle.
And as Peter said this was
ordered by the government
for Forestry work.
And I really wonder how
your brother found it?
- Ah, you know, I don't know.
He must have just,
He bought it off a private party.
So he didn't buy it from the government.
- Got it.
- There's a sticker on the dashboard,
somewhere near the steering wheel that has
the unit number for, I
think it's the Department
of Agriculture.
- Really?
- Or such, it's somewhere
near the steering wheel there.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Huh.
- And the log books are
still in the glove box
from oil changes and
stuff the government did,
- No kidding.
- Yeah, there's a log book in there for.
- Oh, look at this.
This is unbelievable.
United States Department of Agriculture.
Chevrolet 57.
Fiscal year ending June 30th, 1975.
So this was in use for a long time.
- So he must have bought it right after
they decommissioned it.
- Right.
- Yeah.
- So this must be like receipts,
yeah, for oil changes, vehicle inspection.
There's the tag number, the VIN number.
This is intriguing.
And, so here is a,
Government vehicle operators,
your guide to service stations
for gasoline, oil, and lube.
Sheesh, this is amazing stuff.
So I guess this was a required
piece of documentation
for people that drove government vehicles.
Wow, pretty cool stuff.
Well that's pretty amazing.
The 150's were the stripped down
versions of Chevrolet sedans.
I think they all had posts,
whether it was in a sedan version.
And I believe that's what
they used for the Black Widow,
which was a 283 engine
fuel injected version,
which was the most
high-performance version.
It was built to be a race
car, a NASCAR race car,
or drag race car.
But this one is on the
other end of the scale.
Basic basic, three speed on the tree.
And a six l motor.
Let's flip that hood open there.
(hood slams)
And I'm not sure what
the cubic inches are,
probably something like
215 or something like that.
(clanking noises)
So there it is.
99,000 miles, it probably
still runs like a clock.
Does it run pretty well?
- It'll fire right up.
It'll drive real nice.
- Geez.
- Yup.
- So what's your intention for this car?
- I'm going to build it stock.
Just like it is.
But get the rear wheels
and poverty hubcaps.
- Those little pipe,
the little tiny things
- Yup.
Small little, the small hubcaps.
Keep it just stock.
I have every piece, every part, so.
- Man.
- Do it as stock as I can.
- Is the body pretty solid?
- Pretty solid, it's
going to need some work.
But in the 70's driving back
and forth to Washington,
half that road was dirt.
- Oh, yeah.
- So silty dirt, you know, builds up, so.
It's going to need some work.
But for the most part, really solid.
- You know another
thing I'm just noticing,
is that 57 Chevies I believe
that were made in California
had a one piece front bumper.
And 57 Chevies made in Detroit
had a seam here and a seam here.
- Correct.
- So that's a, so this is
probably a California car.
- I think so, yeah.
It's definitely a one piece bumper.
And that's the original bumper, so.
- Researching this car,
there's no value for this car,
that we can find, because it's too rare.
There's probably never been
one brought to an auction.
And this might be the only
one left in the world.
And it is a 235 cubic inch,
six cylinder, 140 horsepower.
And it served its purpose.
I mean that's all it needed to have.
(Door slams)
So, nice car.
So we walk over here.
Peter, tell me about this car, right here.
- It's a 1914 Model T Town Car.
And Town Car was the most expensive
Model T built at the time.
And they, so they didn't
sell very many of them.
It was coach built by a
company outside of Ford,
for building the actual body.
- Um hm.
- But it was meant for
taxicabs or chauffeuring,
so people sat in the back
with glass partitions,
and the driver sat up front.
But very rare.
Town Car Club says there's
two left in existence.
This is number three.
So there's three left in
existence of this model.
- No kidding?
- What's your intention with this?
- Build it back to stock.
- Build it back to stock.
- I'm working that way, I've
got the mechanical parts.
I've got everything I need.
It's just a matter of getting to it,
and the money to pay
someone to restore it.
- Sure.
- So.
- Yeah, wow.
- It would look like
that promotional picture
that's on the wall.
That's a-
- Oh, look at that.
Ford promotional picture from 1914, so.
That's the exact model.
- And how did you come to acquire this?
- My Dad bought it in 1954.
- Wow.
- And so it's always been a Fairbanks car.
The original owner bought it brand new.
Barged it up to Fairbanks.
Opened a taxicab company.
Supposedly did it for a
year and a half, two years,
wrecked it, damaged the front
end, and sold it for scrap.
So it's been in Fairbanks its whole life.
- Okay, well now we're going
to look at another Ford,
of a slightly newer vintage.
As we walk by Peter's other cool cars.
So a friend of mine, David
Carpick, has loaned me
his GT350 to use for
our trip here in Fairbanks,
as our vehicle.
As a substitute for the Woodie.
This is another one of his cars.
He and his wife, Katie,
have a great little collection of Fords.
And this is a
Boss 302 that he owns,
that he found, and told
me a little bit about it.
That's the original paint on there.
So it's a Boss 302 1970
original paint car.
It's got, it looks like it's
got eight track tape deck.
So this was a model, the Boss 302,
was built around the time,
that the Z28 Camero was being built.
And it was in response
to the Trans Am series.
The car companies had to
homologate their race cars,
by building a certain number
of street versions of it.
And the cubic inch
limit
on the Trans Am series was five liters.
So they had to build
these cars for the street,
so they could race them.
Guys like Bud Moore would
build cars for Parnelli Jones
and Dan Gurney, people like that.
Swede Savage, Sam Posey,
all drove cars like this
in the Trans Am Series.
So this is one of those cars, it's a 70,
and this could be for sale.
I mean David told me,
"I think we could consider selling that."
So this will make somebody
a happy owner one day, potentially.
A rare car, desirable car,
a high-performance car, a fun car to own.
So if this car were in fair condition,
number four condition, it
would be a $44,700 car.
In good condition 68,200.
In excellent condition 97 nine.
And if it were concours, 128 grand.
So, you know, what's this one?
Original paint, it's probably
a good condition car.
So somewhere in the 60's I suppose.
I think this trip to Fairbanks has been
particularly fruitful in that,
we haven't found a lot of cars ourselves,
but because we went to
a car, antique car event
a week and a half ago,
and made all sorts of leads,
we were able to meet
people who knew about cars,
or had cars themselves.
So we've just come back here this week
and call that number and call that number.
Like taking orders.
This has been a great time in Fairbanks.
We're not done yet.
We're going to keep driving around,
looking for cars.
But if you have a chance
to come to Fairbanks,
check out the Auto Museum.
Fountainhead Auto Museum.
And scoot around some of the back roads.
And maybe find some cars like this.
Happy hunting.
- This is the last known
midget race car that ran in Alaska.
And they used to have a race track
over where Seekins Ford is now,
called the Rendezvous Race Track.
A gentleman named John Goss,
that brought nine midget race cars
from Seattle area to Alaska to race.
He was flaggin a
motorcycle race over here,
and he flagged the winner
and the second bike
hit him and killed him.
And so that was actually the
demise of the midget race cars.

Monster Energy: Ballistic BJ Baldwin Recoil 2 - Unleashed in Ensenada, Mexico

Monster Energy:

- Remember the bet!
You only got 20 minutes!
I'll see you on the beach.
- Bye BJ!
(Unleashed in Ensenada)

$900 Richard Petty 426 Wedge Engine and a whole bunch of Ford Galaxies | Barn Find Hunter - Ep. 44

Hagerty:

