1 00:00:01,517 --> 00:00:02,896 This time on Roadkill, the Mazdarati is back! 2 00:00:02,896 --> 00:00:06,206 We build the Mazdarati 2.0, add turbos to it, 3 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:09,068 and splatter fluids the full length 4 00:00:09,068 --> 00:00:10,379 of Famosa drag strip. 5 00:00:10,379 --> 00:00:13,896 Yeah, it went about that well right there. 6 00:00:18,586 --> 00:00:20,482 [tires screeching] 7 00:00:20,482 --> 00:00:21,655 [opening theme music playing] 8 00:00:33,586 --> 00:00:34,862 [David] Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 9 00:00:35,275 --> 00:00:36,482 [laughs] 10 00:00:42,413 --> 00:00:45,103 This is episode of Roadkill 2.0 11 00:00:45,103 --> 00:00:47,310 for the Mazdarati 2.0. 12 00:00:47,310 --> 00:00:50,068 Finnegan, why don't you tell them why we're doing this? 13 00:00:50,068 --> 00:00:53,206 Because some horrible human stole Mazdarati 1.0, 14 00:00:53,206 --> 00:00:54,793 and we don't have it anymore. 15 00:00:54,793 --> 00:00:56,482 So why not bang our heads against the wall 16 00:00:56,482 --> 00:00:58,689 -and do it all over again? -I think we should. 17 00:00:59,103 --> 00:01:00,275 Refresher course. 18 00:01:00,275 --> 00:01:03,103 So the Mazdarati 1.0 was a mini truck 19 00:01:03,103 --> 00:01:05,931 -that I bought for Finnegan as a surprise. -[Mike] Yeah. 20 00:01:05,931 --> 00:01:07,586 [David] And you figured it out right away 21 00:01:07,586 --> 00:01:10,275 when we walked up on the truck and it had a big tarp 22 00:01:10,275 --> 00:01:14,379 over the Oldsmobile 455 and transaxle that was 23 00:01:14,379 --> 00:01:16,586 powering the thing in the bed of the truck. 24 00:01:16,586 --> 00:01:18,517 Yeah, and the guy that sold it to us gave us 25 00:01:18,517 --> 00:01:21,931 a great and really tall tale about how he got thrown out 26 00:01:21,931 --> 00:01:25,793 of a drag strip because it wheelied and ran tens, 27 00:01:25,793 --> 00:01:27,172 -[David] Right. -without a roll bar. 28 00:01:27,172 --> 00:01:28,689 Hey, it was motivational for us. 29 00:01:28,689 --> 00:01:31,275 -It was. Yeah. -We wouldn't be doing this without that. 30 00:01:31,275 --> 00:01:33,103 So in case you hadn't figured it out, 31 00:01:33,103 --> 00:01:36,793 the Olds 455 never ran tens in that truck. 32 00:01:36,793 --> 00:01:38,103 Uh, it was fun. 33 00:01:38,103 --> 00:01:39,413 We did make it smoke out the valve covers 34 00:01:39,413 --> 00:01:41,310 on nitrous quite a bit. 35 00:01:41,310 --> 00:01:43,827 -It ran like a low 11 or something like that. -[Mike] It did. 36 00:01:43,827 --> 00:01:47,378 [David] And then got stolen on the way home, 37 00:01:47,378 --> 00:01:50,413 which is why when we were on a road trip just last year 38 00:01:50,413 --> 00:01:52,000 in my '39 Ford two-door sedan, 39 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,517 we stopped at a guy's place in Texas 40 00:01:54,517 --> 00:01:57,378 because he told us that he had another one 41 00:01:57,378 --> 00:02:01,206 of these rare Mazda rotary engine pickup trucks. 42 00:02:01,206 --> 00:02:03,000 But the rotary engine's long gone. 43 00:02:03,000 --> 00:02:04,689 So this whole drive train 44 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:07,206 came out of the back of an old Hot Rod Garage 45 00:02:07,206 --> 00:02:09,413 project car called the Twinpala 46 00:02:09,413 --> 00:02:11,724 Now, this vehicle's actually kind of genius. 47 00:02:11,724 --> 00:02:14,896 It's a 2006 Impala SS. 48 00:02:14,896 --> 00:02:18,379 And those things are factory with a 5.3 liter V8 49 00:02:18,379 --> 00:02:20,310 that is sort of based on an LS motor. 50 00:02:20,310 --> 00:02:21,448 They've got some differences. 51 00:02:21,448 --> 00:02:23,310 But what it means is that you can get another one 52 00:02:23,310 --> 00:02:27,689 of those complete engine and transaxle packages. 53 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:28,965 And throw it in the trunk, 54 00:02:28,965 --> 00:02:32,310 which is what Tony and Lucky did on a couple of episodes 55 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:34,000 of Hot Rod Garage. 56 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,827 And the whole goal was to make the thing run in the nines. 57 00:02:36,827 --> 00:02:39,620 But like the Mazdarati not running in the 10s, 58 00:02:39,620 --> 00:02:41,413 they never got it into the nines. 59 00:02:41,413 --> 00:02:43,379 It went 10-16. 60 00:02:43,379 --> 00:02:45,689 And it was so sketchy 61 00:02:45,689 --> 00:02:47,482 that not even Tony Angelo 62 00:02:47,482 --> 00:02:49,275 would drive it down the track again. 63 00:02:49,275 --> 00:02:52,103 So on a prior episode of Roadkill, 64 00:02:52,103 --> 00:02:55,793 we ended up making this thing run using the drive train 65 00:02:55,793 --> 00:02:57,586 out of the Twinpala. 66 00:02:57,586 --> 00:02:59,482 [Mike] Yes. We put it in the back of our pickup. 67 00:02:59,482 --> 00:03:01,000 [David] Yes. 68 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:03,413 Yeah, now we can go down and then figure out 69 00:03:03,413 --> 00:03:04,965 where we want to make the rear cross. 70 00:03:10,586 --> 00:03:11,655 [engine revs] 71 00:03:12,931 --> 00:03:15,103 -[David] We made it run. -[Mike] And it hooks. 72 00:03:15,103 --> 00:03:17,793 It will not do a burnout unless you chain it to a Jeep, 73 00:03:17,793 --> 00:03:18,931 I believe. 74 00:03:18,931 --> 00:03:20,724 So we're planning on solving that in this episode 75 00:03:20,724 --> 00:03:24,000 by adding more power with twin turbos. 76 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:25,000 [whispers] Yeah. 77 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:26,206 [David] Yeah. 78 00:03:26,206 --> 00:03:28,896 Will it run 10s with twin turbos? 79 00:03:28,896 --> 00:03:30,896 So first up, let's decide where we're going to put turbos 80 00:03:30,896 --> 00:03:33,067 and what we're going to do and roll cage hoop. 81 00:03:33,067 --> 00:03:35,724 And if nothing else happens, that will be good enough. 82 00:03:35,724 --> 00:03:38,379 -[Mike] Okay. Let's see. -Yeah. 83 00:03:38,379 --> 00:03:41,586 I think that goes straight off that pipe. 84 00:03:41,586 --> 00:03:44,275 Oh, I see. You're, like, envisioning the mounting. 85 00:03:44,275 --> 00:03:45,689 [Mike] You could go a single here. 86 00:03:45,689 --> 00:03:47,310 [David] We could do twins. 87 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:48,413 How would you pick? 88 00:03:48,413 --> 00:03:51,172 You want one center-mounted spinny muffler thing? 89 00:03:51,172 --> 00:03:52,862 Or do you want two of them? 90 00:03:54,103 --> 00:03:56,689 I think single turbo mounted up here, 91 00:03:56,689 --> 00:03:58,793 although a little bit more decoratively. 92 00:03:58,793 --> 00:04:03,000 Then all we have to do is take exhaust and put it in here. 93 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,896 90 degree discharge. 94 00:04:04,896 --> 00:04:06,068 I'll flip this over. 95 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:08,000 90 degree into there. 96 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 No intercooler. Run it on the E85. 97 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,586 -Have a nice day, right? -Sure. 98 00:04:15,275 --> 00:04:18,517 I should mention that we're in Lucky Costa's shop this time. 99 00:04:18,517 --> 00:04:21,481 And so he'll be cleaning up our mess. 100 00:04:30,620 --> 00:04:31,827 [Mike] Engage turbo. 101 00:04:31,827 --> 00:04:34,620 I guess this on the backside or on the front side? 102 00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:36,000 I don't know. 103 00:04:36,000 --> 00:04:39,275 We've established a certain level of quality on this build 104 00:04:39,275 --> 00:04:41,586 -that we need to maintain throughout. I mean... -This is it. 105 00:04:41,586 --> 00:04:43,172 We can just cut it here and cut it here 106 00:04:43,172 --> 00:04:44,896 and weld this section. 107 00:04:44,896 --> 00:04:46,689 -Okay. Go for it. -Okay. 108 00:04:46,689 --> 00:04:48,137 Modification needed. 109 00:04:54,793 --> 00:04:55,965 Fixed. 110 00:04:57,482 --> 00:05:00,896 This should place the turbo centered and level 111 00:05:00,896 --> 00:05:03,379 and where the haters can see it. 112 00:05:03,379 --> 00:05:04,655 [David] I feel good about it. 113 00:05:05,275 --> 00:05:06,344 [Mike] You're good. I'm good. 114 00:05:10,172 --> 00:05:11,689 Am I just installing it? 115 00:05:12,379 --> 00:05:13,275 Sure. 116 00:05:13,275 --> 00:05:14,724 You don't want to check it? 117 00:05:14,724 --> 00:05:16,103 [Mike] Ah, it's a little late for that. 118 00:05:16,103 --> 00:05:17,896 [laughs] Okay. 119 00:05:17,896 --> 00:05:20,793 And if this appears at all unsafe, unsanitary, 120 00:05:20,793 --> 00:05:23,758 or just not cool at all, he's the one welding it. 121 00:05:27,275 --> 00:05:28,517 In case you're new to this, 122 00:05:28,517 --> 00:05:30,000 here's how a turbocharger works. 123 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,482 First of all, through here comes the exhaust. 124 00:05:33,482 --> 00:05:35,827 It spins a turbine in there, 125 00:05:35,827 --> 00:05:38,172 and the extra exhaust comes out here. 126 00:05:38,172 --> 00:05:40,482 Fresh air goes in the front of this thing. 