1 00:00:02,085 --> 00:00:03,920 This time on Roadkill, it is a smoking project-car showdown. 2 00:00:05,296 --> 00:00:06,339 You gotta say "smoking," huh? 3 00:00:06,423 --> 00:00:07,549 Yeah, I had to. 4 00:00:07,632 --> 00:00:08,633 [Mike] You're okay now. 5 00:00:08,675 --> 00:00:09,843 [David] It smells like burnt dog. 6 00:00:09,926 --> 00:00:11,636 -But aside from that... -It'll buff out. 7 00:00:11,678 --> 00:00:13,138 [David] Yeah, probably will. 8 00:00:14,639 --> 00:00:16,181 [engine sputter, starts] 9 00:00:17,350 --> 00:00:19,144 [accelerating] 10 00:00:19,185 --> 00:00:20,770 [opening theme music playing] 11 00:00:39,956 --> 00:00:42,000 Look at us out here playing with all of our junk. 12 00:00:42,042 --> 00:00:44,794 Yeah, we're gonna have a whole bunch of Roadkill cars in this episode. 13 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:48,340 The goal, finally make our Mazdarati 2.0 14 00:00:48,381 --> 00:00:49,966 run in the tens in the quarter-mile, 15 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:51,301 and when that fails, 16 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,511 we at least have some other cars to shoot it out against, 17 00:00:53,553 --> 00:00:56,556 and see if it's better than anything that we've cobbled over the years. 18 00:00:56,639 --> 00:00:58,308 This can't fail. 19 00:00:58,391 --> 00:01:00,268 I mean, we're gonna put a bet on it. 20 00:01:00,352 --> 00:01:01,644 Yeah, that's our priority. 21 00:01:01,728 --> 00:01:02,937 It's gotta help, right? 22 00:01:03,021 --> 00:01:07,192 This is our 1974 Mazda RPU rear-engine pickup. 23 00:01:07,233 --> 00:01:09,444 But would a factory add a rotary engine in the front? 24 00:01:09,527 --> 00:01:13,031 -We built it in two episodes last season. - [Mike] Mmm-hmm. 25 00:01:13,073 --> 00:01:15,241 [David] And we put an engine in the bed, 26 00:01:15,325 --> 00:01:18,078 a callback to our original Mazdarati 27 00:01:18,161 --> 00:01:20,163 that had an Oldsmobile engine in the bed. 28 00:01:20,246 --> 00:01:22,707 This one has-- What's the designation on this engine? 29 00:01:22,749 --> 00:01:24,751 -I believe it's an LS4. -[David] LS4. 30 00:01:24,834 --> 00:01:26,419 [Mike] Yeah, it would have come in an Impala, front-wheel-drive car. 31 00:01:26,503 --> 00:01:27,962 -[David] Yeah. -[Mike] Now we have a rear-wheel-drive shaft. 32 00:01:28,045 --> 00:01:29,923 [David] So it's a 5.3 liter LS 33 00:01:30,006 --> 00:01:31,549 on a transaxle in the bed. 34 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:34,719 -The goal was what? -Ten seconds, or do wheelies. 35 00:01:34,761 --> 00:01:36,429 [David] So ten seconds in the quarter-mile 36 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:38,223 has eluded us embarrassingly. 37 00:01:38,264 --> 00:01:39,933 The last time we took this to the track, 38 00:01:40,015 --> 00:01:41,393 it blew apart a radiator hose, 39 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:44,312 and puked the whole length of Famoso Dragstrip. 40 00:01:44,396 --> 00:01:46,564 [Mike] Yeah, that was not the A-to-B pass I was looking for. 41 00:01:46,606 --> 00:01:47,649 -[David] Nah. -[Mike chuckles] 42 00:01:47,732 --> 00:01:49,901 So what we're gonna do this time is, 43 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:51,360 try and make it go tens, 44 00:01:51,444 --> 00:01:52,862 and if it doesn't, we're gonna see 45 00:01:52,946 --> 00:01:56,074 if, at least, it can beat one of the other Roadkill cars. 46 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,741 The thing is, as you may surmise, 47 00:01:57,783 --> 00:02:00,412 none of the Roadkill cars actually run and drive right now. 48 00:02:00,453 --> 00:02:02,372 [Mike] Yeah. I feel like we're gonna wrench on everything 49 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:04,416 and have success with everything! 50 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:05,583 [David] So stuff has changed. 51 00:02:05,625 --> 00:02:07,544 Balto Performance re-dynoed it for us. 52 00:02:07,627 --> 00:02:08,711 It's running on E85. 53 00:02:08,794 --> 00:02:10,255 And remember, we had that problem 54 00:02:10,295 --> 00:02:11,673 with the Fly-by-Wire throttle body, 55 00:02:11,756 --> 00:02:13,174 where it wouldn't drive on the dragstrip? 56 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:14,968 -I'd floor it and it would just die? - [Mike] Yes. 57 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:16,970 -[David] Now it has a cable. -[Mike] And they put an alternator on it, 58 00:02:17,053 --> 00:02:18,263 so we have voltages. 59 00:02:18,304 --> 00:02:19,681 That, too. Go for it. 60 00:02:19,764 --> 00:02:22,225 -You don't... You don't wanna drive at all? -No. 61 00:02:22,308 --> 00:02:23,810 -[Mike] Oh. -[David] There's racing harnesses 62 00:02:23,893 --> 00:02:24,894 in the driver's side, 63 00:02:24,978 --> 00:02:26,438 and nothing on the passenger side. 64 00:02:26,478 --> 00:02:27,564 I just screwed that up. 65 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:28,523 [Mike] Yeah, but on the bright side, 66 00:02:28,606 --> 00:02:30,650 your side has fewer holes than my side. 67 00:02:30,734 --> 00:02:33,111 Season 13, you've seen all you need to see. I'm done here. 68 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:35,155 It's, uh, crusty, but probably functional 69 00:02:35,238 --> 00:02:36,990 with enough effort on your part. Here you go. 70 00:02:37,073 --> 00:02:38,450 That'd be a lot of effort. 71 00:02:40,577 --> 00:02:43,038 -Perfect. [chuckles] -[chuckling] You're in flip-flops, 72 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:44,456 but at least you've got a helmet. 73 00:02:45,457 --> 00:02:46,833 [engine starts] 74 00:02:49,002 --> 00:02:51,004 -Ah, it's spunky. -[David] All right! 75 00:02:51,087 --> 00:02:53,089 Maybe we'll run tens. 76 00:02:53,173 --> 00:02:55,008 What are the odds we get impounded right now? 77 00:02:55,091 --> 00:02:57,302 [David] Well, it's only happened once in 13 years. 78 00:02:57,344 --> 00:02:59,596 -We can go for two. -I like a challenge. 79 00:03:00,305 --> 00:03:01,181 [David] All right, sir. 80 00:03:02,307 --> 00:03:04,434 You know, we only have a three-gallon fuel cell. 81 00:03:04,517 --> 00:03:05,602 [David] Oh, you're right. 82 00:03:05,685 --> 00:03:07,145 -I didn't fill it! -[David] Me neither. 83 00:03:09,481 --> 00:03:11,524 Well, we have at least two gears. That's good news. 84 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:12,734 [David] Do the brakes work? 85 00:03:12,817 --> 00:03:14,694 Yeah, they're actually surprisingly good. 86 00:03:14,778 --> 00:03:16,988 -[David] We must not have done them. -That's fair. 87 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,032 [David] Yeah, we're gonna run out of gas fast. 88 00:03:19,115 --> 00:03:22,118 Yeah, and where do you get E85 in Gardena? 89 00:03:22,202 --> 00:03:24,704 Well, this feels pretty successful. 90 00:03:24,788 --> 00:03:27,707 I think you'll be quite happy taking this down the dragstrip again. 91 00:03:27,791 --> 00:03:29,000 [David] I'll be watching! 92 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:30,377 [both chuckle] 93 00:03:35,173 --> 00:03:38,009 -Success. -[David] I lived. 