1 00:00:01,530 --> 00:00:03,130 This time on Roadkill, we give the ultimate middle finger 2 00:00:03,130 --> 00:00:04,600 to the guys who stole our mini truck. 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,970 That's right. The Mazdarati is back, version 2.0, 4 00:00:07,970 --> 00:00:09,970 and this time it's no rip off. 5 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:13,600 [engine backfiring] 6 00:00:14,700 --> 00:00:15,870 [tires screeching] 7 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,170 [theme music playing] 8 00:00:30,130 --> 00:00:31,630 [engine revving] 9 00:00:33,930 --> 00:00:36,870 To answer one of the most common questions I get from fans, 10 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:40,930 no, the Mazdarati never came back after being stolen. 11 00:00:40,930 --> 00:00:43,830 So we're gonna right that wrong with a new Mazda 12 00:00:43,830 --> 00:00:46,100 and a Hot Rod Garage project car 13 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:47,400 in the Super Street garage. 14 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:49,670 [Mike] I know. This is perfect, right? 15 00:00:49,670 --> 00:00:50,930 [David] This is gonna be so good, 16 00:00:50,930 --> 00:00:53,330 but I think we need to start with sort of the story. 17 00:00:53,330 --> 00:00:55,030 There's a lot of background here. 18 00:00:55,030 --> 00:00:57,900 Season four, I surprised you 19 00:00:57,900 --> 00:01:02,170 by buying a 1974 Mazda Rotary pickup truck. 20 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:03,570 This thing is awesome. 21 00:01:04,670 --> 00:01:05,730 [David laughs] 22 00:01:05,730 --> 00:01:08,200 [Mike] This is the greatest truck ever, isn't it? 23 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,530 And I'll never forget the seller who told us 24 00:01:10,530 --> 00:01:11,830 he got thrown out of the drag strip 25 00:01:11,830 --> 00:01:13,430 -because it wheelied and ran tens. - [tires screech] 26 00:01:13,430 --> 00:01:16,270 -Neither of which it ever did, even when we had it. - [David] Exactly. 27 00:01:16,270 --> 00:01:18,930 And the reason he thought that that might be true 28 00:01:18,930 --> 00:01:22,230 is that that truck had an Oldsmobile 455 29 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:26,400 on an early Toronado transaxle in the bed. 30 00:01:26,400 --> 00:01:27,800 And so we drove the thing around. 31 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,970 Remember it overheated, absolutely brutally? 32 00:01:29,970 --> 00:01:32,070 [Mike] Yeah, we made our own ducts for the roof 33 00:01:32,070 --> 00:01:34,400 to duct down to the radiator, which totally worked. 34 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:35,729 -[David] It did. -[Mike] It stopped overheating. 35 00:01:35,729 --> 00:01:37,470 -[David] Yeah. -[Mike] We autocrossed it. 36 00:01:37,470 --> 00:01:38,830 Come on, baby. 37 00:01:38,830 --> 00:01:40,800 [David] We drove it to the drag strip at Chandler, Arizona. 38 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,300 We put a 180 shot of nitrous in it. 39 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:45,330 Even with the 180 shot, it wouldn't go tens. 40 00:01:45,330 --> 00:01:47,530 It went 11.20. 41 00:01:47,530 --> 00:01:49,000 -Yeah. -At kind of a big mile an hour. 42 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:50,729 I think it ran like 120 something. 43 00:01:50,729 --> 00:01:53,630 Yeah, and it leaked out of every orifice on that pass, 44 00:01:53,630 --> 00:01:57,770 the transaxle, the engine, everything all over the drag strip. 45 00:01:57,770 --> 00:01:59,229 And then it got stolen. 46 00:01:59,229 --> 00:02:02,100 [David] Actually, our crew guys had it on a trailer 47 00:02:02,100 --> 00:02:03,670 in Blythe, California, 48 00:02:03,670 --> 00:02:08,229 and security cam footage shows the thing getting stolen off the trailer 49 00:02:08,229 --> 00:02:11,070 -and it never came home. -No. 50 00:02:11,070 --> 00:02:15,300 [David] Years later, I bought a '39 Ford, two-door Sedan 51 00:02:15,300 --> 00:02:18,470 and we road tripped the thing through New Orleans, which was a lot of fun 52 00:02:18,470 --> 00:02:21,700 and ended up in Texas where we found this, 53 00:02:21,700 --> 00:02:23,730 the replacement Mazdarati. 54 00:02:25,870 --> 00:02:28,270 It is another, I think, '74. 55 00:02:28,270 --> 00:02:29,770 Maybe it's an earlier one. I'm not sure. 56 00:02:29,770 --> 00:02:31,829 There's something about the cab size difference 57 00:02:31,829 --> 00:02:33,400 in the different model years of these things. 58 00:02:33,400 --> 00:02:36,430 -[Mike] The last year of it had a longer cab. - [David] Is bigger. 59 00:02:36,430 --> 00:02:37,770 [Mike] Right, which I would have loved to have had 60 00:02:37,770 --> 00:02:39,500 because I never fit in the Mazdarati very well. 61 00:02:39,500 --> 00:02:42,470 [David] But we sat around and bench raced in that episode 62 00:02:42,470 --> 00:02:45,300 about what kind of engine we wanted to put in the thing. 63 00:02:45,300 --> 00:02:49,400 And then the answer came actually from a leftover project car 64 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,770 from the other Motortrend show called Hot Rod Garage. 65 00:02:57,829 --> 00:03:00,270 Now, this vehicle is actually kind of genius. 66 00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:03,200 It's a 2006 Impala SS. 67 00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:06,900 And those things are factory with a 5.3 liter V8 68 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:08,600 that is sort of based on an LS motor. 69 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:09,700 They've got some differences 70 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:11,600 like generally there's no starter motor on it, 71 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:14,030 the bellhousing mold pattern is different, stuff like that. 72 00:03:14,030 --> 00:03:15,500 [Mike] It's mounted sideways in the front of the car. 73 00:03:15,500 --> 00:03:16,700 -[David] All of that. -[Mike] It's very weird. 74 00:03:16,700 --> 00:03:18,430 But what it means is that you can get another 75 00:03:18,430 --> 00:03:22,400 another one of those complete engine and transaxle packages 76 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,200 and throw it in the trunk, 77 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,300 which is what Tony and Lucky did 78 00:03:26,300 --> 00:03:28,970 on a couple of episodes of Hot Rod Garage. 79 00:03:28,970 --> 00:03:32,100 And the whole goal was to make the thing run in the nines. 80 00:03:32,100 --> 00:03:34,730 But like the Mazdarati, not running in the tens, 81 00:03:34,730 --> 00:03:36,870 they never got it into the nines. 82 00:03:36,870 --> 00:03:40,970 It went 10:16, and it was so sketchy 83 00:03:40,970 --> 00:03:44,430 that not even Tony Angelo would drive it down the track again. 84 00:03:44,430 --> 00:03:45,900 The build is amazing. 85 00:03:45,900 --> 00:03:47,270 -I'm thrilled about it. -[David] It's clever. 86 00:03:47,270 --> 00:03:49,300 [Mike] He was not thrilled about driving it down a drag strip, 87 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:50,670 and I totally understand. 88 00:03:50,670 --> 00:03:54,000 So why not do our own version of that and get equally scared? 89 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,930 [David] The reason we're able to part out the Hot Rod Garage car, 90 00:03:56,930 --> 00:03:59,100 which, honestly, kind of hurts us, 91 00:03:59,100 --> 00:04:02,730 is that I heard that Motortrend was going to scrap it. 92 00:04:02,730 --> 00:04:04,630 And we're like, we can't let that happen. 93 00:04:04,630 --> 00:04:08,800 So we figure that the Impala is the perfect donor 94 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,500 to put an LS engine on a transaxle 95 00:04:11,500 --> 00:04:15,130 in the bed of this Mazdarati just like the original. 96 00:04:15,130 --> 00:04:17,600 I think the first thing that we're gonna do is get the Impala 97 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,029 and actually hack the engine and transaxle out of the back of it. 98 00:04:21,029 --> 00:04:23,230 I'm... I can't cut that car. 99 00:04:23,230 --> 00:04:25,270 -I'd feel bad. -[David] We can make Lucky watch. 100 00:04:26,370 --> 00:04:29,130 I'm gonna cut the roof off. It'll help. Ready? 101 00:04:29,130 --> 00:04:31,100 -[Mike] Really? -[David] Yep. 102 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,630 Both of us feel really bad about taking apart 103 00:04:37,630 --> 00:04:40,530 our buddy's project car, but its destiny is sealed. 104 00:04:40,530 --> 00:04:41,900 It's going to the junkyard. 105 00:04:43,130 --> 00:04:44,470 There we go. 106 00:04:44,470 --> 00:04:46,670 [David] Now you can get a better look at what they've done here. 107 00:04:46,670 --> 00:04:48,770 I think the engine that's in the front is from a GXP. 108 00:04:48,770 --> 00:04:51,100 This one's actually from another Impala. 109 00:04:51,100 --> 00:04:53,330 This is the original engine those guys installed. 