127 00:05:40,482 --> 00:05:42,379 Boost comes out this part. 128 00:05:42,379 --> 00:05:43,482 It has a turbine over here 129 00:05:43,482 --> 00:05:45,172 and a compressor wheel over here. 130 00:05:45,172 --> 00:05:46,586 It's going to blow air into there, 131 00:05:46,586 --> 00:05:47,413 which will make boost, 132 00:05:47,413 --> 00:05:49,068 and it'll be great and make power. 133 00:05:49,068 --> 00:05:50,896 Our next job here is going to be figuring out 134 00:05:50,896 --> 00:05:52,172 how to get the exhaust 135 00:05:52,172 --> 00:05:54,793 from the cutoff pipe down there on the manifold 136 00:05:54,793 --> 00:05:57,344 up here to the turbo. 137 00:06:03,103 --> 00:06:05,068 [Mike] Whoa. Easy. 138 00:06:06,172 --> 00:06:07,172 Fixed. 139 00:06:08,896 --> 00:06:09,896 Okay. 140 00:06:09,896 --> 00:06:12,275 So now we go like this, right? 141 00:06:12,275 --> 00:06:16,103 We wrap this, we... Oh, a ratchet strap, right there. 142 00:06:16,103 --> 00:06:18,379 Mike's working on feeding the exhaust to the turbo, 143 00:06:18,379 --> 00:06:19,379 what's known as the hot side. 144 00:06:19,379 --> 00:06:21,275 I'm working on the discharge into the engine, 145 00:06:21,275 --> 00:06:23,000 what's known as the cold side. 146 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:27,275 I am like picking up stuff left over from the Twinpala. 147 00:06:27,275 --> 00:06:29,793 I feel like we're going to be able to do all of this 148 00:06:29,793 --> 00:06:30,793 with leftovers. 149 00:06:30,793 --> 00:06:33,275 All I need is a straight pipe that we can weld 150 00:06:33,275 --> 00:06:35,068 from there to there. 151 00:06:35,068 --> 00:06:36,689 We're going to be running on E85, 152 00:06:36,689 --> 00:06:38,689 which is why we think we don't need an intercooler. 153 00:06:38,689 --> 00:06:41,896 E85 is 85% ethanol, 154 00:06:41,896 --> 00:06:43,310 but ethanol has a much greater 155 00:06:43,310 --> 00:06:45,620 what they call latent heat of vaporization. 156 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:47,586 It pulls more heat out of the fuel. 157 00:06:47,586 --> 00:06:49,827 It's better with a carburetor, but even with EFI, 158 00:06:49,827 --> 00:06:52,103 it'll run cool enough that at low boost, 159 00:06:52,103 --> 00:06:54,793 you can get away with not having an intercooler. 160 00:06:54,793 --> 00:06:55,793 I don't know what kind of boost 161 00:06:55,793 --> 00:06:56,793 this is going to make, though. 162 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,379 So we're taking our chances. 163 00:06:58,379 --> 00:07:00,586 You ever boosted something with a flexible exhaust pipe 164 00:07:00,586 --> 00:07:02,000 feeding the turbo? 165 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:02,896 Haven't we? 166 00:07:02,896 --> 00:07:04,034 [Mike] I don't know. 167 00:07:04,034 --> 00:07:06,275 But if we haven't, I feel like for science, we need to. 168 00:07:06,275 --> 00:07:07,275 [David] We probably could. 169 00:07:07,275 --> 00:07:08,586 Because this would go a lot faster. 170 00:07:08,586 --> 00:07:09,827 I'm sensing that. 171 00:07:09,827 --> 00:07:10,896 I also need a ratchet strap 172 00:07:10,896 --> 00:07:12,586 to hold that radiator hose out of the way. 173 00:07:12,586 --> 00:07:14,172 [David] That's what that bracket's for. 174 00:07:14,172 --> 00:07:15,482 Wait... It's like we share the same brain. 175 00:07:15,482 --> 00:07:17,000 -You go from here to here? -[David] Yeah. 176 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,275 And then you do one of these deals. 177 00:07:19,275 --> 00:07:20,241 Right. 178 00:07:20,689 --> 00:07:22,000 Yeah, that won't melt. 179 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,172 -Nah. Not at all. -[laughs] 180 00:07:24,172 --> 00:07:26,206 You want to preheat the coolant anyway. 181 00:07:26,206 --> 00:07:27,896 But look at this. 182 00:07:27,896 --> 00:07:29,000 Cold side's almost done. 183 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:30,689 -Go. -[Mike] Look at us. 184 00:07:30,689 --> 00:07:34,586 We mounted and cold sided a turbo all in the same day. 185 00:07:34,586 --> 00:07:36,827 If that isn't modern technology and a miracle, 186 00:07:36,827 --> 00:07:38,000 I don't know what is. 187 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,517 -[David] I feel complete. -Dude. 188 00:07:39,517 --> 00:07:40,896 -Yeah. -Hell of a first day. 189 00:07:40,896 --> 00:07:42,379 -High five, bro. -[laughs] 190 00:07:43,793 --> 00:07:44,689 -All right. -All right. 191 00:07:44,689 --> 00:07:46,655 20 minutes worth of work. Let's break. 192 00:07:48,724 --> 00:07:51,172 [Mike] I bet by tonight this thing makes noise again. 193 00:07:54,482 --> 00:07:56,103 Ah, remember the off-road Challenger? 194 00:07:56,103 --> 00:07:58,000 This is our ride to the parts store right now. 195 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,586 This is exactly what you want to drive during a rainstorm. 196 00:08:01,586 --> 00:08:02,965 [David] Ah, this is fun. 197 00:08:04,413 --> 00:08:06,172 Trying to go over it, 198 00:08:06,172 --> 00:08:08,172 you know, to get under it. 199 00:08:08,172 --> 00:08:10,241 [David] So here's the story on the off-road Challenger. 200 00:08:11,793 --> 00:08:14,275 -You and I picked it up when it was a dirt track car. -Yeah. 201 00:08:14,275 --> 00:08:17,000 [David] And then Dulcich and I ruined it and cut out 202 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,896 the quarter panels and everything 203 00:08:18,896 --> 00:08:20,206 and made it the off-road Challenger. 204 00:08:20,206 --> 00:08:22,689 It's been seen in a ton of episodes. 205 00:08:22,689 --> 00:08:26,793 But subsequently, it was sold to our guy Mason on our crew. 206 00:08:26,793 --> 00:08:30,172 And he's done an expert rewiring job on this thing. 207 00:08:30,172 --> 00:08:31,379 Let me tell you. [laughs] 208 00:08:32,586 --> 00:08:33,551 [Mike] Two pumps. 209 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:35,000 [engine starts] 210 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,172 Ah, fires right up. 211 00:08:39,413 --> 00:08:40,895 Wow, this is going to be great. 212 00:08:41,275 --> 00:08:42,448 [engine sputtering] 213 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:43,965 [David] Runs great. 214 00:08:45,482 --> 00:08:47,482 I can no longer be held responsible 215 00:08:47,482 --> 00:08:49,000 for the performance of this automobile. 216 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:50,310 That's all I have to say. 217 00:08:50,310 --> 00:08:51,551 All right, hang a right. 218 00:08:52,379 --> 00:08:53,344 What? 219 00:08:58,310 --> 00:09:01,448 Half a mile to 162. 220 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,586 Mason's really good at tuning carburetors. 221 00:09:09,275 --> 00:09:10,275 All right, now we're on the way 222 00:09:10,275 --> 00:09:12,000 to the local Earl's plumbing store. 223 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,517 We need some AN stuff to tidy up 224 00:09:14,517 --> 00:09:17,103 the oil return lines on the turbo. 225 00:09:17,103 --> 00:09:19,586 And after that, we have to go to AutoZone, 226 00:09:19,586 --> 00:09:22,655 where we have some brake calipers waiting for us. 227 00:09:29,689 --> 00:09:30,655 Whoo! 228 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:32,103 We made it. 229 00:09:32,103 --> 00:09:33,000 I was going to let you go in. 230 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,689 It's easier than getting out of the car. 231 00:09:34,689 --> 00:09:35,758 [Mike] Okay. 232 00:09:35,758 --> 00:09:38,379 I'd rather get wet than climb out of this thing. 233 00:09:38,379 --> 00:09:40,172 Ah, it's all your fault. 234 00:09:40,172 --> 00:09:43,482 [David] We have a lot left to do on the Mazdarati 2.0. 235 00:09:43,482 --> 00:09:45,275 We're sort of considering, 236 00:09:45,275 --> 00:09:47,103 do we move the radiator up front? 237 00:09:47,103 --> 00:09:48,103 Where do we mount the battery? 238 00:09:48,103 --> 00:09:51,000 We have to rebuild the front suspension. 239 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,206 We're dealing right now with 240 00:09:52,206 --> 00:09:54,827 the oil return line for the turbo. 241 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:56,103 It needs a tune. 242 00:09:56,103 --> 00:09:57,827 We need to figure out wheels and tires 243 00:09:57,827 --> 00:09:59,206 that are cooler and more functional 244 00:09:59,206 --> 00:10:01,172 and maybe even more drag-racy. 245 00:10:01,689 --> 00:10:03,172 It's a lot. 246 00:10:03,172 --> 00:10:06,758 [Mike] I can now connect our turbo oil drain back to our oil pan. 247 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 Somebody pay. 248 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:10,551 [laughs] 249 00:10:11,793 --> 00:10:12,827 Got it. 250 00:10:12,827 --> 00:10:14,172 [David] Yay. 251 00:10:14,172 --> 00:10:16,000 [Mike] Oh, my seat is soaked. 252 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:16,896 Cool. 253 00:10:16,896 --> 00:10:18,172 Wow, this is overkill. 254 00:10:18,172 --> 00:10:19,931 That's all we needed. 255 00:10:19,931 --> 00:10:21,793 All right, next stop, you're getting out. 256 00:10:21,793 --> 00:10:23,172 -[David] No. -Yeah. 257 00:10:25,482 --> 00:10:26,655 [engine starts] 258 00:10:32,517 --> 00:10:34,275 [David] We're brave. We're getting on the highway. 