1 00:00:01,689 --> 00:00:02,793 This time on Roadkill, you asked for it, you got it, 2 00:00:02,793 --> 00:00:05,206 finally, it is a showdown between Blasphemi 3 00:00:05,206 --> 00:00:08,689 and my F-Rod in an 8-second quarter-mile showdown. 4 00:00:08,689 --> 00:00:11,482 And we made 1,100 HP in this car 5 00:00:11,482 --> 00:00:13,586 and road-tripped it nearly 800 miles. 6 00:00:13,586 --> 00:00:15,172 -Big win. -Still runs. 7 00:00:20,931 --> 00:00:22,862 [theme music playing] 8 00:00:43,724 --> 00:00:45,310 [David] Blasphemi is back. 9 00:00:45,310 --> 00:00:48,586 Our 426-based Hemi in a '55 Chevy 10 00:00:48,586 --> 00:00:51,586 has been with us since season 1 of Roadkill. 11 00:00:51,586 --> 00:00:52,620 Can you even believe that? 12 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,689 -Has it been that long? -It has been that long. 13 00:00:54,689 --> 00:00:56,379 And I haven't seen it in, I don't know, 14 00:00:56,379 --> 00:00:57,896 two or three years. 15 00:00:57,896 --> 00:00:59,724 And a whole bunch of stuff has changed. 16 00:00:59,724 --> 00:01:01,689 Here's our plan. We're gonna start here 17 00:01:01,689 --> 00:01:05,000 at Wild Horse Motorsports Park in Chandler, Arizona, 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:07,103 make some passes, I guess, tune on it, 19 00:01:07,103 --> 00:01:08,931 figure out what's gone wrong. 20 00:01:08,931 --> 00:01:10,206 [both laugh] 21 00:01:10,206 --> 00:01:12,413 And then we're gonna road-trip the thing 22 00:01:12,413 --> 00:01:14,896 to San Diego, California, right along the border. 23 00:01:14,896 --> 00:01:17,379 We have to change the supercharger at a dyno shop, 24 00:01:17,379 --> 00:01:19,000 tune it up to make it quicker, 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:21,379 then road-trip it to Famoso Dragstrip, 26 00:01:21,379 --> 00:01:23,724 which is outside of Bakersfield, California, 27 00:01:23,724 --> 00:01:27,793 where my own Model A called the F-Rod will be sitting there. 28 00:01:27,793 --> 00:01:33,000 And my Model has gone 8.501 in the quarter-mile. 29 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:34,482 [Mike] This car's never been that fast. 30 00:01:34,482 --> 00:01:36,413 It ran a bunch of 60s in Vegas. 31 00:01:36,413 --> 00:01:38,482 But since then, it's pretty much been broken. 32 00:01:38,482 --> 00:01:41,103 And, um, currently, that supercharger's wore out, 33 00:01:41,103 --> 00:01:44,000 which is why I ordered a blower and sent it ahead of us, 34 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:45,689 hoping that we can pick up power. 35 00:01:45,689 --> 00:01:48,586 The car got heavier over the last couple of years 36 00:01:48,586 --> 00:01:51,586 because I got tired of, say, the fiberglass trunk lid blowing off. 37 00:01:51,586 --> 00:01:52,723 [David laughs] I remember that. 38 00:01:52,723 --> 00:01:54,723 [Mike] So it has a steel trunk lid on it now, 39 00:01:54,723 --> 00:01:57,172 which is way heavier than I thought it would be. 40 00:01:57,172 --> 00:01:59,482 So I got rid of 19 pounds of battery cable 41 00:01:59,482 --> 00:02:01,206 by moving the battery up front. 42 00:02:01,206 --> 00:02:02,586 -Um... Yeah. -Really? 43 00:02:02,586 --> 00:02:04,068 [Mike] And that battery was over here, 44 00:02:04,068 --> 00:02:06,000 but then I was having oil pressure issues with it. 45 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:07,413 Every time I pulled the parachute, 46 00:02:07,413 --> 00:02:08,896 I'd lose all the oil pressure. 47 00:02:08,896 --> 00:02:10,896 So everything is different. The motor plates, 48 00:02:10,896 --> 00:02:12,827 the oiling system, the fuel system, 49 00:02:12,827 --> 00:02:14,103 the electrical system. 50 00:02:14,103 --> 00:02:16,896 The blower, though, is the same blower from 2019, 51 00:02:16,896 --> 00:02:18,482 and I'm pretty sure it's wore out. 52 00:02:18,482 --> 00:02:20,827 Was it on the '85 when you won Drag Week? 53 00:02:20,827 --> 00:02:21,827 -Mmm-hmm. Yeah. -Yeah? 54 00:02:21,827 --> 00:02:23,275 But these headers are different. 55 00:02:23,275 --> 00:02:24,689 [Mike] These are slightly bigger. 56 00:02:24,689 --> 00:02:27,413 When was the last time this road-tripped successfully? 57 00:02:27,413 --> 00:02:28,758 2019. 58 00:02:33,379 --> 00:02:35,172 [Mike] Let's talk history of Blasphemi. 59 00:02:35,172 --> 00:02:38,793 This is my favorite Roadkill project car of all time, 60 00:02:38,793 --> 00:02:43,482 and it all began with a $2,300 body of a '55 Chevy Bel Air 61 00:02:43,482 --> 00:02:46,379 that we bought out of a backyard in Hemet, California. 62 00:02:46,379 --> 00:02:48,379 And we hauled it all the way to Oregon 63 00:02:48,379 --> 00:02:49,827 to Jim Meyer Racing, 64 00:02:49,827 --> 00:02:52,310 slid one of his cool gasser chassis under it, 65 00:02:52,310 --> 00:02:55,793 then we cut the wheel wells, put some cool wheels and tires on it. 66 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:57,689 But the key to this whole car is Freiburger's fault. 67 00:02:57,689 --> 00:03:01,793 It was his idea to put a Chrysler 426 Hemi under the hood. 68 00:03:01,793 --> 00:03:03,517 So that's what we did. We thought, "Why not? 69 00:03:03,517 --> 00:03:04,586 Hemi in a Chevy, 70 00:03:04,586 --> 00:03:06,379 you're either gonna love it or hate it." 71 00:03:06,379 --> 00:03:07,275 So, in the beginning, 72 00:03:07,275 --> 00:03:09,172 all I wanted was a cool street car, 73 00:03:09,172 --> 00:03:12,586 kind of like what the guys in the movie Two-Lane Blacktop drove. 74 00:03:12,586 --> 00:03:14,172 I loved the look of that car, 75 00:03:14,172 --> 00:03:16,482 which is why this car is flat black. 76 00:03:16,482 --> 00:03:18,000 And in the beginning, 77 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:20,103 I didn't really care about how fast it went. 78 00:03:20,103 --> 00:03:21,482 I just wanted it to look cool. 79 00:03:21,482 --> 00:03:23,000 And then somewhere along the line, 80 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,172 I lost my mind 81 00:03:24,172 --> 00:03:26,517 and just spent every waking moment 82 00:03:26,517 --> 00:03:27,793 and most of my money 83 00:03:27,793 --> 00:03:29,724 making it faster and faster 84 00:03:29,724 --> 00:03:31,896 until, finally, in 2019, 85 00:03:31,896 --> 00:03:35,517 Tony Angelo and I won Hot Rod magazine's Drag Week event, 86 00:03:35,517 --> 00:03:39,517 going as quick as 161 mph in this thing. 87 00:03:39,517 --> 00:03:41,689 The problem is it's really unreliable 88 00:03:41,689 --> 00:03:43,793 and it hasn't gone that fast since. 89 00:03:43,793 --> 00:03:46,000 Let's go test it. Let's go find out where we're at 90 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:47,482 in terms of track performance. 91 00:03:47,482 --> 00:03:49,586 And then we'll figure out a way to make it more powerful and faster, 92 00:03:49,586 --> 00:03:52,000 hopefully before we get to Bakersfield 93 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:53,965 and I have to line up with the F-Rod. 94 00:03:59,827 --> 00:04:02,586 [David] I was doing the nut and bolt check underneath the car, 95 00:04:02,586 --> 00:04:04,620 and I found a couple things that needed to be snugged. 96 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:05,931 It wasn't that bad. 97 00:04:05,931 --> 00:04:09,275 However, I've spotted a really bad thing about tire clearance. 98 00:04:09,275 --> 00:04:10,793 Mike had the rear end narrowed 99 00:04:10,793 --> 00:04:13,068 and, unfortunately, with these different wheels, 100 00:04:13,068 --> 00:04:14,586 they're too far inboard 101 00:04:14,586 --> 00:04:16,689 and they're hitting the inner wheel well. 102 00:04:16,689 --> 00:04:19,413 [Mike] So before this car went on the chassis dyno last week, 103 00:04:19,413 --> 00:04:21,481 I switched wheels. 104 00:04:21,481 --> 00:04:23,793 And I thought, "Oh, they clear the inner fenders just fine." 105 00:04:23,793 --> 00:04:26,172 They're not. They hit the inner fender bad. 106 00:04:26,172 --> 00:04:27,275 [David] That was painful to watch, 107 00:04:27,275 --> 00:04:29,620 but it's probably gonna save disaster. 108 00:04:29,620 --> 00:04:31,241 [Mike] Yeah, I'm totally okay with it. 109 00:04:33,586 --> 00:04:35,793 All right, way better clearance. 110 00:04:35,793 --> 00:04:37,275 It's still gonna tag it a little bit, 111 00:04:37,275 --> 00:04:38,862 but it's not gonna cut the tire. 112 00:04:49,103 --> 00:04:50,413 We've gotten through our safety checks 113 00:04:50,413 --> 00:04:53,000 and we're ready to go put it on the track for the first time. 114 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:54,000 You gonna go all out? 115 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,793 Or are you gonna take it easy first time down? 116 00:04:55,793 --> 00:04:57,206 Nah, you know me. I'm just gonna go. 117 00:04:57,206 --> 00:04:58,793 -[David] Okay. Yup. -[laughs] 118 00:04:58,793 --> 00:05:00,482 [David] He'll lift when it gets ugly. 119 00:05:05,586 --> 00:05:07,172 Oh, this is exciting. 