(soft rock music)
(engine revving)
- Here we are in the south.
And it's raining and it's
supposed to rain all day today
and all day tomorrow, 100% chance.
So I'm driving a more modern
vehicle than the Woodie
because Woodies don't like
to be out in the rain.
We're on our way up to Virginia.
To visit a guy I met several years ago
while I was writing a book
called Barn Find Road Trip.
Real interesting guy.
His name is Snowball Bishop.
Of all the books I've
done, Barn Find Books,
he's one of the favorite
people I've ever met.
Neat man, neat cars, neat story.
So I hope you enjoy it.
(soft rock music)
This man is Snowball Bishop.
I met this man a number of years ago
when I was writing the
book Barn Find Road Trip.
We're driving up the highway,
right up the interstate highway,
and I looked over my right shoulder,
and there was a field full of cars.
I said, we've gotta go visit that man.
And it took a long way to
find out where to get here.
And I just thought you'd enjoy meeting him
and seeing the cars that he has,
the cars he's restored in his garage,
and the cars he has in the field out back.
So you got two '64 Fords here.
You restored these yourself?
- Yeah.
This one here now, that's
unrestored car over there.
- That's unrestored, okay.
So this is a '64 390.
- [Snowball] I found it in a tobacco barn.
It had been setting seven
years in a tobacco barn.
- [Host] Tobacco barn.
- [Snowball] It was
unrestored, four-speed car too.
- [Host] Yeah, and it
came with a four speed.
It was originally a four-speed car.
- He said, I'll tell you what.
He said, you probably wanna give me,
be like the rest of them
that come in here and
don't wanna give me nothing for the car.
I said, well, I don't know about that.
I said, you care if I go look at it?
I went on up and looked at it.
That was the original engine in it.
He just up and said, would
you give me $500 for it?
I said, why certainly I will.
I said, would you care if I just
go ahead and pay you for it today?
And I said I'm down here just to cross,
so I'll come back and get the car.
He said that'll be fine.
So I started on it, I
took it off the frame
and I done everything on it.
- [Host] You took it off the frame?
Everything, no kidding?
Does this have dual exhausts?
- [Snowball] Oh yeah!
- [Host] Wow!
Original hubcaps?
- [Snowball] Everything original about it.
- Now here's another two door hardtop.
- Yeah this car here now.
The old Fords wasn't bringing nothin then
when I bought this car.
You could buy them for a dime a dozen.
- [Host] What year did you buy this car?
- [Snowball] '68.
- [Host] 1968, so this
car was four years old
when you bought it.
What'd you pay for it?
- I bought it for $250.
- So 500 and 250. (laughs)
We'll go inside this building
and then we'll walk through
the fields out there.
(upbeat music)
That's a rare four-barrel right there.
It's an auto lite 4100.
You have two of them?
- [Snowball] Two of them.
- [Host] Can I buy em?
- [Snowball] I'll sell you one of them.
I'll keep one myself.
- [Host] Alright, you got a deal.
(upbeat rock music)
Four Barra manifolds.
So there we got grills for 64's up there.
Consoles.
'63 grill.
Steering wheels, new bumpers.
I'll put this carburetor right here.
- You want that?
Which ever one you want.
- Alright, now I want you to tell me
about this stock car over here okay.
- [Snowball] Oh, lordy!
You know I got the motor
and everything over there in the garage.
Brand new engine goes back in it.
The four speed, well the
four speed and the housing,
sitting right there
somewhere goes back in it.
Chrysler, you know.
- Now what year is that originally?
- [Snowball] I ain't be sure.
You know I run the 37's all the time.
- [Host] '37 Ford coupe.
- Yeah, the coupe.
This car here coulda been a '39.
I ain't be sure.
I finally found a '37 hood up to Richmond.
They sold it now.
My boy brought it to me.
I used to run the '37 Ford hood.
I like them the best on it you know.
- [Host] Mm-hmm.
- [Snowball] I've gotta have a piece
of it to put it back together.
- So when you ran that did it
have a flat head originally?
- Yeah, started out with a
flat head in it, you know.
I finished sixth in a 100
lap race with the flat head.
- [Host] With a flathead
behind five Chevy's?
- [Snowball] Yeah the Chevy's.
I told my daddy, I said we
gonna have to do something.
I run with the 312's, running good
along side the big block
390's is and the 427.
You know, I love Ford, don't get me wrong,
but they just wouldn't run with the 312's
it would run better than the
390's and the 460's and 427's.
I found out Richard Petty had had
a bunch of stuff down
at his place left over.
426 wedges and stuff.
I said, mmm, maybe I ought
to find out more about that.
(host laughing)
So we called and found
out and went down there.
He had one engine complete
sitting in the corner.
A 426.
Had some miles on it.
And he enough parts and stuff
to maybe build two engines.
Old man Lee was living at the time.
- Lee Petty?
- He said boy what can I do for you.
I said I'm down here looking for
some parts to build on of them.
I'm thinking about running Plymouth.
More parts.
I've been running Fords.
I can't run with the Chevrolet's.
He hollered for Richard to come out there.
Says, Richard that stuff laying
over in the corner over there.
What are you gonna do with it?
He said, Dad I'm not gonna do a thing.
He went to the Hemi's
you know the heavy stuff.
- Hemi's yeah.
[Host] - This is great stuff.
- This boy is interested
in buying that stuff.
What do you want for it?
He said, oh, I don't know
junk price swap it off to him.
That's how he spoken.
Well I didn't have all that
much money with me at the time.
He says would give $1200 for all of it.
I said that sounds reasonable enough
but I said if I had $1200 I
ain't got that much with me.
Back then we didn't know
what a credit card was,
you know, back then.
Had maybe a checking account you know
not very much in the checking account.
We went to dad, you
know, make the old man go
dig some money out of
the green box somewhere.
(host laughing)
But anyway, he said, how
much money you got boy?
I said I got a $1,000,
all my money right here.
Richard would you take
a $1,000 for that stuff.
He said, yeah.
But I spoke up and I said
now wait a minute here.
I said I got to have some
gas money to get back home.
(host laughing)
I said I'm 150 miles away from the house.
I don't know how far it was
I was down in Randaleman.
(host laughing)
He said give me $900.
(host laughing)
Load it up.
I loaded everything up
and that started the ball.
They knew we was in the ball game.
We won the championship.
- Wow!
- With that car in 1972.
I don't know how many
races that thing did.
We put them engines together.
Kept them and run them
and run them and run them.
Till I run out out of 426 stuff then,
I went to the 440 blocks.
- Did you have a four speed in there?
- [Snowball] Oh yeah.
- [Host] Four speed.
Okay, and a Franklin quick change.
- Right there, she sits right over there.
- [Host] Oh, yeah, okay here.
- That's it right there on
there and the bell housing
- Oh, yeah.
- [Snowball] Somewhere right there.
- [Host] Whoa look at that.
- [Snowball] I got the
four speed somewhere.
- [Host] Yup.
Well that's a beauty.
Would you sell that car?
- [Snowball] No.
- [Host] No.
We're gonna walk around, we're
gonna walk around back there.
- Go ahead and look at all that junk
whatever y'all want to do.
- Alright, good.
I think you probably get
why I like this guy so much.
I mean, he's the salt of the Earth.
He'll tell you just what he thinks.
A sweet, sweet guy who
grew up on this property
in the house right down there
and he said his mother
was the school teacher.
In a one room school house
and that's where he went to school.
He spent his life working mostly
for Volvo trucks which
has a plant near here.
Building race cars and
restoring old Fords.
This is the race car
that, you know, (laughs).
This should be in a building.
I mean, last time I was
here it was in a garage.
He would work on it in the garage
and his friends would come over
and help him until late at night
and there was no power
going to the garage.
They had to run the extension
cord across the street
and up into into his house
and that's how they got light.
In the garage they'd work on the car
and then eventually a
card game would break out.
They would be playing poker
and it'd be three in the morning.
His wife.
You gotta come in now it's getting late.
He wouldn't come in, wouldn't come in.
So he told me.
(light swooshing)
She'd just unplug the extension cord.
That was the end of the night,
boys you gotta go home now.
So, that's where this car was worked on.
I would love to buy this car.
This is a piece of
Virginia racing history.
It's run flat heads.
It ran wide blocks.
It ran engines from Richard Petty.
Both 426 wedges and then 440's.
Neat old car and if I were able
to buy this car I wouldn't even paint it.
I'd put clear coat on
this thing and build it
into a vintage race car and road race it.
This is one part of his life, his racing.
The other part is restoring
old '63, '64 Fords.
So we'll walk back here and
take a look at what he's got.
(upbeat rock music)
The interesting thing is,
everything's for sale.
I mean, he'll sell anything.
One is this '64 Ford with a
tree growing out of the hood.
A little tree.
That's the little tree.
Then this a '64 Ford over here.
With a big tree growing out of it.
I mean that is, look at this.
This is like an amazing
piece of sculpture.
He figures he parked this car in 1972.
(laughs) Now look at this one.
Oh, this is too much.
It's coming through the floor shift hole.
In the console and up
through the windshield.
Unbelievable.
So his thing is '63 and
'64 Fords and I asked him,
is that when you were born?
He said I wish that was the day.
Parts cars but he'll sell them.
He'll sell parts off them.
He'll sell the whole car.
He said some back here are
worth fixing and others are not.
Here's a '64, a '65, and I'm not sure
if he's got stories
about these cars or not.
This is pretty rare car.
Mercury and it's a two door
and it's got that slant back window.
My friend Bob Mead, who's
now my brother in-law,
in high school his
parents had one of these
and this back window goes down.
It retracts and we used
to put our surfboards
inside there to go surfing on Long Island.
(hood creaking)
390.
But you know this cars a parts car.
As we've seen driving out West.
Texas whatever, the cars are
in better shape than this.
This is an unusual car
and I'm not saying you
need to fix this up.
We'll find another around here
that would be a '65 Galaxy.
This is not a Galaxy.
It's '65 Ford Custom and it
had different tail lights.
Now look at this, it's gotta '63,
round tail light.
Inside a '65 almost rectangular housing.
The Ford Customs had a different
tail light and it was a different car
than a standard '65 and
we'll find one here.
Okay so look at this tail light.
It looks '63-ish.
We'll here's an actually '63.
So that tail light kinda looks
like this within a '65 housing.
We'll find a '65 so you can
see what I'm talking about.
That's a rare car, you don't
see '65 Ford Customs ever.
So these cars, this is what
attracted me to meet this man
driving down the interstate
and seeing these cars.
He's got some other cars up
here in buildings and overhangs
that are more of what we're
talking about being barn finds
that you could theoretically
fix up and drive.
So let's go check those out.
(upbeat rock music)
So this is Snowball's house up here
on the other side of the road
and this is the '63 he told us about.
So the red one up by your house.
That'll be for sale?
If somebody wanted to buy it.
What do you think you'd ask
for something like that.
- I was gonna try to
get around $3500 for it.
- $3500?
If I were you, I would
get in touch with me
so you could buy this car.
That's a pretty amazing price.
So here's the tonneau cover.
Convertibles, I mean, I
don't have to tell you.
Convertibles rot out.
They rot out back here because
the back window goes dead.
They rot out up here just because
floors rot out in the driver's seat area.
So this is a Galaxy 500, 1963.
It's got a 390.
It's got an automatic on the column.
He says it runs.
Now look at how you open this
hood, this is pretty cool.
You grab the lever, this emblem.
(metal squeaking)
Pop it up.
Look at that, chrome valve covers.
It's got a four barrel.
An after market air cleaner.
I don't know what kinda
four barrel that is.
It's kinda round.
Manual breaks, manual steering.
He says that the floors are
pretty good in this thing.
Seems like a heck of a deal to me.
I mean, you could wash this car up
and have a pretty nice car.
The interior has got kinda of a velour.
That's not original.
See there's velour stuff on the
door panels is not original.
You could get an interior
kit for this thing.
He said the floor is weak
around the gas pedal,
and that's not a surprise.
70,000 miles, you know,
and that could be original.
70,000 miles.
So it needs a top, obviously.
Let's take a look at the trunk.
There we go.
So there's fender skirts.
Okay, you can see the floor.
Ah, yeah, these floors
need to be worked on.
What'd you be best doing here
is going out into the field.
We know that he's got plenty
of '63 Fords over there.
Two doors.
And see if you can find a '63
two door with a solid trunk
and just cut that thing out.
And cut this out and weld it in.
This is weak, this is weak over here.
It's got fender skirts.
I guess this is door trim
and side trim that the car is missing.
Yeah, see the piece of
trim that's in the car.
Probably came off of
here when this got hit.
I think that could be fixed
or he probably has fenders for it as well.
So for 3500 bucks, what a deal.
I'm told it runs.
I'll go ask him if he
could put a battery in.
All right, they're getting a battery.
Snowball has a little bit
hard time getting around.
His son, Jimmy.
This is Snowball's son.
So this is Little Snowball.
- Well, yup, this is Little Snowball.
Some of them use to call me Snowflake.
(host laughing)
And I'm like, okay, I can accept that.
I can deal with that.
- [Host] You wanna put a
little gas in the carburetor?
- [Jimmy] Yeah lemme
do that and we'll see.
I know we can get her.
- [Host] Are you gonna work the throttle?
Want me to work the throttle?
- [Jimmy] Just be careful right now.
Yup, yup, yup.
(engine cranking)
- [Host] Whoa man.
(engine sputtering)
(engine revving)
(muffler purring)
Man!
So can you show us the other
one you got down there.
- Yeah.
(upbeat rock music)
- So not surprisingly
here's another '63 Ford.
I don't know how many '63 Fords are left
on the planet Earth but about half of them
are sitting on Snowball's
real estate here.
This is a '63 convertible.
The drive train and this
chassis has been all restored.
So, new bushings, new tire
rod ends, new sway bar.
Now it's everything is new.
It's got power steering.
It's a 390 which apparently runs well.
It's got a manual gear box
but it's not a four
speed, it's a three speed.
So the chassis been all restored.
Mechanically, the car's been restored
but the body is in need of work.
Snowball would like to
get $4,000 for this car.
So we saw one up the hill there.
Which is $3500.
Which is a 390 automatic.
Here we have a '63 convertible 390
with a manual three
speed gear box for 4,000.
So you're talking 7500 for two cars.
I gotta tell you.
If you could do a package
deal on the two cars.
You could at least make one great one.
If not, two great ones if
you were a handy person.
These prices go back to,
well, to the time when
he was collecting parts.
I mean, look at this place.
These are all old Ford
parts hanging around here.
Starter saw mites, trim rings,
rows of carburetors, fuel pumps.
If you could buy cars and parts
from somebody that was doing
it back in the day and doesn't go on Ebay,
then you're probably getting
a pretty darn good deal on it.
So I would say between the two cars.
$7500 is a pretty darn good deal.
You know, I know you don't live here,
you came over to see
us, so I appreciate you.
- I didn't know for sure.
You said Rayners Town and I'm like okay.
- Nope we're here.
But I left the Woody home today.
Woodies don't like rain.
So I've hope you enjoyed coming with us.
Visiting Snowball Bishop.
Amazingly interesting guy who's told us
about the stories of his race car.
Restoring his cars.
The cars that he has to be restored
or for sale and his parts cars.
He's kept us entertained all afternoon.
The rain's held off.
It's been a wonderful time
and I wish you could join
us on a trip like this.
Happy hunting!
Okay, so, we were talking
about 65's before.
So this is your dads car.
He told me once it was your car.
That's a 390 as well?
Oh, that's got headers on it?
Wow, nice car.