259 00:10:37,379 --> 00:10:38,448 [engine sputtering] 260 00:10:39,275 --> 00:10:41,103 -[Mike] Oh, it died. -It did. 261 00:10:41,103 --> 00:10:43,827 -[laughs] -It's a good spot, though. 262 00:10:43,827 --> 00:10:46,068 It probably does burnouts in here. 263 00:10:46,068 --> 00:10:47,034 [engine revs] 264 00:10:50,172 --> 00:10:51,344 [Mike] Kinda. 265 00:10:53,206 --> 00:10:54,310 [David] That's great. 266 00:10:54,310 --> 00:10:55,344 [laughs] 267 00:10:56,379 --> 00:10:58,034 [David] Uh, please don't hydroplane. 268 00:11:06,172 --> 00:11:07,896 This is sketchy. This is sketchy. 269 00:11:07,896 --> 00:11:09,344 This is sketchy. 270 00:11:11,586 --> 00:11:15,793 This will curve around, and you'll make a right. 271 00:11:15,793 --> 00:11:17,793 And then it's immediately on our right. 272 00:11:17,793 --> 00:11:19,068 It's right there. 273 00:11:23,896 --> 00:11:25,172 -Ah. -You live. 274 00:11:25,172 --> 00:11:26,551 [both laugh] 275 00:11:31,689 --> 00:11:33,724 [Mike] Doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo. 276 00:11:33,724 --> 00:11:34,758 I got stuff. 277 00:11:35,206 --> 00:11:36,448 Oh, my seat's wet. 278 00:11:38,172 --> 00:11:40,000 [engine starts] 279 00:11:40,517 --> 00:11:41,862 -Ready? -Yeah. 280 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:46,586 -[engine revs] -[David laughs] 281 00:11:47,103 --> 00:11:48,793 It wasn't impressive. 282 00:11:48,793 --> 00:11:51,000 Did you get our dual S brake pads? 283 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:53,000 -I sure did. -All right. 284 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,241 And a back scratcher, and some paint we'll never use. 285 00:11:57,068 --> 00:11:58,724 Paper towels, we got all kinds of things. 286 00:11:58,724 --> 00:11:59,758 All right. 287 00:12:06,931 --> 00:12:08,482 Okay. If you can make it to the back 288 00:12:08,482 --> 00:12:10,379 of the parking lot, we lived. 289 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,379 Right after a nice shower, 290 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:17,793 here's why we went over to Earl's to get this dash-10 AN line, 291 00:12:17,793 --> 00:12:20,827 because this is going to return oil from the turbocharger, 292 00:12:20,827 --> 00:12:21,896 hopefully down to the pan. 293 00:12:21,896 --> 00:12:23,206 And if that's not connected to the pan, 294 00:12:23,206 --> 00:12:24,275 we're going to make a big mess. 295 00:12:24,275 --> 00:12:26,310 The turbocharger gets its oil feed 296 00:12:26,310 --> 00:12:28,586 from a pressure port on the engine, 297 00:12:28,586 --> 00:12:31,689 so it's just shoving oil through the turbo all the time. 298 00:12:31,689 --> 00:12:34,689 And you remember, perhaps, 299 00:12:34,689 --> 00:12:38,103 on the Roadkill Rotsun project vehicle? 300 00:12:38,103 --> 00:12:39,482 It smoked a lot. 301 00:12:39,482 --> 00:12:42,275 It's because we didn't have a big enough return line, 302 00:12:42,275 --> 00:12:43,517 and it was consuming oil 303 00:12:43,517 --> 00:12:46,172 through the turbo as a result of that. 304 00:12:46,172 --> 00:12:50,827 Will anything foolish like that happen to the Mazdarati 2.0? 305 00:12:50,827 --> 00:12:52,241 Not on my watch, baby. 306 00:12:52,793 --> 00:12:54,068 Not on my watch. 307 00:12:59,793 --> 00:13:02,068 Next up, the disliker pipe. 308 00:13:06,482 --> 00:13:08,413 All right, do you have it aimed aggressively? 309 00:13:08,413 --> 00:13:10,551 -Oh, it's hateful. -[laughs] 310 00:13:11,517 --> 00:13:12,517 Is it straight up and down? 311 00:13:12,517 --> 00:13:13,482 Oh, yeah. 312 00:13:16,206 --> 00:13:18,379 All that's missing is the tractor flapper. 313 00:13:18,379 --> 00:13:19,586 Yep, we'll have to make that. 314 00:13:19,586 --> 00:13:21,689 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. 315 00:13:21,689 --> 00:13:24,103 [imitating tractor flapper] 316 00:13:24,103 --> 00:13:25,931 This is going to be great. 317 00:13:25,931 --> 00:13:27,689 This makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. 318 00:13:27,689 --> 00:13:28,896 [David] Yeah. All right, 319 00:13:28,896 --> 00:13:30,896 we're going to juice this thing up and fire it up. 320 00:13:34,310 --> 00:13:35,413 Whoa. 321 00:13:35,413 --> 00:13:36,689 All right, don't smoke. 322 00:13:37,482 --> 00:13:38,448 It's pumping. 323 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,068 [engine starts] 324 00:13:44,172 --> 00:13:45,275 [David] It made noise. 325 00:13:45,931 --> 00:13:47,379 [engine revs] 326 00:13:50,068 --> 00:13:52,413 [David] Throttle stuck open much. [laughs] 327 00:13:52,413 --> 00:13:54,310 It's also in reverse. 328 00:13:54,310 --> 00:13:55,517 Yeah, it was spinning backwards. 329 00:13:55,517 --> 00:13:58,000 But also, didn't it rev to the moon? 330 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,275 We fired it the last time and had the monkey with the tune. 331 00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:03,275 The moment we get E85 back in it, 332 00:14:03,275 --> 00:14:05,068 put the old tune back in it. 333 00:14:05,068 --> 00:14:08,000 It should run however it ran the last time they raced it. 334 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,586 -Good or bad. -Okay. 335 00:14:09,586 --> 00:14:10,482 Yeah. 336 00:14:10,482 --> 00:14:11,448 [groans] All right. 337 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,206 Let's try again. 338 00:14:13,206 --> 00:14:14,448 [engine starts] 339 00:14:15,103 --> 00:14:17,000 It's still in reverse. 340 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,172 -[Mike] That's weird, because it's in park up here. -Ah. 341 00:14:20,172 --> 00:14:22,000 So remember, this thing has like 342 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 a mish mash of tune-ups in it. 343 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,379 Whatever they had in it when it was in the Twinpala, 344 00:14:27,379 --> 00:14:29,482 plus whatever Mike messed with-- 345 00:14:29,482 --> 00:14:30,793 [engine starts and revs] 346 00:14:34,379 --> 00:14:35,793 That's a scary contraption. 347 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,275 [engine sputtering] 348 00:14:47,724 --> 00:14:49,517 All right, that's going to need an actual tune-up. 349 00:14:49,517 --> 00:14:51,068 I think we're going to find a chassis dyno 350 00:14:51,068 --> 00:14:53,000 and probably make that happen the right way. 351 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:56,310 What's smoking off right now is all the oil 352 00:14:56,310 --> 00:14:58,275 that was inside this pipe. 353 00:14:58,275 --> 00:15:00,275 That's not too big of a disaster. 354 00:15:00,275 --> 00:15:02,689 Hey, it runs with a turbo on it. 355 00:15:02,689 --> 00:15:04,689 -Ah. -It's not even Roadkill good enough, though. 356 00:15:04,689 --> 00:15:05,689 It really isn't. 357 00:15:05,689 --> 00:15:07,103 Oh, tomorrow will be better. 358 00:15:07,103 --> 00:15:09,103 Don't focus on the sights and the sounds 359 00:15:09,103 --> 00:15:11,620 and the smells of 30 seconds ago. 360 00:15:11,620 --> 00:15:15,172 Stand back here now and look at it here with bald tires 361 00:15:15,172 --> 00:15:17,793 and the biggest hater pipe I've ever seen. 362 00:15:17,793 --> 00:15:20,275 And just go, "We made that." 363 00:15:20,275 --> 00:15:22,620 This is a good replacement for the boat headers 364 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:24,103 on the 455. 365 00:15:24,103 --> 00:15:27,620 -Yeah. More altitude. -More altitude, more attitude, 366 00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:29,517 more boostitude. 367 00:15:29,517 --> 00:15:31,482 You saw that Mike fired it up a moment ago. 368 00:15:31,482 --> 00:15:33,482 And not only was it smoking rather impressively, 369 00:15:33,482 --> 00:15:35,000 but it also spun the tires. 370 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:38,517 Well, that's because it was not going into park, 371 00:15:38,517 --> 00:15:43,068 because this factory adjuster do hickey on the stock cable 372 00:15:43,068 --> 00:15:44,206 came loose. 373 00:15:44,206 --> 00:15:45,586 And it just did again. 374 00:15:45,586 --> 00:15:47,862 I'm going to have to zip tie this together 375 00:15:48,517 --> 00:15:50,758 and get the adjustment just right. 376 00:15:52,620 --> 00:15:54,310 I'm going to have to zip tie it a few times 377 00:15:54,310 --> 00:15:55,793 before I get it right. 378 00:15:57,482 --> 00:15:58,586 Okay, I got it. 379 00:15:58,586 --> 00:16:00,172 We're going to go into park now. 380 00:16:00,172 --> 00:16:01,448 Okay, fixed. 381 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:03,000 [Mike] Wheel coming off. 382 00:16:03,620 --> 00:16:04,896 Ow, did that hurt? 383 00:16:04,896 --> 00:16:05,896 [Mike] No, we're good. 384 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:12,482 [David] We got a lot of work done early. 385 00:16:12,482 --> 00:16:15,000 Turbo's mounted, exhaust's done, plumbing's done. 386 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,896 Yeah, shifter works. 387 00:16:15,896 --> 00:16:18,275 It runs god-awful. 388 00:16:18,275 --> 00:16:20,517 [laughs] So we can't do anything else 389 00:16:20,517 --> 00:16:22,793 -until we dyno tune the thing. -Yeah. 390 00:16:22,793 --> 00:16:24,896 Fortunately, there's a place right across the alley 391 00:16:24,896 --> 00:16:26,896 who can tune it for us in the morning. 