94 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:40,970 This Mazdarati runs and it's not stolen, which is good. 95 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:44,766 However... that's probably not gonna get us to Bakersfield. 96 00:03:44,849 --> 00:03:46,476 That's three gallons of E85, 97 00:03:46,559 --> 00:03:48,228 and you burn about twice as much E85 98 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:50,689 as you do gasoline with the same amount of power. 99 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:53,108 Yeah, that makes us down the track one time. 100 00:03:53,191 --> 00:03:55,276 So, yeah, we just need, you know, to put a bed on it, 101 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,153 so it looks stately, 102 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:58,530 and a bigger gas tank. 103 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:01,491 How much bed floor do you think we're going to save here? 104 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:02,951 Virtually none, which means 105 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:04,786 someone's gonna mail a pipe bomb to us 106 00:04:04,869 --> 00:04:07,747 when they see that we cut up a perfectly good Mazda RPU. 107 00:04:07,831 --> 00:04:11,292 -It'll be just like when we cut up the C4 Corvette. -It will. 108 00:04:11,376 --> 00:04:13,712 Yeah. We're gonna hack the bedsides off of the bed 109 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:15,463 that was originally on this truck, 110 00:04:15,547 --> 00:04:19,050 which is the super rare one because they've got the flared sides on it. 111 00:04:19,091 --> 00:04:20,593 The regular Mazda didn't have that. 112 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:22,470 Yeah, they're not gonna be happy with us. 113 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:23,805 But we need a bedside. 114 00:04:23,888 --> 00:04:25,890 Yeah, we're gonna ruin it. 115 00:04:25,932 --> 00:04:28,518 This is why we made them go find us another bed 116 00:04:28,601 --> 00:04:30,395 the last time we were doing this That's... the reason... 117 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:31,896 -Oh. -...this is the trailer... 118 00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:33,356 -The other bed -[David] Right. 119 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:34,691 -It doesn't have the flares. -It doesn't. 120 00:04:34,774 --> 00:04:36,109 Should we just cut that one up? 121 00:04:36,192 --> 00:04:39,070 That's the original reason why we got the other bed is, 122 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:41,156 'cause you didn't want to cut this one. So we got the other one. 123 00:04:41,239 --> 00:04:42,907 -[sighs] Thank God. -[David] But then this morning you said you were going 124 00:04:42,949 --> 00:04:44,409 to cut this one, so we took all the parts out 125 00:04:44,451 --> 00:04:45,952 of this one and stacked it in the other one. 126 00:04:46,036 --> 00:04:47,620 So now you want to take all the parts out of that one, 127 00:04:47,704 --> 00:04:49,122 stack 'em in this one, and use the other one? 128 00:04:49,205 --> 00:04:51,916 -I didn't know we still had the other one. -Ah. [all chuckling] I see. 129 00:04:51,957 --> 00:04:54,085 Now that I know that information, I'm like, 130 00:04:54,127 --> 00:04:55,962 "Yeah. Why are we cutting this one up?" 131 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:01,009 -I didn't know the other bed was still in play, man. -[laughing] 132 00:05:01,092 --> 00:05:02,177 [Mike] I thought I had no options. 133 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:03,803 I thought I had to cut this bed. 134 00:05:03,887 --> 00:05:06,681 Uh, I think we just decided we're gonna go and get the other bed. 135 00:05:06,765 --> 00:05:09,392 -Yes! -[David laughing] 136 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:12,937 I have no problems cutting this one up. 137 00:05:12,979 --> 00:05:14,105 Nope! 138 00:05:18,985 --> 00:05:20,320 Now I'm ready to hack. 139 00:05:35,752 --> 00:05:37,671 [laughs] Ha! 140 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:45,553 -[laughing] -I could have used some warning on that. 141 00:05:45,637 --> 00:05:47,597 Oh. Sorry. I thought you were out of the way. 142 00:05:48,098 --> 00:05:49,182 Let's install it. 143 00:05:54,646 --> 00:05:56,523 -It looks way better. -[Mike] Yeah. 144 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:58,108 You're cutting this part, bro. 145 00:05:58,191 --> 00:05:59,401 [chuckles] 146 00:05:59,484 --> 00:06:02,153 [David] We cut the floor out of our bed and test-fit it, 147 00:06:02,195 --> 00:06:04,948 and it's amazing how easy this is actually going to be. 148 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:08,827 But, unfortunately, because our new tires and wheels on our transaxle 149 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:10,286 stick out so much further 150 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:12,414 than the stock track width, 151 00:06:12,497 --> 00:06:14,374 I am gonna have to cut out this 152 00:06:14,457 --> 00:06:16,126 in order to fit the wheel and tire. 153 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:17,711 Instead of doing a straight radius, 154 00:06:17,794 --> 00:06:20,714 I attempted to follow the factory shape of it. 155 00:06:20,797 --> 00:06:23,717 And I will mimic it with the death wheel. 156 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,176 This could go really badly. 157 00:06:25,218 --> 00:06:27,887 And the reason that Finnegan's not doing it, I think we all know. 158 00:06:27,971 --> 00:06:29,764 We saw his work on the muscle truck 159 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:31,307 so many seasons ago. 160 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:34,686 Wow. 161 00:06:35,145 --> 00:06:36,604 That is bad. 162 00:06:36,688 --> 00:06:38,398 Yeah, he's just gonna make a flange, 163 00:06:38,481 --> 00:06:39,816 and Dzus it right back on. 164 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:41,359 -It'll be mint. -[laughing] 165 00:06:49,034 --> 00:06:51,870 [David] Now we find out if my wheel-opening cut worked. 166 00:06:51,911 --> 00:06:53,288 [Mike] This looks good, Freiburger. 167 00:06:53,371 --> 00:06:54,456 [David] It's a little close. 168 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:55,999 [Mike] It's close... 169 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:59,502 like, if you take it off any sweet jumps, it's definitely hitting. 170 00:06:59,586 --> 00:07:02,339 Okay. Back of the bed is bolted in. Thank you, Freiburger. 171 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,841 Front of the bed is, kind of, half-ass installed. 172 00:07:04,924 --> 00:07:08,845 I just welded some tubing from the roll bar to the bedsides, up top. 173 00:07:08,928 --> 00:07:10,513 There's nothing in the bottom right now, 174 00:07:10,597 --> 00:07:12,849 so what I'm gonna do is roll the truck forward, put it on the lift. 175 00:07:12,932 --> 00:07:14,809 Put it up in the air, work from the bottom 176 00:07:14,893 --> 00:07:16,644 and triangulate something to keep, 177 00:07:16,728 --> 00:07:19,481 not just the bedsides from flapping as we drive down the road, 178 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:21,399 but also from falling down, 179 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:22,734 'cause that's probably an issue. 