120 00:05:07,172 --> 00:05:10,931 I have not driven down any drag strip in this car 121 00:05:10,931 --> 00:05:12,724 in over a year. 122 00:05:12,724 --> 00:05:15,413 [David] For the first pass in Blasphemi in a long time, 123 00:05:15,413 --> 00:05:17,827 a ton of stuff has changed on the car. 124 00:05:17,827 --> 00:05:19,724 Different throttle body, different injectors, 125 00:05:19,724 --> 00:05:21,793 coil on plug ignition, dry sump, 126 00:05:21,793 --> 00:05:23,586 different clutch, different transmission, 127 00:05:23,586 --> 00:05:25,896 different rear tires. Let's see what happens. 128 00:05:36,172 --> 00:05:37,586 [Mike] Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 129 00:05:37,586 --> 00:05:39,068 That was fun. 130 00:05:39,068 --> 00:05:40,379 [David] The tires were brand-new, 131 00:05:40,379 --> 00:05:43,000 so we gave 'em a little bit of extra heat. 132 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:44,275 It's typically a good process 133 00:05:44,275 --> 00:05:46,827 for a fresh-out-of-the-box tire. 134 00:05:46,827 --> 00:05:48,896 [David] All right, gettin' ready to roll under the beams. 135 00:05:48,896 --> 00:05:50,379 We're pre-staged. 136 00:05:51,793 --> 00:05:53,172 Now we're staged. 137 00:05:58,275 --> 00:05:59,586 [Mike] Okay. 138 00:05:59,586 --> 00:06:01,758 A lot of cowbell. It did not hook. 139 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:06,586 [David] You can see the tire bounced pretty good. 140 00:06:06,586 --> 00:06:09,103 Yeah. That's the same two-step I've always used. 141 00:06:09,103 --> 00:06:12,413 So I could turn the two-step down if I had the laptop. 142 00:06:12,413 --> 00:06:15,655 Wow. It hasn't spun like that in a long time. 143 00:06:16,275 --> 00:06:18,275 [David] Thinking it through, 144 00:06:18,275 --> 00:06:20,379 the 6-speed has a much lower first gear 145 00:06:20,379 --> 00:06:22,034 than your G-Force did. 146 00:06:22,034 --> 00:06:25,068 He's got the computer out. We're looking at the data, just what happened, 147 00:06:25,068 --> 00:06:26,931 to make sure that the two-step rev limiter 148 00:06:26,931 --> 00:06:28,655 was set where it needed to be. 149 00:06:29,275 --> 00:06:30,482 There we go. 150 00:06:38,103 --> 00:06:39,758 All right, burnout number two. 151 00:06:46,482 --> 00:06:48,103 We've lowered the rev limiter. 152 00:06:48,103 --> 00:06:49,448 Let's try this again. 153 00:06:54,172 --> 00:06:57,344 No. Just smoked the tires again. 154 00:06:59,827 --> 00:07:02,172 So it's smashes, but the whole rear end of the car 155 00:07:02,172 --> 00:07:04,172 is squatting. It's not separating. 156 00:07:04,172 --> 00:07:07,000 That is fairly low tire pressure. 157 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,517 Here's what's going on. You saw our first two hits. 158 00:07:09,517 --> 00:07:12,000 The thing spun the tires real bad. 159 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:14,379 The first time, it actually hopped the tire off the ground. 160 00:07:14,379 --> 00:07:15,793 Looking at the data, 161 00:07:15,793 --> 00:07:19,482 we're realizing that the camshaft was advanced a lot 162 00:07:19,482 --> 00:07:21,310 versus the last time he ran this thing. 163 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:23,793 And he just told me that it's making more boost down low 164 00:07:23,793 --> 00:07:25,689 than it did on the dyno, which is unusual. 165 00:07:25,689 --> 00:07:27,379 So it's making a lot more power, 166 00:07:27,379 --> 00:07:29,000 so he's having trouble hooking it up 167 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,517 with his old combo. 168 00:07:30,517 --> 00:07:32,586 Right now, I'm checking tire pressure, 169 00:07:32,586 --> 00:07:34,586 which is below 12. 170 00:07:34,586 --> 00:07:37,896 Mike contacted Pete Harrell, his engine guy and tuner, 171 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:40,310 and sent him the file out of the computer, 172 00:07:40,310 --> 00:07:41,586 the tune-up on the car, 173 00:07:41,586 --> 00:07:44,482 and he went ahead and pulled some ignition timing down low 174 00:07:44,482 --> 00:07:46,379 to take some power out of the car 175 00:07:46,379 --> 00:07:47,586 so that it would launch. 176 00:07:47,586 --> 00:07:50,241 Sun's goin' down. We're about to run out of track time. 177 00:07:53,689 --> 00:07:56,000 The folks at Wild Horse and Radford Driving School 178 00:07:56,000 --> 00:07:57,172 have been super-cool to us 179 00:07:57,172 --> 00:07:58,586 and they gave us some more time. 180 00:07:58,586 --> 00:08:00,172 So it's a nice cool evening now 181 00:08:00,172 --> 00:08:01,724 after everything that we changed, 182 00:08:01,724 --> 00:08:05,379 which includes the tune-up, the shock settings, 183 00:08:05,379 --> 00:08:07,896 the tire pressure, and new spark plugs. 184 00:08:07,896 --> 00:08:09,206 So let's give this a shot. 185 00:08:09,206 --> 00:08:11,586 Okay, here we go. Pre-staged. 186 00:08:11,586 --> 00:08:12,862 Staged. 187 00:08:25,896 --> 00:08:27,275 [chuckling] 188 00:08:27,275 --> 00:08:28,724 Well, finally he got down the track. 189 00:08:28,724 --> 00:08:32,000 That was a 10.09 at 146 mph. 190 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:35,413 The mile an hour tells you that the car should be way faster. 191 00:08:35,413 --> 00:08:37,793 That's a very slow ET for the mile an hour. 192 00:08:37,793 --> 00:08:39,172 It didn't fully hook, 193 00:08:39,172 --> 00:08:41,068 and he hit the rev limiter in first, 194 00:08:41,068 --> 00:08:43,379 and he obviously was granny-shifting the thing. 195 00:08:43,379 --> 00:08:44,793 But we're headed the right direction. 196 00:08:44,793 --> 00:08:46,172 I think he'll probably come back 197 00:08:46,172 --> 00:08:48,862 and give it another shot kind of as is. 198 00:08:50,103 --> 00:08:52,172 10.09, 146. 199 00:08:52,172 --> 00:08:53,172 Okay. 200 00:08:53,172 --> 00:08:55,000 146 is okay. 201 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,379 I short-shifted one gear. I hit the rev limiter another one. 202 00:08:57,379 --> 00:08:58,758 -That was a mess. -Yeah. 203 00:09:00,517 --> 00:09:02,103 [Mike] Now we're gettin' somewhere. 204 00:09:02,103 --> 00:09:03,482 I know it wasn't fast 205 00:09:03,482 --> 00:09:05,000 and it really wasn't pretty, 206 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,172 but I learned a lot. 207 00:09:06,172 --> 00:09:07,689 The problem with using the clutch when you shift 208 00:09:07,689 --> 00:09:09,000 is, every time you use the clutch, 209 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,275 it restarts the launch process over 210 00:09:11,275 --> 00:09:14,413 and pulls ignition timing out of it, about 9 degrees. 211 00:09:14,413 --> 00:09:17,413 So, you clutch, it pulls 9 degrees, 212 00:09:17,413 --> 00:09:18,793 then the motor's trying to accelerate 213 00:09:18,793 --> 00:09:21,482 with only like 17 degrees of timing in it. 214 00:09:21,482 --> 00:09:23,482 It's not accelerating as hard as it could. 215 00:09:23,482 --> 00:09:24,620 So for this pass, 216 00:09:24,620 --> 00:09:27,172 I've lowered the launch rpm another 200, 217 00:09:27,172 --> 00:09:29,931 and then we just pulled another half-degree of timing out of it 218 00:09:29,931 --> 00:09:31,482 for the first second of the run. 219 00:09:31,482 --> 00:09:33,172 Hopefully that makes it stick. 220 00:09:33,172 --> 00:09:36,379 Hopefully I can remember not to use the clutch and not granny-shift, 221 00:09:36,379 --> 00:09:37,517 hit my shift points, 222 00:09:37,517 --> 00:09:39,689 and go much faster down this drag strip. 223 00:09:46,896 --> 00:09:48,482 [David] Aah! 224 00:09:48,482 --> 00:09:50,172 He's using the clutch. 225 00:09:50,172 --> 00:09:53,172 That was better, but it went left. 226 00:09:53,172 --> 00:09:55,931 I guarantee the 60-foot was better on that one. 227 00:09:55,931 --> 00:09:57,172 [David] Well, that was cool and violent. 228 00:09:57,172 --> 00:09:58,103 It left pretty hard. 229 00:09:58,103 --> 00:10:01,896 But, man, this thing goes left like mad. 230 00:10:01,896 --> 00:10:05,000 Unfortunately, it seems to me like he was stepping on the clutch again. 231 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:10,206 When he does that, it reactivates the ignition retard for the launch. So... 232 00:10:10,206 --> 00:10:11,793 I think he just needs to figure out 233 00:10:11,793 --> 00:10:13,413 how to shift it without the clutch. 234 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:16,482 Guess what the 60-foot was. 'Cause it was way happier. 235 00:10:16,482 --> 00:10:17,793 [David] Oh, yeah, it was way better. 236 00:10:17,793 --> 00:10:20,793 -Although you went hard left. -Yeah. 237 00:10:20,793 --> 00:10:22,482 That's like a ladder bar adjustment. 238 00:10:22,482 --> 00:10:24,827 -Yeah. -Or a real tire pressure problem 239 00:10:24,827 --> 00:10:26,172 or a brake dragging. 240 00:10:26,172 --> 00:10:27,413 [Mike] We have a little bit of time left. 241 00:10:27,413 --> 00:10:30,103 I'd like to make one more pass at least down the drag strip 242 00:10:30,103 --> 00:10:32,724 to find out, you know, where we're at 243 00:10:32,724 --> 00:10:34,862 in terms of this car's performance. 244 00:10:48,275 --> 00:10:49,517 [David] Well, that was the best run of the night, 245 00:10:49,517 --> 00:10:55,172 9.805 at 148.79, but the 60-foot was 181. 