392 00:16:26,896 --> 00:16:29,896 So we're calling it a night and tomorrow, horsepower. 393 00:16:30,482 --> 00:16:32,000 And probably a lot of smoke. 394 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:33,517 Maybe fire out of the hater pipe. 395 00:16:33,517 --> 00:16:34,862 Ooh, that'd be cool. 396 00:16:39,896 --> 00:16:41,103 Good morning from Balto Performance 397 00:16:41,103 --> 00:16:43,000 in Signal Hill, California. 398 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,931 Lucky connected us with tuner Tom here, 399 00:16:44,931 --> 00:16:47,000 who's going to help us dial this thing in, 400 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,172 because it ran like doo-doo. 401 00:16:48,172 --> 00:16:51,689 -We already found a dead O2 sensor, right? -Mmm-hmm. 402 00:16:51,689 --> 00:16:53,793 It was actually set up with the O2 sensor 403 00:16:53,793 --> 00:16:56,206 in front of the turbo, not in the tailpipe, 404 00:16:56,206 --> 00:16:58,586 which according to Tom will work for a little while 405 00:16:58,586 --> 00:17:00,896 before the heat and the pressure destroys the sensor. 406 00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:01,862 It can't handle the pressure. 407 00:17:01,862 --> 00:17:03,275 It's probably what happened to our sensors. 408 00:17:03,275 --> 00:17:06,103 -So we've already fixed that, relocated it. -Yep. 409 00:17:06,103 --> 00:17:08,310 Tom's going to put the original tune back in it. 410 00:17:08,310 --> 00:17:09,550 I bet it runs great. 411 00:17:09,550 --> 00:17:11,792 It's not possible to get worse unless rods fall out of it. 412 00:17:11,792 --> 00:17:12,931 [laughs] 413 00:17:12,931 --> 00:17:14,000 You said that out loud, though. 414 00:17:14,000 --> 00:17:15,205 Let's not talk about that. 415 00:17:15,205 --> 00:17:16,378 All right, I'm going to step back. 416 00:17:16,378 --> 00:17:17,378 We're going to run it. 417 00:17:19,896 --> 00:17:21,931 [Mike] That wide open, what are you aiming for? 418 00:17:21,931 --> 00:17:23,689 [Tom] Depends what we actually make for boost. 419 00:17:23,689 --> 00:17:25,689 I think this thing made under 14 pounds, 420 00:17:25,689 --> 00:17:26,931 if I remember right. 421 00:17:26,931 --> 00:17:32,137 So in boost, it's going to be like at 100 kPa, mid eights. 422 00:17:34,724 --> 00:17:35,793 [Mike] Oh, it's go time. 423 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:37,793 And as it turns out, it wasn't running on E85 424 00:17:37,793 --> 00:17:38,793 when he tuned it. 425 00:17:38,793 --> 00:17:39,896 So we had to tweak that a bunch, 426 00:17:39,896 --> 00:17:42,620 because we now have E85 fuel in our fuel cell, 427 00:17:42,620 --> 00:17:44,896 and it's time to make our first dyno pole. 428 00:17:44,896 --> 00:17:50,586 I predict it's going to make 408 to the tires. 429 00:17:50,586 --> 00:17:52,344 I don't have an estimate. I have a hope. 430 00:17:54,103 --> 00:17:55,241 [engine revving] 431 00:18:05,793 --> 00:18:08,103 It reads like that was nine miles an hour. 432 00:18:08,103 --> 00:18:09,482 Something's not right. 433 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,310 Something's not right. 434 00:18:11,310 --> 00:18:12,551 You want me to shut it off? 435 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,896 [Mike] All right, here's a little update for you guys. 436 00:18:16,379 --> 00:18:17,586 We're making progress. 437 00:18:17,586 --> 00:18:20,000 It runs. It sounds much better 438 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:22,206 now that we have an O2 sensor that's not dead 439 00:18:22,206 --> 00:18:24,689 and in the right place of the exhaust system. 440 00:18:24,689 --> 00:18:26,517 However, other problems have come up. 441 00:18:26,517 --> 00:18:28,896 The transaxle no longer wants to shift, 442 00:18:28,896 --> 00:18:31,517 and it just puked coolant everywhere. 443 00:18:31,517 --> 00:18:33,103 We're pretty sure that's just because there's 444 00:18:33,103 --> 00:18:34,689 an air pocket in the cooling system. 445 00:18:34,689 --> 00:18:36,896 The guys are going to put a vacuum on it, refill it, 446 00:18:36,896 --> 00:18:38,310 and that should go away. 447 00:18:38,310 --> 00:18:40,689 But the more important thing is the fact 448 00:18:40,689 --> 00:18:43,000 that we have a trans that does not want to shift. 449 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:45,000 So that's an issue. 450 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,482 We may end up having to trick it 451 00:18:46,482 --> 00:18:48,827 with some toggle switches and things. 452 00:18:48,827 --> 00:18:51,620 Tom's pretty confident that we'll make some power here 453 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:53,896 and then deal with the transmission later. 454 00:18:53,896 --> 00:18:55,068 [engine revving] 455 00:19:01,379 --> 00:19:03,241 -Didn't smoke too bad. -Yeah. 456 00:19:03,586 --> 00:19:04,931 Ran clean. 457 00:19:04,931 --> 00:19:06,275 That's all we need. 458 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:08,896 [Mike] I made like 450 foot-pounds of torque, it looks like. 459 00:19:09,793 --> 00:19:11,793 Ah, I was really close. I said 408. 460 00:19:11,793 --> 00:19:13,068 It made 415. 461 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,620 We got our first pull in. 462 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,793 We're just happy that the thing runs clean. 463 00:19:17,793 --> 00:19:20,000 It made 415 horsepower of the tire. 464 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:21,103 I missed the torque number. 465 00:19:21,103 --> 00:19:23,103 It's making 11 pounds of boost. 466 00:19:23,103 --> 00:19:24,586 We are running E85. 467 00:19:24,586 --> 00:19:27,000 It's eight to one air fuel ratio on the E85, 468 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,103 so it's a little bit rich, which means it's like 469 00:19:29,103 --> 00:19:30,379 theoretically safe. 470 00:19:30,379 --> 00:19:33,275 But transmission's not shifting properly, 471 00:19:33,275 --> 00:19:35,310 and that's an electronics problem. 472 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:37,241 So we're going to mess around a bit with that. 473 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,206 [Mike] Ooh, that was better. 474 00:19:46,206 --> 00:19:48,275 So it's the same power, it's just safer, 475 00:19:48,275 --> 00:19:51,172 and he's able to actually tune it rather than having 476 00:19:51,172 --> 00:19:54,068 to fake out the injector for the low fuel pressure 477 00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:55,000 from the old pump. 478 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:56,689 We should put an intercooler in it. 479 00:19:56,689 --> 00:19:58,275 With a water pump and ice box. 480 00:19:58,275 --> 00:20:00,793 If only we had an intercooler. 481 00:20:00,793 --> 00:20:01,793 Yeah. 482 00:20:03,379 --> 00:20:05,000 This isn't bad. 483 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,068 That's probably more than the 455 volts made in the truck 484 00:20:08,068 --> 00:20:09,103 we had stolen. 485 00:20:09,103 --> 00:20:11,793 -[David] Yes. Yeah. -So we're already better. 486 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:13,482 Yeah, we're going to take a bunch of fuel out of it, 487 00:20:13,482 --> 00:20:14,931 because it was rich on top now. 488 00:20:14,931 --> 00:20:17,827 So I did raise my safety a little bit as well. 489 00:20:17,827 --> 00:20:19,206 So if it makes more boost, 490 00:20:19,206 --> 00:20:21,000 it'll let us go a little bit further. 491 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,172 The fuel system that Mike completely 492 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:25,689 buggered onto this thing worked. 493 00:20:25,689 --> 00:20:27,896 We now have plenty of fuel up top. 494 00:20:27,896 --> 00:20:29,379 He's able to tune the thing properly. 495 00:20:29,379 --> 00:20:31,482 He's not having to trick the injector into dealing 496 00:20:31,482 --> 00:20:32,896 with low fuel pressure. 497 00:20:32,896 --> 00:20:34,689 It makes the same horsepower. 498 00:20:34,689 --> 00:20:35,931 Everything's just safer. 499 00:20:35,931 --> 00:20:39,310 We still have a little bit of a transmission issue. 500 00:20:39,310 --> 00:20:42,206 He thinks it might be a sensor problem 501 00:20:42,206 --> 00:20:43,586 for the speed sensor, 502 00:20:43,586 --> 00:20:45,586 but he's got a work around on that also. 503 00:20:45,586 --> 00:20:47,793 I think this is going to be our last pull. 504 00:20:47,793 --> 00:20:49,344 [engine accelerating] 505 00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:57,103 [David] Our speed sensor is all out of whack. 506 00:20:57,103 --> 00:20:59,586 So basically Tom tricked the computer 507 00:20:59,586 --> 00:21:02,482 -into shifting at the right point, you think. -Right. Right. 508 00:21:02,482 --> 00:21:05,413 At the end of the pull, we know what our speed was. 509 00:21:05,413 --> 00:21:09,275 So we know the three, four shift is going to be right. 510 00:21:09,275 --> 00:21:11,379 That one will be right. Everything else is-- 511 00:21:11,379 --> 00:21:12,275 Is a maybe. 