If Your Engine Oil Smells Like This, You Have a Serious Problem

Scotty Kilmer:

rev up your engines, Panini says is it
normal for my new GMC Canyon's oil to
smell like fuel, no that's not normal, oil
should smell like oil if your oil
smells like fuel, it means that there's a
problem and somehow fuel is getting into
the oil that's often a leaking fuel
pressure regulator, leaking fuel injector
something's wrong that it's pumping too
much fuel into the engine and the
excess fuel gets by the piston rings and
that gets into the engine oil it should
not smell like fuel period, no car the
oil should ever smell like fuel
smell like dirty oil yeah, but even my old
Celica it's got 240,000 miles the oil
still smells like oil it doesn't smell
like fuel cause it's running right, Ben
cross says Scotty I'm think about getting a
13 to 16 f150 four-wheel drive as a
daily driver, I'll be hauling things from Home
Depot and occasionally towing a camper
each engine would be best, if you're going to be doing stuff like
that you're really better with
the v8 engine,they're just made to
take the power the v6 engines they don't have
the horsepower and they wear out faster
and they're not as much fun to drive and
really the gas mileage differential
isn't all that much I would definitely
go for the v8 engine in the Fords I've
always liked the v8 Ford engine, I was
never a fan of much of their v6 ones, Amadeus says what is the major
problem of a Nissan Pathfinder, okay the
biggest thing is they got two problems
one is their automatic transmissions are
relatively weak they're made by the Jatco
company that Nissan runs and
they're relatively weak, as they age
generally their engines just flat wear
out in those things, I've got a lot of
customers and they bring them in and
I'd say look, let me do a test on it, and I do
a wet and dry compression test take out
all the spark plugs and find out that
hey when I do the wet compression test
it's a lot higher than the dry
compression test, which means the piston
rings are worn and they burn a lot of
oil and then you know your not going to spend
money rebuilding an engine as they age
generally people get rid of them, you can pick
up used ones cheap I mean it's not hard
to do and if they run okay what the
heck if you buy something for a thousand
or fifteen hundred bucks that last you a
few years and you're making
like a gangbuster anyways, fast lane says
looking to get a 74 AMC Javelin AMX
with a go pack 360 4 speed 12 boot rear end what are your thoughts yea or nay
okay I'm assuming you're Canadian say aye,
those are cool cars you know I mean they're
starting to get somewhat more popular
and their prices are going up but with
the go pack and 360 4 speed though are
some fun things to drive around it were
weird cars in their day and you know and
that was the end of AMC soon after 74
and then Chrysler ended up buying them, the
only thing they bought them for was they
wanted the jeeps and they stopped making
all the other stuff that they were
making in Indianapolis, so now that's all
gone, but yeah they're fun little cars to
drive around, don't think it's gonna be
daily driver but for a fun project cars
hey what the heck, Jack princess how do
you remove superglue on car paint there
is a thing called superglue remover and
I got tubes of it lying around because
I'm always worried if I get them on my fingers their gonna stick together so I've got
some lying around, try that the only
problem is, if that superglue has been on
there a long time, it's probably eaten
through your clear coat and gotten down
to the bare metal and you might find
that the paint's gonna look like crap
but if you want to try it, get that super
glue remover it's a paste comes in a
tube, Amazon sells it you can get it
anywhere
follow the directions and don't do it
in the hot sun, do it in the shade early in the
morning or early in the evening when the
car paint isn't hot, because you want to
make it not eat through anything as much
as possible
Vato says love your show
Scotty I have an 89 f150 where 300 LS
five-speed the truck runs fine, until it
starts back up when it's warmed up then
it has a misfire, I replaced the plugs
and the distributor cap, okay it's an 89
that thing is old enough that all kinds
of things can go wrong, but still unless
it's been changed out, it should still be
a fuel-injected vehicle and as such as
they age, the fuel injectors get old when
you turn the car off, they seep a little
so when it's warmed up and you shut it
off, they seep fuel into the intake and
they flood out the engine, I see that all
the time, if it is a simple one like
throttle-body it's only got one or two
fuel injectors, heck just buying the new
fuel injectors and put in them in, a lot of
times that will fix the whole thing that's
a very common problem, as the age with
the older fuel injection systems on the
carbureted models
it was the carburetor being bad and they
leaked a little bit of fuel when they
were hot and flooded out the same thing
Nick Anderson says Scotty I got a 94
chevy cavalier z24 with 126 thousand miles
is it a good idea to tag it as a classic
and park it and work on it, is it a good
project car, well if you like it you know
the Cavaliers were never really
collectors items, they didn't really have
classic lines and stuff they got that
funky kind of boxy body style that
people never really cared for, if you
want a project car to mess around with
don't put a ton of money in it I mean
it's not something like you know classic
67 Mustang that can be worth a lot of
money when it's all done over, it'll
never be worth a whole bunch of money
but if you want something to toy around,
what the heck you're not gonna get much
selling it and if you want a toy to making into
whatever you want to do, if you want to
put a turbocharger, yeah think about it,
just don't think you're ever gonna
get a bunch of money for it, so if you never
want to miss another one of my new car
repair videos, remembering to ring that
Bell!