110 00:04:53,330 --> 00:04:55,700 The front ones been blown up, I think three times. 111 00:04:56,330 --> 00:04:58,600 So hacking. 112 00:05:02,670 --> 00:05:04,770 -That actually works. [chuckles] -Nice. 113 00:05:10,630 --> 00:05:11,630 There we go. 114 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:25,700 There we go. 115 00:05:30,570 --> 00:05:32,400 [Mike] I won't say it looks better, but it's easier to work on. 116 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:33,530 [David] I bet it's faster. 117 00:05:33,530 --> 00:05:35,000 I don't think I mentioned to you 118 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,100 that both of these engines are turbo charged. 119 00:05:37,100 --> 00:05:38,200 See the inner coolers? 120 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,570 It made 940 or 980 horsepower on a four wheel dyno, 121 00:05:42,570 --> 00:05:46,470 which means each engine is making less than 500 hp under boost, 122 00:05:46,470 --> 00:05:48,270 and they run on E85. 123 00:05:48,270 --> 00:05:49,600 They hopped them up a little bit. 124 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,570 You can see it's got a Holley Sniper EFI intake manifold on it. 125 00:05:53,570 --> 00:05:56,430 Factory 90 millimeter throttle body, which is bigger than 126 00:05:56,430 --> 00:05:59,700 what the LS4 stock engine would have had. 127 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:01,770 So you're telling me that you could have made 128 00:06:01,770 --> 00:06:03,970 the same power with heads and a cam on this motor 129 00:06:03,970 --> 00:06:06,400 -as you did with turbo? -[David] Yes. 130 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,130 The Mazdarati could aim to be quicker with one motor 131 00:06:10,130 --> 00:06:12,500 than the Twinpala was with two. 132 00:06:12,500 --> 00:06:14,670 Ouch. 133 00:06:14,670 --> 00:06:18,030 -I didn't say that. -[David] That would mean it would run nines 134 00:06:18,030 --> 00:06:20,200 'cause this around 10.16. 135 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:23,000 The great thing about this is if it blows up, it's not our fault. 136 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,130 -Right. -This was used when we got it. 137 00:06:24,130 --> 00:06:25,270 Yeah, we can explain that off. 138 00:06:25,270 --> 00:06:26,800 -It could already be broken. Who knows? -[David] Yeah. 139 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,530 Yeah, but you know what?Hot Rod Garage never blows up LS engines, so... 140 00:06:33,770 --> 00:06:35,470 -All right. Ready? -Yep. 141 00:06:35,470 --> 00:06:37,330 [sawblade whirring] 142 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,430 Slaughtering all this actually gave us 143 00:06:46,430 --> 00:06:49,730 crystal clear vision on what to do. 144 00:06:49,730 --> 00:06:51,830 We decided that we're going to cut this thing 145 00:06:51,830 --> 00:06:55,300 right ahead of this main hoop of the roll bar 146 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:57,430 and cut through the rocker panels, 147 00:06:57,430 --> 00:06:59,800 and then pull the bed off the Mazda 148 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:04,070 and figure out how to attach this whole thing to the back of the truck. 149 00:07:04,070 --> 00:07:06,170 And we may change our minds later. 150 00:07:06,170 --> 00:07:08,530 But I think we're like, trying to cut the least 151 00:07:08,530 --> 00:07:10,800 to begin with and save the most. 152 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,400 -I love this plan. -Yep, I think it's pretty good. 153 00:07:21,130 --> 00:07:22,670 Here comes the last one. 154 00:07:24,500 --> 00:07:26,470 -[loud clang] -[both laughing] 155 00:07:27,670 --> 00:07:31,000 -You just bisected an Impala, bro. -Uh-huh. 156 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:34,630 Last time we tried to break a car in half, we used a lift 157 00:07:34,630 --> 00:07:37,070 and it was really violent and unsafe. 158 00:07:37,070 --> 00:07:38,470 -[metal creaking] -I hear stuff. 159 00:07:39,200 --> 00:07:40,730 [Mike] Nice creaking. 160 00:07:40,730 --> 00:07:42,430 [loud crash] 161 00:07:48,830 --> 00:07:49,900 This is much better. 162 00:07:53,830 --> 00:07:55,500 [chuckles] It's starting to go now. 163 00:07:55,500 --> 00:07:58,470 Oh wait, the air inlet tube is holding it together. 164 00:08:01,670 --> 00:08:02,830 Okay, that's loose. 165 00:08:05,430 --> 00:08:06,500 [metallic groaning] 166 00:08:07,170 --> 00:08:08,430 [loud pop] 167 00:08:08,430 --> 00:08:10,200 Oh those tubes. 168 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:11,970 -[Mike] Was that brake line or a fuel line? -[David] Brake. 169 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:17,900 Hey, look at it roll. 170 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:22,330 [laughing] 171 00:08:25,070 --> 00:08:26,630 It's a lot easier to take them apart. 172 00:08:28,570 --> 00:08:30,900 What is that? 1,000 bucks worth of gauges in that thing? 173 00:08:30,900 --> 00:08:32,330 We should take them out. 174 00:08:32,330 --> 00:08:34,070 -[Mike] A couple grand worth of EFI sitting there, too. -[David] Uh-huh. 175 00:08:34,070 --> 00:08:35,799 Yeah, we'll save all that. 176 00:08:35,799 --> 00:08:39,600 [Mike] This is great because like the ECU plugs in. It's a few wires. 177 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:40,730 The fuel system's still sitting there. 178 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:41,669 -[David] Yeah. -[Mike] Wow. 179 00:08:41,669 --> 00:08:43,370 HRG did all the work for us. 180 00:08:44,500 --> 00:08:47,100 Thanks, HRG. [laughing] 181 00:08:47,100 --> 00:08:49,630 [David] All right. Tomorrow I think we get this garbage out of the way. 182 00:08:49,630 --> 00:08:51,130 We'll strip all the good parts off of it 183 00:08:51,130 --> 00:08:52,070 so it doesn't go to waste. 184 00:08:52,070 --> 00:08:53,500 And then we've got the Mazda on the lift 185 00:08:53,500 --> 00:08:55,130 where we will pick the bed up 186 00:08:55,130 --> 00:08:59,600 and figure out how to take this and [claps] slam it together. 187 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,130 Clearly we're not gonna waste anything. 188 00:09:01,130 --> 00:09:02,800 [David] Nah, we're gonna be done early. 189 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:05,230 Yeah. You want to, like, go to the beach on Wednesday or something? 190 00:09:05,230 --> 00:09:06,330 I was gonna say, let's get a beer, 191 00:09:06,330 --> 00:09:07,730 -but okay. -Oh, that's a good idea. 192 00:09:11,900 --> 00:09:15,870 Mental warming led to a lot of brainstorming last night. 193 00:09:15,870 --> 00:09:18,200 -Did you see what I did? -[gasps] Poet. 194 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,470 I guess we figured out how we want to do this. 195 00:09:20,470 --> 00:09:22,930 We're gonna put it up in the air and pull the bed off. 196 00:09:22,930 --> 00:09:25,030 And then think about it from there. 197 00:09:25,030 --> 00:09:27,300 A lot of measuring, done a lot of butchery. 198 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:29,700 This truck's actually pretty rare. 199 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:33,470 When did they make them? '72-'74? Something like that. 200 00:09:33,470 --> 00:09:35,130 Three to five. 201 00:09:35,130 --> 00:09:36,670 Three to five, that sounds right. 202 00:09:36,670 --> 00:09:37,930 Somewhere in that neighborhood. 203 00:09:37,930 --> 00:09:40,830 But it's a Mazda pickup that came with rotary engine, 204 00:09:40,830 --> 00:09:42,470 and not all of them were that way. 205 00:09:42,470 --> 00:09:45,200 And the body style is actually different with the rotary. 206 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:47,000 It's got the little fender flares. 207 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,170 [Mike] Yeah, Ford Courier guys are bummed 208 00:09:49,170 --> 00:09:50,700 'cause they don't have the flared bedside. 209 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:53,470 I don't think they had the battery box either. 210 00:09:53,470 --> 00:09:55,600 [David] This one didn't have an engine in it when we got it. 211 00:09:59,370 --> 00:10:01,100 Hit it just a little so I can... 212 00:10:02,700 --> 00:10:03,970 There, it's out. 213 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,970 -Great. -I think this is the last one. 214 00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:07,900 Yeah. 215 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:09,670 We think all the fasteners are off the bed. 216 00:10:09,670 --> 00:10:13,330 So we're gonna put it down on the ground and list some manpower. 217 00:10:13,330 --> 00:10:14,870 We're gonna have producer Taylor 218 00:10:14,870 --> 00:10:17,030 and apprentice Mason come in. 219 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:19,400 -Okay. Great. -Ready? 220 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:22,430 [groaning] All right. 221 00:10:23,700 --> 00:10:24,900 And down. 222 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:31,630 Wow, this is crusty. 