180 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:30,909 [David] Mike went the extra mile, welding it all on up here. 181 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,159 It's actually stout. 182 00:07:32,243 --> 00:07:34,579 The question is, are the tires going to hit? 183 00:07:34,621 --> 00:07:35,663 I'm gonna say yes. 184 00:07:35,747 --> 00:07:37,707 I didn't cut them big enough. Let's see. 185 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:39,959 Ooh, maybe not. 186 00:07:40,043 --> 00:07:41,544 [grunts] 187 00:07:42,587 --> 00:07:43,963 -[David] It's fine. -All right. 188 00:07:46,216 --> 00:07:49,052 Right now we're eyeballing what to do about putting a fuel cell up front. 189 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:52,180 And what's interesting is it's only gonna be a transfer tank. 190 00:07:52,263 --> 00:07:53,306 -Yeah? -Yeah. 191 00:07:53,390 --> 00:07:55,433 This here, with a little click-clack, 192 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:57,268 pumping into what would have been 193 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,396 -a rollover vent of that... -Mmm-hmm 194 00:07:59,479 --> 00:08:02,816 ...with a switch in between that every so often we should shut off... 195 00:08:02,899 --> 00:08:04,192 -[David] Right. -...'cause that's gonna overflow. 196 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:06,611 -Yeah. -And there's no return back here because... 197 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:08,738 you know, budget. Less hose. 198 00:08:08,822 --> 00:08:10,198 Very much safety. 199 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:11,491 [chuckles softly] I'll drive it. It's fine. 200 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:13,159 It's fine. I got insurance. 201 00:08:13,243 --> 00:08:14,452 We're so dead. 202 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,454 [both laughing] 203 00:08:20,125 --> 00:08:22,460 Don't ever do this. Ever. 204 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:24,045 Not even for a TV show. 205 00:08:24,129 --> 00:08:25,422 It's not a radiator. 206 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:27,340 It's a bomb. 207 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:30,510 You ready? 208 00:08:30,593 --> 00:08:32,178 -It's not going anywhere. -[David chuckles] 209 00:08:32,261 --> 00:08:33,847 Extra safety measure. 210 00:08:33,929 --> 00:08:36,057 -Let me just throw these right there. -Throw them on. 211 00:08:36,140 --> 00:08:37,350 [both laughing] 212 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:39,477 Done! 213 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:43,606 We have our hack job fuel system all put together. 214 00:08:43,690 --> 00:08:45,025 I'm gonna test it now. 215 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:47,944 We know that these little electric pumps don't like to lift. 216 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,362 Really, they want to be gravity fed. 217 00:08:49,446 --> 00:08:50,613 We don't have that situation. 218 00:08:50,697 --> 00:08:51,948 So I'm gonna turn on the switch, 219 00:08:52,032 --> 00:08:54,659 and hopefully, we will see E85 gurgle 220 00:08:54,701 --> 00:08:56,369 in this baby right there. 221 00:08:56,453 --> 00:08:57,537 [softly] But probably not. 222 00:08:57,620 --> 00:09:00,540 -I like your optimism. -Flip the switch. 223 00:09:00,623 --> 00:09:03,626 It's like, the first time in my life, I want something to suck more, not less. 224 00:09:04,878 --> 00:09:05,879 Only the first? 225 00:09:07,005 --> 00:09:08,465 Whoa! Look at that. 226 00:09:08,548 --> 00:09:09,841 [Mike] Oh, that truly sucks. 227 00:09:09,883 --> 00:09:11,009 Handled! 228 00:09:11,051 --> 00:09:13,636 We are moving on to the next car, which is... 229 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:15,930 the amazing automotive artifact known as... 230 00:09:16,014 --> 00:09:18,850 the General Mayhem, my '68 Dodge Charger. 231 00:09:18,892 --> 00:09:20,518 This thing has been around 232 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:22,979 since the very earliest days of Roadkill. 233 00:09:23,063 --> 00:09:26,399 And I actually traded it for a set of cylinder heads in 2008. 234 00:09:26,483 --> 00:09:28,026 It was a complete rolling hulk. 235 00:09:28,068 --> 00:09:30,612 I think it's the episode that took us the longest to shoot. 236 00:09:30,695 --> 00:09:34,240 I think six months, in and out, doing occasional weekends, 237 00:09:34,324 --> 00:09:36,242 putting it together with a Motorhome 440, 238 00:09:36,326 --> 00:09:38,036 putting on a bunch of swap meet parts 239 00:09:38,078 --> 00:09:41,539 and turning it into the greatest on-and-off-road, 240 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:43,792 rally-crossing, auto-crossing, 241 00:09:43,875 --> 00:09:45,794 burning-out, drag-racing, 242 00:09:45,877 --> 00:09:47,962 fun car ever, in my opinion. 243 00:09:48,046 --> 00:09:49,381 This thing is a blast. 244 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,591 The carburetor that was on this for our trip 245 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:55,011 when we went from Wyoming down to the closing of Bandimere, 246 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:56,638 near Denver, Colorado. 247 00:09:56,721 --> 00:09:59,182 -This carburetor just kept flooding. - [engine sputtering] 248 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:02,310 [David] That means I've got to change the oil because it's still full of gasoline. 249 00:10:02,394 --> 00:10:05,271 It probably polished the cylinder walls like mirrors, 250 00:10:05,355 --> 00:10:06,815 and it's gonna burn oil. 251 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:08,858 -Oh, it makes the pistons move faster. -[David] Right. There's that, 252 00:10:08,942 --> 00:10:10,610 -and with friction reduction. -[Mike] Yeah. 253 00:10:10,694 --> 00:10:12,362 But I just wanna change the carburetor. 254 00:10:12,445 --> 00:10:13,571 I don't even wanna mess with it. 255 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:15,073 I think it's got a porosity problem 256 00:10:15,115 --> 00:10:17,909 or something that I'm not going to troubleshoot. 257 00:10:17,951 --> 00:10:19,077 I'm just gonna replace it. 258 00:10:19,953 --> 00:10:22,080 See, that's a really good Holley HP. 259 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:23,623 We need to change the oil, 260 00:10:23,707 --> 00:10:25,542 which is weird with the Accusump. 261 00:10:25,625 --> 00:10:27,919 And when this was being transported here, 262 00:10:27,961 --> 00:10:29,504 someone punched a hole in the gas tank. 263 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:31,047 So we'll be fixing that, too. 264 00:10:31,131 --> 00:10:32,799 [Mike] Out with the old, in with the new. 265 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:38,638 Right now, we've got the car up in the air. 266 00:10:38,722 --> 00:10:41,266 We're going to change the oil and the filter. 