246 00:10:55,172 --> 00:10:57,827 -So... -Yeah, I don't know why it spun so bad that time. 247 00:10:57,827 --> 00:10:58,793 It was really bad. 248 00:10:58,793 --> 00:11:00,172 And I suck at driving right now. 249 00:11:00,172 --> 00:11:03,482 -So... -Drive to the hotel as is. Slicks, open headers? 250 00:11:03,482 --> 00:11:05,034 -Sure. Let's party. -Let's do it. 251 00:11:12,379 --> 00:11:14,172 It's road trip day. 252 00:11:14,172 --> 00:11:17,482 We're fully tested and ready to go across the entire desert 253 00:11:17,482 --> 00:11:19,931 between here and Santee, California, 254 00:11:19,931 --> 00:11:21,172 which is like 300 miles 255 00:11:21,172 --> 00:11:23,172 with nothing really in between. 256 00:11:23,172 --> 00:11:24,275 We need to take the slicks off 257 00:11:24,275 --> 00:11:27,413 and bolt the Coker tires that we had on here. 258 00:11:27,413 --> 00:11:29,000 [David] Let's hope it doesn't rain. It won't. 259 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,482 [Mike laughs] Yeah. And then we're going to switch the fuel lines in here 260 00:11:32,482 --> 00:11:35,172 'cause under this trunk floor are two different fuel cells. 261 00:11:35,172 --> 00:11:37,482 We're gonna switch the two in the ECU. 262 00:11:37,482 --> 00:11:39,000 We're gonna take the little blower pulley off 263 00:11:39,000 --> 00:11:41,172 and put a bigger one on just to slow the blower down, 264 00:11:41,172 --> 00:11:44,206 and then put the side pipes on so we go less deaf, 265 00:11:44,206 --> 00:11:45,551 and then go. 266 00:12:01,827 --> 00:12:04,068 [David] We're cruising through Gila Bend, Arizona, 267 00:12:04,068 --> 00:12:07,103 and, all of a sudden, I realize this is where we were 268 00:12:07,103 --> 00:12:10,827 for the very first episode of Roadkill ever. 269 00:12:10,827 --> 00:12:12,896 Last night, we stayed in a hotel 270 00:12:12,896 --> 00:12:16,620 that I swear looked like they had spray-painted over a triple-homicide. 271 00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:17,793 It was so bad. 272 00:12:17,793 --> 00:12:21,103 And we paid $45 for the privilege of staying there. 273 00:12:21,103 --> 00:12:24,206 Yeah, the room was over there in that corner, behind that dumpster. 274 00:12:24,206 --> 00:12:25,896 All right, all right. That's a bad memory. 275 00:12:25,896 --> 00:12:28,793 But, wow, 12 years, 276 00:12:28,793 --> 00:12:31,068 -our first episode. -[laughs] Yeah. 277 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,413 All right, good times. Let's go. 278 00:12:35,413 --> 00:12:36,793 Let's go. 279 00:12:36,793 --> 00:12:38,482 [Mike] I think we're close to the highway. 280 00:12:43,793 --> 00:12:45,896 [David] We are probably gonna need to fix that 281 00:12:45,896 --> 00:12:48,275 -[Mike] Yeah, would you throw that spring on there for me? -Yeah. 282 00:12:48,275 --> 00:12:49,896 [David] Yeah, we got a problem with the throttle sticking, 283 00:12:49,896 --> 00:12:53,758 so I'm gonna go put another throttle return spring on this pooch. 284 00:12:56,689 --> 00:12:58,000 Maybe it's fixed. 285 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,586 [Mike] It's gotta be better than it was. 286 00:13:09,482 --> 00:13:11,689 -Hmm. -How come? 287 00:13:11,689 --> 00:13:14,620 I don't know. These are new issues. 288 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:16,172 [David] One block later, next problem. 289 00:13:16,172 --> 00:13:17,482 The throttle is sticking, 290 00:13:17,482 --> 00:13:19,379 or at least the thing's idling way too fast. 291 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:21,172 Now, we got two springs on here. 292 00:13:21,172 --> 00:13:23,482 Show 'em your port plug trick. 293 00:13:23,482 --> 00:13:27,000 This throttle body is a prototype made by a guy named Phil Rohr. 294 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,310 Incredible machinist. 295 00:13:28,310 --> 00:13:31,206 And one of the things he did was, to improve drivability, 296 00:13:31,206 --> 00:13:33,724 was he machined these plugs that are O-ringed 297 00:13:33,724 --> 00:13:37,379 that should go in here and cap off one hole 298 00:13:37,379 --> 00:13:40,068 so that you don't have these giant throttle blades 299 00:13:40,068 --> 00:13:41,586 when you're going down the road. 300 00:13:41,586 --> 00:13:43,689 When you have throttle valve area that's a whole bunch, 301 00:13:43,689 --> 00:13:45,379 you move the throttle just a little, 302 00:13:45,379 --> 00:13:46,896 and there's a lot of air going in. 303 00:13:46,896 --> 00:13:48,896 So it's like just barely tip into it 304 00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:52,172 and it goes... [yells] So that helps slow that down. 305 00:14:00,620 --> 00:14:02,379 [Mike] Well, that's not enough spring to do it. 306 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:04,931 This is not a car where you want the throttle to be stuck. 307 00:14:04,931 --> 00:14:07,000 [Mike] I think part of what's happening is 308 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:09,896 the blower and the throttle body are all really hot 309 00:14:09,896 --> 00:14:12,413 and the butterflies are sticking in the bore 310 00:14:12,413 --> 00:14:14,482 because it doesn't return. 311 00:14:14,482 --> 00:14:17,931 And so what I'm gonna do now is increase the spring rate 312 00:14:17,931 --> 00:14:21,413 by adding another bracket, drilling some holes, 313 00:14:21,413 --> 00:14:23,517 putting the springs at a little bit better angles, 314 00:14:23,517 --> 00:14:25,206 stretching 'em out even further. 315 00:14:25,206 --> 00:14:26,965 Ignition. 316 00:14:34,793 --> 00:14:36,689 It's not returning all the way. 317 00:14:38,482 --> 00:14:40,000 [Mike] I brought my old throttle body, 318 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,724 which is a smaller one 319 00:14:41,724 --> 00:14:44,000 that makes less power than this one makes, 320 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,172 but the drivability is, you know, at least today, better. 321 00:14:47,172 --> 00:14:48,724 So we're gonna take this off right now 322 00:14:48,724 --> 00:14:52,965 and go to the old-school Hilborn cast throttle body that I used to have. 323 00:14:58,068 --> 00:15:01,344 [David] Trying to get it started now with the new old throttle body. 324 00:15:02,827 --> 00:15:04,758 [engine starts] 325 00:15:05,896 --> 00:15:07,551 Yay! 326 00:15:12,379 --> 00:15:13,551 Yay, us! 327 00:15:13,931 --> 00:15:15,586 Let's go driving. 328 00:15:15,586 --> 00:15:18,206 [David] We've now stayed here longer than we stayed in that hotel room 12 years ago. 329 00:15:18,206 --> 00:15:19,551 My turn to drive! 330 00:15:22,310 --> 00:15:23,931 [Mike] If you double-clutch, it won't clank 331 00:15:23,931 --> 00:15:25,620 when it goes into the first four gears. 332 00:15:25,620 --> 00:15:27,241 -Okay. -But you don't have to. 333 00:15:39,517 --> 00:15:44,000 Okay, you're going 75 mph at 1,900 rpm. 334 00:15:44,000 --> 00:15:49,172 At 7% throttle and almost 14:1 AFR. 335 00:15:49,172 --> 00:15:50,896 [Mike] How are the blowers? It's really hot now. 336 00:15:50,896 --> 00:15:52,482 [David] Now it's 200. 337 00:15:52,482 --> 00:15:55,206 Are the fans and water pump plugged in? 338 00:15:55,206 --> 00:15:56,827 I don't recall unplugging 'em. 339 00:15:56,827 --> 00:15:58,068 I don't either. 340 00:15:58,068 --> 00:16:01,931 It's still going up. 203, 204. 341 00:16:01,931 --> 00:16:04,206 I lowered the timing. Let's see what happens to it. 342 00:16:04,206 --> 00:16:06,000 Yeah, it might not like it. 343 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:07,689 Yup, it's cooling down. 344 00:16:07,689 --> 00:16:09,344 So it didn't like the timing. 345 00:16:17,793 --> 00:16:18,724 What day is today? 346 00:16:18,724 --> 00:16:19,724 I have no idea. 347 00:16:19,724 --> 00:16:20,689 Oh, it's Wednesday. 348 00:16:20,689 --> 00:16:22,172 -That's right. -Yeah, yeah. We're doing good. 349 00:16:22,172 --> 00:16:24,206 Yesterday went really well. What did you think? 350 00:16:24,206 --> 00:16:25,586 Oh, I got to cruise the thing. 351 00:16:25,586 --> 00:16:28,896 This car is actually way better than you think it is on the highway. 352 00:16:28,896 --> 00:16:31,000 I was kind of blown away because I haven't ridden in it 353 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:34,793 or driven it since we drove it all the way across the country in like season 3. 354 00:16:34,793 --> 00:16:36,206 That's ten years ago. 355 00:16:36,206 --> 00:16:38,379 -[Mike] It's been ten years? -It's been ten years. 356 00:16:38,379 --> 00:16:39,517 -Wow. -Yeah. 357 00:16:39,517 --> 00:16:40,482 -You did great. -Yeah. 358 00:16:40,482 --> 00:16:41,724 -Oh, we learned a lot. -Yeah. 359 00:16:41,724 --> 00:16:42,896 We learned that it wants to overheat 360 00:16:42,896 --> 00:16:44,689 if you lean it out on the highway. 361 00:16:44,689 --> 00:16:45,896 That was interesting. 362 00:16:45,896 --> 00:16:48,689 I think we both believe the supercharger's wore out. 363 00:16:48,689 --> 00:16:51,379 Well, I had one delivered to my friend Andy Ralls' shop 364 00:16:51,379 --> 00:16:53,000 like minutes away from here. 365 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,379 And Andy is really good friends with the dyno shop. 366 00:16:55,379 --> 00:16:56,413 So we're gonna go to Andy's shop, 367 00:16:56,413 --> 00:16:57,896 pick up a new blower for this. 368 00:16:57,896 --> 00:16:59,689 Then we're gonna go to the dyno shop, 369 00:16:59,689 --> 00:17:01,413 test it in its current configuration, 370 00:17:01,413 --> 00:17:03,379 then put a new blower on it and see. 371 00:17:03,379 --> 00:17:05,689 Does it make more boost? Does it make less heat? 372 00:17:05,689 --> 00:17:07,172 Does it make more power? 