223 00:10:32,330 --> 00:10:33,700 Now the fun part. 224 00:10:33,700 --> 00:10:36,570 We have the bed off, obviously, and we're going to roll the back half 225 00:10:36,570 --> 00:10:41,170 of the Twinpala next to our not really rotary powered truck anymore 226 00:10:41,170 --> 00:10:45,130 and eyeball how do we make this to that. 227 00:10:45,130 --> 00:10:47,500 We rolled this over just to sort of eyeball everything. 228 00:10:47,500 --> 00:10:49,930 I've got it lined up on the centerline of the axle. 229 00:10:49,930 --> 00:10:51,870 It looks like it fits perfectly. 230 00:10:51,870 --> 00:10:53,470 We're going to measure a bunch. 231 00:10:53,470 --> 00:10:56,300 Our plan is going to be to just weld that right to here 232 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:58,300 after we cut this frame off, 233 00:10:58,300 --> 00:10:59,630 and obviously it's going to need 234 00:10:59,630 --> 00:11:02,700 a lot of triangulation to work. 235 00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:06,500 This is-- Basically outside of the tube to outside the tube is 56. 236 00:11:06,500 --> 00:11:10,430 -Yeah. -And outside of this frame is like 44. 237 00:11:10,430 --> 00:11:14,430 Yeah. The roll bar just barely fits in the bed, right? 238 00:11:14,430 --> 00:11:15,900 Yeah, it's just inside of the bed rail 239 00:11:15,900 --> 00:11:18,000 -by like, three quarters of an inch. -[David] Okay. 240 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,430 How are we going to weld it all in 241 00:11:19,430 --> 00:11:21,600 and triangulate it and make it stay there? 242 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:23,330 [surfer rock music playing] 243 00:11:26,870 --> 00:11:28,600 [David] We just spent a very depressing hour 244 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,930 of conversation and convoluting 245 00:11:30,930 --> 00:11:33,570 and convoluting and conversating. 246 00:11:33,570 --> 00:11:35,900 And we're not going to be able to attach 247 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:38,270 the back half of the Twinpala 248 00:11:38,270 --> 00:11:40,270 to the back half of the Mazdarati. 249 00:11:40,270 --> 00:11:42,030 -How come? -Gravity. 250 00:11:42,030 --> 00:11:43,870 [both laughing] 251 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:46,500 There's no way to attach it and triangulate it 252 00:11:46,500 --> 00:11:48,330 and make this thing actually good. 253 00:11:48,330 --> 00:11:50,870 So what we're going to end up doing 254 00:11:50,870 --> 00:11:53,370 is parting that whole thing out 255 00:11:53,370 --> 00:11:55,570 and installing the engine and transaxle 256 00:11:55,570 --> 00:11:58,530 on the factory cradle in this frame, 257 00:11:58,530 --> 00:12:01,370 which means we're going to have to redo... 258 00:12:01,370 --> 00:12:03,400 -Everything? -[chuckling] Everything. 259 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:08,400 We can reuse everything, but we'll be remounting everything. 260 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,030 We really thought we were just gonna be able 261 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:11,930 to roll this up to the back of the truck. 262 00:12:11,930 --> 00:12:14,000 Cut. Cut. Weld, weld. 263 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:15,330 [blows raspberry] Let's do burnouts. 264 00:12:15,330 --> 00:12:18,070 It looked promising, but instead, I think we're about to embark 265 00:12:18,070 --> 00:12:19,830 on the biggest fabrication project 266 00:12:19,830 --> 00:12:21,400 you've ever seen on Roadkill. 267 00:12:24,570 --> 00:12:27,500 I'm standing here cutting out everything that doesn't need to be here. 268 00:12:27,500 --> 00:12:29,130 So I'm gonna remove this cross member. 269 00:12:29,130 --> 00:12:32,170 I'm gonna leave that one so that the frame hangs together a little bit. 270 00:12:32,170 --> 00:12:33,770 These brackets are going to be in our way, 271 00:12:33,770 --> 00:12:36,000 obviously the gas tank's got to go out. 272 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:37,130 I'm doing the dirty work. 273 00:12:37,130 --> 00:12:40,430 He's doing the unbolting organizational work. 274 00:12:41,430 --> 00:12:42,730 [saw whirring] 275 00:12:55,870 --> 00:12:57,170 Cool. 276 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,270 That's off. 277 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:04,400 Okay. All this good, fab work gone. 278 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,200 It is a nice piece, 279 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,330 and we have liberated the parts that we actually need. 280 00:13:09,330 --> 00:13:10,700 This is an LS4. 281 00:13:10,700 --> 00:13:13,000 It's a 5.3 aluminum head engine, 282 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,130 and those guys left the stock cam in it. 283 00:13:15,130 --> 00:13:19,030 Sniper intake, 90 millimeter throttle body, headers and stuff. 284 00:13:19,030 --> 00:13:23,630 The transmission is actually transaxle and brand new Gearstar unit. 285 00:13:23,630 --> 00:13:26,530 But now we have to figure out how to get all of this 286 00:13:26,530 --> 00:13:27,970 under the Mazda. 287 00:13:27,970 --> 00:13:29,770 -[Mike] We're revolutionaries. -Speed it. 288 00:13:35,770 --> 00:13:37,700 Look at that. Buh-bye. 289 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:41,870 Now all we gotta do is slide that under this. Car'll build itself. 290 00:13:41,870 --> 00:13:45,170 See? And now that it has no camber control, 291 00:13:45,170 --> 00:13:46,630 they're just gonna flop everywhere. 292 00:13:52,330 --> 00:13:53,900 -[David groans] -[Mike] You ready? 293 00:13:53,900 --> 00:13:55,070 Yes. Let's go. 294 00:13:56,330 --> 00:13:57,300 It's working. 295 00:13:58,570 --> 00:14:01,470 -Oh, this is exciting. -[chuckles] 296 00:14:01,470 --> 00:14:04,400 -How's that? -Let's lower it down. 297 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,330 -It's probably fine where it is. Just tack it. -[Mike chuckles] 298 00:14:08,730 --> 00:14:11,770 We freed the whole engine and transaxle 299 00:14:11,770 --> 00:14:16,700 and factory Impala cradle out of the Twinpala roll cage. 300 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,400 And now we've got it actually underneath the Mazda 301 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:21,600 and, you know, it's that moment 302 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:24,000 where you have hope because it looks kind of cool. 303 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 [Mike] Well, this is our lose the shot moment. 304 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,470 Here's where we're at. 305 00:14:27,470 --> 00:14:30,070 The truck isn't at ride height. 306 00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:33,570 In fact, it's pretty far above where ride height should be. 307 00:14:33,570 --> 00:14:35,800 Although the tires are touching the ground, there's no engine, 308 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:37,170 there's no weight on the front end of this. 309 00:14:37,170 --> 00:14:40,530 Ideally, this truck should sit probably another two inches lower. 310 00:14:40,530 --> 00:14:44,170 [David] Um, we're at a "you can't get there from here" moment. 311 00:14:44,170 --> 00:14:46,970 The front mount for the cradle needs to move up so much 312 00:14:46,970 --> 00:14:49,270 that we basically have to cut the entire frame off, 313 00:14:49,270 --> 00:14:51,530 which puts us right back to the point that we were at 314 00:14:51,530 --> 00:14:53,930 when we were considering to put the entire back half 315 00:14:53,930 --> 00:14:56,030 of the Twinpala up against the back of the truck, 316 00:14:56,030 --> 00:14:58,270 which we can't do because we can't build a roll cage 317 00:14:58,270 --> 00:14:59,570 and triangulate the suspension 318 00:14:59,570 --> 00:15:01,700 because of bunch of rust and the frame's too narrow. 319 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:03,130 You can't get in and out of the cab. 320 00:15:03,130 --> 00:15:06,630 So for all of those reasons, this might not happen. 321 00:15:06,630 --> 00:15:08,130 Oh no, I just fixed it. 322 00:15:08,130 --> 00:15:09,830 Hey, Mike, just fixed it. 323 00:15:09,830 --> 00:15:11,800 [Mike] Let's just cut the mounts off and make new ones. 324 00:15:13,130 --> 00:15:16,530 [David] And-- On the aluminum cradle? 325 00:15:16,530 --> 00:15:18,470 [Mike] Yeah. These don't have to be where they're at. 326 00:15:19,630 --> 00:15:21,700 Now we're talking about modifying the aluminum cradle. 327 00:15:22,070 --> 00:15:23,030 Stay tuned. 328 00:15:26,970 --> 00:15:29,130 [Mike] It's a new day, which means we have new opportunities 329 00:15:29,130 --> 00:15:30,970 for solutions to our problems. 330 00:15:30,970 --> 00:15:34,000 The truck is a mini truck. 331 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,230 The drivetrain came out of a mid-sized car. 332 00:15:36,230 --> 00:15:40,670 Essentially, we couldn't get a ride height that we wanted for this truck 333 00:15:40,670 --> 00:15:43,870 because our cradle was already sitting against the frame. 