10 Reasons Why Engines Lose Power Over Time

Engineering Explained:

Hello everyone and welcome in this video we're talking about ten reasons why engines lose power over time and a huge
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I've organized this into four categories because internal combustion engines and more specifically gasoline internal combustion engines
really need four things in order for that smooth combustion to occur you need air you need fuel you need compression
And you need a spark
And so we're gonna walk through these different sections and talk about how your engine could start to lose power over time
Based on these four different parameters not working out so much in your favor so getting things started right off the bat with air
Filters, this is something super simple to fix
But you can get air filters that clog up with time as debris gets in there and so this can cause a pumping loss for
Your engine your engine has to work harder to bring in air because that filter is clogged up and it may not be able to
Pull in as much air and so as a result you can't make as much power
Number two is the throttle cable and this relates to cars with mechanical throttle cables this cable can loosen over time
It's a super simple fix to just retighten it it can stretch over time and as a result
You may not be able to open your throttle all the way and of course if you can't open your throttle all the way you're
Not going to be able to get in all of that air and therefore you're gonna be making less power now
That's talking about the intake side of it now
Let's kind of move to the exhaust side of it the air of course has to move through that engine nicely on both sides
So your catalytic converter can get clogged up over time from rich air/fuel mixtures. You know having the engine cold things like that
exhaust particulates can build up in there and you know the same thing can happen with your muffler number four you can have
Deposits build up in there reducing and restricting air flow through your exhaust causing additional pumping losses
And you know also these mufflers
as they age
Some of them can even rust and that internal piping can kind of fall apart and as a result it may not act as efficiently
As it once did number five is fuel injectors
And you know as a result of heat soak as a result of using poor fuel
These can get clogged up with time from particulates within the combustion chamber
Of course if they're clogged up
You know can cause
Misfiring it can cause your air fuel ratios to be thrown off and as a result you're going to be making less power
Also on the fuel side is the fuel pump and these can wear out over time and so you'll kind of notice this
Because on the low end they'll work just fine
And they'll be able to supply fuel and then as you get into those higher rpms with high loads or in you know higher loads
for a long duration
The fuel pump may start to struggle and not be able to meet that fuel demand and so you know you can kind of notice
That if you're going up hills if you're in that high load higher rpm scenario
And you're struggling to get power it may be a failing fuel pump that can't quite deliver that fuel quantity anymore
Number seven is piston rings wearing down, and this is one of those things
That's a bit more challenging
To replace because it requires stripping down the entire engine to get to those piston rings in order to replace them if you were needing
To do that basically a whole engine rebuild but these piston rings will wear against the wall over time and over time as they wear
You can have increased blow-by and as a result you're getting less
Compression so one thing you can really do to help prevent
Your piston rings from wearing is just make sure you stay on top of your oil change intervals to make sure that those piston rings
Are well lubricated,
against your cylinder walls.
Number eight and this one's going to play a big role in how much power you can create
And this is deposits on your valves and more specifically your intake valves so over time
you know especially in direct injection engines
Which don't have port injection where that fuel is being sprayed over the intake valve and constantly cleaning it off
And you have your positive crankcase ventilation system where you're sending oil back through your intake and then on to your intake valves
Or it can start to build up those deposits on it
so this can cause a lack of
Compression because that intake valve may not be able to properly seat in that valve seat and it can also cause
Backfiring you know as you're compressing back in you may be able to squeeze some of that air fuel
Past that intake valve and as a result you know you're not gonna have good compression
You could have backfiring if that
Combustion is able to exit past that valve and of course it also plays a role with your air and fuel as it can cause
Additional restriction for air flow to come by and it can mess with your air fuel ratios
Number nine is spark plugs and these can get fouled up with time from fuel, from oil, from carbon deposits,
And this can cause an inconsistent spark and of course misfiring
So you of course need your spark plugs in good working order in order to make peak power and finally number 10
We're going to talk about knock so as you start to have these deposits
forming
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In an engine the first thing your engine's going to want to do is
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compensate and to make sure you don't have knock you're going to be losing power because it's firing that spark plug later and again a
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Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 vs. Dodge Challenger Hellcat vs. Chevy Camaro ZL1 — Muscle Car Comparison

Edmunds:

CARLOS: In an
Edmund's exclusive,
here's the ultimate
muscle car comparison.
We've got the Chevy Camaro
ZL1, Dodge Challenger Hellcat,
and Ford Shelby GT500.
These cars have never been
as powerful or as capable.
We have them outfitted in
their highest performing
configurations.
The ZL1 one has the
1LE track package,
the Hellcat is the
Redeye wide body,
in the GT500 has the
carbon fiber track package.
And they're all automatics, too.
We've already done
the drag race.
Go watch that video if
you haven't already.
To do these cars justice
in a proper comparison,
we're going to find out which
one's the fastest around a road
course, which one's the most
fun to drive, which one sounds
the best, which one has
the most useful interior,
and which one does
the baddest burn out.
First, let's acknowledge
our obvious biases.
Kurt is a Ford owner.
Elana lot as a dodge owner.
And I'm a Chevy owner.
ELANA: I also have a
Plymouth and Pontiac.
KURT: How are
those brands doing?
ELANA: Kurt, you
are mean, but fair.
The point is, it
all cancels out.
We're on an even playing field.
CARLOS: So which one of
these cars is the ultimate?
Let's find out.
All
ELANA: Right we, have three
extremely powerful cars
behind us.
And not only are
they full of horses,
they're also quite capable.
Like, they can go
around road horses,
they're good on the street.
But if we are going to
call them muscle cars,
there is one thing that
they have to be able to do.
KURT: Burnouts.
CARLOS: Exactly.
KURT: Yeah.
CARLOS: So we're going
to do this comparison up
on the right foot by doing
a burnout super test.
Rules are simple, from
a stop, start a burnout,
and then go for distance.
Longest burnout wins, but you
can't use your brake pedal.
This is a measurement of
just pure, raw horsepower.
If we see your brake lights,
you're DQed, because science.
ELANA: Yeah, I mean,
burnout scientists say that.

CARLOS: Yeah.
KURT: Yeah.

CARLOS: All right, stability
control off, trac control off,
manual mode engaged.
I'm going to try to shift as
manually through the gears,
try to avoid red line.
And we'll see how this goes.
SPEAKER 4: Carlos
in 3, 2, 1, go.