373 00:17:07,172 --> 00:17:08,413 This will be pretty cool 374 00:17:08,413 --> 00:17:11,482 'cause I don't think we've ever done hub dyno 375 00:17:11,482 --> 00:17:13,517 -on Roadkill. -No. 376 00:17:13,517 --> 00:17:17,000 I've only ever seen one once. 377 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,586 [Mike] And now we're at Ralls Precision Machine in Santee, California. 378 00:17:20,586 --> 00:17:22,619 The proprietor's a good friend of mine, Andy Ralls. 379 00:17:22,619 --> 00:17:24,378 He's the guy that built my drag boat. 380 00:17:24,378 --> 00:17:26,378 He does military stuff. 381 00:17:26,378 --> 00:17:28,172 He does stuff for the marine industry. 382 00:17:28,172 --> 00:17:30,413 And this is where we shipped our new blower. 383 00:17:30,413 --> 00:17:32,482 But the guys at the blower shop mailed us one 384 00:17:32,482 --> 00:17:34,931 that's wildly different than the one that's on the car. 385 00:17:34,931 --> 00:17:36,482 Externally, it looks the same, 386 00:17:36,482 --> 00:17:38,103 but there's parts and pieces here 387 00:17:38,103 --> 00:17:41,931 for actually tuning where the boost is going, 388 00:17:41,931 --> 00:17:43,586 how much of it's gonna come out, 389 00:17:43,586 --> 00:17:45,000 and how quickly it's gonna come out, 390 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:46,241 which is pretty sweet. 391 00:17:46,241 --> 00:17:48,689 This should make more boost and we should make more power. 392 00:17:48,689 --> 00:17:50,931 Yeah. We won't know until we get to the dyno shop though. 393 00:17:50,931 --> 00:17:52,172 -Let's go. -[Mike] Yeah. 394 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:54,551 We're gonna make it. 395 00:17:55,689 --> 00:17:57,379 [David] One mile on slicks in the rain. 396 00:17:57,379 --> 00:17:58,310 We can do it. 397 00:17:58,310 --> 00:17:59,551 [Mike] We can do it. 398 00:18:02,517 --> 00:18:03,862 [David] This it? 399 00:18:07,172 --> 00:18:09,206 [Mike] We drove one entire mile 400 00:18:09,206 --> 00:18:11,793 without crashing the car in the rain on our slick tires 401 00:18:11,793 --> 00:18:15,482 and now we are at Dardantuned, a hub dyno shop, 402 00:18:15,482 --> 00:18:17,275 right here in Santee, California. 403 00:18:17,275 --> 00:18:19,517 I'm excited because I have very little experience 404 00:18:19,517 --> 00:18:21,000 -with a hub dyno. -Same. 405 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,689 And, uh, we have lots of things we can test. 406 00:18:23,689 --> 00:18:24,896 Not a lot of time to do it. 407 00:18:24,896 --> 00:18:27,000 But, at the very least, we'll find out today, 408 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,482 is that blower worn out? 409 00:18:29,482 --> 00:18:31,172 And so now, with the front clip off, 410 00:18:31,172 --> 00:18:32,172 we put it in race mode. 411 00:18:32,172 --> 00:18:34,103 So the air filter comes off, 412 00:18:34,103 --> 00:18:36,310 we change to a smaller blower pulley, 413 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:38,827 we take the side pipes off, put the bull horns back on, 414 00:18:38,827 --> 00:18:40,068 then go to the back of the car 415 00:18:40,068 --> 00:18:42,068 and switch fuel pumps and tanks, 416 00:18:42,068 --> 00:18:43,000 and make a hit. 417 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:44,172 [makes explosion sound] 418 00:18:44,172 --> 00:18:45,448 That's not happening. 419 00:18:46,275 --> 00:18:47,586 That's definitely not happening. 420 00:18:47,586 --> 00:18:50,000 [David] Mike is consulting with Dardan, 421 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,206 who's our dyno operator today. 422 00:18:52,206 --> 00:18:54,896 I'm changing spark plugs. 423 00:18:54,896 --> 00:18:57,482 And there's the plug that we've been driving on 424 00:18:57,482 --> 00:19:01,586 and it might be just a little bit fluffy. 425 00:19:01,586 --> 00:19:03,103 I just showed Dardan our tune 426 00:19:03,103 --> 00:19:05,620 and the data logs from the track the other day 427 00:19:05,620 --> 00:19:08,068 to let him know, "Hey, this thing is happy. 428 00:19:08,068 --> 00:19:09,896 It will make a pull." 429 00:19:09,896 --> 00:19:11,551 All right, tune is in. 430 00:19:21,275 --> 00:19:23,206 Okay. Street pulley. 431 00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:26,793 This will be the same one that it ran on Pete's dyno. 432 00:19:26,793 --> 00:19:29,172 -Okay. -So we maybe can compare. 433 00:19:29,172 --> 00:19:30,310 Somewhat. 434 00:19:30,310 --> 00:19:31,689 [David] We're done in the engine compartment here 435 00:19:31,689 --> 00:19:34,068 and Noah and Adam did the exhaust for us. 436 00:19:34,068 --> 00:19:36,103 So Mike's gonna go back and swap fuel lines, 437 00:19:36,103 --> 00:19:37,793 and then I think we're good to go. 438 00:19:40,206 --> 00:19:42,620 On our show, we've only ever used like engine dynos 439 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:45,413 or regular roller dynos. 440 00:19:45,413 --> 00:19:47,931 I've seen these, but explain how it works. 441 00:19:47,931 --> 00:19:50,206 [Dardan] I've been doing a lot of high-horsepower cars 442 00:19:50,206 --> 00:19:53,000 and this takes all, um... 443 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,896 of the insecurities of running-- 444 00:19:54,896 --> 00:19:56,310 having to worry about slip 445 00:19:56,310 --> 00:20:00,379 or having to worry about, um, a car flying off the dyno 446 00:20:00,379 --> 00:20:01,793 or melting a strap. 447 00:20:01,793 --> 00:20:03,103 Plus you also have roller noise, 448 00:20:03,103 --> 00:20:05,689 so you don't have to worry about roller noise on this as well. 449 00:20:05,689 --> 00:20:07,103 [David] And it's just gonna bolt to the hub 450 00:20:07,103 --> 00:20:09,172 -and go. -Right. So we take the tires off, 451 00:20:09,172 --> 00:20:10,379 connect straight to the hubs. 452 00:20:10,379 --> 00:20:12,689 So if it ever tries to lift, this will hold it down 453 00:20:12,689 --> 00:20:13,724 and you'll be good to go. 454 00:20:13,724 --> 00:20:15,068 Is it gonna wheely? 455 00:20:15,793 --> 00:20:17,448 -We hope so. -[laughs] 456 00:20:19,103 --> 00:20:20,620 You haven't rebuilt this engine in a couple weeks. 457 00:20:20,620 --> 00:20:21,793 Let's do this. 458 00:20:21,896 --> 00:20:23,172 Ow. 459 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:25,172 [David laughing] 460 00:20:25,172 --> 00:20:27,482 I was gonna say I was excited for this 461 00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:30,586 because I've never compared a hub dyno versus a roller dyno. 462 00:20:30,586 --> 00:20:33,689 So what was the number that it made on Pete Harrell's chassis dyno? 463 00:20:33,689 --> 00:20:34,793 Uh, I believe 850. 464 00:20:34,793 --> 00:20:36,068 All right. Let's find out. 465 00:20:57,931 --> 00:21:00,379 [David] That's a lot of smoke. 466 00:21:00,379 --> 00:21:03,000 -[Dardan] 940. -[Mike] I'm not entirely surprised. 467 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:05,068 6,400 rpm. We're gonna go one more. 468 00:21:05,068 --> 00:21:07,068 -[David] 'Cause 7,000 rpm? Yeah. -7,000. 469 00:21:19,724 --> 00:21:21,379 It sounds really happy. 470 00:21:21,379 --> 00:21:22,896 It does. 471 00:21:22,896 --> 00:21:25,413 [David] On the second pull, we ran it all the way to 7,000 rpm. 472 00:21:25,413 --> 00:21:28,620 It made 972 HP at the axle 473 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:31,103 and 862 pound-feet of torque. 474 00:21:31,103 --> 00:21:32,689 More importantly, 475 00:21:32,689 --> 00:21:36,482 Finnegan and Dardan are going over the data right now 476 00:21:36,482 --> 00:21:39,000 and just making sure that the air-fuel ratio looks good, 477 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:40,103 that there's no anomalies 478 00:21:40,103 --> 00:21:42,517 and even, like, oil pressure and things like that. 479 00:21:42,517 --> 00:21:44,482 Uh, the boost is where they expect it to be. 480 00:21:44,482 --> 00:21:46,413 It's making about 13 pounds. 481 00:21:46,413 --> 00:21:48,482 [Mike] So the reason we're spending all of this time 482 00:21:48,482 --> 00:21:50,172 tuning an engine with a supercharger, 483 00:21:50,172 --> 00:21:51,586 we know we're going to take off 484 00:21:51,586 --> 00:21:54,103 is because we want to make sure the tune is right, 485 00:21:54,103 --> 00:21:57,103 the engine is happy, so that we just take the blower off, 486 00:21:57,103 --> 00:21:59,793 put a new one on, make a couple more pounds of boost, 487 00:21:59,793 --> 00:22:02,000 hopefully, with the same tune, 488 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:03,379 and see if we gain power. 489 00:22:03,379 --> 00:22:05,551 [engine revving] 490 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,275 Okay. We are headed in the right direction. 