334 00:15:43,870 --> 00:15:46,300 Without the front wheels touching the ground, really, 335 00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:50,000 without weight in it, without the thing loaded, without it even lowered 336 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,630 it was not gonna work. 337 00:15:51,630 --> 00:15:54,630 So while we stared at this, we had two options. 338 00:15:54,630 --> 00:15:58,370 It was either cut the cast aluminum mounts off the cradle, 339 00:15:58,370 --> 00:16:00,830 relocate them, weld them back together. 340 00:16:00,830 --> 00:16:02,700 Not exciting because it's cast aluminum. 341 00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:03,870 That's tricky to weld. 342 00:16:03,870 --> 00:16:06,600 Or we treat the mini truck like a mini truck, 343 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:08,430 and we step notch the frame. 344 00:16:08,430 --> 00:16:10,800 So what we're gonna do is we're gonna weld 345 00:16:10,800 --> 00:16:15,530 a piece of box tubing on top of the original frame 360 degrees. 346 00:16:15,530 --> 00:16:19,100 Then we're going to cut out this section of frame under it. 347 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:21,300 Plate it, box it. 348 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:24,030 That gives us room to move this all the way up here 349 00:16:24,030 --> 00:16:27,770 about four and a half inches, which will level our cradle. 350 00:16:27,770 --> 00:16:30,730 Now is it ideal? No. 351 00:16:30,730 --> 00:16:32,900 These wheels stick outside the bedsides anyway, 352 00:16:32,900 --> 00:16:35,370 so we really can't lower the truck too much right now. 353 00:16:35,370 --> 00:16:38,370 So for us, this is an excellent solution to the problem, 354 00:16:38,370 --> 00:16:40,030 and it allows us to move forward 355 00:16:40,030 --> 00:16:41,900 because once this is mounted, 356 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:43,730 then we can mount the back of the cradle. 357 00:16:43,730 --> 00:16:47,170 Then we can start figuring out how to make it run again and hopefully do burnouts. 358 00:16:47,170 --> 00:16:49,900 Step one, take this, transfer it to metal, 359 00:16:49,900 --> 00:16:52,400 cut the metal, put the metal here weld it together. 360 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:53,670 [rock music playing] 361 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:08,230 Finnegan is making, like, the support braces in here for the frame. 362 00:17:08,230 --> 00:17:10,069 And I've cleaned up and removed 363 00:17:10,069 --> 00:17:11,800 all of the brackets and everything. 364 00:17:11,800 --> 00:17:13,130 Now I've got to pick the truck up, 365 00:17:13,130 --> 00:17:14,599 roll the engine out, 366 00:17:14,599 --> 00:17:16,270 clean up the inside of the frame, 367 00:17:16,270 --> 00:17:19,099 and then we'll be able to come back in and light weld the hole. 368 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:32,930 [Mike] Okay, these are our framed gussets. 369 00:17:32,930 --> 00:17:34,730 We are about to MIG weld these 370 00:17:34,730 --> 00:17:36,770 to the top of the original frame section, 371 00:17:36,770 --> 00:17:38,870 and once this is fully welded and capped, 372 00:17:38,870 --> 00:17:42,670 we'll go back underneath and cut out all the material we need to remove, 373 00:17:42,670 --> 00:17:44,870 so that we can then mount our cradle level. 374 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:46,930 [welder crackling] 375 00:17:58,970 --> 00:18:00,430 [Mike] Victory! 376 00:18:00,430 --> 00:18:03,770 [David] We're done with our, like, weapons grade reinforcement here. 377 00:18:03,770 --> 00:18:06,830 And next we had to figure out where we're going to hack 378 00:18:06,830 --> 00:18:08,630 so that we can take this engine cradle 379 00:18:08,630 --> 00:18:11,170 and move it as high as we can in the frame 380 00:18:11,170 --> 00:18:13,830 so we can get the truck as low as we can. 381 00:18:13,830 --> 00:18:15,900 And so Mike just measured it out 382 00:18:15,900 --> 00:18:18,630 and drew these cut lines right here. 383 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:20,000 And I think we're going to pick it up, 384 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,570 roll the engine back out, 385 00:18:21,570 --> 00:18:23,630 and then I will hack that. 386 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,670 Yeah, buddy. 387 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,330 Wow, this is a big moment right here. 388 00:18:40,330 --> 00:18:42,430 We have notched our frame, 389 00:18:42,430 --> 00:18:44,700 and before we box it all in and reinforce it, 390 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:47,030 we're going to roll the whole setup underneath it, 391 00:18:47,030 --> 00:18:49,530 lower the truck down to what I think is ride height, 392 00:18:49,530 --> 00:18:52,230 and get our first good look at how this is going to fit in here. 393 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,770 We just step notched our mini truck. 394 00:18:56,770 --> 00:18:59,830 This is gonna be the first time we see the actual ride height 395 00:18:59,830 --> 00:19:04,470 because now that engine cradle is gonna sit up into those notches. 396 00:19:04,470 --> 00:19:06,770 Okay, Go back just a little bit. 397 00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:09,600 -[exclaims] -[Mike] So this needs to go down. 398 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:10,900 [David] Okay, I'm gonna go down. 399 00:19:10,900 --> 00:19:13,300 -[Mike] Yep. Mm-hmm. -[David] Ready? 400 00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:16,000 -It's about there. -Okay. 401 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:17,670 -Bring it down more. -Now we lower the truck more. 402 00:19:17,670 --> 00:19:18,670 Yep. 403 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:23,630 Yes! That's what we need. 404 00:19:23,630 --> 00:19:25,100 -[Mike] Much happier. -[David] Yep. 405 00:19:25,100 --> 00:19:27,800 We got it much lower in the back with that notch. 406 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,870 This is actually starting to be something. 407 00:19:29,870 --> 00:19:31,470 -This is exciting. -Yeah. 408 00:19:31,470 --> 00:19:33,700 -This worked. -It's way better. 409 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:35,770 Man, like, make sure we have the wheels 410 00:19:35,770 --> 00:19:38,230 centered on the chassis where it's supposed to be. 411 00:19:38,230 --> 00:19:40,670 Yep, we could just draw a line here, 412 00:19:40,670 --> 00:19:45,670 weld the tube in, and then bolt it. 413 00:19:45,670 --> 00:19:47,370 Right now, I think we could measure 414 00:19:47,370 --> 00:19:51,330 from the-- Some reference point on the frame 415 00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:53,130 back to the center of the bolt hole 416 00:19:53,130 --> 00:19:55,100 and make sure it's the same on both sides. 417 00:19:55,100 --> 00:19:56,030 Yeah. 418 00:20:06,330 --> 00:20:08,230 [hammering] 419 00:20:11,170 --> 00:20:13,130 [David] Oh man, it's been some long days, 420 00:20:13,130 --> 00:20:14,530 but this is a moment of victory. 421 00:20:14,530 --> 00:20:17,400 We finally got these notches in the frame, boxed them in. 422 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,270 We've got our ride height where we want. 423 00:20:19,270 --> 00:20:21,770 We're going to split. I think we're mounting the engine tomorrow. 424 00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:26,470 This is going to be cool because it's gonna be under the bed rail. 425 00:20:26,470 --> 00:20:28,870 Like no one's going to want to steal our truck 426 00:20:28,870 --> 00:20:31,430 because you're not going to see headers sticking out, you know. 427 00:20:31,430 --> 00:20:34,570 Unless we lose our mind and mount the turbos up here someday, 428 00:20:34,570 --> 00:20:35,570 nobody will know. 429 00:20:35,570 --> 00:20:37,830 -In tribute to the original Mazdarati. -Yeah. 430 00:20:37,830 --> 00:20:39,070 I love that you suggest it. 431 00:20:39,070 --> 00:20:40,170 Now I don't have to talk you into it. 432 00:20:40,170 --> 00:20:41,300 That's great. 433 00:20:41,300 --> 00:20:43,130 -[groans] -I'm gonna go home and sleep. 434 00:20:43,130 --> 00:20:44,330 [both laugh] 435 00:20:47,700 --> 00:20:49,900 [David] This morning we've got the engine back out of the truck. 436 00:20:49,900 --> 00:20:52,430 We've got to make this whole thing square 437 00:20:52,430 --> 00:20:56,400 in the truck this way and even side to side. 438 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,800 So it's essentially a 40-inch bolt spread from front to back. 439 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:05,330 And then the centerline of our lower ball joint is 13 and five-eighths. 440 00:21:05,330 --> 00:21:09,200 I already marked the centerline of our wheel wells. 441 00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,830 -Yep. -And go forward 20... 442 00:21:12,830 --> 00:21:14,830 -[David] Six and three-eighths. -26 and three-eighths. 