CARLOS: That was weak.
So the burnout won't
carry through an up shift.
You're basically limited
to whatever first gear
red lines at.
Was just a practice run.
SPEAKER 4: All right, Carlos.
3, 2, 1, go.

That's a burnout.
That's a burnout
without brake use.
Normally, you would use
the brakes to of course,
control the speed so you can do
the longest burnout possible.
But without brakes,
that's a burnout.
OK, I don't feel so
embarrassed anymore.
The trick, though, was
to leave it in automatic
and let the transmission
shift itself.
Because if I tried
to shift manually,
it would end the burnout.
And the only thing
that did-- well,
it didn't do much of a burnout.
The only thing it really did
make me question my manliness.
ELANA: Well, and also,
like, whether or not
you were truly an American.
We were a little
worried about you.
CARLOS: I was worried myself.
So we are still--
ELANA: I think you're
still going a little.
CARLOS: See some--
KURT: I'd say it ends
we're right about here,
because I don't really
see anything past there.
CARLOS: It's going to take
a vote of two out of three.

KURT: Yeah.
ELANA: I mean, that's fine.
Yeah, I can see it.
CARLOS: 187 foot burnout.

I'm OK with that.
ELANA: I mean, it
definitely gives us
something to shoot for.

KURT: All right, burnout time.
I want everything turned off.
And I'm going to get some
wheel spin with the brakes,
and then let it rip.
I'm not going to
shift it itself.
I'm going to let it handle it.
So wish me luck.
SPEAKER 4: 3, 2, 1, go.

KURT: Well, that
was kind of spicy.
Squirrelly.
Not the best.
ELANA: You know, Kurt, I was
expecting more of a smoke show.
I mean, it wasn't bad.
CARLOS: Looks to me like it
was worse than the Camaro.
ELANA: Yeah, I have
to say, the whole no
brakes thing so that you
can't really torque up on it
and get them spinning,
that's a hard rule.
CARLOS: You know,
but it's also--
that the only way to
make it scientific,
because you can probably
drag the brakes,
I'm thinking, and do a burn
out for the entire duration
of the straight.
But it didn't look like that
could do a standing burnout.
KURT: I don't know what it is,
but it just wouldn't really
break the barriers loose,
and I just kind of had
to build up a little bit
RPM and then just floor it.
CARLOS: It seemed like you
had to let the clutch engage.
KURT: Kind of, sort of, yeah.
CARLOS: And then you just
rode out through first.
But then you shifted into
second, and it ended.
KURT: As soon as it hit
second, it hooked up,
and the thing
catapulted forward.
CARLOS: Still seeing
lines, though.
ELANA: Yeah.
KURT: Yeah, I mean,
they're still there.
CARLOS: They're just
getting fainter.
KURT: You know, the car does
have a full tank of fuel.
That's one weight.
CARLOS: And we just ate lunch.
KURT: I mean, that is
burnout out science.
CARLOS: Yeah.
The funny thing is it
looks like it resumes
when you get it in a second.
ELANA: Yeah.
CARLOS: But it stopped here.
ELANA: It counts.
It brakes, it counts
KURT: Yeah.
CARLOS: Second gear burnouts are
cool, but only if it continues.
Longest continuous burnout.
So we'll call it 124--
ELANA: 124, 125?
CARLOS: Yeah.
124.
KURT: I appreciate
your generosity.
ELANA: I'm excited and
a little bit nervous.
SRT mode.
I'm going to use the same
one I use for drag racing.
And then let's get the traction
control all the way Off
SPEAKER 4: 3, 2, 1.

CARLOS: Bravo.
KURT: Yes.
CARLOS: Bravo.
KURT: Yes.
ELANA: Does that count?

KURT: Did that count?
I like how polite you were led
off after you trounced them.
You were, I don't have to
go any farther than this.
CARLOS: You're a
gracious winner.
ELANA: I think it's my win.
CARLOS: OK.
You were a gracious winner.
ELANA: I know but,
it's just so fun.
CARLOS: Yeah.
What I like is it's
not just the length.
It's how dark the tire is
relative to the Mustange
and the Camaro.
ELANA: You know why?
Because that thing is heavy.
And when it's sticking it
down, it's sticking it down.
CARLOS: I'm actually wondering
if we have enough measuring
tape.
We may have to put
down a marker somewhere
and do some math afterwards.
ELANA: I mean, at least
there's no question about where
it ends.
You know, I was born
here, but I feel
like today is the day I
truly became an American.
CARLOS: Your birth
certificate has just
been laminated in the test.
ELANA: They're going
to put a picture of me
in the White House.

KURT: So we've gone
way past where my mark.
So 200 plus.
Beyond 200.
200 plus.
CARLOS: Should we call it?
Give her 200 plus?
ELANA: No, I want
every single inch.
CARLOS: You want every inch?
ELANA: Yeah.
CARLOS: That's going to take
forever to reel that in, yeah.
But--

KURT: I'm going to say--
and it almost keeps going.
ELANA: No, it's like yours.
It starts and it restarts.
KURT: Right here.
ELANA: Right here?
CARLOS: We're pulling.
KURT: So that's--
CARLOS: We'll call it 250.
KURT: Yeah, let's
just call it 250.
CARLOS: Just because,
what's the point
of specificity at this point?
KURT: Got down there.

ELANA: Chuckle it up.
Losers.

KURT: That's going
to be here forever.
ELANA: I think they
can see it from space.

Before we go any further,
guys, can we just-- can we just
take a moment and process
what's happening here?
We have three cars,
three American pony cars,
with an average horsepower of--
CARLOS: 736.
ELANA: You do that
math in your head?
CARLOS: I did it before.
So smart.
ELANA: He's super smart.
But that's nuts.
736 is the average.
You don't need a racing license.
You don't need to have
previously owned a lesser
model from the same brand.
Like, any one of us could just
walk in-- if we had the money--
and then drive out
in one of these.
KURT: You're not old
enough to buy a beer,
but you're old enough to walk
in and buy one of these cars.
ELANA: That is very
kind of you, Kurt,
but I am actually over 21.
CARLOS: Let's talk
about what makes
each one of these cars special,
and let's start with the Dodge.
ELANA: Sure, I mean,
I did not expect
to be standing here saying
this but this 797 horsepower
wide body Redeye Challenger
is the least extreme car here.
I mean, it doesn't have a
giant carbon fiber wing.
It doesn't have
cool little arrow
running all along the side.
Even the hood, while
functional, is kind of subtle
compared to these two.
And I think that's because
both the Camaro and the Mustang
are really focused
on road course use.
It's not that the Redeye
isn't track-focused.
It's just it's inspired by
Dodge's barely legal drag
racer.
So the technology
that's on it is
more drag race focused, right?
It's got like, a
chiller and supercharger
so that the air that
goes in is really cool.
So you can just keep running
it-- at it all day long.
Has great apps and
infotainment systems
so you can track all
your quarter mile runs.
Got a line lock.
You can do great burnouts.
It's got floor seats.
You can put your
whole family in it.
It's got heated and vented
seats, a heated steering wheel.
Good radio.
Like, you can just drive around
and use it like a normal car.
But it's not exactly the
same usage plan as these two.
CARLOS: Totally.
The Camaro, I believe,
is the underdog here.
It's got the least power at 650.
That's the bottom end of the
spectrum in this comparison.
It's the lightest.
It has the least amount of
interior space, has the least
amount of visibility, too.
Lowest price.
And least treadwear.
These tires have a
treadwear rating of 100.
ELANA: So that's just
basically smooth, right?
CARLOS: We're going
to change them just
after looking at them today.
They're going to be done.
But that speaks to the
car's race track intentions,
like you mentioned.
It's got the 1LE track package,
which gives it the wing,
gives it the arrow on the front.
And it gives it these
really trick fixed dampers
that are definitely
for racetrack use,
not for daily
driveability comfort.
This thing is firm.
But it goes round
racetracks really quickly.
And it's still the least
expensive car here.
And in spite of that, it's
got some really cool tech,
like performance
traction management,
that really sophisticated
stability control
system that actually
helps you drive faster.
It's got an onboard video data
logger it's got electronically
control locking differential.
You can get it with a manual--
ha, ha, ha.
ELANA: OK, all right, yeah.
CARLOS: And it's
going to ask tested
price that's 20 grand
less than this Mustang.
KURT: About the price--
we'll come back for the price.
The Camaro is old and the
Challenger is even older.
So it is a brand new car, so
you will pay a slight price
premium.
But it has the smallest engine,
but it makes the second highest
amount of horsepower.
760 horsepower from
a 5.2 liter engine.
This particular car is equipped
with the carbon fiber track
pack, which is why the
price goes up over $94,000.
But with that, you get these
really tricked carbon fiber
wheels.
And to my memory, there
are only two other cars
in the world that
use them right now.
So--
CARLOS: And one of
them is a Ferrari.
KURT: Yes.
ELANA: And is the
other the Ford GT?
CARLOS: Yep.
KURT: Also part of the
carbon fiber track pack
is that cool rear wing and
the lack of a rear seat.
You can't be taken seriously
if you have a rear seat.
So this car is serious.
It also has MagneRide
shocks which are perfect.
They handle the occasional track
use or the constant track use.
They handle highway driving.
I think this car is the
best all around performance
car of the three.
ELANA: All around
performance car.
Performance is great,
don't get me wrong.
But that's what
track stuff, right?
And how much time are you
going to spend on the track
versus on the street?
CARLOS: The idea of
a practicality test
with these cars seems silly,
but if you think about it,
it makes sense, right?
If you're going to
take one of these cars,
you're going to buy
one of these cars,
you're going to go to a track.
You're going to
go to a racetrack.
And you're probably going to
want a backup set of wheels
and tires.
Unless you have a trailer,
those wheels and tires
are going to need
to go somewhere.
ELANA: Like in the car.
CARLOS: Yes.
ELANA: Yeah.
And I mean, I don't think it is
silly to do a practicality test
on these cars,
because I really think
that most of the
people who buy them
will have them on the street
more than they'll have them
on the track.
For those folks, just
pretend that these tires
are groceries or babies.
KURT: Those are big babies.
CARLOS: We're going to try to
fit as many wheels and tires
into these cars as possible.
Points for a number of wheels
in tires that we can fit
and the amount of time that
we can get them all fit by.
3, 2, 1, go.