491 00:22:09,275 --> 00:22:12,413 Our tuning gap in the beginning was this much because we were so rich, 492 00:22:12,413 --> 00:22:13,931 and as we started getting leaner, 493 00:22:13,931 --> 00:22:15,689 our tuning got smaller and smaller 494 00:22:15,689 --> 00:22:17,689 to the point where, like, the motor tells you, 495 00:22:17,689 --> 00:22:20,172 "Hey, I want this AFR, and I want this type of timing," 496 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:22,724 and there's nothing else you can do to make more power, 497 00:22:22,724 --> 00:22:25,068 except change boost pressure. 498 00:22:25,068 --> 00:22:27,000 So now we're going to change the blower. 499 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:30,000 We're going to load up a richer tune just to see how the motor acts first, 500 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,379 then we'll lean it back out and see what the motor, uh, makes, 501 00:22:33,379 --> 00:22:34,896 and how it responds to it. 502 00:22:34,896 --> 00:22:39,896 You ready? Up and over. 503 00:22:39,896 --> 00:22:44,413 Let's talk tech. These are both roots style 871 superchargers 504 00:22:44,413 --> 00:22:46,103 from The Blower Shop. 505 00:22:46,103 --> 00:22:48,482 One of the innovations on both of these 506 00:22:48,482 --> 00:22:50,517 is the ports in the side of them 507 00:22:50,517 --> 00:22:52,827 where the electronic fuel injectors go. 508 00:22:52,827 --> 00:22:56,275 And you really have to have fuel going through one of these superchargers 509 00:22:56,275 --> 00:22:58,172 to keep it cool and sealed. 510 00:22:58,172 --> 00:23:00,482 There are some differences between the two blowers, though. 511 00:23:00,482 --> 00:23:02,827 So this is going to be a direct AB test 512 00:23:02,827 --> 00:23:06,379 of just a worn-out blower versus a nice and fresh one. 513 00:23:06,379 --> 00:23:10,000 First of all, look how this has a got a center divider in the top right here, 514 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,482 and this one does not. 515 00:23:11,482 --> 00:23:15,620 It's also been machined for this special insert that goes right here, 516 00:23:15,620 --> 00:23:21,000 and restrict the opening while also sealing the rotor a little bit more over here, 517 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:25,068 you tend to get the boost rise earlier in the RPM band. 518 00:23:25,068 --> 00:23:28,103 There's also a difference in the discharge side of the supercharger. 519 00:23:28,103 --> 00:23:30,793 You can see how this actually has a longer opening, 520 00:23:30,793 --> 00:23:32,482 and there is a bar down the middle of it. 521 00:23:32,482 --> 00:23:33,793 This doesn't have that bar, 522 00:23:33,793 --> 00:23:35,931 and the distance from here to here on the opening 523 00:23:35,931 --> 00:23:38,000 is actually less, and you might be thinking to yourself, 524 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:40,793 "Well, that's less flow because it's a smaller hole," 525 00:23:40,793 --> 00:23:42,689 but in fact, what this is doing 526 00:23:42,689 --> 00:23:45,793 is keeping the air sealed to the rotors for longer. 527 00:23:45,793 --> 00:23:47,275 Remember, as the rotors turn, 528 00:23:47,275 --> 00:23:50,000 they press the air to the outside of the case, 529 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,275 and right here, as soon as the rotor clears the case, 530 00:23:53,275 --> 00:23:55,275 it's going to discharge the air into the engine. 531 00:23:55,275 --> 00:23:59,206 In this case, it's hanging on to more air for longer 532 00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:02,103 before it discharges, and so that can be a benefit. 533 00:24:02,103 --> 00:24:05,310 Also, Blower Shop has found that this version 534 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:07,482 helps with cylinder to cylinder distribution. 535 00:24:07,482 --> 00:24:10,103 So that's kind of the difference between the two blowers. 536 00:24:10,103 --> 00:24:12,413 The throttle doesn't open all the way. 537 00:24:12,413 --> 00:24:13,758 No, I know. 538 00:24:14,931 --> 00:24:17,103 That bolt fell out. 539 00:24:17,103 --> 00:24:21,172 -That bolt fell out? -That bolt fell out last year at Drag Week. 540 00:24:22,172 --> 00:24:24,206 And I think this got put in. 541 00:24:24,206 --> 00:24:26,482 And then we never had wide-open throttle after that. 542 00:24:29,482 --> 00:24:31,586 Hmm. 543 00:24:31,586 --> 00:24:34,310 [David] The scientific method is now completely out the window. 544 00:24:34,310 --> 00:24:36,689 Remember I told you we were going to try and do an AB test 545 00:24:36,689 --> 00:24:38,689 between the old supercharger and the new one? 546 00:24:38,689 --> 00:24:40,310 And then I showed you some little differences 547 00:24:40,310 --> 00:24:41,379 between the old one and the new one. 548 00:24:41,379 --> 00:24:43,896 Well, now, there's way more. 549 00:24:43,896 --> 00:24:48,482 In addition to us adding this little spacer back here, 550 00:24:48,482 --> 00:24:51,827 we swung our throttle body in here and noticed 551 00:24:51,827 --> 00:24:56,689 that that spacer completely blocks off the air flow from this throttle body. 552 00:24:56,689 --> 00:25:01,206 While doing that, I also noticed that this throttle body 553 00:25:01,206 --> 00:25:04,172 doesn't even begin to go to wide-open throttle 554 00:25:04,172 --> 00:25:08,586 because there is a little bolt on it that those guys changed at Drag Week last year 555 00:25:08,586 --> 00:25:10,586 that prevented that from happening. 556 00:25:10,586 --> 00:25:12,793 So once we realized that, 557 00:25:12,793 --> 00:25:15,068 we started looking at this gasket 558 00:25:15,068 --> 00:25:16,724 that has been between the throttle body 559 00:25:16,724 --> 00:25:18,379 and the supercharger the entire time. 560 00:25:18,379 --> 00:25:22,379 Then Dardan says I have seen turbocharged cars 561 00:25:22,379 --> 00:25:25,068 kill 20 PSI with a screen like that. 562 00:25:25,068 --> 00:25:28,000 And so we decided that we're not going to run that screen anymore. 563 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,793 But then, remember the problem with this blocking the throttle body? 564 00:25:31,793 --> 00:25:34,413 We realized that The Blower Shop had already 565 00:25:34,413 --> 00:25:37,275 given us a solution to that with this spacer. 566 00:25:37,275 --> 00:25:39,172 So now that spacer's going to go there. 567 00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:40,413 This is going to go there. 568 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,931 So now we've changed the style of the discharge, 569 00:25:42,931 --> 00:25:44,793 the style of the inlet, 570 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,482 the screen, the spacer, 571 00:25:47,482 --> 00:25:49,103 and having wide-open throttle. 572 00:25:49,103 --> 00:25:50,896 So there's no more scientific method, 573 00:25:50,896 --> 00:25:52,896 but now we're going to make a lot of horsepower, 574 00:25:52,896 --> 00:25:56,310 which is all we really care about, let's be honest. 575 00:25:56,310 --> 00:25:58,965 [Mike] Full throttle body, but with new wide-open throttle. 576 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,241 Now with 25% more throttle opening. 577 00:26:05,172 --> 00:26:06,620 [Mike] Blower swap is done. 578 00:26:06,620 --> 00:26:08,482 Now we're going to fire it up, set the idle, 579 00:26:08,482 --> 00:26:09,896 and then get out of the way 580 00:26:09,896 --> 00:26:12,000 because this thing is going to make some beans. 581 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:14,172 [engine starting] 582 00:26:15,275 --> 00:26:17,758 [engine revving] 583 00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:31,482 -There we go, boys! -[Mike] It's finally working. 584 00:26:31,482 --> 00:26:34,275 -[David] That's some steam. -[Mike] Whoo-hoo! 585 00:26:34,275 --> 00:26:36,793 I got bad news for you, Mr. Burger. 586 00:26:36,793 --> 00:26:39,275 -[David laughing] -So, yeah, she's happy. 587 00:26:39,275 --> 00:26:41,586 [Mike] This car has never made that much power. 588 00:26:41,586 --> 00:26:43,103 We're going to make one more aero pull. 589 00:26:43,103 --> 00:26:45,310 We're going to put a little more timing in it. 590 00:26:45,310 --> 00:26:46,793 We're going to take some fuel away, 591 00:26:46,793 --> 00:26:49,827 and we're going to rev the engine another 300 rpm 592 00:26:49,827 --> 00:26:53,000 because the last pull, we stopped at about 6,900. 593 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:54,724 We're now going to rev it to 72. 594 00:26:54,724 --> 00:26:56,413 Most of the people standing around here think 595 00:26:56,413 --> 00:27:00,689 it's going to make somewhere about 1,140, 1,150. 596 00:27:00,689 --> 00:27:03,620 Yeah, it will, and I'll be totally happy with that. 597 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:05,586 [engine revving] 598 00:27:13,931 --> 00:27:16,103 -Whoo! -Yeah, baby. [chuckles] 599 00:27:16,103 --> 00:27:17,724 [David] That is beef. 600 00:27:17,724 --> 00:27:19,310 [Mike] We came in here with a car 601 00:27:19,310 --> 00:27:22,689 that made about 970 horsepower at the hub, 602 00:27:22,689 --> 00:27:24,931 and about 850 foot pounds of torque, 603 00:27:24,931 --> 00:27:26,793 and we are leaving with a car 604 00:27:26,793 --> 00:27:30,896 that makes 1,136 horsepower 605 00:27:30,896 --> 00:27:33,000 and 930 foot pounds of torque. 