443 00:21:14,830 --> 00:21:17,900 That's where we put our holes, and then we just have to measure the width here 444 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:19,000 between those two front lines. 445 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:22,000 -Okay. You're on the dot? -I am on the dot. 446 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,530 So that's 42 and five-eighths. 447 00:21:24,530 --> 00:21:26,600 It's close. It's within an eighth. 448 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,800 -Okay. -That's good enough for who it's for. 449 00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:31,730 All right. 450 00:21:31,730 --> 00:21:34,100 You know, there's no chance this is gonna be perfectly square, right? 451 00:21:34,730 --> 00:21:36,070 They'll never know. 452 00:21:36,070 --> 00:21:37,970 What? Are you gonna get a ruler out on your TV? No, you're not. 453 00:21:37,970 --> 00:21:40,370 -No. It's gonna be great. -That's right. 454 00:21:40,370 --> 00:21:44,130 So we know about where our cradle needs to go. 455 00:21:44,130 --> 00:21:47,100 We even have marked the holes in our frame. 456 00:21:47,100 --> 00:21:50,130 Now this is box tubing, and if I put a hole in here 457 00:21:50,130 --> 00:21:51,800 and I put a nut through here and a bolt 458 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,300 and I just start cranking on it, 459 00:21:53,300 --> 00:21:55,000 it's actually going to crush this. 460 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:56,600 So what we're gonna do is drill 461 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,730 an even bigger hole than we need for our bolts, 462 00:21:58,730 --> 00:22:00,730 slide this tubing through it, 463 00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:02,730 have some of the tubing stick out on each end, 464 00:22:02,730 --> 00:22:05,730 and then we're going to weld it precision around there. 465 00:22:05,730 --> 00:22:07,530 So now when we tighten our bolt 466 00:22:07,530 --> 00:22:09,030 that's going through this tube, 467 00:22:09,030 --> 00:22:10,900 it's trying to crush this tube, not this tube. 468 00:22:10,900 --> 00:22:13,230 And this tube, that's not getting crushed. 469 00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:14,600 It's gonna be sturdy. You know why? 470 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:15,970 Because we care, right. 471 00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:34,300 We cut these notches for that cradle large enough 472 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,270 that we decided we could go back in there 473 00:22:36,270 --> 00:22:38,170 and triangulate this and make it all stronger. 474 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,200 [Mike] And we are close. 475 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:45,670 We can now put our bolts in to guide us. 476 00:22:50,570 --> 00:22:52,370 Okay, now you can jack it up. 477 00:22:53,300 --> 00:22:54,930 There you go. Keep going. 478 00:22:55,970 --> 00:22:57,730 Oh, yeah, plenty of all-thread. 479 00:22:57,730 --> 00:23:01,100 Okay, we're there. We can do nuts and washers on this side. 480 00:23:03,470 --> 00:23:05,600 [David] We're attaching this with all-thread right now, 481 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:07,570 just sort of temporarily. 482 00:23:07,570 --> 00:23:10,270 And we've got grade 8 bolts on order. 483 00:23:10,270 --> 00:23:12,930 [Mike] Yeah. Now we can go down and then figure out 484 00:23:12,930 --> 00:23:14,700 where we want to make the rear crossmember. 485 00:23:15,530 --> 00:23:17,530 Pallet jack gone for the last time. 486 00:23:21,330 --> 00:23:23,870 -[Mike] Mm-hmm. -Great! 487 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:26,130 All right, I'm gonna go cut up the Twinpala cage 488 00:23:26,130 --> 00:23:28,100 and bring it in here and see if it's actually gonna work. 489 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:30,530 If it does, it's gonna save us a ton of time. 490 00:23:30,530 --> 00:23:31,670 Yeah. 491 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:33,870 Sawzall. 492 00:23:33,870 --> 00:23:36,600 This is the structure out of the back of the Twinpala. 493 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:38,170 Here's my thought process. 494 00:23:38,170 --> 00:23:40,670 If we can take advantage of the fabrication 495 00:23:40,670 --> 00:23:42,270 that they've already done, 496 00:23:42,270 --> 00:23:44,630 then it establishes the pickup points here 497 00:23:44,630 --> 00:23:45,900 for that engine cradle 498 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,630 and also, maybe more importantly, 499 00:23:48,630 --> 00:23:50,730 where the struts attach. 500 00:23:50,730 --> 00:23:53,300 Now, if they had the struts attached in the wrong place, 501 00:23:53,300 --> 00:23:55,930 and that's why they had really bad handling problems, 502 00:23:55,930 --> 00:23:58,900 then we will also have really bad handling problems. 503 00:23:58,900 --> 00:24:00,770 But don't tell Finnegan that right now. 504 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:04,100 Ready? 505 00:24:04,100 --> 00:24:06,730 Dude, if this works, this is gonna be so cool. 506 00:24:06,730 --> 00:24:08,070 It's gonna save a lot of time. 507 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,270 -Oh-ho-ho-ho! -[Mike] Oh, dude. 508 00:24:13,270 --> 00:24:15,400 [David laughing] It's gonna work. 509 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:16,900 We have to shorten this bar, 510 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:19,230 which we can then weld to this angle right there, 511 00:24:19,230 --> 00:24:20,870 and then it's gonna attach. 512 00:24:20,870 --> 00:24:23,130 Eh... the only problem with that 513 00:24:23,130 --> 00:24:26,970 is this is real close to the angle it needs to be at. 514 00:24:26,970 --> 00:24:29,570 Well, even if this down bar doesn't work, 515 00:24:29,570 --> 00:24:30,700 all of that works. 516 00:24:30,700 --> 00:24:32,930 Yeah. And this gives us whatever, you know, 517 00:24:32,930 --> 00:24:34,930 crazy alignment they had in the back of their car. 518 00:24:34,930 --> 00:24:37,130 -Right. -Which either works or doesn't. 519 00:24:37,130 --> 00:24:42,230 So I say we slowly trim this until that matches. 520 00:24:42,230 --> 00:24:43,870 I'm all about doing things slowly. 521 00:24:43,870 --> 00:24:46,830 What we're gonna attempt to do is land these original bars 522 00:24:46,830 --> 00:24:48,900 on the top of our frame and weld it up. 523 00:24:48,900 --> 00:24:50,070 In the back right now, 524 00:24:50,070 --> 00:24:52,270 we've got a little bit of angle going on to the mount. 525 00:24:52,270 --> 00:24:54,070 So we need to set that down. 526 00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:56,570 And that will happen if this bar moves down. 527 00:24:56,570 --> 00:24:59,430 So I'm gonna try and trim it right here on both sides. 528 00:25:08,730 --> 00:25:09,700 Nailed it. 529 00:25:09,970 --> 00:25:10,870 Nice. 530 00:25:13,570 --> 00:25:14,730 [David] Wow. 531 00:25:14,730 --> 00:25:18,070 I got a huge gap on this side. 532 00:25:18,070 --> 00:25:19,600 The whole cradle can roll forward. 533 00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,470 Okay, so just the inside of this needs to be trimmed. 534 00:25:26,970 --> 00:25:30,070 We did it. This was a huge time-save. 535 00:25:30,070 --> 00:25:33,200 We made this back of the Twinpala work. 536 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,900 So Mike's going to zap it on 537 00:25:34,900 --> 00:25:36,870 and then we can bolt struts on. 538 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:41,570 We can bolt struts in now. 539 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:44,530 I got a nut on mine. We just got to tighten it. 540 00:25:44,530 --> 00:25:46,830 And we need a nut in your donut on yours. 541 00:25:46,830 --> 00:25:47,730 [David] Yeah. 542 00:25:50,930 --> 00:25:52,430 More. 543 00:25:52,430 --> 00:25:54,670 And down slowly. 544 00:25:54,670 --> 00:25:56,070 Down slow. 545 00:25:56,070 --> 00:25:57,030 Yep. 546 00:25:57,570 --> 00:25:58,800 Okay. 547 00:26:00,730 --> 00:26:02,370 The weight of the vehicle is now on the struts 548 00:26:02,370 --> 00:26:04,100 -if you keep going. -Yep. 549 00:26:05,170 --> 00:26:07,630 [David] Whoo, that's on the ground. 550 00:26:07,630 --> 00:26:10,230 Yeah. Oh, this is gonna ride good, dude. 551 00:26:10,230 --> 00:26:11,430 Great. 552 00:26:11,430 --> 00:26:13,170 We still need to make some supports 553 00:26:13,170 --> 00:26:16,770 so that the back half of it is attached to the Mazda. 554 00:26:16,770 --> 00:26:18,970 -I'm gonna sleep way better tonight. -Me too. 555 00:26:18,970 --> 00:26:21,030 Knowing this is like in there, you know? 556 00:26:21,030 --> 00:26:22,030 Yep. 557 00:26:32,100 --> 00:26:33,070 [Mike] I don't know what day it is, 558 00:26:33,070 --> 00:26:34,630 but yesterday went really good. 559 00:26:34,630 --> 00:26:37,670 We got our drivetrain pretty well locked in place, 560 00:26:37,670 --> 00:26:39,600 except for some critical bracing. 