267 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,726 [David] Is there any oil in that? 268 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:44,477 No way. 269 00:10:44,561 --> 00:10:46,187 We just removed the oil filter, 270 00:10:46,271 --> 00:10:48,732 and there was no oil in it. 271 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:51,860 The car got driven to where it's parked right now. 272 00:10:51,943 --> 00:10:54,070 Mike's about to pull the drain plug, 273 00:10:54,154 --> 00:10:55,822 and see what that says. 274 00:10:55,905 --> 00:10:58,783 Well, it's almost out, and that's not a lot of oil. 275 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,785 I'm gonna guess that was three quarts. 276 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,496 Oh, and a bunch of it got pumped into the Accusump, I'm sure. 277 00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:04,748 I don't like the Accusump. 278 00:11:04,831 --> 00:11:06,458 It raises too many questions. 279 00:11:09,294 --> 00:11:10,295 It's wrong. 280 00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:12,297 -Oh, that's an EFI tank. -Yep. 281 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:14,674 Oh-oh. 282 00:11:17,344 --> 00:11:19,888 Yes, it is the Roadkill car that never fails to fail. 283 00:11:19,971 --> 00:11:23,600 It is the Rotsun, our 1971 Datsun 240Z, 284 00:11:23,683 --> 00:11:27,354 that used to be loaded with a 4.3L Chevy V-6 with a turbo on it, 285 00:11:27,437 --> 00:11:30,231 but now, it has a Small-Block Ford. It's a 302. 286 00:11:30,315 --> 00:11:31,816 Oh, that's when we did that great scene, 287 00:11:31,858 --> 00:11:34,110 mimicking a movie, Office Space, 288 00:11:34,194 --> 00:11:36,446 thrashing on the old V-6 because we hated it. 289 00:11:48,625 --> 00:11:51,920 And we threw the 302 in. It still has the same turbo 290 00:11:52,003 --> 00:11:53,838 that we got from our buddy, Kj Jones. 291 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:56,091 It's some diesel leftover that he had. 292 00:11:56,174 --> 00:11:58,301 And this thing hasn't run in years, honestly, 293 00:11:58,385 --> 00:12:01,846 and we know that we've got a fuel delivery problem. 294 00:12:01,888 --> 00:12:04,099 We know we got to do something with the starter. 295 00:12:04,182 --> 00:12:05,684 It overheated twice really badly. 296 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:08,061 -Oh, it overheated really badly... -[Mike] Both times. 297 00:12:08,144 --> 00:12:09,813 [David] We drove it to Las Vegas, and it puked everywhere. 298 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:12,357 Then we raced it at Laguna Seca. 299 00:12:12,399 --> 00:12:15,151 We were standing there doing the wrap up talk as we do, 300 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:16,903 and in the background it goes... 301 00:12:16,986 --> 00:12:18,279 [mimics engine spluttering] 302 00:12:18,363 --> 00:12:19,781 [Mike] Whoa! 303 00:12:19,864 --> 00:12:21,491 Okay, we're gonna have to clean that up. 304 00:12:21,574 --> 00:12:23,159 [laughing] 305 00:12:23,243 --> 00:12:24,494 [Mike] Wow! 306 00:12:24,577 --> 00:12:26,413 And I don't think we've touched it since. 307 00:12:26,496 --> 00:12:28,665 -No. -No. So what do we do first? 308 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:31,626 I think the starter is junk, so starter... 309 00:12:31,710 --> 00:12:34,295 -then fuel system? -Okay. 310 00:12:34,379 --> 00:12:35,922 All right. I removed the starter that was in the car. 311 00:12:36,006 --> 00:12:38,508 And we're gonna go with the Duralast Gold. 312 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:41,136 You know, Duralast, which is a sponsor of Roadkill, 313 00:12:41,219 --> 00:12:44,431 would like to remind you that if you are a professional, 314 00:12:44,514 --> 00:12:46,808 you can actually have your own sales rep 315 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:48,727 or you can go to AutoZonePro.com, 316 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,854 and you can order stuff and it'll be here in, like, 30 minutes. 317 00:12:50,937 --> 00:12:53,231 The thing is, we're not professionals, 318 00:12:53,273 --> 00:12:56,276 so we just shop like regular people and get this stuff. 319 00:12:56,359 --> 00:12:57,902 Maybe if you're better than us, 320 00:12:57,944 --> 00:13:01,031 you could step up to the AutoZonePro account. 321 00:13:02,073 --> 00:13:03,908 Welcome to the "tea and crumpets 322 00:13:03,950 --> 00:13:06,077 smothered in Jack Daniel's" portion of the show. 323 00:13:06,119 --> 00:13:07,370 -Good callback. -Yeah. 324 00:13:07,454 --> 00:13:09,164 -Yeah, right? -Episode 7 325 00:13:09,247 --> 00:13:11,041 is where we first built this thing. 326 00:13:11,124 --> 00:13:15,003 It's a 1974 Jaguar XJ12 327 00:13:15,086 --> 00:13:17,130 with 383 Small-Block Chevy 328 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:20,508 with a Weiand 6-71 supercharger on it. 329 00:13:20,592 --> 00:13:22,635 I know that we can smoke tires with this car. 330 00:13:22,719 --> 00:13:24,220 It has been on a lot of episodes. 331 00:13:24,304 --> 00:13:26,973 We have annihilated some treads with this thing. 332 00:13:27,057 --> 00:13:28,683 There's more rubber on the quarter panel 333 00:13:28,767 --> 00:13:29,976 than there is on the tire right now. 334 00:13:30,060 --> 00:13:31,311 We need to, like, peel that off, 335 00:13:31,394 --> 00:13:32,604 and rub it back in, I think. 336 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:34,105 It also needs a new ignition box 337 00:13:34,147 --> 00:13:35,857 because I stole the box off of it 338 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:39,069 when we were working on Stubby Bob last time. 339 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:41,071 [Mike] I'm just waiting for the verbal kick in the nuts. 340 00:13:41,154 --> 00:13:43,323 Because he cut through the ground wire on Stubby Bob, 341 00:13:43,406 --> 00:13:44,699 and it didn't actually need a box. 342 00:13:44,783 --> 00:13:46,826 -But I took it off this one anyway. -Yeah. 343 00:13:46,910 --> 00:13:48,078 -[David laughing] -We also need a battery. 344 00:13:48,161 --> 00:13:49,329 [David] Yeah, we do. 345 00:13:53,917 --> 00:13:55,710 Remember when this was overheating so badly 346 00:13:55,794 --> 00:13:59,047 that we had to drive through car washes in order to cool it down? 347 00:13:59,130 --> 00:14:00,256 Nothing has changed. 348 00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,634 This thing has overheated, brutally, 349 00:14:02,676 --> 00:14:04,636 at least, two times since then. 350 00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,639 Okay. 351 00:14:07,681 --> 00:14:09,683 [engine sputtering] 352 00:14:10,767 --> 00:14:12,268 I think we need another starter. 353 00:14:12,352 --> 00:14:14,979 It was cranking good earlier. 354 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:16,022 [Mike] No, no, no. 355 00:14:16,106 --> 00:14:17,524 -That starter's junk. -[engine sputtering] 356 00:14:17,607 --> 00:14:18,942 How many voltages? 