606 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:36,275 Car rips. We now have to put it back into street mode, 607 00:27:36,275 --> 00:27:37,482 and then drive to Bakersfield, 608 00:27:37,482 --> 00:27:40,689 which is, like, 250 or 60 miles away. 609 00:27:40,689 --> 00:27:42,206 -That's a tomorrow story. -[Mike] Yeah. 610 00:27:42,206 --> 00:27:44,206 -Don't worry about it. Right. -I'm not worried at all. 611 00:27:44,206 --> 00:27:45,344 -I'm looking find to it. -Yep. 612 00:27:45,896 --> 00:27:47,517 -Beers? -Yes! 613 00:27:47,517 --> 00:27:50,241 -Yes, let's go celebrate. See you. -We can do that. 614 00:27:50,689 --> 00:27:51,862 This car rules! 615 00:27:53,310 --> 00:27:54,793 [Mike] Well, it's Day 4 of our adventure. 616 00:27:54,793 --> 00:27:56,206 Day 3 was incredible. 617 00:27:56,206 --> 00:27:58,310 However, changing the blower 618 00:27:58,310 --> 00:28:00,413 and the way the throttle body mounts, 619 00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:04,000 well, it necessitated a bigger hole in the hood and a taller hood scoop. 620 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,068 So we came back to Andy Royal's shop. 621 00:28:06,068 --> 00:28:08,586 Andy is a killer fabricator and designer, 622 00:28:08,586 --> 00:28:10,655 and came up with the idea for this. 623 00:28:11,482 --> 00:28:12,551 Moment of truth. 624 00:28:15,896 --> 00:28:18,620 -Whoa, that looks evil. -Yeah. 625 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:20,379 -All right. -Get out of my shop. 626 00:28:20,379 --> 00:28:21,586 -Yeah. -[laughing] 627 00:28:21,586 --> 00:28:22,689 Never return. 628 00:28:22,689 --> 00:28:24,000 [David] Yeah, I don't blame you. 629 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,827 -[Andy] Great to meet you. -[David] yeah, you too. Thanks a lot. 630 00:28:25,827 --> 00:28:27,586 [engine revving] 631 00:28:47,586 --> 00:28:51,793 [Mike] We have driven 68 miles since we left Andy Royal's shop, 632 00:28:51,793 --> 00:28:53,827 and now we're broke-ish. 633 00:28:53,827 --> 00:28:56,689 I mean, nothing's falling out. 634 00:28:56,689 --> 00:28:58,103 But the clutch doesn't want to release. 635 00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:01,586 And so that makes it hard to sit in bumper-to-bumper So-Cal traffic 636 00:29:01,586 --> 00:29:03,000 when the clutch doesn't want to release. 637 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,620 And I think the transmission needs to come out, 638 00:29:04,620 --> 00:29:08,103 and we need to remove a shim from behind the throwout bearing. 639 00:29:08,103 --> 00:29:09,689 Before we bother with all that rigmarole 640 00:29:09,689 --> 00:29:10,896 of tearing the transmission out, 641 00:29:10,896 --> 00:29:12,896 I'm assuming it's the throwout bearing shim, 642 00:29:12,896 --> 00:29:14,482 we're going to go ahead and bleed the clutch 643 00:29:14,482 --> 00:29:16,655 to see if it's just air in the system. 644 00:29:17,482 --> 00:29:18,655 Up. 645 00:29:19,172 --> 00:29:20,275 Down and hold. 646 00:29:21,068 --> 00:29:22,586 So it's either got no air gap, 647 00:29:22,586 --> 00:29:25,482 or it wasn't moving enough before. 648 00:29:25,482 --> 00:29:29,586 Well, if I do this is there a gap? 649 00:29:29,586 --> 00:29:31,068 Oh, you know what? 650 00:29:31,068 --> 00:29:32,379 I've got my little camera. 651 00:29:32,379 --> 00:29:35,172 -I could stick in there and see. -[David] Yep. 652 00:29:35,172 --> 00:29:37,689 [Mike] All right. Definitely an issue with the throwout bearing. 653 00:29:37,689 --> 00:29:43,413 So what we're going to do is take this $30 Bluetooth wireless camera, 654 00:29:43,413 --> 00:29:45,586 shove it up through a tiny hole in the side of the transmission 655 00:29:45,586 --> 00:29:48,172 to see when it's released, is there a gap? 656 00:29:48,172 --> 00:29:50,275 We just bleed it and hit the road, and I think we'll be fine. 657 00:29:50,275 --> 00:29:52,275 If there is no gap, we're pulling the trans out 658 00:29:52,275 --> 00:29:55,827 and then taking a shim out from behind the bearing to give us a gap. 659 00:29:55,827 --> 00:29:57,931 -Hey, David, uh... -[David] Yeah. 660 00:29:57,931 --> 00:30:00,275 ...when I tell you, go ahead and step on it. 661 00:30:00,275 --> 00:30:02,068 -[David] Okay. -[Mike] All right. Go ahead. 662 00:30:03,586 --> 00:30:05,344 -[David] Down and hold. -[Mike] Let off. 663 00:30:05,724 --> 00:30:07,931 [David] Off. 664 00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:10,758 [Mike] I think it's up against it and we need to pull the shim. 665 00:30:12,103 --> 00:30:14,689 Well, we don't know exactly what's going on. 666 00:30:14,689 --> 00:30:16,896 Maybe it's a combination of get the air out, 667 00:30:16,896 --> 00:30:19,724 and adjust the pedal stop, and we'll be cool. 668 00:30:19,724 --> 00:30:21,724 We're going to put it back down on the ground, fire it up, 669 00:30:21,724 --> 00:30:23,655 and take it around the block, and see if it works better. 670 00:30:24,379 --> 00:30:27,517 -[David] Coming down. -[Mike] Whoa! 671 00:30:27,517 --> 00:30:30,206 -Oh, my God. -[David] That was not good. 672 00:30:30,206 --> 00:30:31,586 [Mike] Tell me that didn't go through the oil pan. 673 00:30:31,586 --> 00:30:33,000 [David] It did not, but it is stuck 674 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:36,172 -between the axle and the tie rod. -[Mike sighs] 675 00:30:36,172 --> 00:30:37,931 [David] The jack didn't roll. 676 00:30:37,931 --> 00:30:39,068 Boy, that's dumb. 677 00:30:39,068 --> 00:30:41,103 -Sorry about that. -It happens. 678 00:30:41,103 --> 00:30:42,965 [sighs] It's going to be a long night. 679 00:30:45,275 --> 00:30:46,448 [David] Can you pull the jack out? 680 00:30:48,689 --> 00:30:49,862 Fixed. 681 00:30:53,103 --> 00:30:55,758 [engine starting and revving] 682 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:58,724 -[car thuds] -That's not right. 683 00:30:58,724 --> 00:31:01,862 Yeah, my foot's in the gas. It's still trying to move. 684 00:31:02,724 --> 00:31:04,275 [David] If you crank it right now, what happens? 685 00:31:04,275 --> 00:31:06,620 -[engine starting] -Yeah, it's moving the car. 686 00:31:06,620 --> 00:31:09,103 What we just found is that it's still dragging. 687 00:31:09,103 --> 00:31:10,689 When you have your foot all the way on the clutch, 688 00:31:10,689 --> 00:31:12,482 you put it in gear, it grinds. 689 00:31:12,482 --> 00:31:14,000 You, uh, put your foot on the clutch 690 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:15,620 and crank it without starting it, 691 00:31:15,620 --> 00:31:17,310 and it pulls the car. 692 00:31:17,310 --> 00:31:18,931 So the clutch isn't fully disengaging. 693 00:31:18,931 --> 00:31:20,172 So the next thing he's going to do 694 00:31:20,172 --> 00:31:22,482 is put a shorter bolt on the clutch stops, 695 00:31:22,482 --> 00:31:24,206 so that the pedal has more travel, 696 00:31:24,206 --> 00:31:28,275 to see if travelling the bearing more will disengage the clutch. 697 00:31:28,275 --> 00:31:30,000 However, the balance you need to play 698 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,586 is that if you stroke the bearing too far, 699 00:31:32,586 --> 00:31:34,482 then it comes apart, the O-rings seal, 700 00:31:34,482 --> 00:31:36,379 and the hydraulic bearing pops out, 701 00:31:36,379 --> 00:31:37,793 fluid drops everywhere, 702 00:31:37,793 --> 00:31:38,896 and it's game over. 703 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:40,413 And even if we take it apart, 704 00:31:40,413 --> 00:31:42,724 then we might not be able to get the bearing back together. 705 00:31:42,724 --> 00:31:44,517 So, that's where we're at. 706 00:31:44,517 --> 00:31:46,586 Listen here if it grinds in gear. 707 00:31:46,586 --> 00:31:49,275 [engine starting and revving] 708 00:31:52,379 --> 00:31:54,379 -Much better. -That's kind of normal. 709 00:31:54,379 --> 00:31:55,896 Yeah, that's... 710 00:31:57,586 --> 00:31:58,689 [Mike] I think we're good now. 711 00:31:58,689 --> 00:32:00,793 That seems normal for a straight-cut trans to me. 712 00:32:00,793 --> 00:32:02,172 I don't think we have to take the trans out. 713 00:32:02,172 --> 00:32:03,793 We don't think we have to take the trans out, 714 00:32:03,793 --> 00:32:05,379 or at least we're going to make that decision 715 00:32:05,379 --> 00:32:07,000 another five or ten miles down the road. 716 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,586 -[Mike laughing] -[David] Great. 717 00:32:08,586 --> 00:32:09,758 [engine starting] 718 00:32:10,310 --> 00:32:11,448 [engine revving] 719 00:32:17,275 --> 00:32:19,172 Oh, it's not squeaking anymore. 720 00:32:19,172 --> 00:32:20,482 [Mike] Yeah, it's happier. 721 00:32:22,206 --> 00:32:24,034 [engine revving] 722 00:32:29,206 --> 00:32:30,448 [David] What do you think? 723 00:32:31,310 --> 00:32:33,241 -[Mike] I think it's good. -[David] Secure. 