561 00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:42,030 Right now, I'm gonna make tubes 562 00:26:42,030 --> 00:26:44,200 that will be fish mouth on both ends 563 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:46,800 to connect this factory crossmember 564 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,770 down to the one that the guys at Hot Rod Garage made. 565 00:26:49,770 --> 00:26:51,900 We're gonna use a technique called fish mouthing, 566 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:54,630 which is cutting and contouring the tubing 567 00:26:54,630 --> 00:26:58,500 so that when it meets another piece of round tubing, 568 00:26:58,500 --> 00:26:59,630 it fits... 569 00:27:00,870 --> 00:27:02,030 like this. 570 00:27:02,030 --> 00:27:06,000 The easiest way to make that opening is with a hole saw 571 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,530 that's the same size as the tube diameter. 572 00:27:08,530 --> 00:27:10,570 I don't have that. So we can't use that. 573 00:27:10,570 --> 00:27:14,470 But what I can do is I can set my tubing up, 574 00:27:15,700 --> 00:27:17,430 I can look at it right there, 575 00:27:17,430 --> 00:27:21,930 and I can use the tube to mark this other tube like that. 576 00:27:22,870 --> 00:27:24,370 Once I've marked it like that, 577 00:27:25,330 --> 00:27:28,100 then all I got to do is grind the contour. 578 00:27:28,100 --> 00:27:29,470 And once you've ground the contour, 579 00:27:29,470 --> 00:27:31,230 which is what I did here, 580 00:27:31,230 --> 00:27:34,370 these two things fit together like butter. 581 00:27:44,100 --> 00:27:45,770 I made a couple of fish plates. 582 00:27:45,770 --> 00:27:47,230 They'll go vertically like this. 583 00:27:47,230 --> 00:27:48,900 Mike's welding one on right now. 584 00:27:48,900 --> 00:27:50,430 Basically, they're overlapping 585 00:27:50,430 --> 00:27:52,670 where a bunch of joints of metal come together 586 00:27:52,670 --> 00:27:54,630 to add some rigidity to that frame. 587 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:03,300 The Impala has a factory motor mount 588 00:28:03,300 --> 00:28:05,470 that goes right here and attaches to the firewall, 589 00:28:05,470 --> 00:28:06,500 or something like that. 590 00:28:06,500 --> 00:28:08,970 And Hot Rod Garage had made one, 591 00:28:08,970 --> 00:28:11,000 but it was too short for our application. 592 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:12,670 So I took theirs, 593 00:28:12,670 --> 00:28:15,370 cut it in half, and then we got a sleeve, 594 00:28:15,370 --> 00:28:19,270 a piece of tubing that fits fairly nicely over their unit right there. 595 00:28:19,270 --> 00:28:21,500 And we're going to use that to extend this piece. 596 00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:22,600 When you do that, 597 00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,970 it's a good idea to drill holes in it like that 598 00:28:24,970 --> 00:28:28,000 so that you can do what's called rosette welds in there. 599 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:30,070 And you'll notice that I put one end here 600 00:28:30,070 --> 00:28:32,900 and then the other end is 90 degrees out. 601 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:35,730 I don't know why. It just seems like the strong thing to do. 602 00:28:35,730 --> 00:28:38,030 So I will slide that over there, 603 00:28:38,030 --> 00:28:41,900 slide this over that, 604 00:28:42,730 --> 00:28:45,770 land that right there on the frame. 605 00:28:45,770 --> 00:28:46,800 That's ready to tack. 606 00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,300 [Mike] Here we go. 607 00:28:48,300 --> 00:28:53,800 I'm pretty much burned out on cutting, grinding, welding, 608 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:57,330 anything that involves throwing sparks at my furry body. 609 00:28:57,330 --> 00:28:58,700 I don't know why I haven't caught fire 610 00:28:58,700 --> 00:28:59,970 or spontaneously combusted. 611 00:28:59,970 --> 00:29:01,370 That's how much work we've done 612 00:29:01,370 --> 00:29:04,230 to fortify the chassis of our mini truck 613 00:29:04,230 --> 00:29:07,400 to accept the drivetrain of the Twinpala. 614 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,570 It is gusseted, front to back, side to side. 615 00:29:10,570 --> 00:29:12,500 It's fixed, man. It ain't falling apart. 616 00:29:13,970 --> 00:29:16,630 All right, let's get all this in there. 617 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:20,070 I don't know why after ten hours, 618 00:29:20,070 --> 00:29:21,200 it feels like I did way more 619 00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:23,470 than I can cross off on this list. 620 00:29:23,470 --> 00:29:24,870 And maybe it's because somebody else 621 00:29:24,870 --> 00:29:26,470 already crossed some of things off. 622 00:29:27,230 --> 00:29:28,330 I'm gonna cross them again. 623 00:29:29,070 --> 00:29:30,270 Yay, us. 624 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:33,400 I'm gonna go outside and fart. 625 00:29:40,870 --> 00:29:41,930 Hi there. 626 00:29:41,930 --> 00:29:42,930 Day 6. 627 00:29:46,500 --> 00:29:48,870 He's finally got the bracing done. 628 00:29:48,870 --> 00:29:51,500 So then when it's torque-steering really badly, 629 00:29:51,500 --> 00:29:53,230 at least the engine's not flopping around. 630 00:29:53,230 --> 00:29:54,200 Not gonna fall out. 631 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:55,300 Yeah. 632 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:56,930 [David] I'm gonna fiddle around with stuff out here 633 00:29:56,930 --> 00:29:58,830 -and you're gonna do the... -Shifter. 634 00:29:58,830 --> 00:30:00,370 Drift handle and shifter. 635 00:30:00,370 --> 00:30:01,570 -Yeah. -Perfect. 636 00:30:05,330 --> 00:30:07,500 I win. This is not the right way to do this. 637 00:30:08,370 --> 00:30:09,330 But it's done. 638 00:30:11,500 --> 00:30:13,600 Mmm, eh... 639 00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,200 Like it never happened. 640 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,270 Boom, and it moved it away so we can put our cable through 641 00:30:19,270 --> 00:30:20,370 probably right about here, 642 00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:23,230 gaining us a few precious inches. 643 00:30:23,230 --> 00:30:25,170 [David] You've got to be flexible and creative. 644 00:30:25,170 --> 00:30:27,130 Our Mazda has a braking system 645 00:30:27,130 --> 00:30:30,330 that, apparently, you can't buy any parts for. 646 00:30:30,330 --> 00:30:32,370 We found Duralast brake pads, 647 00:30:32,370 --> 00:30:34,330 but everything else is nothing. 648 00:30:34,330 --> 00:30:35,870 And we want to drive this thing fast. 649 00:30:35,870 --> 00:30:37,070 So here was the solution. 650 00:30:37,070 --> 00:30:38,830 Finnegan came up with this. It was great. 651 00:30:38,830 --> 00:30:40,830 We're gonna put a drift handle in it, 652 00:30:40,830 --> 00:30:42,000 and for the time being, 653 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:43,470 all we're going to have is rear brakes. 654 00:30:43,470 --> 00:30:45,600 So I have to mount this thing in here, 655 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,000 put this master cylinder on there, 656 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:50,730 we're gonna plummet with soft line the whole way, 657 00:30:50,730 --> 00:30:52,830 which you're not really supposed to do. 658 00:30:52,830 --> 00:30:54,530 All right, let me put this together. 659 00:30:54,530 --> 00:30:56,870 I'm doing this and the shifter 660 00:30:56,870 --> 00:31:00,130 because I went as far as I could on the EFI wiring 661 00:31:00,130 --> 00:31:03,400 and Finnegan snipped most of it out of the other vehicle. 662 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:05,500 So he knows what wires go where and I don't. 663 00:31:06,270 --> 00:31:07,900 [exhales] 664 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:10,500 [imitating engine revving] 665 00:31:10,500 --> 00:31:11,870 [imitating brakes squealing] 666 00:31:18,900 --> 00:31:19,870 We have a shifter. 667 00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:23,430 -Done. -[David] Yay! 668 00:31:23,430 --> 00:31:26,730 Mike is working on hanging the ECU in the cab 669 00:31:26,730 --> 00:31:28,430 and dealing with some other little wiring. 670 00:31:28,430 --> 00:31:31,730 And so I'm gonna jump in and do a radiator. 671 00:31:31,730 --> 00:31:35,200 We had planned on putting the radiator up front, 672 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,970 but we're gonna save a lot of time right now 673 00:31:36,970 --> 00:31:38,400 by hanging it back here, 674 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:41,770 because it already has the pipes all lined up. 675 00:31:41,770 --> 00:31:44,330 So I just need to get some angle iron 676 00:31:44,330 --> 00:31:45,970 and weld it across here, 677 00:31:45,970 --> 00:31:49,000 just make ourselves sort of a quick-and-dirty deal. 678 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:56,300 All right, this is a Holley Terminator X ECU. 679 00:31:56,300 --> 00:31:57,530 It's a pretty cool unit. 680 00:31:57,530 --> 00:32:00,570 This is our ignition system because we are coil on plug. 681 00:32:00,570 --> 00:32:02,670 This is our transmission controller. 