ELANA: Oh yeah, we're
going to be fine.
KURT: Those are huge tires.
CARLOS: They're big tires.
ELANA: OK.
I got this.
I'll be fine.
KURT: Yeah, let's help.
CARLOS: Yeah.

ELANA: Got that?
KURT: I got it.
ELANA: You think we can get two?
KURT: No.
CARLOS: Well, that
doesn't matter, then.
I think we get one
in the back seat.
You guys do the other backseat.
KURT: OK.
CARLOS: I'm glad
we bagged these.
ELANA: Let me get that for you.

KURT: Thanks.
Oh, you have a nice
little power seat.
Good.
ELANA: Oh, do you not?
KURT: Don't need it.

Yet.

ELANA: I mean, once
I'm at the track--
CARLOS: And time.
One minute, 21 seconds.
ELANA: Beat that.
There's no room for
you guys in the car,
so how am I going
to get them out?
CARLOS: All right,
Kurt, 3, 2, 1.
Go.

ELANA: Whoa, that's
a lot lighter.
CARLOS: Don't help him.

ELANA: But he helped me.
CARLOS: Don't-- come on man.
KURT: Fine.
ELANA: Sorry, you're
on your own, man.
CARLOS: He gets the advantage
of carbon fiber wheels.
He has lots of interior
space for a crushing weight.
So the lack of a back
seat is an advantage here.
ELANA: Yeah.
I think he's
definitely going to be
able to get two in the
back and one in the front.
CARLOS: Three wide.
He might go three
wide across the rear.
I feel like a Sports
Center caster.
KURT: Can you guys shut up?
CARLOS: Oh yeah, he's going
to do three in the back.
ELANA: No.
CARLOS: This is a real Happy
Gilmore moment right here.
ELANA: This is wild.
But what if it doesn't fit?
CARLOS: He might actually--
that's a really--
ELANA: If it doesn't fit, he's--
CARLOS: If he's
going to do all--
oh!
Shut the door, shut the
door, shut the door!

Not only did you
get all four in--
one minute, 16 seconds--
so you did it
faster than we were
able to do with the Challenger.
ELANA: And you could
bring a friend.
CARLOS: But you passed so
out of breath right now.
KURT: Shut up.
CARLOS: You are not
running any races.
KURT: Oh, no, I'm not.
You're next.
CARLOS: Oh boy.

KURT: 3, 2 1.
ELANA: Are we helping?
CARLOS: This is going so badly.
KURT: No.
CARLOS: So badly.

ELANA: It's actually half as big
as it looks from the outside,
and it looks small
from the outside.

CARLOS: Done.

I think I've got this.
KURT: He's at one already.

CARLOS: We'll all go to
the track together, right?
KURT: Yeah.
What are you doing?

That's my seat.
CARLOS: Done.
Call it.
KURT: One minute, 36 seconds.
If you weren't last, we would
probably disqualify you.
ELANA: You didn't
even shut the door.
CARLOS: It's inside the vehicle.
There was nothing in the rules
about shutting things or being
able to drive away.
Camaro loses the
practicality test.
ELANA: Yeah, that's impractical.
CARLOS: That's very impractical.

KURT: It is one thing for
these cars to look bad ass.
But it's something else entirely
they don't sound bad ass.
CARLOS: We should measure this.
KURT: Yeah.
CARLOS: If only we
had a sound expert.

It's not revving
above 3,000 RPM?
It's in neutral.
I've tried it in park.

This wouldn't happen
with a manual.

ELANA: It'll only go to 4,000,
and then it just stops you.
I mean, how am I
going to impress
my neighbors with 4,000?
KURT: Yeah, I don't
have a limiter.
It just let me rev all
the way to 7,500 RPM.
CARLOS: Mustang handily
wins the sound competition.
ELANA: It's almost like
the Mustang engineers
knew what people might
want in a muscle car.

CARLOS: Now we've got a
winding track behind us.
And we're not going to find out
how fast they are-- we're not
going to lap times just yet.
But we're here to find out how
these things drive as cars.
Should you be afraid of them?
ELANA: I mean, I think a lot
of people are afraid of them
because they are so powerful.
But there's no reason to.
I mean, they are
surprisingly drivable.
CARLOS: This is
an important thing
to find out, because even if
you are going to race track,
you still have to drive there
and you have to drive home.
So we're going to find out how
they feel in that situation
or on your favorite
mountain road.

ELANA: Is it a problem if my
entire review of the Redeye
is just me driving and giggling?
This car is so fun.
There is a lot of stuff
that people can rightfully
complain about.

But that's not it.
It's big.
I mean, every time I go around
a corner I'm slowing down,
probably a lot more than
Carlos and Kurt are going
to have to in the
Camaro and the Mustang,
because I can feel all
the weight of this car.
But if you trust it, then
sort of like a hippopotamus
in ballet shoes--
it's capable of
surprising grace.
And also--

Oh my god.
Whose idea was this?
I'm sorry, I'm going to
take this more seriously.
These days, because there's
no contemporary equivalent
of say, the Chevelle, the pony
cars have become muscle cars.
And certainly, the Challenger
meets all the definition
of a muscle car which,
is the company's biggest
engine in its sort of
sporty its midsize car.
This is a midsize car and
that is the biggest engine.
6.2 liters, a
supercharger that is
bigger than some engines, and
of course, 797 horsepower.

These seats are great.
And they're huge.
In fact, one of the things
when you are on track
is you kind of move around
a little bit in them.
They're not a tight fit.
But when you're on
the street, they're
very, very comfortable
and kind of plush.
They're also heated
and vented, which
is an excellent luxury
in a muscle car.
As I go around this corner,
visibility is not great.
This is a big pillar.
It is better than
say, in the Camaro.
And it's about equal
to the Mustang.
None of these cars are
fantastic for seeing out of,
because they're huge.
They have these
really long hoods.
In the case of these
performance versions,
they have really
high hoods, too.
I mean, I'm sitting pretty high
up just so that I can see over
the bulges in the hood.
If you're familiar with
any of the Hellcats,
there are three modes.
There's sort of a street mode.
They call it auto.
A sport mode, which
is really kind
of more of a drag racing mode.
Kind of gives you
a lot more burnout
in a straight line action.
And then there's a track mode,
which tightens everything up,
makes the shift really hard.
You can also make a custom
mode, which is great,
because if you like the sound
and the shifts in track mode,
but you like the steering
better in straight mode,
it's up to you, baby.
You can do whatever you want.
This car really does
it best if you just
let the speed automatic
do all the work for you.
Just don't try to second
guess the machine.
Let the robot win.
Suspension-wise and
like ride quality-wise,
the Challenger absolutely
destroys the other two.
Or rather, the other two
will destroy your kidneys
and lower back,
and the Challenger
will be like sitting
on the couch.
So yes, this thing is huge.
Compared to the other two
cars, it's kind of a monster.
But there's a benefit to that.
And that benefit is a
more comfortable ride
and obviously, more space.
I mean, the Mustang doesn't
even have a backseat.
And the Challenger--
heck, road trip it.
I think if you put all
three cars together and said
which one most meets the
definition of a muscle car,
the Challenger would
win, hands down.
The other two at this point
are almost sports cars.
And then of course, sports
cars have become super cars.
Where will it end?
Don't ever let it end.