512 00:21:12,275 --> 00:21:14,000 -Hopefully an accurate guess. -Yes. 513 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,793 -Plenty good enough for us. -So we'll see. 514 00:21:15,793 --> 00:21:17,275 Yeah. So we're going to unload this thing. 515 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:18,793 And I think we've changed our plan. 516 00:21:18,793 --> 00:21:20,896 Actually, what we've done is lowered our standards 517 00:21:20,896 --> 00:21:22,827 on what we're going to do to finish the truck. 518 00:21:22,827 --> 00:21:24,827 Yeah, we now have enough horsepower to kill ourselves. 519 00:21:24,827 --> 00:21:27,103 So maybe we should make front brakes work. I don't know. 520 00:21:27,103 --> 00:21:30,000 I no longer care about a bed or fender flares 521 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:31,172 or any of the stuff that would have 522 00:21:31,172 --> 00:21:32,000 made it look like a truck. 523 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,689 -I don't. -Yep. 524 00:21:33,689 --> 00:21:35,172 Run tens, do a wheelie, don't die. 525 00:21:35,172 --> 00:21:36,689 We're trying to get to the drag strip. 526 00:21:36,689 --> 00:21:38,275 -All right, let's pack it up. -You got it. 527 00:21:38,275 --> 00:21:40,000 -Thanks for the help, man. -Absolutely. 528 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:41,482 -Appreciate it. -[Tom] Good luck. 529 00:21:48,103 --> 00:21:50,103 [David] All right we decided the first thing that we needed to do 530 00:21:50,103 --> 00:21:52,482 now that we're back home with our newfound horsepower, 531 00:21:52,482 --> 00:21:53,896 is fix the front suspension, 532 00:21:53,896 --> 00:21:56,000 because, kind of everything stops 533 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,689 if we can't make the suspension work. 534 00:21:57,689 --> 00:21:58,793 It's pretty sketch. 535 00:21:58,793 --> 00:21:59,965 [machine whirring] 536 00:22:04,586 --> 00:22:06,275 [David] The reason we're tearing this all apart 537 00:22:06,275 --> 00:22:08,586 is as far as we can tell, 538 00:22:08,586 --> 00:22:10,379 you can't buy any of the brake parts 539 00:22:10,379 --> 00:22:12,103 for the Mazda REPU. 540 00:22:12,103 --> 00:22:14,896 And Mike found a guy, what is it? Air Bagit? 541 00:22:14,896 --> 00:22:17,482 Who will put a Toyota spindle on this thing 542 00:22:17,482 --> 00:22:20,482 with an S-10 lower ball joint and a stock upper ball joint. 543 00:22:20,482 --> 00:22:23,482 So, that's what we're trying to install here and... 544 00:22:23,482 --> 00:22:26,586 we've got some pretty wasted tie rods we might have to deal with. 545 00:22:26,586 --> 00:22:27,862 Or might just live with. 546 00:22:32,896 --> 00:22:34,344 [Mike] There's brake fluid in this line. 547 00:22:36,413 --> 00:22:37,448 Out with the old. 548 00:22:38,724 --> 00:22:40,896 This is the key to this whole project, right? 549 00:22:41,586 --> 00:22:43,000 Mazda stuff. 550 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:44,206 Chevy S-10 stuff. 551 00:22:44,206 --> 00:22:46,000 Toyota Spindle. 552 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:49,068 The guys from airbagit.com machined that adapter 553 00:22:49,068 --> 00:22:51,689 to put the S-10 ball joint into the Toyota Spindle. 554 00:22:52,275 --> 00:22:53,689 This spindle should lower 555 00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:55,793 -the truck two inches from the right pass. -[David] Oh. 556 00:22:55,793 --> 00:22:57,172 Same spring, same shock. 557 00:22:57,172 --> 00:23:00,413 -But the spud is two inches higher. -Right. 558 00:23:00,413 --> 00:23:02,620 This does a couple of things for us. 559 00:23:02,620 --> 00:23:05,172 It enables us to rebuild the brakes, yes. 560 00:23:05,172 --> 00:23:09,000 But, also converts this thing from six lug Mazda pattern 561 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:11,275 to five lug Toyota pattern, 562 00:23:11,275 --> 00:23:15,827 which is also the same as Ford Probe, Nissan 300ZX. 563 00:23:15,827 --> 00:23:17,931 Most light utility trailers also have 564 00:23:17,931 --> 00:23:19,931 five by four-and-a-half bolt pattern, 565 00:23:19,931 --> 00:23:22,206 which means we have way more options 566 00:23:22,206 --> 00:23:23,896 for putting wheels on the front of this thing. 567 00:23:23,896 --> 00:23:25,000 And then, all we have to do is figure out 568 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:26,482 how to make our master cylinder function 569 00:23:26,482 --> 00:23:28,000 and get brake lines connected to it. 570 00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:31,586 And we'll have fresh brakes an fresh new wheels, 571 00:23:31,586 --> 00:23:33,000 hopefully, if we can get them here in time. 572 00:23:33,482 --> 00:23:34,896 And this should go right in. 573 00:23:35,517 --> 00:23:36,655 Yes! 574 00:23:38,275 --> 00:23:39,344 [machine whirring] 575 00:23:45,413 --> 00:23:47,000 [David] All right, the new spindle is on here 576 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:48,413 and brakes and everything, 577 00:23:48,413 --> 00:23:50,931 and we need to figure out how to put a wheel and tire on it. 578 00:23:50,931 --> 00:23:53,275 We're gonna try and put the old Impala wheel and tire on there, 579 00:23:53,275 --> 00:23:56,517 a which is very, very close to the right bolt pattern, but not right. 580 00:23:56,517 --> 00:23:58,827 But I don't know if the center board's gonna clear. 581 00:23:58,827 --> 00:24:00,793 -Yeah. -[David] Basically, we just need to swing one 582 00:24:00,793 --> 00:24:02,689 up there to see what we need to get. 583 00:24:02,689 --> 00:24:06,724 Yeah, so this is five on four-and-a-half bolt pattern. 584 00:24:06,724 --> 00:24:10,758 -So, the center board of this is way too small. -Is too... Yeah. 585 00:24:11,586 --> 00:24:13,620 We got a trailer tire and wheel. 586 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:15,275 Yeah, it has a big old center board, 587 00:24:15,275 --> 00:24:17,896 so it's gonna go on there. 588 00:24:17,896 --> 00:24:20,896 And we can at least use this to figure out back spacing and whatnot. 589 00:24:20,896 --> 00:24:22,310 [David] Yep. 590 00:24:22,310 --> 00:24:25,620 -So, uh, 205/75-15 is taller. -Too tall. 591 00:24:25,620 --> 00:24:28,000 [Mike] Yeah, if we can match that-- 592 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:29,206 [David] That's what we should do. 593 00:24:29,206 --> 00:24:34,206 This tire is give or take, 25 inches tall. 594 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:39,310 This is give or take, 26.5 inches tall. 595 00:24:39,310 --> 00:24:42,862 Yeah, so we basically want a 25 inch tall tire for the front, too. 596 00:24:43,724 --> 00:24:45,103 That would be too long. 597 00:24:45,103 --> 00:24:46,241 [rock music playing] 598 00:24:51,827 --> 00:24:53,310 [David] Oh, what a day. Long day. 599 00:24:53,310 --> 00:24:54,586 Seems like it was yesterday 600 00:24:54,586 --> 00:24:56,482 that we were on the chassis dyno with this thing. 601 00:24:56,482 --> 00:24:58,172 We made pretty good power, that was cool. 602 00:24:58,172 --> 00:25:01,793 Once we got back here, I was able to order a bunch of parts we needed. 603 00:25:01,793 --> 00:25:04,586 Mike got most of the disc brake thing installed here. 604 00:25:04,586 --> 00:25:06,896 We still have to do a lot tomorrow. 605 00:25:12,103 --> 00:25:13,586 After yesterday on the dyno, 606 00:25:13,586 --> 00:25:15,103 we have new priorities 607 00:25:15,103 --> 00:25:17,689 and we have a long way to go in a short time to get there. 608 00:25:17,689 --> 00:25:19,965 And the getting there means the dragstrip. 609 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:24,000 -Okay, we were going to install the bed... -[laughs] 610 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,620 and have it look radical and all this other kind of stuff. 611 00:25:26,620 --> 00:25:28,103 None of that's gonna happen. 612 00:25:28,103 --> 00:25:29,103 Here's our list. 613 00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:30,793 Uh, we need to fix the turbo oil leak, 614 00:25:30,793 --> 00:25:33,068 secure the fuel system in a butch way, 615 00:25:33,068 --> 00:25:34,482 rewire the fuel system. 616 00:25:34,482 --> 00:25:35,931 We're gonna add the inner cooler, 617 00:25:35,931 --> 00:25:37,206 because that's gonna make more power. 618 00:25:37,206 --> 00:25:40,413 We want a roll bar because death, harnesses, same answer. 619 00:25:40,413 --> 00:25:42,172 Uh, reinforce the coilovers 620 00:25:42,172 --> 00:25:44,586 because these were flexing real bad on the dyno. 621 00:25:44,586 --> 00:25:48,000 It needs brakes, alignment steering, wheels and tires. 622 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:49,724 -Is that all? -[David] That's all. 623 00:25:49,724 --> 00:25:52,482 Oh dude, I was worried until you read the list. 624 00:25:52,482 --> 00:25:53,965 I feel so much better now. [chuckles] 625 00:25:57,172 --> 00:25:58,586 All right. That was in my way. 626 00:25:58,586 --> 00:25:59,655 That was ugly. 627 00:26:01,586 --> 00:26:03,172 Tighten up these hoses. 628 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,448 Big tab for this. 629 00:26:05,896 --> 00:26:07,034 We're ready to race. 630 00:26:12,827 --> 00:26:15,620 What we have here is a single 1/4 20 bolt, 631 00:26:15,620 --> 00:26:17,379 holding the fuel pump to the frame. 