357 00:14:19,025 --> 00:14:19,984 Twelve and a half. 358 00:14:20,026 --> 00:14:21,486 [engine sputtering] 359 00:14:21,528 --> 00:14:23,697 All right, that's lunch, everybody! Good job. 360 00:14:24,614 --> 00:14:26,783 Whoo! What a day! 361 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:28,993 -It's like maracas. -[engine continues sputtering] 362 00:14:30,495 --> 00:14:32,372 I think he's finally lost his mind. 363 00:14:35,333 --> 00:14:37,168 [David] We're waiting for a starter on the drag wire, 364 00:14:37,210 --> 00:14:39,587 so I'm gonna continue to install our new tank 365 00:14:39,671 --> 00:14:41,673 that just arrived for the General Mayhem. 366 00:14:44,134 --> 00:14:45,719 [grunts] There. 367 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,809 That's in. I just have to hook up the hoses and I'm done. 368 00:14:54,227 --> 00:14:57,022 We just finished up installing the new fuel tank. 369 00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:58,857 All right, David, do your worst. 370 00:14:59,649 --> 00:15:01,568 [engine whirring] 371 00:15:01,651 --> 00:15:02,819 Does it have fuel yet? 372 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,988 You now have fuel, sir. 373 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:07,866 -[engine sputtering, roaring] -[Mike] Hey! 374 00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:09,701 Look at that! 375 00:15:09,743 --> 00:15:10,827 [engine stops] 376 00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:13,246 -You wanna suck that down? It's on fire. -Oh. 377 00:15:13,747 --> 00:15:15,123 [engine starts, stops] 378 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:16,875 Where's the timing set at? 379 00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,293 [engine roaring] 380 00:15:18,376 --> 00:15:20,378 Oh, it's fine. It's fine. Everything's fine. 381 00:15:24,758 --> 00:15:27,052 -Yay! -[Mike] One down. 382 00:15:27,093 --> 00:15:28,762 Two, if you count the Mazdarati. 383 00:15:29,679 --> 00:15:31,056 [David] We're onto the Rotsun. 384 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:33,266 The carburetor is all locked up solid. 385 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:34,768 The accelerator pumps don't move at all. 386 00:15:34,851 --> 00:15:36,895 So I'm just gonna take it off and rebuild it. 387 00:15:40,190 --> 00:15:43,026 I'm working on the carburetor over there, which is trash. 388 00:15:43,109 --> 00:15:45,737 Finnegan just figured out the entire fuel system in the car. 389 00:15:45,779 --> 00:15:47,280 I didn't realize it was this far, 390 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:49,074 but we just dropped the whole fuel cell out of it. 391 00:15:49,115 --> 00:15:50,075 What's up? 392 00:15:50,116 --> 00:15:52,702 Uh... well, it doesn't have a return port. 393 00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:56,122 It's full of bad fuel, and we have another fuel cell. 394 00:15:56,206 --> 00:15:58,917 So... I'm just thinking we just eliminate 395 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,335 whatever is going wrong there 396 00:16:00,418 --> 00:16:02,379 -and put the new fuel cell in... -Okay. 397 00:16:02,462 --> 00:16:03,713 ...with ratchet straps probably. 398 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,936 [David] Finnegan's been working on fabricating this new fuel cell 399 00:16:17,977 --> 00:16:19,270 that's gonna go up in here. 400 00:16:20,647 --> 00:16:21,773 Burning! 401 00:16:33,493 --> 00:16:35,453 Mike is wiring the fuel pump, 402 00:16:35,495 --> 00:16:38,915 and I'm putting the boost-ification to the engine. 403 00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:41,334 Never forget we're doing all of this to a car 404 00:16:41,418 --> 00:16:43,545 we haven't driven in probably, five or six years 405 00:16:43,628 --> 00:16:45,380 just to find out, will it overheat 406 00:16:45,463 --> 00:16:46,756 -right here in the shop. -[David] Yeah. 407 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,258 We think we blew the head gaskets 408 00:16:48,341 --> 00:16:50,093 -the last time we drove it right. -[David] Right. 409 00:16:50,176 --> 00:16:53,013 [chuckling] We're really good at this after 13 years. 410 00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:54,639 -Let's keep going. [chuckles] -[David] Okay. 411 00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:57,976 I was just laying some dots on this, 412 00:16:58,018 --> 00:17:01,104 so that the silicone hose has something to grab, 413 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:02,522 so that it doesn't pop off. 414 00:17:03,815 --> 00:17:04,648 [straining] Okay. 415 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:07,986 [Mike] We're about ready to see if this thing is gonna run 416 00:17:08,028 --> 00:17:09,319 for the first time in forever. 417 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:10,780 Why is this so scary? 418 00:17:10,864 --> 00:17:12,365 Just to flip the switch? 419 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:13,657 [flips switch] 420 00:17:13,700 --> 00:17:15,702 [engine sputtering] 421 00:17:15,785 --> 00:17:17,619 [revving] 422 00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,830 -Hey. -Just like that! 423 00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:21,875 And it's not smoking! 424 00:17:22,541 --> 00:17:23,917 We got oil pressure. 425 00:17:24,002 --> 00:17:25,878 [engine roaring] 426 00:17:28,840 --> 00:17:30,258 [sputtering] 427 00:17:30,342 --> 00:17:31,343 Oh! 428 00:17:33,178 --> 00:17:34,387 [engine stops] 429 00:17:34,471 --> 00:17:36,014 Okay, first of all, 430 00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:38,475 it sprayed water all over me when I did that. 431 00:17:38,558 --> 00:17:40,143 -Oh. -And second of all, 432 00:17:40,226 --> 00:17:42,270 look at the water coming up out of the cracks 433 00:17:42,354 --> 00:17:43,688 in the carburetor head. 434 00:17:43,730 --> 00:17:45,231 It sprayed water everywhere. 435 00:17:45,315 --> 00:17:46,858 -It's all out here. -[Mike] Are you saying head gaskets? 436 00:17:46,900 --> 00:17:49,402 -Yeah. [chuckles softly] -[chuckling] I really wanted this to work. 437 00:17:50,528 --> 00:17:51,946 Oh! Come on, Rotsun. 438 00:17:52,030 --> 00:17:54,074 Let's run it more and verify. 439 00:17:54,532 --> 00:17:56,368 [engine whirring] 440 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,956 That is very hot water! 441 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:03,416 -Damn. -[engine sputtering] 442 00:18:06,044 --> 00:18:08,213 [engine revving] 443 00:18:09,422 --> 00:18:11,591 [David] It's not stopping! 444 00:18:11,675 --> 00:18:13,927 But on the bright side, the fuel pressure is perfect. 445 00:18:14,010 --> 00:18:15,845 [both laughing] 446 00:18:17,263 --> 00:18:19,432 [Mike] Why couldn't it be oil? I'd be fine with oil. 447 00:18:19,516 --> 00:18:21,851 Oh, there's plenty of oil coming out of the carburetor head. 448 00:18:21,935 --> 00:18:23,144 Ugh! Never forget, 449 00:18:23,228 --> 00:18:26,106 that's a Ford Power Stroke Diesel turbo from Kj Jones 450 00:18:26,189 --> 00:18:28,191 that we've never rebuilt. 451 00:18:28,274 --> 00:18:30,235 Oh! You know what that means? 452 00:18:30,276 --> 00:18:31,361 -It's Kj's fault? -[David] Yes! 453 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,779 -How did you know? -[both laughing] 454 00:18:32,862 --> 00:18:33,822 Like that! 455 00:18:33,905 --> 00:18:36,116 I'm gonna say this has a blown head gasket, 456 00:18:36,199 --> 00:18:38,076 which explains why it overheats to the moon. 457 00:18:38,118 --> 00:18:40,912 -[exhales] Next car? [chuckling] -Yeah. 458 00:18:40,954 --> 00:18:42,414 [snickering] 459 00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:43,957 It never fails to fail. 460 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:45,542 -[chuckling] -The Rotsun. 