CARLOS: The Camaro ZL1
one on a winding track.
We're going to treat
this like a country road
and talk about the things
that make the Camaro ZL1 1LE
fun to drive.
There's a lot to talk
about in that respect.
Yes, this car lost the
sound coolness tests
and you know, barely squeaked
by the usability test.
But the way this thing drives
remains its primary attribute.
And I've got to admit,
with the exhaust and track
mode, when you're not trying
to rev it while idle, it
does sound very good in here.
It's a deep baritone roar.
It's not a lot of
nuance to the sound.
It's just sort of
loud, and in your face,
and brutish, and broad.
But you got to admit,
that sounds good.
And we have a 10
speed automatic that
can make shifts that quick.
It's a weird situation because
this supercharged V8 has
such a broad torque delivery.
And yet when you're
really on it,
the transmission is
shifting, and RPMs
are dropping in such
small increments,
that it's a weird experience.
You never expect a car
with this kind of power
and this broad of a torque curve
to be able to shift so quickly
and only had the
RPMs drop so much.
I mean, this engine
could be peakier
and use that kind of a different
characteristic of power.
But I got to say,
I enjoy this as is.
Though I might enjoy it
more if I had a manual.
Hmm.
So the 1LE track
package imbues this car
with a lot of really
nice handling attributes.
And they all relate back into
the driving experience when
on a mountain road.
Of course, the tires need
to be at temperature.
That's a major issue
with these cars,
because these are race
track-oriented tires.
When these tires are cold,
they are uncommunicative
and they are slippery.
This morning, it
was in the mid 30s
as we were driving
into the track,
and boy, did the tires have
some trouble with merging
on freeway and whatnot.
But that's what you're getting
into when you get a 1LE track
package.
You are buying
the track package.
You are opting in
to that experience.
That's OK.
But when the tires are on,
they start working really
nicely with these shocks.
These fixed spool
valve damper shocks.
The way the rest of the
suspension is set up,
it is highly adjustable for
the weekend track we're at.
But in the setting it's in
now, it's also fine, too.
Not compliant on the road.
It's pretty firm,
especially over bumps.
It doesn't have nice adaptive
dampers to soak up and adjust
for comfort.
This thing is all
hardcore track use.
But it ties all
this car together.
And you end up with a lot
of confidence in this car,
especially in the front end.
That's important, because
you have so much power.
You need to be able
to trust this thing
to put the power
down and let you get
escape from corner to corner.
It's a big deal.

You get really nicely
weighted confident steering.
When the tires are
working-- again,
that's a caveat we
keep referencing--
but when they're working,
it feels really good.
The Camaro shows its
downsides in normal driving.
You got a peek of that at
the interior usability test
or functionality tests,
where we loaded these cars up
with wheels and tires.
There was no space
left over at all.
And that's a problem
with the Camaro.
The trunk aperture is tiny.
This interior space
feels tiny as well.
The visibility outward
is extremely poor.
It's shocking how tight the
view can be outside of this car.
Also, when it comes to
daily driving, I gotta say,
the 10 speed automatic
does come into its own.
This transmission
works great when
you're pushing it really
hard and when you're just
tooling around town.
It's when you're kind of doing
the half way driving that it's
not as responsive as the
Mustang's dual clutch, which
is very snappy and very
crisp all the time.
This is still a tremendous
machine for road course use.
And one that, ride
comfort aside,
is still civil
enough for daily use.
We still have heated
and ventilated seats.
I think this has heated
steering wheel as well.
You've still got
good integration
through your infotainment with
Apple CarPlay, Android Auto.
Although the screen does kind of
look like it's tilted back in.
That's always been an
annoyance with Camaros.
Still, ZL1 1LE is
the best Camaro ever
at its specific job,
that race track use.
And to say it's not as punishing
as it could be on the road
is quite a testament to its
many skills and attributes.
But just know what
you're getting in for.
There's a lot going on here.
And for the money, I think
this is an incredible value.

KURT: The new Shelby GT500.
So it's one thing to rip
around in a car like this
and drive it like a hooligan.
But most of the time
people drive these cars,
they're not really going
to be in track mode
like I am right now.
They're going to
be in maybe sports,
so let's drop that
into sport, pop it out
of manual mode, and
just cruise around,
and tell you what
it's like to drive it.
Obviously, it makes
a lot of power.
That 5.2 liter engine has
a giant supercharger on it.
Cranks out 760 horsepower.
And yeah, it goes fast.
There's no two ways about it.
But what's really
impressive about this engine
is just how tractable it is.
I mean, I'm kind of
cruising around now
and it's still friendly.
It's quick to respond.
And I've driven
this car in traffic,
and it could care less
that you're in traffic.
It's happy to burble along.
And for an engine with
this kind of power--
I continue to be impressed
with modern engines.
This engine should not be
this easy to drive, and it is.
Putting all this
power to the ground
is smooth because
of a seven speed
dual clutch automatic
transmission.
The other to use a more
traditional automatic setup.
But this is quick shifts, crisp,
and not abrupt or jarring.

It's still really responsive.
Wow, listen to that.
I mean, I want this
in my everyday car.
I'm going to put this into
Normal mode now and just cruise
around like a normal person.
Now these are pretty good tires
these are Michelin Pilot Sport
Cup 2 tires.
And that's compared to
the ones on the Camaro,
they're fairly run of the
mill high performance tires.
I mean, you can find these
on any old Porsche 911.
But these tires talk to you.
And they have good
grip when they're cold,
they have good grip
when they're warm.
Every aspect of this car
makes it a friendly car.
And you can't say
enough about it.
In case you hadn't noticed
from all the other pictures
of this car, it has ginormous
brakes on the front.
It has the 16.5
inch brake rotors.
And the calipers-- yeah,
they're six-piston calipers,
but they're gigantic
six-piston calipers.
A car like this
shouldn't be this
easy to drive at high speed.
It shouldn't be this easy
to drive at low speed.
I think Ford's really
found the GT500 sweet spot.
I'd argue this is the most
well rounded performing car
of the group.
You've got comfort
when you want it,
you've got speed
when you want it.
You got sound, you got
quiet, you got everything.
And if you've got the
money, You should probably
buy one of these.

So we've had some fun.
And ride over there
is a road course.
It's short, but it's fast.
It should be fun.
And I think we should
do some time laps.
ELANA: Well, if we do
time laps, then we really
need those to be consistent,
so probably the same person
should drive all three.
CARLOS: Oh, dibs.
Can't fight dibs!
KURT: Come on, dude.
ELANA: He's right, though.
You can't fight dibs.
KURT: I hate him.
ELANA: Carlos, you ready?
3, 2, 1.
Punch it, baby.

KURT: I'm surprised
that car turned.
ELANA: They made
an effort with it.
And it also has steam rollers
of rubber underneath it.
KURT: Does it?

Can I say across the line?
ELANA: Yeah, do it.
KURT: Is that trademarked?

I have no idea if
that's fast or not.
ELANA: 38:37, Carlos.

3, 2, 1.
go.

KURT: He tried to get
clever with launch control.

ELANA: Do you feel like
that worked for him?
KURT: No.
ELANA: I mean, I know he's
tried to warm up these tires,
because they are a lot fussier.

KURT: This looks a bit faster.
ELANA: It does look fast.

36:11.
KURT: 2.2 something
seconds faster.
CARLOS: That launch
control sucks.
What happened?
ELANA: That wasn't so hot.
CARLOS: It was great,
then it was bleh!
It was like, what?
What's going on?
ELANA: Do you feel like
you need to try it again?
CARLOS: No, it's
Chevy's problem.
ELANA: Well, it was still
faster than the Hellcat.
CARLOS: Good.
As physics would dictate.
KURT: And it sounds
decidedly less bad ass
and the Hellcat does.
CARLOS: I'll tell
you what, though.
best tires here.
KURT: Yeah.
ELANA: Pony Boy, you ready?
3, 2, 1.
Go!

CARLOS: Love that
seven speed in the car.

ELANA: I like how there's
just a hint of supercharge.
CARLOS: Yeah.

KURT: Woo.
Don't let him know.
He'll just get a big hit on the.
Camaro
CARLOS: How did I do?
ELANA: I believe your car
won because that was a 36:27.
KURT: Do I leave the Camaro now?