682 00:32:02,670 --> 00:32:05,630 This is also our electronic fuel injection. 683 00:32:05,630 --> 00:32:08,400 Now, a couple of things you need to know when you install one of these. 684 00:32:09,170 --> 00:32:10,930 Obviously, you don't want it wet. 685 00:32:10,930 --> 00:32:13,030 You don't want it to get really, really hot. 686 00:32:13,030 --> 00:32:14,770 You don't want to just lay it on the floor 687 00:32:14,770 --> 00:32:16,200 underneath the front seat, either. 688 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,170 So I bent this panel up 689 00:32:18,170 --> 00:32:20,700 out of some random aluminum I found laying around. 690 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:23,870 And we're gonna bolt it right here to the rear cab wall. 691 00:32:23,870 --> 00:32:25,330 It will fit behind the seat. 692 00:32:25,330 --> 00:32:28,030 The wires will route nicely right up there. 693 00:32:28,030 --> 00:32:30,130 There's J1A. 694 00:32:31,030 --> 00:32:32,630 B goes here. 695 00:32:33,670 --> 00:32:35,130 This is power and ground, 696 00:32:35,130 --> 00:32:36,830 which goes directly to the battery, 697 00:32:36,830 --> 00:32:38,970 not the starter, not the alternator, 698 00:32:38,970 --> 00:32:41,400 nowhere else. Directly to the battery. 699 00:32:48,270 --> 00:32:49,500 [David] We've resorted to butchery 700 00:32:49,500 --> 00:32:52,270 as if that isn't what we've been doing all along. 701 00:32:52,270 --> 00:32:56,770 I just like scabbed in a couple of pieces of angle iron right here. 702 00:32:56,770 --> 00:32:59,400 And if you think that's cheesy, 703 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,270 wait for the next step. 704 00:33:01,270 --> 00:33:05,270 You know, a ratchet strap is really just a glorified zip tie. 705 00:33:05,270 --> 00:33:06,870 Oh, man, this is gonna be good. 706 00:33:10,270 --> 00:33:11,400 [Mike] Two straps. 707 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,500 That's how you know you care. 708 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:14,670 Yeah. 709 00:33:19,600 --> 00:33:23,900 [David] Day 7. And if you thought my radiator installation was butchery, 710 00:33:23,900 --> 00:33:25,370 wait until you see what happens today 711 00:33:25,370 --> 00:33:29,330 as we take a flamethrower to even our standards. 712 00:33:29,330 --> 00:33:30,730 Our goal was just to do a burnout, 713 00:33:30,730 --> 00:33:32,770 and there's a lot of things we could do better. 714 00:33:32,770 --> 00:33:34,070 But that doesn't equal burnout. 715 00:33:34,070 --> 00:33:37,630 So ratchet straps, everything now. [laughing] 716 00:33:37,630 --> 00:33:40,600 Whatever it takes to get it out that door and spin the tires. 717 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,000 That's pretty much what's gonna happen. 718 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,270 I am going to somehow install the old fuel system, 719 00:33:45,270 --> 00:33:46,370 which-- what is that? 720 00:33:46,370 --> 00:33:48,330 Like a 3-gallon cell, maybe 5. 721 00:33:48,330 --> 00:33:49,330 -That's 3. -3? 722 00:33:49,330 --> 00:33:51,070 It's only gonna get us through a burnout. 723 00:33:51,070 --> 00:33:52,800 I think you do need to put the weights 724 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:53,870 on the front cross-member, 725 00:33:53,870 --> 00:33:56,700 because we know from the original Mazdarati 726 00:33:56,700 --> 00:33:58,230 that it won't even steer inside the shop 727 00:33:58,230 --> 00:33:59,530 without weight on the nose. 728 00:33:59,530 --> 00:34:00,730 It's pushing. 729 00:34:01,430 --> 00:34:02,500 Aaah! 730 00:34:03,170 --> 00:34:05,570 Whoa! [laughing] 731 00:34:05,570 --> 00:34:07,170 So, yeah, I'll start on the weights. 732 00:34:07,170 --> 00:34:08,429 You do the fuel system. 733 00:34:08,429 --> 00:34:11,500 Then that just leaves the gas pedal. 734 00:34:11,500 --> 00:34:12,670 -Yeah. -And the battery. 735 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:18,770 This is the key to having steering 736 00:34:18,770 --> 00:34:20,370 in your rear-engined mini truck. 737 00:34:20,370 --> 00:34:22,570 What I'm gonna do is take the bar 738 00:34:22,570 --> 00:34:24,500 that these would go on normally, 739 00:34:24,500 --> 00:34:26,170 sink it through the front crossmember, 740 00:34:26,170 --> 00:34:28,070 where normally there'd be a motor, 741 00:34:28,070 --> 00:34:30,370 weld it in place and stack... I don't know, 742 00:34:30,370 --> 00:34:31,600 three or four of these, 743 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,469 and cross my fingers that's the exact right amount of weight 744 00:34:34,469 --> 00:34:36,330 to allow us to steer and stop. 745 00:34:37,070 --> 00:34:38,400 Someday, we'll have front brakes. 746 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,400 Not today. 747 00:34:48,530 --> 00:34:53,400 Let's see, 95, 140, 190. 748 00:34:56,670 --> 00:34:57,730 Done. 749 00:34:57,730 --> 00:34:58,870 I wonder if it lowered the truck. 750 00:35:00,630 --> 00:35:02,900 That's still gonna need a little something something. 751 00:35:05,070 --> 00:35:07,570 [makes swooshing sound] Ratchet strap. 752 00:35:07,570 --> 00:35:09,400 Security. 753 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:10,670 Are you ready for the magic? 754 00:35:10,670 --> 00:35:11,670 Yes. 755 00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:14,330 All right. We're gonna zip-tie this over here. 756 00:35:14,330 --> 00:35:16,330 [Mike] Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 757 00:35:16,330 --> 00:35:20,370 What I like about this is not only is it SFI approved, 758 00:35:20,370 --> 00:35:24,030 but it really takes the focus off the ratchet straps 759 00:35:24,030 --> 00:35:26,300 and puts it on the zip ties where it belongs. 760 00:35:28,700 --> 00:35:30,170 Wow, that's butch. 761 00:35:30,170 --> 00:35:32,600 Meanwhile, I'm running brakes. 762 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:33,830 Look how sturdy it is, though. 763 00:35:33,830 --> 00:35:35,000 I'm shaking the whole car. 764 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,830 -Yeah. -I'm calling it good... 765 00:35:37,970 --> 00:35:39,330 enough for who it's for. 766 00:35:39,330 --> 00:35:40,630 [David] Do not do this at home. 767 00:35:42,530 --> 00:35:43,500 We're making progress. 768 00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:45,330 Finnegan just spent a while making sure 769 00:35:45,330 --> 00:35:47,700 that our tune-up was okay in the Holley computer. 770 00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:50,830 The last element of the EFI that I need to deal with 771 00:35:50,830 --> 00:35:53,400 is the fly-by-wire pedal. 772 00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,470 There's no cable from the throttle pedal on this deal. 773 00:35:56,470 --> 00:36:00,170 It actually just is controlled from the ECU. And back there, 774 00:36:00,170 --> 00:36:02,630 the throttle will open and close based on this. 775 00:36:02,630 --> 00:36:05,700 It's interesting that they've got this doubled up from the Twinpala 776 00:36:05,700 --> 00:36:07,230 when they had two engines in it. 777 00:36:07,230 --> 00:36:09,630 So it was actually reading two different sensors 778 00:36:09,630 --> 00:36:11,170 to open two different throttles. 779 00:36:16,030 --> 00:36:18,000 That's kind of a handy gas pedal. 780 00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:19,730 [Mike] Dave's putting the gas pedal in. 781 00:36:19,730 --> 00:36:21,330 I'm putting the coolant in. 782 00:36:21,930 --> 00:36:23,230 Gettin' close. 783 00:36:28,530 --> 00:36:30,770 Okay, that's probably really uncomfortable, 784 00:36:30,770 --> 00:36:31,870 but it's in. 785 00:36:32,830 --> 00:36:34,970 Bolted it to the stock location. 786 00:36:35,770 --> 00:36:37,900 All right. Season 13, we finally learned 787 00:36:37,900 --> 00:36:40,900 that vehicles need gasoline to run. 788 00:36:40,900 --> 00:36:42,000 [Mike] Is this really gonna happen? 789 00:36:42,530 --> 00:36:43,800 I've never heard it run. 790 00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:46,600 We may have gone through all this trouble only to find out... 791 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,800 you know, the motor's junk or the trans doesn't shift. 792 00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:50,900 -Hey. -[laughs] 793 00:36:51,930 --> 00:36:53,170 Which would be really funny. 794 00:36:53,170 --> 00:36:55,200 Who are you accusing of what? 795 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,270 We're gonna try to fire it up. 796 00:36:57,270 --> 00:36:58,230 Yes. 797 00:36:58,770 --> 00:37:01,200 [engine struggling] 798 00:37:02,830 --> 00:37:04,370 Okay, leave the ignition on for me. 799 00:37:04,370 --> 00:37:05,370 [David] Ignition's still on. 800 00:37:06,070 --> 00:37:07,570 Finnegan's gonna check the computer 801 00:37:07,570 --> 00:37:09,600 and see if we can see what's going on. 802 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,630 There must be a link so we can see it live. 803 00:37:12,630 --> 00:37:13,630 Try it again. 