632 00:26:17,379 --> 00:26:20,793 A single self-tapping tek screw holding, 633 00:26:20,793 --> 00:26:22,620 well, the fuel cell to the frame. 634 00:26:22,620 --> 00:26:25,000 Miscellaneous hoses tying it all together. 635 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,620 It's not gonna fall off today, though. 636 00:26:26,620 --> 00:26:29,241 Tomorrow at the racetrack, I have no idea. Not today. 637 00:26:34,275 --> 00:26:36,172 Part of my plan for convincing Freiburger 638 00:26:36,172 --> 00:26:38,275 that he should pilot the Mazdarati 2.0 639 00:26:38,275 --> 00:26:40,000 down the racetrack on Saturday, 640 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:43,275 is giving him the illusion that he has safety. 641 00:26:44,310 --> 00:26:45,379 He wanted a roll bar. 642 00:26:45,379 --> 00:26:46,413 I found him a roll bar. 643 00:26:46,413 --> 00:26:47,896 This belongs to Hot Rod Garage. 644 00:26:47,896 --> 00:26:50,103 It's for their '69 or '70 Nova. 645 00:26:50,103 --> 00:26:51,793 It's way too wide for the Mazdarati. 646 00:26:51,793 --> 00:26:55,172 However, if I weld outriggers to the outside of our frame 647 00:26:55,172 --> 00:26:57,000 and then gusset them downward. 648 00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:59,482 I can take their roll bar, which is already bent, 649 00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:01,172 install it on our truck, 650 00:27:01,172 --> 00:27:03,379 add a couple of back braces to it. 651 00:27:03,379 --> 00:27:04,931 Freiburger will take one look at this and go, 652 00:27:04,931 --> 00:27:06,275 "You know what, Mike? 653 00:27:06,275 --> 00:27:08,103 I do wanna drive this thing. 654 00:27:08,103 --> 00:27:09,275 Whether it's aligned or not, 655 00:27:09,275 --> 00:27:10,827 whether the brakes work or not, 656 00:27:10,827 --> 00:27:12,793 whether that fuel pump's gonna fall off or not, 657 00:27:12,793 --> 00:27:14,241 I do wanna drive this." 658 00:27:15,310 --> 00:27:17,172 Yeah. So, this is happening. 659 00:27:17,172 --> 00:27:18,758 This is gonna go right about here. 660 00:27:25,103 --> 00:27:26,344 Ah, perfect. 661 00:27:26,344 --> 00:27:28,896 Once we cut it at the right height, we'll weld it there, 662 00:27:28,896 --> 00:27:31,586 and then we'll triangulate it down to the chassis here, 663 00:27:31,586 --> 00:27:34,379 and then we'll put a harness bar here, take the back window out 664 00:27:34,379 --> 00:27:36,586 and put racing harnesses right through there. 665 00:27:36,586 --> 00:27:37,862 Yeah. 666 00:27:43,310 --> 00:27:46,413 We're in the middle of trying to fit our roll bar main hoop. 667 00:27:46,413 --> 00:27:48,275 We're just cutting an angle on the bottom of it 668 00:27:48,275 --> 00:27:49,862 to match the angle of our frame. 669 00:27:59,896 --> 00:28:02,620 This angle works, squeeze it together. 670 00:28:02,620 --> 00:28:04,482 -Good to go good. -Yep. 671 00:28:04,482 --> 00:28:07,482 We put a ratchet strap on here to squeeze the legs together 672 00:28:07,482 --> 00:28:09,931 so that it lands on these pads where we want it to. 673 00:28:09,931 --> 00:28:11,827 And we think we nailed it. 674 00:28:11,827 --> 00:28:13,241 -[Mike] You ready? -[David] Yep. 675 00:28:16,172 --> 00:28:17,275 [Mike] We have the main hoop in. 676 00:28:17,275 --> 00:28:18,724 Now, we need a harness bar. 677 00:28:18,724 --> 00:28:20,689 The harnesses, when you sit in here, 678 00:28:20,689 --> 00:28:22,275 your shoulders are about this high. 679 00:28:22,275 --> 00:28:24,586 So, the harness bar is gonna be above the back window. 680 00:28:24,586 --> 00:28:27,206 Long term, We could replace this with LEXAN 681 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:28,379 and put a nice half-moon in it 682 00:28:28,379 --> 00:28:30,068 for the harness to come through. 683 00:28:30,517 --> 00:28:32,000 But uh, for now, 684 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,068 we're just gonna take the glass out, put the bar in, 685 00:28:35,068 --> 00:28:36,379 run the harnesses through the window. 686 00:28:36,931 --> 00:28:38,275 Freiburger is safe, 687 00:28:38,275 --> 00:28:39,758 while he drives to glory. 688 00:28:42,379 --> 00:28:44,068 [grunts] I got it. Bingo. 689 00:28:45,931 --> 00:28:47,482 It lived, ah. 690 00:28:48,586 --> 00:28:50,137 [David] Now, it'll get broken in storage. 691 00:28:51,275 --> 00:28:52,551 But, it won't be our fault. 692 00:28:57,586 --> 00:29:00,068 You could mark the tube there and give me that measurement, 693 00:29:00,068 --> 00:29:01,586 and then I can try to copy it on my side, 694 00:29:01,586 --> 00:29:03,000 so I know when I'm coping mine, 695 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,172 -it's in the same spot yours is at. -[David] Okay. 696 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:14,517 [Mike] Uh, we're getting close. 697 00:29:14,517 --> 00:29:17,068 Do you want it even with your shoulder down from your shoulder? 698 00:29:17,482 --> 00:29:18,689 [David] Slightly down. 699 00:29:18,689 --> 00:29:19,896 [Mike] Okay. 700 00:29:19,896 --> 00:29:21,517 [David] Finnegan's still working on the shoulder bar. 701 00:29:21,517 --> 00:29:25,000 While he's doing that, I am working on supporting these coilover mounts. 702 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:26,793 They always seemed really flimsy 703 00:29:26,793 --> 00:29:29,517 ever since we took them out of the Impala. 704 00:29:29,517 --> 00:29:31,586 So, I'm gonna put a tube here 705 00:29:31,586 --> 00:29:33,793 to at least do something to control that. 706 00:29:35,827 --> 00:29:37,551 And there and then, burn her in. 707 00:29:40,172 --> 00:29:41,172 [Mike] Looks cool. 708 00:29:41,172 --> 00:29:43,275 Yeah, looks like it does something. 709 00:29:43,275 --> 00:29:45,172 [Mike] Things are going so well, 710 00:29:45,172 --> 00:29:47,310 and we're having such a good time installing things 711 00:29:47,310 --> 00:29:49,724 that don't stop or steer this truck 712 00:29:49,724 --> 00:29:51,172 that we thought, "What the heck, 713 00:29:51,172 --> 00:29:52,586 let's put something on that we didn't have 714 00:29:52,586 --> 00:29:54,172 when we dyno'd this thing." 715 00:29:54,172 --> 00:29:56,896 An inner cooler, and not just one. 716 00:29:56,896 --> 00:29:59,896 We have two plumbed together for our single turbo. 717 00:29:59,896 --> 00:30:02,000 And again, this came from the Twinpala. 718 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:03,000 So, no guilt here. 719 00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,379 We didn't spend a bunch of money. 720 00:30:04,379 --> 00:30:05,793 So, all we're gonna do right now 721 00:30:05,793 --> 00:30:08,689 is figure a way to somehow plumb both of these 722 00:30:08,689 --> 00:30:11,000 from our turbo through here 723 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,310 to the intake manifold and throttle body. 724 00:30:13,310 --> 00:30:15,103 It's gonna be stylish. It's gonna be functional. 725 00:30:15,103 --> 00:30:16,241 We're gonna go faster. 726 00:30:17,379 --> 00:30:19,172 We just don't know if we can stop or steer. 727 00:30:24,689 --> 00:30:26,103 [David] The inner coolers are goofy. 728 00:30:26,103 --> 00:30:28,689 But you know what, it's a tribute to the original Mazdarati. 729 00:30:28,689 --> 00:30:29,896 -That's all that is. -Yeah. 730 00:30:29,896 --> 00:30:32,000 [David] It's almost-- i t's Home Depot looking too. 731 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:33,482 I guess that's it for today. 732 00:30:33,482 --> 00:30:36,172 Tomorrow, oh, inner cooler plumbing. 733 00:30:36,172 --> 00:30:38,000 The big deal is trying to make the brakes work. 734 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,379 I need to mount a master cylinder, 735 00:30:39,379 --> 00:30:43,000 plumb the whole thing, pads all that stuff. 736 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:44,482 I don't know, few more things. 737 00:30:44,482 --> 00:30:45,793 Getting close. 738 00:30:45,793 --> 00:30:47,379 All right. See you tomorrow. 739 00:30:57,724 --> 00:31:01,586 Our Mazdarati is, I think, a 1974 Mazda pickup, 740 00:31:01,586 --> 00:31:05,275 but we were able to convert the front end to disc brakes from Airbagit. 741 00:31:05,275 --> 00:31:09,172 These apparently are like, an '84-ish Toyota truck 742 00:31:09,172 --> 00:31:12,103 spindle and brake and caliper, 743 00:31:12,103 --> 00:31:15,724 and we're gonna use our Duralast brake pads. 744 00:31:15,724 --> 00:31:20,379 Ceramic, engineered for OE form, fit and function. 745 00:31:23,482 --> 00:31:26,482 We needed to get custom brake hoses made 746 00:31:26,482 --> 00:31:28,310 to couple up to the truck. 747 00:31:28,310 --> 00:31:32,034 I realize now we could have gotten Duralast calipers as well. 748 00:31:38,413 --> 00:31:40,344 Kind of look like it's firing missiles. 749 00:31:41,103 --> 00:31:43,137 Or warming an apartment building. 750 00:31:48,896 --> 00:31:50,448 I've been messing around with the brakes. 751 00:31:50,448 --> 00:31:53,896 The brake hoses are too short, so I'm gonna have to execute some butchery 752 00:31:53,896 --> 00:31:55,275 right there to make that fit. 753 00:31:55,275 --> 00:31:56,793 All right, wheels and tires. 754 00:31:56,793 --> 00:31:57,862 They're not gonna match. 755 00:31:57,862 --> 00:32:01,827 We're so not proud of the original Impala wheels. 