CARLOS: Even with a bad launch?
KURT: Yeah.
Those tires, man.
Those tires.
CARLOS: OK, let's recap.
Winner of the test
numbers, Ford.
Winner of the burnout.
ELANA: I vaguely remember the
Challenger doing pretty well
there.
CARLOS: Utility, board.
KURT: Sound board.
Fun on the mountain road?
Three way tie?
ELANA: Yeah.
I mean, I think we all had fun.
CARLOS: Three way tie.
Time to hot laps?
KURT: Oh, Camaro.
That's its job.
ELANA: Yeah, I don't think you
need to be super good at math
to figure out that the
Mustang handily takes us.
And I would be mad--
I mean, I wanted the
Challenger to win, It's so fun.
It should be
celebrated for that.
But it's had its time at the.
Top and if it inspired something
as good as the Mustang,
I mean, I feel kind
of proud about that.
I don't think it
takes anything away
from the Camaro
or the challenger
to recognize how
good the Mustang is.
CARLOS: Yeah, all
three of these cars
are really good at their
specific jobs, right?
The Challenger is a factory.
The Camaro takes road
racing very seriously.
People who are really into
going around racetracks fast
and don't want to spend a lot
of money, the Camaro 1LE ZL1
is an incredible value.
But still, you gotta acknowledge
what that GT-500 delivers.
KURT: I'm shocked at just
how well-rounded it is.
I mean, previous iterations of
the GT500 have been really fast
and they've been really
loud, but they just
haven't had the breadth, the
practicality, and handling
ability that this new one has.
And it is brand new.
Both of those other cars
have been around for a while.
So Ford has had a chance to look
at them and learn from them.
But it's just-- it's
such an impressive car.
CARLOS: And not only is it
the ultimate muscle car,
it makes you re-evaluate
what your expectations are
for a muscle car.
And that's why it easily
wins this comparison.
ELANA: Yeah, no question.
KURT: Yeah, I agree.
CARLOS: So thanks for watching.
Please be sure to
subscribe, like,
and visit Edmunds for all
your car shopping needs,
helping you pick the right
car at the right price.

You guys remember the M4?
ELANA: Vaguely.
KURT: Oh yeah
ELANA: Like, Supra
wasn't that a car.
CARLOS: It wasn't
even that long ago.
KURT: No.
CARLOS: AMX.
I think they make those anymore.
ELANA: Pontiac Firebird?
KURT: Cuda.

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1A Auto Parts:

Oil In Coolant "What to Check when you find Oil in Antifreeze"

The Flat Rate Mechanic:

In this video i'm going to show you what you should do if you have oil in your coolant or Antifreeze
there's a few different things that can cause this and before you can jam a head gasket
i'll go over some stuff you can check in this video
Okay we need to figure out, why we have oil in the coolant on this volkswagen?
customer complained that the
coolant light was flickering on and off and
upon further inspection we found the coolant reservoir was full of oil or transmission
fluid no thermos unsure at this point but as you can see there that does not look like coolant
So it's got a oil mixture in there the coolant overflow reservoir so we need to find out how oil
is getting in this engine coolent system there's only a few ways that it can get in here on this vehicle would be the oil cooler
transmission cooler or the head gasket on some other vehicles it can be also be caused by intake gasket but not
on this vehicle so
most likely caused on this volkswagen
seeing how this customer is not complaining that with any overheating issues or anything like that would be this oil cooler so
what we're gonna do is we're gonna go ahead and pull this thing off and test it today
and
Be able to show, you how to tell if that is what's causing
all this oil in this coolant reservoir
So that's definitely a problem i've checked the
engine oil dipstick and i've also checked the transmission fluid and there's no signs of antifreeze in the engine oil and
there was no signs of coolant in
The transmission fluid itself so that's where we're at, so far
Let's go ahead and show you how to get this oil cooler off so we can test it
First i'm gonna remove yet two coolant hoses that go to the cooler itself
this vehicle uses the coolant to actually cool the oil
so the antifreeze is flowing through this housing as it enters the oil filter in turn cooling the engine oil off
now not all vehicles have oil coolers but if yours does which you can find out by doing a quick google search
That's gonna be the first thing you probably
are going to want to check.
if your vehicle doesn't another very very common cause of oil in the corn would be through your transmission cooler
and normally your transmission cooler runs through the radiator now on this particular
volkswagen working on it has its own cooler that actually bolts on top of the transmissions so
By tab i'll go more into that and some of my other videos so be sure to subscribe to my channel
well this is probably something i a
DIY could do themselves you know at home in their driveway it's relatively easy to check
there's only one bolt that holds this cooler on you'll see
later on the video here
So now i'm gonna reach the vehicle and just take an oil filter off
this can get a bit messy you're definitely gonna wanna walk you're definitely gonna want a lot some kind of
catch pan or drain bucket
now that we got this oil filter off you can see there's
a 27 millimeter nut
You're gonna have to remove
broke it free when i spin it out by hand
So the only tools you're gonna need are some new nose pliers and a 24 millimeter socket with a wrench
Now leave links to everything you need in the video description below then once you have that?
24 millimeter bolts off you should be able to pull the cooler
right down
from there so we can take this oil cooler out and
Test it and see if that's a reason why we're getting oil in the engine coolant?
there's a gasket between the cooler and the engine block
And here's a little better view of where that cooler wilts up to the engine block
alright now that we got this cool arlo i'm going to cap the ends of it
because what we're gonna be doing is we're gonna be
applying air
into this cooler to see if it's leaking and we're gonna submerge it in water just check for any bubbles now another thing
you can do with this as well is
Just, cover one end with a finger and then suck through it and see if see if it holds vacuums
just, be sure you clean and good cuz obviously coolant is
poisonous i actually did this before i
Did this test and i wasn't able to feel any leaks so i'm gonna proceed with pressurized air to see if it leaks
basically coolants running through these passages and leaking
into the oil
this is what we're suspecting here
So here i'm just putting compressed air
in one side with the other side cap now i'm gonna place it in a game bin and syllables water
So we can
you can put compressed air inside this underneath the water to see if it's bubbling to check for any leaks
i'm gonna go ahead and speed this part up real quick
all right our bucket is full of water and
We're gonna go ahead and play air and this and see if we see any bubbles coming out
Okay so i get about
120 psi of pressure in this oil cooler and i'm not seeing any bubbles so
as far as this test goes this cooler is actually passing
Now, i'm not sure this is 10% reliable test because temperature conditions change?
There's a lot of variables you know so if this thing gets hot or cold
it could be leaking under certain
circumstances right now underneath this water i'm not finding any leaks
So this would be a good time to go into some of the other things we'll check
I'm gonna go ahead and get this engine oil cooler reinstalled so we can
hopefully find a definitive answer as, to why there is oil in this coolant reservoir
So next we're probably gonna try and do a we're gonna do a co test on this to test ahead gaskets
so what i have here is just a
It's a co tester basically what it's gonna do is test for a combustion gas i have another video on this?
On testing for a bad head gasket i'll leave that in the video description below
That goes into good detail on how to tell if you have a bad guy to gasket so we just want to make sure
We have no combustion gas and if we do this tester is the fluid and that's gonna turn yellow
and i'm doing this with the engine running would like to say this checking for combustion gas so
and from the looks of it we're not having any head yet i'm not picking up any
combustion gas in this cooling system which is a good thing
she wasn't complaining of any overheating issues
The fans and everything seem to be working fine so i wasn't really suspecting a head gasket issue
The only other thing i did check on this vehicle?
was the transmission
fluid itself now normally you'll have a dipstick you can pull the dipstick out and
if your transmission cooler is leaking
typically your transmission fluid gentle look very similar to the way this court looked in this engine it's gonna be all frothy frothy looking and
you, know you can tell it's mixed with a liquid
corn so
On this one i actually had to pull the drain plug and the fluid was nice and clean there was no evidence is there any
kind of mixture of any sort so i'm not concerned with a transmission cooler at this point and
The way this test is the ceo test is going on the head gaskets i'm not really that concerned
With that guys could see there this is a nice strong running engine it's not what we're eating there's no external leaks from the head
Guys, here that i can see so?
We're gonna go ahead and go with the oil cooler on this i'm suspecting probably when it gets hot or in the certain conditions it's
leaking and i'm pretty confident that's what's gonna fix this vehicle it's pretty common problem on
volkswagens but every car is different and transmission coolers are very common on gm's and other makes and models
Any question of the comments be sure to leave them below i'll answer all of them
Subscribe to my channel and if this was helpful be sure to hit the thumbs up button
appreciate it thanks Flat Rate Mechanic

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