724 00:32:36,172 --> 00:32:40,275 We made it. So we're rolling into some, like, chichi little tiny hotel, 725 00:32:40,275 --> 00:32:44,000 like, what is it? Motel 6, something like that? 726 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:45,827 And there's no parking lot there, 727 00:32:45,827 --> 00:32:47,275 and so we're going to have to leave this on the street, 728 00:32:47,275 --> 00:32:49,068 and if it's still there in the morning, 729 00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:51,482 then you'll see us at Famoso Raceway 730 00:32:51,482 --> 00:32:56,103 for the ultimate showdown versus my Model A. It's going to be great. 731 00:32:56,103 --> 00:32:58,344 Nobody... Nobody told me there'd be no parking. 732 00:32:59,379 --> 00:33:00,965 I'm advising you now. 733 00:33:01,827 --> 00:33:03,413 -[laughing] -I like this car again 734 00:33:03,413 --> 00:33:06,000 -'cause it's really, really powerful -It's been great. 735 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,896 [engine starting and revving] 736 00:33:08,896 --> 00:33:11,000 [Mike] ♪ On the streets of Bakersfield ♪ 737 00:33:11,482 --> 00:33:12,827 [David] Let's go! 738 00:33:16,689 --> 00:33:20,172 We made it. Blasphemi drove all the way from Chandler, Arizona 739 00:33:20,172 --> 00:33:23,689 to here, Famoso Dragstrip, north of Bakersfield, California. 740 00:33:23,689 --> 00:33:25,275 Well, normally, we rent the track, 741 00:33:25,275 --> 00:33:28,482 but this time we were invited to Hot Rod Garage Day. 742 00:33:28,482 --> 00:33:31,620 Hotrod Garage is another show on the MotorTrend Network, 743 00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:34,586 and once a year they rent the track themselves, 744 00:33:34,586 --> 00:33:36,172 and invite friends and family. 745 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:38,620 So you're going to see, like, 40 cars here, 746 00:33:38,620 --> 00:33:41,827 some of which are the Hot Rod Garage project vehicles. 747 00:33:41,827 --> 00:33:44,172 And they are going to have a pause in the program 748 00:33:44,172 --> 00:33:46,275 so Finnegan and I can run side by side. 749 00:33:46,275 --> 00:33:51,000 So now we're here ready for the set up of Blasphemi versus my F-Rod, 750 00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,275 my '31 Model A Coupe. So this is going to be good. 751 00:33:53,275 --> 00:33:55,689 We're prepping Finnegan's car right now. 752 00:33:55,689 --> 00:33:57,103 My car doesn't need a whole lot. 753 00:33:57,103 --> 00:34:00,068 My buddy Sam is here who built the whole chassis on the thing. 754 00:34:00,068 --> 00:34:01,896 He's sort of handling the wrenching on the side. 755 00:34:01,896 --> 00:34:05,482 I'm going to help Finnegan move over from street mode to race mode. 756 00:34:05,482 --> 00:34:07,620 [Mike] On the first day of this trip, we went to a dragstrip, 757 00:34:07,620 --> 00:34:10,896 and properly broke in a brand-new set of Mickey Thompson's, 758 00:34:10,896 --> 00:34:12,482 but we also broke them. 759 00:34:12,482 --> 00:34:14,827 The inside of both tires 760 00:34:14,827 --> 00:34:16,585 were rubbing the inner fenders of the car, 761 00:34:16,585 --> 00:34:18,103 which is probably what would cause it to go left 762 00:34:18,103 --> 00:34:19,896 every time I let the clutch out. 763 00:34:19,896 --> 00:34:21,275 And so we're switching tires, 764 00:34:21,275 --> 00:34:23,206 and I have a fresh set to put on. 765 00:34:23,206 --> 00:34:25,000 And fresh tires need to be broken in. 766 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,793 They're never as quick, ET-wise, as, you know, 767 00:34:27,793 --> 00:34:29,172 ones that have been broke in. 768 00:34:29,172 --> 00:34:31,585 And the fresh set is also smaller. 769 00:34:31,585 --> 00:34:33,620 They are not as wide as the ones that were on the car, 770 00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:35,447 so I have a little less traction. 771 00:34:37,931 --> 00:34:39,103 So for this first run, 772 00:34:39,103 --> 00:34:40,896 I'm just going to let the clutch out, 773 00:34:40,896 --> 00:34:42,965 and just cross my fingers it goes straight. 774 00:34:43,793 --> 00:34:45,103 If it goes straight, I'm happy. 775 00:34:45,103 --> 00:34:46,655 Then we'll work on the rest of that. 776 00:34:48,482 --> 00:34:50,000 [engines revving] 777 00:34:59,689 --> 00:35:02,103 Whoo-hoo! 778 00:35:02,103 --> 00:35:05,206 That was my first burnout across the starting line ever! 779 00:35:05,206 --> 00:35:07,275 Oh, that was so fun! 780 00:35:07,275 --> 00:35:09,206 Finnegan's here for his very first hit. 781 00:35:09,206 --> 00:35:11,068 He's got the larger blower pulley on it, 782 00:35:11,068 --> 00:35:12,793 not the 1,100 horsepower tune, 783 00:35:12,793 --> 00:35:15,344 but probably like the 1,050 horsepower tune. 784 00:35:16,896 --> 00:35:18,172 [engines revving] 785 00:35:22,103 --> 00:35:23,275 [Mike] Whoo! 786 00:35:26,172 --> 00:35:28,068 Okay, that was bad. 787 00:35:28,068 --> 00:35:30,000 Everything was going really well 788 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,172 until I missed fourth gear. 789 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:34,172 Finnegan made his first pass, 790 00:35:34,172 --> 00:35:38,689 and it was a non-ET because it looked like the driver's door flew open. 791 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:41,000 So that's going to be a big pucker. 792 00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:42,931 That was interesting. You missed fourth. 793 00:35:42,931 --> 00:35:45,000 And then someone said, "No, his door flew open and he lifted." 794 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,379 -Which one happened? -Oh, both. 795 00:35:46,379 --> 00:35:47,896 -[David] Both. -Both things happened. 796 00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:49,482 Yeah, I've never missed fourth. 797 00:35:49,482 --> 00:35:50,689 That was a new adventure for me. 798 00:35:50,689 --> 00:35:52,275 It was going so well. 799 00:35:52,275 --> 00:35:53,551 I was, like, "Yeah. 800 00:35:53,931 --> 00:35:56,000 Oh, no." [laughing] 801 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,206 [David] So you got an 065 light, not bad. 802 00:35:58,206 --> 00:36:00,724 Uh, 135 60-foot time. 803 00:36:00,724 --> 00:36:03,103 So you want to go back and make another hit before they break for lunch? 804 00:36:03,103 --> 00:36:04,379 I can't guarantee I'll get it right, 805 00:36:04,379 --> 00:36:06,275 -but, yeah, I want to go. -Cool. Let's go. 806 00:36:06,275 --> 00:36:07,793 At least we don't have to pack a chute. 807 00:36:11,482 --> 00:36:13,172 [engines revving] 808 00:36:33,586 --> 00:36:36,275 [Mike] Oh, that was the best, boy! Whoo-hoo! 809 00:36:36,275 --> 00:36:39,896 That was better, 889 at 153 miles an hour. 810 00:36:39,896 --> 00:36:42,310 Now, remember, this car's best ever is 852. 811 00:36:42,310 --> 00:36:45,689 His 60-foot was 1,345. 812 00:36:45,689 --> 00:36:46,896 So pretty good. 813 00:36:46,896 --> 00:36:48,103 Now we're going to take a quick break, 814 00:36:48,103 --> 00:36:49,482 probably fiddle with the car a little bit more. 815 00:36:49,482 --> 00:36:51,896 I'm guessing he's going to want to put a smaller pulley on it. 816 00:36:51,896 --> 00:36:55,172 And, uh, we'll find out if he can do quicker than that. 817 00:36:55,172 --> 00:36:58,068 -[man] 889, 153. -On the little pulley. 818 00:36:58,068 --> 00:36:59,275 Oh, dude. 819 00:37:00,103 --> 00:37:01,689 We're going to have a good race. 820 00:37:06,103 --> 00:37:07,724 [David] This is my '31 Ford Model A 821 00:37:07,724 --> 00:37:09,172 that's going to be running against Finnegan. 822 00:37:09,172 --> 00:37:10,931 You've never seen this car on Roadkill. 823 00:37:10,931 --> 00:37:15,172 It was built entirely on Roadkill Garage by my buddy Sam, 824 00:37:15,172 --> 00:37:16,275 who'll you see in the background, 825 00:37:16,275 --> 00:37:17,689 like, helping me out with this thing, 826 00:37:17,689 --> 00:37:19,586 and also by Steve Dulcich and myself, 827 00:37:19,586 --> 00:37:21,931 and the engine by my buddy James Bostick. 828 00:37:21,931 --> 00:37:25,000 It's a '31 Ford Model A. It weighs 2,450 pounds. 829 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,482 The engine is a 572 Big-Block Chevy. 830 00:37:28,482 --> 00:37:32,275 It's actually the same heads, crank, rods, block 831 00:37:32,275 --> 00:37:34,793 that I used at Bonneville to run my fastest time ever. 832 00:37:34,793 --> 00:37:37,620 This thing has been 261 miles an hour at Bonneville. 833 00:37:37,620 --> 00:37:39,896 It makes 950 horsepower. 834 00:37:39,896 --> 00:37:42,000 It's got a Gearstar Powerglide. 835 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,000 Moser 9-inch 4.10 gears. 836 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,586 31-inich rear slick from Mickey Thompson. 837 00:37:46,586 --> 00:37:49,482 So when you put that much power with this much lightness, 838 00:37:49,482 --> 00:37:52,586 you get a best-ever ET right here at Famoso, 839 00:37:52,586 --> 00:37:54,931 of 8.501 seconds, 840 00:37:54,931 --> 00:37:57,827 at 151 miles an hour. 841 00:37:57,827 --> 00:37:59,793 Maybe it went 155 on that one. 842 00:37:59,793 --> 00:38:02,793 Here's what makes this race actually personal for me. 843 00:38:02,793 --> 00:38:05,172 Finnegan has supercharger, 844 00:38:05,172 --> 00:38:08,793 EFI, like, strain gauge on the shifter, I think. 