804 00:37:13,630 --> 00:37:15,130 [engine struggling] 805 00:37:17,770 --> 00:37:19,770 -[Mike] Oh. -Does it show fuel pressure? 806 00:37:19,770 --> 00:37:21,700 It's telling me we don't have fuel pressure. 807 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:23,130 Well, yeah, the pump's not running. 808 00:37:25,230 --> 00:37:26,200 Oh, wait. 809 00:37:27,130 --> 00:37:28,530 It helps when you ground it. 810 00:37:28,530 --> 00:37:29,970 Oh, I thought you did. 811 00:37:29,970 --> 00:37:31,270 I thought I did, too. 812 00:37:34,170 --> 00:37:35,130 I think we're cool. 813 00:37:36,170 --> 00:37:38,270 Yep, go for it. 814 00:37:38,270 --> 00:37:41,370 All right. Back on and cranking. 815 00:37:41,370 --> 00:37:42,630 [engine cranking] 816 00:37:42,630 --> 00:37:44,370 -[engine starts] -That wants to run. 817 00:37:44,370 --> 00:37:45,630 [David] It runs! 818 00:37:47,970 --> 00:37:50,200 Hup, something didn't like it. 819 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:51,530 Right to the wood, Dulcich. 820 00:37:51,530 --> 00:37:52,700 -[David] Of course. -Okay. 821 00:37:52,700 --> 00:37:54,600 Fire it up again. Got to let it warm up. 822 00:37:56,330 --> 00:37:58,600 [engine starts] 823 00:37:59,130 --> 00:38:00,200 [David] We made it run. 824 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,500 This thing was on an E85 tune-up. 825 00:38:02,500 --> 00:38:06,030 And E85 requires a lot more fuel than gas. 826 00:38:06,030 --> 00:38:07,100 So... 827 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:09,030 Uh, we took like 50% of the fuel 828 00:38:09,030 --> 00:38:10,100 out of the base fuel map. 829 00:38:10,100 --> 00:38:12,070 [David] Bingo, and it runs way better. 830 00:38:12,070 --> 00:38:14,730 We think it's actually good enough to drive at this point. 831 00:38:14,730 --> 00:38:16,270 We're going to bleed the brakes. 832 00:38:16,270 --> 00:38:17,800 I think tomorrow... 833 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,000 Burnouts. 834 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:20,670 [David] Drink. 835 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,300 Drink. 836 00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,770 Okay. Up. Now open it. 837 00:38:27,270 --> 00:38:28,370 [Mike] It's opened. 838 00:38:28,370 --> 00:38:31,700 -And down and holding. -Ooh, there we go. 839 00:38:31,700 --> 00:38:33,830 -[Mike] Closed. -And up. 840 00:38:34,370 --> 00:38:35,670 Open. 841 00:38:35,670 --> 00:38:38,100 Hey, yesterday, I promised everybody 842 00:38:38,100 --> 00:38:39,730 that it would run late today. 843 00:38:39,730 --> 00:38:42,030 -You did? Oh, high five. -Yeah! Yeah. 844 00:38:42,030 --> 00:38:43,270 Nice. First time ever. 845 00:38:43,270 --> 00:38:45,330 -[Mike] All right. Yeah. -Lived up. 846 00:38:47,330 --> 00:38:49,700 We're not necessarily proud, but we're done. 847 00:38:51,970 --> 00:38:54,370 [Mike]When you say it out loud, I mean, you're right. Yeah. 848 00:38:54,370 --> 00:38:55,930 [David] We'll make it way better next time. 849 00:38:55,930 --> 00:38:57,370 Ready to go do burnouts? 850 00:38:57,370 --> 00:38:58,300 [Mike] Yeah. 851 00:39:04,270 --> 00:39:05,900 [David] All right. We're gonna do burnouts. 852 00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:07,230 [Mike] Oh, we gotta check the brakes first. 853 00:39:07,230 --> 00:39:08,500 [David] Oh, yeah. Let's do that. 854 00:39:10,830 --> 00:39:12,170 All right, just roll a little. 855 00:39:15,770 --> 00:39:17,130 -Oh, that works. -Oh, we got brakes. 856 00:39:17,130 --> 00:39:19,500 Yeah, that's Finnegan style right there. 857 00:39:20,300 --> 00:39:21,500 Yep. 858 00:39:22,830 --> 00:39:24,570 -Oh. -[David] Ooh, spunky! 859 00:39:27,970 --> 00:39:29,070 Let's see if it steers. 860 00:39:29,670 --> 00:39:30,730 Oh, it steers. 861 00:39:31,470 --> 00:39:32,930 It's not skidding around. 862 00:39:34,370 --> 00:39:35,870 All right, I'm gonna chock the front wheels 863 00:39:35,870 --> 00:39:36,830 and we'll try a burnout. 864 00:39:36,830 --> 00:39:39,970 So far, the brake works, the steering works, 865 00:39:39,970 --> 00:39:41,500 and it seems really peppy 866 00:39:41,500 --> 00:39:43,730 in just the tiny bit that we hit it. 867 00:39:49,870 --> 00:39:51,300 It's gonna push it. 868 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:52,600 [Mike] I think it just ran it over. 869 00:39:54,470 --> 00:39:57,600 [David] Are you willing to do just a... mash it and go? 870 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:58,970 -[Mike] Yeah. -Okay. 871 00:39:58,970 --> 00:40:00,130 -[Mike] I don't know if it'll do anything, but. -Let's do that. 872 00:40:00,130 --> 00:40:02,430 [engine starts] 873 00:40:02,430 --> 00:40:03,500 [David] Wheel chocks didn't work. 874 00:40:03,500 --> 00:40:04,570 We're just gonna mash it. 875 00:40:11,830 --> 00:40:13,130 I can't tell what happened there. 876 00:40:13,130 --> 00:40:14,730 It didn't squat. 877 00:40:14,730 --> 00:40:16,900 -Yeah, it actually-- it hooks really well. -Right. 878 00:40:17,930 --> 00:40:19,570 [Mike] All right. Try it again? 879 00:40:20,430 --> 00:40:21,400 [David] Yep. 880 00:40:26,170 --> 00:40:28,000 Yeah, it just hooks. It doesn't wanna do a burnout. 881 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,170 If it would run right... 882 00:40:30,470 --> 00:40:31,330 it would be fast. 883 00:40:32,370 --> 00:40:34,570 This thing seems to just wanna boogie. 884 00:40:34,570 --> 00:40:37,330 We're matting it, and it's barely hazing the tires. 885 00:40:37,330 --> 00:40:39,030 It's mostly just accelerating. 886 00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:40,400 It makes no power. 887 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,300 While we feel vindicated that it runs 888 00:40:42,300 --> 00:40:43,970 and drives and hooks up 889 00:40:43,970 --> 00:40:45,600 and it's ready for the next episode, 890 00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,530 where we turbo it and put a bed and everything, 891 00:40:47,530 --> 00:40:48,930 uh, we still need a burnout. 892 00:40:49,430 --> 00:40:50,830 We need a burnout. 893 00:40:50,830 --> 00:40:52,670 I've got water on the rear end, 894 00:40:52,670 --> 00:40:55,600 and I'm gonna throw a wheel block in here. 895 00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,630 I've already got one on the other side. 896 00:40:57,630 --> 00:41:01,170 We're going to see if we can improve the tire smoke situation. 897 00:41:01,170 --> 00:41:02,370 I think you're good. 898 00:41:02,370 --> 00:41:03,330 [Mike] Okay. 899 00:41:03,330 --> 00:41:04,730 [engine starts] 900 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,270 [David laughing] 901 00:41:18,630 --> 00:41:20,730 Well, there was a little tire smoke. 902 00:41:20,730 --> 00:41:22,630 Still a lot of traction. 903 00:41:22,630 --> 00:41:25,000 This thing's going to run 10s no problem. 904 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:29,200 It's got way too much traction. 905 00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,100 It does. This thing hooks. 906 00:41:33,470 --> 00:41:35,500 Now we've got desperation going on. 907 00:41:35,500 --> 00:41:37,230 We have the Mazdarati 2.0. 908 00:41:37,230 --> 00:41:38,170 We have a yank strap. 909 00:41:38,170 --> 00:41:40,670 We have camera. Alex's Jeep XJ. 910 00:41:40,670 --> 00:41:42,600 Now it should smoke the tires. 911 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:43,600 Let's try this again. 912 00:42:01,230 --> 00:42:02,600 Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 913 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:04,230 Now we got tire smoke, baby. 914 00:42:08,330 --> 00:42:09,870 [laughing] 915 00:42:20,070 --> 00:42:21,530 Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 916 00:42:24,130 --> 00:42:26,730 [coughs] That might bring the fire department. 917 00:42:26,730 --> 00:42:29,070 Mazdarati 2.0! 918 00:42:29,070 --> 00:42:31,600 We had to go to great lengths to smoke the tires. 919 00:42:31,600 --> 00:42:33,470 [laughing] 920 00:42:33,470 --> 00:42:34,800 [David] That was great. 921 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,600 Rubber on the roof, on the ground, 922 00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:38,600 not on the tires, all over the engine. 923 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:39,530 We made slicks. 924 00:42:39,530 --> 00:42:41,430 -Yes. -This is great. 925 00:42:41,430 --> 00:42:42,630 It really is good. 926 00:42:42,630 --> 00:42:44,370 Wow. 927 00:42:44,370 --> 00:42:47,470 Who knew we just needed a Jeep in our lives? 928 00:42:47,470 --> 00:42:48,570 I might be a Jeep guy now. 929 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:49,970 We should leave. 930 00:42:49,970 --> 00:42:50,970 Yeah, probably. 931 00:42:51,330 --> 00:42:52,870 [laughing] Yeah. 932 00:42:52,870 --> 00:42:54,700 Let's disconnect this and get out of here.