756 00:32:01,827 --> 00:32:03,827 But, they look way better when you mismatch them 757 00:32:03,827 --> 00:32:05,896 with a set of American Torq Thrusts, [chuckles] 758 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:07,275 which is what we've done. 759 00:32:07,275 --> 00:32:11,103 All right, the front is gonna be at 215/45-17. 760 00:32:11,103 --> 00:32:14,793 And the back is a Proxes R888R 761 00:32:14,793 --> 00:32:17,896 and it's 245/40ZR18. 762 00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:19,517 This is actually an Autocross tire. 763 00:32:19,517 --> 00:32:21,172 It's 100 treadwear 764 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:22,793 and I really wanted a drag radial. 765 00:32:22,793 --> 00:32:24,689 But to be honest, I ordered the wrong size tires. 766 00:32:24,689 --> 00:32:26,206 And these are what we could get locally. 767 00:32:26,206 --> 00:32:28,000 These things are freaky to me, 768 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:30,172 because they look directional, 769 00:32:30,172 --> 00:32:32,379 and you'll see on the other side, 770 00:32:32,379 --> 00:32:34,275 it's pointed the wrong way. 771 00:32:34,275 --> 00:32:37,103 But trust me, it's legit. We looked it up. 772 00:32:37,103 --> 00:32:40,275 The sidewall says "Outside" on it, on both sides. 773 00:32:40,275 --> 00:32:42,241 We've got it right. It just looks wrong. 774 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,172 You wanna steer and just see where we're at right now? 775 00:32:53,896 --> 00:32:56,172 -It's gonna be plenty fine. -[Mike] Cool. 776 00:32:56,172 --> 00:32:59,896 Behold the nearly completed turbo kit. 777 00:32:59,896 --> 00:33:02,206 Compressed air should flow through this without leaking. 778 00:33:02,206 --> 00:33:04,862 You know, until it blows one of these 12 joints apart. 779 00:33:12,586 --> 00:33:14,379 Wow, I actually like these belts. 780 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,689 [Mike] Inner cooler, done. 781 00:33:18,275 --> 00:33:20,827 Uh, harnesses, done. 782 00:33:20,827 --> 00:33:22,379 And I'm just a couple minutes away 783 00:33:22,379 --> 00:33:24,896 from having a master cylinder mounted 784 00:33:24,896 --> 00:33:26,275 and connected to the brake pedal. 785 00:33:26,275 --> 00:33:28,172 So, progress. 786 00:33:29,068 --> 00:33:30,482 David, I got it. It's tight. 787 00:33:30,482 --> 00:33:32,172 -[David] Okay. -We're good. 788 00:33:33,275 --> 00:33:34,862 We have a master, we have a pedal. 789 00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:36,724 Yo! 790 00:33:41,482 --> 00:33:44,827 [David] Hey, Finn, do you mind turning the wheel all the way right and left 791 00:33:44,827 --> 00:33:47,241 -so I can judge this brake hose? -[Mike] Sure. 792 00:33:47,586 --> 00:33:48,758 Here we go. 793 00:33:51,068 --> 00:33:53,448 [David] All right. That's super happy. Thank you. 794 00:33:55,103 --> 00:33:57,172 Ah! Wrong tool for the job. 795 00:33:57,724 --> 00:33:58,827 It worked out. 796 00:34:09,275 --> 00:34:11,585 Done. Not only did I fix the front toe, 797 00:34:11,585 --> 00:34:14,516 but the back was completely wall-eyed. 798 00:34:14,516 --> 00:34:17,000 All right, so Finnegan's gonna meet me at the track. 799 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:18,965 Let's do this. We're on the hunt for 10s. 800 00:34:21,688 --> 00:34:22,757 [engine revving] 801 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,620 [David] Finally, we made it to the track. 802 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:34,896 Had to fiddle around with a couple of things here. 803 00:34:34,896 --> 00:34:36,275 Mike had to tune it up. 804 00:34:36,275 --> 00:34:38,000 [Mike] It was just a little lean at part throttle. 805 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,620 If you whacked the throttle, it didn't wanna go. 806 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:40,620 -So, we just-- -Yeah, boom! 807 00:34:40,620 --> 00:34:42,585 Threw some fuel at it, she's much better. 808 00:34:42,585 --> 00:34:45,585 And it's probably gonna help that we took the filter off the turbo, too. 809 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:48,585 Now, remember, we never put an alternator on this thing, 810 00:34:48,585 --> 00:34:51,275 which is why we've got our producer's car here 811 00:34:51,275 --> 00:34:53,896 with jumper cables on our battery. 812 00:34:53,896 --> 00:34:57,172 We're actually on a regular test and tune day here at Famoso. 813 00:34:57,172 --> 00:34:58,896 Normally, we rent the track. 814 00:34:58,896 --> 00:35:00,379 This time we've got a big line. 815 00:35:00,379 --> 00:35:01,827 So, we should probably go get in it. 816 00:35:01,827 --> 00:35:03,896 As usual, I feel like we're under prepared for this. 817 00:35:03,896 --> 00:35:05,137 -But... -Duh. 818 00:35:05,137 --> 00:35:07,275 At the same time, I feel like this is our best chance ever 819 00:35:07,275 --> 00:35:08,379 in the history of the show 820 00:35:08,379 --> 00:35:11,379 to have a Mazda REPU truck run 10s. 821 00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:13,000 -[David] These are facts. -[Mike] Yes. 822 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:17,172 [David] Well, we'll take advantage of the cool weather, the inner coolers, 823 00:35:17,172 --> 00:35:19,551 the '85, the Finnegan tune up, 824 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:21,482 the Tuner Tom tune up. 825 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,413 -Yes, yes we will. Yes, we will. -Follow me. 826 00:35:24,413 --> 00:35:25,551 Because I'm gonna drive. 827 00:35:33,586 --> 00:35:35,965 Reverse, neutral, drive. 828 00:35:37,103 --> 00:35:38,689 [Mike] Good luck, Mr. Freiburger. 829 00:35:38,689 --> 00:35:41,517 I hope everything works and nothing falls off. 830 00:35:41,517 --> 00:35:43,724 Let me just remind you what we've got going on here. 831 00:35:43,724 --> 00:35:45,931 This is the Mazdarati 2.0. 832 00:35:45,931 --> 00:35:49,586 It's a 5.3-liter LS style V-8. 833 00:35:49,586 --> 00:35:52,206 Front wheel drive transaxle by Gearstar. 834 00:35:52,206 --> 00:35:55,586 It's a 4T65E. 835 00:35:55,586 --> 00:35:58,724 A little STS turbo that honestly, 836 00:35:58,724 --> 00:36:00,275 we don't know anything about. 837 00:36:00,275 --> 00:36:03,000 And it made 430 horsepower 838 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,896 to the tires on the dyno, 839 00:36:04,896 --> 00:36:06,758 until we added the inner coolers. 840 00:36:15,172 --> 00:36:16,758 -[Mike] Ready? Go for it. -[David] Yep. 841 00:36:17,896 --> 00:36:19,896 I have so many questions right now. 842 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,241 It's 430 at the tire, enough to go 10s. 843 00:36:25,793 --> 00:36:27,206 Will it hook? Will it bog? 844 00:36:27,206 --> 00:36:28,448 Will parts fall off? 845 00:36:29,275 --> 00:36:30,931 God, I hope this works. 846 00:36:30,931 --> 00:36:33,172 [David] All right, you magnificent piece of garbage. 847 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,344 Your time is now. 848 00:36:37,379 --> 00:36:38,655 [Mike] God, I hope this works. 849 00:36:39,724 --> 00:36:40,689 Come on, truck! 850 00:36:41,413 --> 00:36:43,724 Oh, a tire spin. Come on! Go, go, go! 851 00:36:43,724 --> 00:36:44,862 [David] It won't run. 852 00:36:45,103 --> 00:36:46,379 Limp mode. 853 00:36:46,379 --> 00:36:48,068 I got no throttle. 854 00:36:48,068 --> 00:36:51,793 [Mike] The tires spun, and then he's out cruising, I guess. 855 00:36:52,310 --> 00:36:53,620 Did we just get road killed? 856 00:36:53,620 --> 00:36:56,931 Do you mean to tell me that we did all this work, 857 00:36:56,931 --> 00:36:59,482 showed up to a dragstrip completely unprepared 858 00:36:59,482 --> 00:37:01,206 and it doesn't run? 859 00:37:01,206 --> 00:37:02,310 I can't believe that. 860 00:37:02,310 --> 00:37:04,000 Let's go see what David has to say about this. 861 00:37:04,482 --> 00:37:05,793 He's gonna kill me. 862 00:37:05,793 --> 00:37:07,000 [David] All right, what happened there 863 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,103 is I mashed it, and I had no throttle. 864 00:37:10,103 --> 00:37:12,586 I got nothing. I'm like, hitting the gas right now, 865 00:37:12,586 --> 00:37:13,689 nothing's happening. 866 00:37:13,689 --> 00:37:15,482 That's not what I expected, 867 00:37:15,482 --> 00:37:17,068 to have fail today. 868 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,172 Okay, that's something we're gonna have to fix. 869 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:22,689 We went for our first pass, 870 00:37:22,689 --> 00:37:24,172 and I matted it out of the hole 871 00:37:24,172 --> 00:37:27,172 and it actually spun the tire a little bit, like, that far. 872 00:37:27,172 --> 00:37:29,896 And then, fell on its face and I had no throttle. 873 00:37:29,896 --> 00:37:31,000 Just gave up. 874 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:32,586 So Mike's gonna look through the computer 875 00:37:32,586 --> 00:37:34,482 and see if we can figure out what's up. 876 00:37:34,482 --> 00:37:35,655 [engine revving] 877 00:37:37,827 --> 00:37:38,965 [engine revving] 878 00:37:42,586 --> 00:37:43,793 [Mike] This thing wants to run. 879 00:37:49,275 --> 00:37:50,413 I think I know what happened. 