461 00:18:46,042 --> 00:18:46,960 [softly] Junk. 462 00:18:48,128 --> 00:18:50,088 It's my job to fix the starter on the Draguar. 463 00:18:50,130 --> 00:18:53,383 The little gear in the starter was stuck in the ring gear. 464 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:56,803 So what I'm gonna do is grab this shim right here, 465 00:18:56,886 --> 00:18:59,556 which goes between the starter and the engine block, 466 00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:02,976 so that that small gear moves away from the ring gear. 467 00:19:05,979 --> 00:19:07,188 Starter, take two... 468 00:19:07,272 --> 00:19:08,273 Please work. 469 00:19:08,314 --> 00:19:09,691 -[engine starts] -Yes. 470 00:19:09,774 --> 00:19:10,900 Look at it go. 471 00:19:10,984 --> 00:19:12,652 All right, I just have to put the exhaust back together. 472 00:19:12,736 --> 00:19:14,279 And theoretically, the Draguar is done. 473 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:17,115 However, I will point out, it hasn't run yet. 474 00:19:17,157 --> 00:19:20,702 You'll probably see me rebuilding both carburetors later today. 475 00:19:20,785 --> 00:19:23,204 Well, arguably, one of the most reliable vehicles 476 00:19:23,288 --> 00:19:26,291 in the Roadkill fleet happens to be a '68 Dodge Charger 477 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:28,585 powered by a Toyota Inline-6 motor, 478 00:19:28,668 --> 00:19:31,087 uh, except when we pulled it in the shop yesterday 479 00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:32,464 to start working on it, 480 00:19:32,505 --> 00:19:33,923 the pulley fell off the balancer. 481 00:19:34,007 --> 00:19:36,343 And that's because it wasn't welded or bolted together. 482 00:19:36,426 --> 00:19:38,803 From the factory, it's bonded with rubber, 483 00:19:38,845 --> 00:19:40,263 which is not that uncommon. 484 00:19:40,347 --> 00:19:42,015 You see this on a lot of vehicles, 485 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:45,310 but, uh, after, I don't know, decades of abuse, 486 00:19:45,352 --> 00:19:47,312 on the rev limiter by other people, not me, 487 00:19:47,354 --> 00:19:49,105 this thing just decided to leave the chat. 488 00:19:49,189 --> 00:19:51,441 And so, we bought a fluid dampener, 489 00:19:51,524 --> 00:19:54,652 which this one, the pulley for the serpentine belt bolts on, 490 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:56,071 which is nice. You'll like that. 491 00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:58,156 I threw some anti-seize on the snout of the crank. 492 00:19:58,198 --> 00:19:59,824 In theory, I shouldn't even have to hone this. 493 00:19:59,866 --> 00:20:01,451 This should just go right on there. 494 00:20:01,534 --> 00:20:02,827 It's working! 495 00:20:06,539 --> 00:20:07,540 I'd say that's good. 496 00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:09,626 Torqued! 497 00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:16,007 Go again. Go again. 498 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:17,217 Argh. There! 499 00:20:17,300 --> 00:20:19,344 It's time! I think it'll run. 500 00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:21,513 [engine starts] 501 00:20:21,554 --> 00:20:23,390 [David] That was anticlimactic. 502 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:24,974 Does it have oil pressure? 503 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:26,726 Sure. 504 00:20:29,229 --> 00:20:31,272 It's actually gonna drive out of the shop! 505 00:20:31,356 --> 00:20:32,565 [engine revving] 506 00:20:41,700 --> 00:20:43,660 Now we're gonna put this thing down and see if it'll run. 507 00:20:43,743 --> 00:20:45,912 We just had good luck with the Death Metal, 508 00:20:45,995 --> 00:20:49,374 but it's got that Toyota reliability going on. 509 00:20:49,416 --> 00:20:52,252 This is a lovely shade of poop. 510 00:20:52,335 --> 00:20:53,545 [engine spluttering] 511 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:57,173 Gotta get gas up to the carburetors. 512 00:20:57,257 --> 00:20:59,092 [engine spluttering] 513 00:21:00,010 --> 00:21:01,344 -Okay. -[Mike] Here we go. 514 00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:03,513 -It's gonna die. -[engine spluttering] 515 00:21:03,596 --> 00:21:05,598 [engine starts] 516 00:21:06,266 --> 00:21:07,642 Runs on brake fluid. 517 00:21:07,726 --> 00:21:09,269 Oh, there's still no gas 518 00:21:09,352 --> 00:21:10,895 -in the bowls. -[Mike] Oh. 519 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:13,606 [engine spluttering] 520 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:17,527 Ooh, gasoline just hit. 521 00:21:17,610 --> 00:21:20,071 Oh, yeah, it's squirting now. 522 00:21:20,113 --> 00:21:21,322 All right, this junk is gonna run. 523 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:24,576 [engine starts] 524 00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:29,748 All right, I've got some fixing to do. 525 00:21:29,789 --> 00:21:32,500 There's gas pouring down this side of the blower, 526 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:34,794 and for some reason, it wants to idle at 3,000 RPM. 527 00:21:34,878 --> 00:21:35,795 Seems like a vacuum leak. 528 00:21:35,879 --> 00:21:37,213 I don't see one at a glance. 529 00:21:37,297 --> 00:21:40,300 I'm gonna take off the scoop, which is no fun. 530 00:21:41,885 --> 00:21:44,054 Here's the end of day story on the Draguar. 531 00:21:44,137 --> 00:21:45,764 We messed with this thing for a long time, 532 00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:47,265 a needlessly long time. 533 00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:49,809 We did fix about half a dozen vacuum leaks. 534 00:21:49,893 --> 00:21:51,144 We did improve the linkage. 535 00:21:51,227 --> 00:21:53,563 We did improve the needles and seats that were stuck. 536 00:21:53,646 --> 00:21:56,024 We cannot solve a vacuum leak 537 00:21:56,107 --> 00:21:58,151 that's here at the back of the supercharger 538 00:21:58,234 --> 00:22:01,112 with a casket that is unobtanium, and we don't want to take 539 00:22:01,154 --> 00:22:02,614 the whole thing apart to do it again. 540 00:22:02,655 --> 00:22:05,492 And so it idles at about 1,500 RPM. 541 00:22:05,575 --> 00:22:06,576 We're gonna live with it. 542 00:22:06,659 --> 00:22:07,619 I'm gonna put the scoop on, 543 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,621 which is probably gonna take me 20 minutes, 544 00:22:09,662 --> 00:22:12,082 and then this will be another runner. 545 00:22:12,165 --> 00:22:13,166 Off the list. 546 00:22:13,249 --> 00:22:16,378 Four days, seven cars, some of them even worked. 547 00:22:16,461 --> 00:22:18,588 -Not well, but they do work. -Not one of 'em is right. 548 00:22:18,672 --> 00:22:20,256 -Not even one. -No. 549 00:22:20,340 --> 00:22:21,758 It's a little disappointing, I got to admit. 