845 00:38:08,793 --> 00:38:10,068 All sorts of rocket science. 846 00:38:10,068 --> 00:38:12,482 I went exactly the opposite direction. 847 00:38:12,482 --> 00:38:14,310 This has a no-power adder. 848 00:38:14,310 --> 00:38:17,172 It's Carbureted. It doesn't even have an electric-fuel pump. 849 00:38:17,172 --> 00:38:18,275 It's a mechanical-fuel pump. 850 00:38:18,275 --> 00:38:20,275 So even though they're both retro-looking cars, 851 00:38:20,275 --> 00:38:22,896 this is very much like new technology with boost 852 00:38:22,896 --> 00:38:24,896 versus old technology all motor. 853 00:38:24,896 --> 00:38:26,586 [engine revving] 854 00:38:34,172 --> 00:38:36,379 -The time has finally come. -[Mike] Yes. 855 00:38:36,379 --> 00:38:38,172 [David] Make it three yards, my friend, 856 00:38:38,172 --> 00:38:40,241 and we'll have ourselves an automobile race. 857 00:38:41,172 --> 00:38:43,275 Boom. Head to head. 858 00:38:43,275 --> 00:38:46,689 You've been waiting for it, Blasphemi versus the F-Rod. 859 00:38:46,689 --> 00:38:48,344 -Good luck. -I need it. 860 00:38:49,896 --> 00:38:52,275 Special guest host Steve Dulcich here 861 00:38:52,275 --> 00:38:54,586 for the battle of the Roadkill hosts. 862 00:38:55,206 --> 00:38:57,000 Who's going to come out on top? 863 00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:00,241 I'm going to be watching the action along with you. 864 00:39:02,482 --> 00:39:03,793 [engine revving] 865 00:39:08,068 --> 00:39:09,482 [Steve] All right, ladies and gentleman, 866 00:39:09,482 --> 00:39:11,379 we are off to the races! 867 00:39:11,379 --> 00:39:13,275 This is going to be epic. 868 00:39:13,275 --> 00:39:15,586 Two eight-second Roadkill cars. 869 00:39:15,586 --> 00:39:20,344 lighting it up for the honor of the fastest car on Roadkill. 870 00:39:22,310 --> 00:39:23,448 [Mike] Here we go. 871 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,275 [engines revving] 872 00:39:34,793 --> 00:39:37,413 873 at 150 miles an hour. 873 00:39:37,413 --> 00:39:40,206 Finnegan, however, had some kind of problem off the starting line. 874 00:39:40,206 --> 00:39:41,413 [Mike] All right, well, that didn't work. 875 00:39:41,413 --> 00:39:43,793 It just blew the tires off at the starting line. 876 00:39:43,793 --> 00:39:46,689 I feel like my brakes are dragging. 877 00:39:46,689 --> 00:39:48,275 [David] Something went wrong. 878 00:39:48,275 --> 00:39:49,965 Oh, I don't know what just happened, 879 00:39:50,586 --> 00:39:52,689 but it wasn't good for Mike. 880 00:39:52,689 --> 00:39:55,068 [Steve] A couple of things were wrong with it when you took off. 881 00:39:55,068 --> 00:39:57,000 [Mike] I kept letting on and off the clutch, 882 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:58,206 and the car didn't really want to move. 883 00:39:58,206 --> 00:39:59,724 And I went to the starting line, 884 00:39:59,724 --> 00:40:00,931 when it's time to go, I let the clutch on, 885 00:40:00,931 --> 00:40:02,275 and it just barbecued the tires. 886 00:40:02,275 --> 00:40:03,413 -It didn't go anywhere. -[David] Oh. 887 00:40:03,413 --> 00:40:05,000 My car was a turd too. 888 00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,586 872 at 150. 889 00:40:06,586 --> 00:40:08,758 And I red-lit, so you won. 890 00:40:09,689 --> 00:40:11,275 [Mike] 872, it's not a turd. 891 00:40:11,275 --> 00:40:12,827 [David] Just to give you the numbers here, 892 00:40:12,827 --> 00:40:17,172 Mike cut an 033 light. I red-lit by 025. 893 00:40:17,172 --> 00:40:20,068 Um, 20 60 foot, 123. 894 00:40:20,724 --> 00:40:21,793 Uh, your eighth-mile time, I mean, 895 00:40:21,793 --> 00:40:23,482 you were just coasting at that point. 896 00:40:23,482 --> 00:40:25,172 -So, what are we going to do? -[Mike] Want to do it again? 897 00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:26,586 How are you going to fix your car? 898 00:40:26,586 --> 00:40:29,068 [Mike] I'm going to take some compression out of the back shocks. 899 00:40:29,068 --> 00:40:30,620 [David] And I just found out I can't let go of the button 900 00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:32,172 as soon as I see the last amber. 901 00:40:37,103 --> 00:40:38,862 [engine revving] 902 00:40:48,827 --> 00:40:51,655 Oh! What a burnout! 903 00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:05,000 [Mike] Whoo-hoo! 904 00:41:06,068 --> 00:41:08,034 Yeah, baby! 905 00:41:08,413 --> 00:41:09,551 Whoo! 906 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,310 That was the best. 907 00:41:11,310 --> 00:41:14,551 [David] The prove brake didn't engage the first time. 908 00:41:15,689 --> 00:41:17,172 Oh, that was a bummer! 909 00:41:17,172 --> 00:41:20,172 Freiburger took it. 871 to an 877. 910 00:41:20,172 --> 00:41:23,517 We're talking just six-hundredths of a second between the two cars. 911 00:41:23,517 --> 00:41:25,172 That is that close. 912 00:41:25,172 --> 00:41:26,827 But close doesn't count. 913 00:41:26,827 --> 00:41:29,000 -[Mike] Are you okay? -[David] Yeah. Are you? 914 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,482 My trans brake didn't work. 915 00:41:30,482 --> 00:41:31,689 -Oh -Yeah. 916 00:41:31,689 --> 00:41:33,482 I thought you beat me down here 'cause I was like, 917 00:41:33,482 --> 00:41:35,000 "Where is he?," and then I saw you there. 918 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,896 [David] No, you were ahead of me the whole way 'cause I messed up. 919 00:41:36,896 --> 00:41:38,827 I'm sure I didn't even get a time. 920 00:41:38,827 --> 00:41:41,689 Okay, honestly, I'm walking away disappointed 'cause my car is slow, 921 00:41:41,689 --> 00:41:44,793 and I feel like I never got a good pass on that last one. 922 00:41:44,793 --> 00:41:46,310 My trans brake button, 923 00:41:46,310 --> 00:41:50,275 you got to really get your finger down in the hole, and I didn't. 924 00:41:50,275 --> 00:41:51,827 -So I rolled deep. -[Mike] Mmm. 925 00:41:51,827 --> 00:41:54,103 [David] And then by the time I was back on the button, 926 00:41:54,103 --> 00:41:56,896 it was at the second amber, and then I left. 927 00:41:56,896 --> 00:41:59,000 But, check this out. I do have the data right here. 928 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:00,241 First of all, 929 00:42:01,000 --> 00:42:03,793 -you won one, and I won one. -Okay. 930 00:42:03,793 --> 00:42:06,068 You won the first one 'cause I red-lit. 931 00:42:06,068 --> 00:42:08,413 I won the second one because you red-lit. 932 00:42:08,413 --> 00:42:10,000 -[Mike] I did? Oh, my God. -[David] Yes, you did. 933 00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:11,586 -[David] However... -[Mike] Oh, God. 934 00:42:11,586 --> 00:42:14,206 ...check this data, this is what saves the episode in my opinion. 935 00:42:14,206 --> 00:42:16,517 'Cause I'm annoyed with myself and my car. 936 00:42:16,517 --> 00:42:18,724 But, look at this. 60-foot. 937 00:42:18,724 --> 00:42:23,103 Me, 1,297. You, 1,294. 938 00:42:23,103 --> 00:42:24,793 -Oh. I got better. -[David] Okay. 939 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:30,689 -And eighth mile, 5.539 to 5.590. -[Mike] Okay. Oh. 940 00:42:30,689 --> 00:42:32,724 -Oh. -[David] Okay. So they ran the same to the eighth mile. 941 00:42:32,724 --> 00:42:34,000 I was a little bit quicker. 942 00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:38,586 Out the back, me, 8,718. You, 8,775. 943 00:42:38,586 --> 00:42:40,000 Oh, that would have been a good race. 944 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,172 And you went 154. I went 152. 945 00:42:42,172 --> 00:42:44,310 If we had both been on the tree, 946 00:42:44,310 --> 00:42:46,896 -that would have been a great race. -[Mike] Wow. 947 00:42:46,896 --> 00:42:48,413 [David] First, let me go to the negative. 948 00:42:48,413 --> 00:42:49,586 My car is two-tenths slow, 949 00:42:49,586 --> 00:42:51,586 and I was a disaster on the Christmas tree. 950 00:42:51,586 --> 00:42:53,034 Now let's go positive. 951 00:42:53,034 --> 00:42:55,000 We both ran eights. You made more power than you ever have. 952 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000 You drove your car from Phoenix to here. 953 00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,724 -[Mike] Mmm-hmm. -[David] We finally ran them both side by side. 954 00:42:59,724 --> 00:43:01,517 And if you bench race this ticket 955 00:43:01,517 --> 00:43:04,103 away from all of the reaction-time garbage, 956 00:43:04,103 --> 00:43:05,689 they were really, really close. 957 00:43:05,689 --> 00:43:07,275 and it would have been a good race. 958 00:43:07,275 --> 00:43:08,413 [Mike] We're going to have to do this again. 959 00:43:08,413 --> 00:43:09,793 We have to do it again the right way. 960 00:43:09,793 --> 00:43:10,896 This was not that. 961 00:43:10,896 --> 00:43:13,000 -[sighs] -[David] Hemi in one piece 962 00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,275 is probably the biggest victory of the whole thing. 963 00:43:15,275 --> 00:43:16,482 [laughs] 964 00:43:16,482 --> 00:43:18,586 It's not on fire, and the rod's not laying on the ground. 965 00:43:18,586 --> 00:43:19,689 I'm good. 966 00:43:20,172 --> 00:43:23,586 [engines revving]