880 00:37:50,413 --> 00:37:52,310 -[David] Ah. -[Mike] There's a spot right here, 881 00:37:52,310 --> 00:37:53,655 when you start stalling it, 882 00:37:55,379 --> 00:37:56,793 where it bogs. 883 00:37:56,793 --> 00:37:59,896 If you just hit it, it doesn't do it. 884 00:37:59,896 --> 00:38:01,724 But, if you try to stall it a little bit, 885 00:38:01,724 --> 00:38:03,827 it-- there's a part in the map that is not tuned. 886 00:38:03,827 --> 00:38:06,275 Why was the pedal not working all the way down the track? 887 00:38:06,275 --> 00:38:09,000 -[Mike] Oh, that-that part I don't know, right now-- -Going like this, nothing. 888 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,689 -[engine revs] -[Mike] Everything-- everything works now. 889 00:38:17,586 --> 00:38:19,172 Yeah, everything's working now. 890 00:38:19,172 --> 00:38:20,586 [David] I guess you'll have to drive. 891 00:38:20,586 --> 00:38:23,206 -[Mike] I think it's ready. -[David chuckles] I guess. 892 00:38:23,206 --> 00:38:24,517 [Mike] You know it's gonna spin, 893 00:38:24,517 --> 00:38:26,689 -so don't even stall it and just roll into it. -[David] Right. 894 00:38:26,689 --> 00:38:28,275 -Yeah. -'Cause if you mat it, it's gonna bog a little bit. 895 00:38:28,275 --> 00:38:29,551 So, I just roll into it. 896 00:38:29,551 --> 00:38:30,827 -Once you feel like it's grabbing, just go. -[David] Yeah. 897 00:38:33,793 --> 00:38:36,310 [Mike] I don't have an explanation for what just happened. 898 00:38:36,310 --> 00:38:38,206 We've topped off the fuel. He's going up again. 899 00:38:38,206 --> 00:38:40,172 I think this time, he'll just roll 900 00:38:40,172 --> 00:38:41,793 onto the throttle out of the hole, 901 00:38:41,793 --> 00:38:43,172 and maybe it'll go better. 902 00:38:43,172 --> 00:38:44,724 If it hooks, it's gonna run a 10. 903 00:38:44,724 --> 00:38:47,689 And if it doesn't hook It'll spin its way to an 11. 904 00:38:47,689 --> 00:38:49,793 Either way, if it just goes down the track at this point, 905 00:38:49,793 --> 00:38:51,793 that's a victory for us. 906 00:38:51,793 --> 00:38:54,482 [David] All right, this might be my last shot. 907 00:38:54,482 --> 00:38:57,275 First time, the throttle pedal fell off. 908 00:38:57,275 --> 00:38:59,586 Second time is gonna be all victory. 909 00:38:59,586 --> 00:39:01,172 [Mike] Okay, here we go. 910 00:39:01,172 --> 00:39:02,620 Test run number two. 911 00:39:02,620 --> 00:39:03,689 This needs to work. 912 00:39:03,689 --> 00:39:05,931 We've worked really hard. 913 00:39:05,931 --> 00:39:08,517 And by work, I mean just get down the dragstrip under full power. 914 00:39:08,517 --> 00:39:09,793 That would be awesome. 915 00:39:09,793 --> 00:39:12,172 [David] All right, you glorious piece of junk. 916 00:39:12,172 --> 00:39:13,896 Let's do this the right way. 917 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:16,103 Re-stage, re-stage. 918 00:39:16,103 --> 00:39:17,172 All right, here we go. 919 00:39:17,172 --> 00:39:18,586 -Go, David. -[engine revving] 920 00:39:18,586 --> 00:39:19,896 Yes, yes, yes, yes! 921 00:39:19,896 --> 00:39:21,586 [David] No, come on! 922 00:39:21,586 --> 00:39:25,000 For like, two seconds, I was like, "Oh, this is working!" 923 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,379 So, for some reason, this works for Mike in the pits, 924 00:39:28,379 --> 00:39:31,758 and doesn't work for me on the dragstrip. 925 00:39:32,275 --> 00:39:33,448 Let's see. 926 00:39:34,482 --> 00:39:37,241 No throttle, shut it off. 927 00:39:38,413 --> 00:39:39,448 [engine starts] 928 00:39:40,275 --> 00:39:41,620 [David] Now, I have throttle. 929 00:39:41,620 --> 00:39:42,758 [engine revving] 930 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,758 [David] What a stupid problem. 931 00:39:50,931 --> 00:39:52,793 [Tom over phone] I've had some issues before, 932 00:39:52,793 --> 00:39:55,620 and generally, there's a couple of things you wanna double down on. 933 00:39:55,620 --> 00:39:59,000 Make sure that your power wire goes directly to the battery. 934 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,103 [Mike] It does. 935 00:40:00,103 --> 00:40:01,482 At wide open, he says, 936 00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:03,620 the throttle is closing and then you have no control 937 00:40:03,620 --> 00:40:06,103 and it just sits at a fast idle all the way down the track. 938 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:07,724 [David] We have fixed nothing. 939 00:40:07,724 --> 00:40:09,896 We have talked to Tuner Tom again. 940 00:40:09,896 --> 00:40:11,482 We've talked to Robin Lawrence, 941 00:40:11,482 --> 00:40:14,103 who knows everything about these deals. 942 00:40:14,103 --> 00:40:17,896 And they said either it's the pedal or the throttle body 943 00:40:17,896 --> 00:40:19,586 or a wiring problem. 944 00:40:19,586 --> 00:40:21,586 So, that's kind of where we're at. 945 00:40:21,586 --> 00:40:24,000 I have another last chance. 946 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,413 Hopefully, it work this time. 947 00:40:25,413 --> 00:40:26,758 We have no clue. 948 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:33,931 We were the last car, weren't we? 949 00:40:33,931 --> 00:40:35,241 -[man speaking] -[David] Okay. 950 00:40:35,931 --> 00:40:37,862 All right, this is my last shot. 951 00:40:41,586 --> 00:40:43,758 We have a fresh battery and no alternator. 952 00:40:44,206 --> 00:40:45,241 Come on! 953 00:40:46,172 --> 00:40:47,344 [engine revs and sputters] 954 00:40:50,275 --> 00:40:51,586 [David] It sounds horrible. 955 00:40:52,896 --> 00:40:54,793 It sounds awful. 956 00:40:54,793 --> 00:40:58,068 Oh, let out-- Oh God, oh, smoke everywhere. Oh! 957 00:40:58,620 --> 00:40:59,862 Oh. 958 00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:01,655 Oh! 959 00:41:02,206 --> 00:41:03,896 [Mike] He should have lifted. 960 00:41:03,896 --> 00:41:07,172 He just Tony Angelo'd the dragstrip. 961 00:41:07,172 --> 00:41:10,793 [David] Well, last pass of the night and I oiled the track. 962 00:41:10,793 --> 00:41:14,000 Perfect. Oil everywhere. 963 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000 I'm so sorry, you guys. 964 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,586 [Mike] So, you left the line. 965 00:41:17,586 --> 00:41:18,689 Fell on its face. 966 00:41:18,689 --> 00:41:21,310 You got back in it, and it sounded awful. 967 00:41:21,310 --> 00:41:22,793 - You were not lifting. -[David] Yeah. 968 00:41:22,793 --> 00:41:24,275 [Mike] And then it let all the smoke out, 969 00:41:24,275 --> 00:41:26,379 - and I went, "Oh God, the rods are gone." -[David] Yeah. 970 00:41:26,379 --> 00:41:27,724 -[David] No. -[Mike] But, you just drove here. 971 00:41:27,724 --> 00:41:29,482 And all I can think of now is there's no puke tank on it. 972 00:41:29,482 --> 00:41:31,379 -Is that the problem? -No idea. 973 00:41:31,379 --> 00:41:33,103 [Mike] There's oil all over that racetrack. 974 00:41:33,103 --> 00:41:34,896 Oh, it's not oil. 975 00:41:34,896 --> 00:41:37,793 It's water. Somebody put antifreeze in this. 976 00:41:37,793 --> 00:41:39,137 That's the problem. 977 00:41:39,137 --> 00:41:42,620 -[Mike] What? -[David] The radiator hose being in two pieces. 978 00:41:42,620 --> 00:41:43,896 [Mike] Well, the rods are still in. 979 00:41:43,896 --> 00:41:45,310 -You know? -[David chuckles] 980 00:41:45,310 --> 00:41:46,379 Uh, yeah. 981 00:41:47,482 --> 00:41:49,551 Never done that to a dragstrip before. 982 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:53,689 It, uh-- it wasn't boring. 983 00:41:53,689 --> 00:41:56,379 -Yeah. I think one thing is clear. -[laughing] 984 00:41:56,379 --> 00:41:58,344 I think we can agree Mike's driving next time. 985 00:41:59,413 --> 00:42:00,689 The end. 986 00:42:05,103 --> 00:42:06,586 What just happened? 987 00:42:06,586 --> 00:42:08,689 It turns out the radiator hose blew apart 988 00:42:08,689 --> 00:42:11,310 and splattered water on half the dragstrip. 989 00:42:11,310 --> 00:42:13,620 Maybe it ruptured because the head gasket blew out 990 00:42:13,620 --> 00:42:15,482 and pressurized the cooling system. 991 00:42:15,482 --> 00:42:16,931 We don't really know yet. 992 00:42:16,931 --> 00:42:18,482 But if you think about it, 993 00:42:18,482 --> 00:42:23,172 fogging out, the track is right on Brand for a Roadkill Mazdarati, 994 00:42:23,172 --> 00:42:26,689 as our old one did something similar on its last pass. 995 00:42:26,689 --> 00:42:30,275 Now, if I could only arrange for Mazdarati 2.0 996 00:42:30,275 --> 00:42:32,586 to get stolen, I'd be happy. 997 00:42:32,586 --> 00:42:34,172 But, I don't think that's gonna happen. 998 00:42:34,172 --> 00:42:38,000 Instead, Finnegan and I would really like to get a bed on to the truck 999 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:39,793 and just make it look a whole lot cooler. 1000 00:42:39,793 --> 00:42:42,103 And, of course, it's gotta do wheelies. 1001 00:42:42,103 --> 00:42:44,689 And it's got to run 10s in the quarter mile. 1002 00:42:44,689 --> 00:42:46,379 Will it ever happen? 1003 00:42:46,379 --> 00:42:48,172 No promises at this point. 1004 00:42:48,172 --> 00:42:50,689 But if it does, you can bet that you will see it 1005 00:42:50,689 --> 00:42:53,000 in an upcoming episode of Roadkill.