550 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:23,510 -We worked really hard, though. -I know. 551 00:22:23,593 --> 00:22:25,762 This was supposed to be Roadkill's greatest hits. 552 00:22:25,845 --> 00:22:27,013 Instead of washing machines. 553 00:22:27,055 --> 00:22:31,101 -And, uh, it's Roadkill's greatest hits, kind of. -[sighs] 554 00:22:31,184 --> 00:22:32,602 -Yeah, we've been road-killed. -Mm-hmm. 555 00:22:32,686 --> 00:22:33,687 For sure. 556 00:22:33,728 --> 00:22:35,397 And I can't decide if it's self-inflicted or not. 557 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,941 So, I'm just gonna ignore everything that happened the last four days, 558 00:22:38,024 --> 00:22:40,610 get in the Mazdarati tomorrow, and just head north. 559 00:22:40,694 --> 00:22:43,238 [David] We are driving to a racetrack tomorrow with the Mazdarati. 560 00:22:43,321 --> 00:22:46,616 We will find out if it runs 10s in the quarter mile. 561 00:22:46,700 --> 00:22:47,909 And when it doesn't, 562 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:50,203 we'll have all of these other 563 00:22:50,286 --> 00:22:53,248 awesomely functioning vehicles to shoot it out against. 564 00:22:53,331 --> 00:22:55,542 -It's gonna be great. -Whoo! 565 00:22:57,043 --> 00:22:58,920 -[David] Ready? -[Mike] Sure. 566 00:22:59,004 --> 00:23:00,547 [engine starts] 567 00:23:00,630 --> 00:23:02,298 EFI fires right up. 568 00:23:02,382 --> 00:23:03,508 -Right? -[engine spluttering] 569 00:23:03,550 --> 00:23:05,093 Surge is a little. 570 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:06,886 Wow, that motor moves around a lot. 571 00:23:06,970 --> 00:23:08,138 Do you see that? 572 00:23:08,221 --> 00:23:10,265 No, I'm not looking back there at all, bro. 573 00:23:10,348 --> 00:23:12,517 [laughs] Oh, only forward. 574 00:23:12,559 --> 00:23:14,060 [engine stops] 575 00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:16,146 [laughs] 576 00:23:17,355 --> 00:23:18,898 Did you turn on the surge tank? 577 00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:21,276 [laughs] 578 00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,153 [engine starts] 579 00:23:23,236 --> 00:23:24,362 [Mike] Oh. Oh. 580 00:23:26,072 --> 00:23:28,575 Okay, I smell E85 now. 581 00:23:28,658 --> 00:23:29,492 [David] Yeah. 582 00:23:30,493 --> 00:23:32,245 We've never road tripped this anywhere. 583 00:23:33,246 --> 00:23:34,330 -No. -No. 584 00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:37,459 [Mike] It's going good so far. 585 00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:38,918 [David] The turbo's cooking. 586 00:23:40,378 --> 00:23:42,255 The smoke pouring off the turbo. 587 00:23:45,842 --> 00:23:46,968 Yeah, I don't think we're overheating. 588 00:23:47,052 --> 00:23:49,054 -It's down to 187. -Okay, cool. 589 00:23:49,095 --> 00:23:50,430 We might be good. 590 00:23:50,513 --> 00:23:53,058 [David] One mile down, and we're the champions of the world. 591 00:23:53,099 --> 00:23:55,810 We've got some smoking out of, ironically enough, 592 00:23:55,894 --> 00:23:57,312 our heat shield. 593 00:23:57,395 --> 00:23:59,397 But aside from that, it's pretty good. 594 00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:01,691 Ah, dude, that was a complete success. 595 00:24:01,775 --> 00:24:03,109 We didn't run out of gas. 596 00:24:03,193 --> 00:24:04,444 We're not on fire. 597 00:24:04,527 --> 00:24:05,528 Let's just get on the highway. 598 00:24:05,612 --> 00:24:07,781 -Yeah. -Yeah, 120 miles. We got this. 599 00:24:07,864 --> 00:24:09,449 [David] We just filled up with E85 600 00:24:09,532 --> 00:24:10,742 -and we're ready to rip. -[engine starts] 601 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:15,455 [Mike] Freeway coming. 602 00:24:16,790 --> 00:24:18,416 The true test. 603 00:24:18,458 --> 00:24:20,043 Will it tow a trailer on the highway? 604 00:24:26,716 --> 00:24:28,760 -It seems all right. -Yeah. 605 00:24:28,802 --> 00:24:30,595 I think we got our first tire rub. 606 00:24:30,637 --> 00:24:31,554 Here's another one. 607 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:34,891 -Yep. -[Mike] Oh, yeah. 608 00:24:36,976 --> 00:24:39,062 Engage highway mode. 609 00:24:40,897 --> 00:24:42,607 [David] Whoa, it drives okay. 610 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:44,943 [Mike] Yeah, it's nice. 611 00:24:47,487 --> 00:24:49,322 [David] The turbo's smoking a lot. 612 00:24:52,158 --> 00:24:53,910 My head doesn't bend that far, 613 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:55,120 so therefore, there's no problem. 614 00:24:57,956 --> 00:25:00,166 [David] Honestly, this thing drives like a dream. 615 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:01,710 The brakes are pretty sketch, 616 00:25:01,793 --> 00:25:04,004 but aside from that, cruises down the road. 617 00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:06,381 [Mike] This is our finest feat of engineering 618 00:25:06,464 --> 00:25:07,882 in a long time. 619 00:25:07,966 --> 00:25:09,718 [David] Yeah, I would say in a long time. 620 00:25:09,801 --> 00:25:10,719 Like, it works. 621 00:25:10,802 --> 00:25:12,178 -It pretty works. -It's just going. 622 00:25:12,262 --> 00:25:15,306 And it got 11.4 miles to the gallon, 623 00:25:15,348 --> 00:25:17,142 which on E85... 624 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:18,810 -With the trailer. -With us. 625 00:25:19,310 --> 00:25:20,478 It's not bad. 626 00:25:20,520 --> 00:25:21,730 It's practically a hybrid. 627 00:25:21,813 --> 00:25:23,023 Drivers change. 628 00:25:25,275 --> 00:25:27,569 The bumps feel a little sketchy. 629 00:25:27,652 --> 00:25:29,529 And our trailer's wagging badly. 630 00:25:30,822 --> 00:25:32,032 'Cause it's got no tongue weight. 631 00:25:34,701 --> 00:25:36,202 Now the temperature's going up. 632 00:25:37,704 --> 00:25:38,788 210. 633 00:25:40,623 --> 00:25:41,708 215. 634 00:25:47,130 --> 00:25:48,298 Uh-oh. 635 00:25:48,381 --> 00:25:50,717 -Hey, Dave. -Yep? 636 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,470 All right, it's puking. We gotta pull it over. 637 00:25:55,472 --> 00:25:56,890 What if we lost a hose? 638 00:25:56,973 --> 00:25:57,849 [David] Looks like it. 639 00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:01,770 Guess which one blew apart? 640 00:26:01,853 --> 00:26:04,230 [Mike] The one we forgot to put a bead on? 641 00:26:04,314 --> 00:26:06,399 The exact same one that came apart at the drag strip. 642 00:26:06,483 --> 00:26:08,318 [Mike] There's no bead. 643 00:26:08,401 --> 00:26:09,903 And I don't have the tool to make one, 644 00:26:09,986 --> 00:26:12,697 but I'm gonna try to flare this a little bit. 645 00:26:12,739 --> 00:26:14,699 We can make it. It's gonna be fine. 646 00:26:20,205 --> 00:26:21,581 [whirring] 647 00:26:31,257 --> 00:26:32,258 [Mike speaking] 648 00:26:48,108 --> 00:26:49,734 [horn honking] 649 00:26:51,361 --> 00:26:52,278 Wow. 650 00:26:54,197 --> 00:26:56,282 Oh, and it's toast. 651 00:26:56,366 --> 00:26:58,034 Uh, this isn't good. 652 00:26:58,118 --> 00:27:00,578 Yeah, that's not the record I was hoping to set today. 653 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:01,830 You know, I was... 654 00:27:01,913 --> 00:27:04,749 I wanted that 10-second record, not the 300-degree record. 655 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,295 [David] Oh, look at the water coming out of this. 656 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:11,464 -See? -[Mike] Oh. 657 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:13,466 -There's water in our motor. -[David] Uh-huh. 658 00:27:13,550 --> 00:27:15,260 In places that it's not supposed to be. 659 00:27:15,301 --> 00:27:16,344 Yep. 660 00:27:16,428 --> 00:27:17,971 That would explain why it overheated. 661 00:27:18,054 --> 00:27:20,140 Oh, yeah, there's the milkshake. 662 00:27:20,223 --> 00:27:21,474 [David] Yep, we're done. 663 00:27:22,475 --> 00:27:24,978 Yeah, I guess we'll see you guys in Bakersfield. 664 00:27:29,983 --> 00:27:32,068 Well, we had it towed to the hotel. 665 00:27:32,152 --> 00:27:33,737 We're gonna put some water in it. 666 00:27:33,820 --> 00:27:35,030 It's cooled off. 667 00:27:35,113 --> 00:27:36,197 [David] We're gonna fire it up now 668 00:27:36,281 --> 00:27:38,616 and see if I can see bubbles in the coolant, 669 00:27:38,658 --> 00:27:40,285 or if the coolant drops its level. 670 00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:42,787 Oh, lots of bubbles. 671 00:27:44,998 --> 00:27:47,083 -[Mike] Yeah, so that's what I was looking at before. -[engine squeaking] 672 00:27:47,167 --> 00:27:49,002 -Yeah. -You hear a... hear a squeak we didn't used to have? 673 00:27:49,836 --> 00:27:51,379 Yes. 674 00:27:51,463 --> 00:27:53,882 It's making weird noises it's never made before. 675 00:27:53,965 --> 00:27:57,135 You can hear, like, a whirring and a chirping in it. 676 00:27:58,345 --> 00:28:00,847 But even though it's bubbling in the radiator, 677 00:28:00,930 --> 00:28:03,933 it's not smoking out the vent, like it did before. 678 00:28:06,269 --> 00:28:07,979 If you rev it, doesn't go away? 679 00:28:08,021 --> 00:28:09,356 [engine revving] 680 00:28:11,441 --> 00:28:12,650 No. 681 00:28:12,692 --> 00:28:14,736 Well, we played with this thing a little bit tonight, 682 00:28:14,819 --> 00:28:17,489 working with that combustion analysis sauce. 683 00:28:17,530 --> 00:28:20,784 We put a ton of water in it because it was empty, 684 00:28:20,867 --> 00:28:22,952 we've got noises that we don't like, 685 00:28:23,036 --> 00:28:25,830 but we don't see anything that's really a smoking gun. 686 00:28:25,872 --> 00:28:27,165 So, I think what we're gonna do 687 00:28:27,207 --> 00:28:29,834 is wake up in the morning, and drive this thing 688 00:28:29,876 --> 00:28:31,378 the next 25 miles to the track, 689 00:28:31,461 --> 00:28:32,587 and find out what happens. 690 00:28:32,671 --> 00:28:34,464 -It either works or it doesn't, man. -[David] Right. 691 00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:36,466 Either way, we still have six other cars. 692 00:28:37,217 --> 00:28:38,093 Six? [laughs] 693 00:28:38,176 --> 00:28:39,886 -Six other-- -[David] This many? 694 00:28:39,969 --> 00:28:41,805 That finger doesn't want... Six other cars. 695 00:28:41,888 --> 00:28:43,431 You know what else comes in sixes? 696 00:28:43,515 --> 00:28:44,683 -Oh, beer? -[David] That's right. 697 00:28:44,724 --> 00:28:45,642 Yes. 698 00:28:48,478 --> 00:28:50,814 Today is the Mazdarati's last chance. 699 00:28:50,897 --> 00:28:52,816 We think it's broken, we're not sure. 700 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:54,567 Our solution is going to be, 701 00:28:54,651 --> 00:28:56,361 simply try and drive it to the track, 702 00:28:56,403 --> 00:28:57,987 whether the engine's broken or not. 703 00:28:58,071 --> 00:28:59,072 Let's see how far we get. 704 00:28:59,531 --> 00:29:00,407 [engine starts] 705 00:29:01,533 --> 00:29:03,493 [engine squeaking] 706 00:29:05,036 --> 00:29:06,162 [Mike] Our squeak is back. 707 00:29:08,998 --> 00:29:10,458 [David whistles] 708 00:29:10,542 --> 00:29:12,794 I am monitoring the monitor, 709 00:29:12,877 --> 00:29:14,337 trying to see when it's gonna overheat. 710 00:29:15,588 --> 00:29:17,298 [Mike] I smell something. How hot is it now? 711 00:29:17,382 --> 00:29:19,843 146. 712 00:29:23,179 --> 00:29:24,431 So far, so good. 713 00:29:24,514 --> 00:29:25,348 Seems happy. 714 00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:28,601 [engine revving] 715 00:29:30,770 --> 00:29:32,105 Still not overheating. 716 00:29:34,190 --> 00:29:36,109 [engine revving] 717 00:29:40,447 --> 00:29:44,034 That cooled it down from 190 to 185. 718 00:29:44,117 --> 00:29:46,703 I guess it's okay. That's good news. 719 00:29:47,370 --> 00:29:48,288 We're gonna make it. 720 00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:53,918 We don't get it. This thing runs better than ever. 721 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,420 We literally can't figure it out. 722 00:29:55,462 --> 00:29:56,546 We're going through our mind 723 00:29:56,629 --> 00:29:58,423 about what could have gone wrong, and at this point, 724 00:29:58,465 --> 00:30:00,633 we don't care 'cause we're at Famoso Dragstrip 725 00:30:00,717 --> 00:30:02,886 with all of our other Roadkill cars! 726 00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:09,726 I just think the universe wants the Mazdarati to run 10s, you know? 727 00:30:09,809 --> 00:30:11,978 Probably. It feels peppy. 728 00:30:12,062 --> 00:30:14,189 But first, I think we're gonna do shootouts 729 00:30:14,272 --> 00:30:16,191 of all of the other cars that we have here. 730 00:30:16,274 --> 00:30:17,776 'Cause we have Finnegan C10, 731 00:30:17,817 --> 00:30:19,778 we have the General Mayhem, we have the Draguar, 732 00:30:19,819 --> 00:30:22,447 we have the Death Metal, we have the Vette Kart, 733 00:30:22,489 --> 00:30:23,990 -we have the Muscle Truck. -[Mike] Yeah. 734 00:30:24,074 --> 00:30:26,034 I'm so excited about this. 735 00:30:26,117 --> 00:30:27,702 [David] Here's our play, we gotta find out 736 00:30:27,786 --> 00:30:30,914 if any of these vehicles is, in fact, better 737 00:30:30,997 --> 00:30:31,831 than the Mazdarati. 738 00:30:31,915 --> 00:30:33,083 It's a ridiculous premise. 739 00:30:33,166 --> 00:30:34,793 It's really only here so that Mike and I 740 00:30:34,834 --> 00:30:37,462 can have a blast with this racetrack that we've figured out. 741 00:30:37,504 --> 00:30:39,839 [Mike] Yes! I'm so excited about this! 742 00:30:39,923 --> 00:30:42,926 What we're gonna do is connect the drag strip 743 00:30:43,009 --> 00:30:43,885 to an autocross. 744 00:30:43,968 --> 00:30:47,097 So, we go down the track, we get our ET, 745 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:48,431 just like a regular quarter mile. 746 00:30:48,515 --> 00:30:50,809 A quarter mile after the finish line, 747 00:30:50,850 --> 00:30:51,976 we both have to dive 748 00:30:52,018 --> 00:30:54,646 for a right-hand exit off of the drag strip. 749 00:30:54,688 --> 00:30:55,689 It's about this wide. 750 00:30:55,772 --> 00:30:57,273 [David] And so we've got a gentleman's agreement 751 00:30:57,357 --> 00:30:58,942 that will probably fall apart, 752 00:30:59,025 --> 00:31:00,652 you know, in 38 seconds, 753 00:31:00,694 --> 00:31:02,570 where whoever is ahead at that point 754 00:31:02,654 --> 00:31:03,571 has the right of way, 755 00:31:03,655 --> 00:31:05,407 and the next guy is gonna fall back 756 00:31:05,490 --> 00:31:07,283 and not crash into him. 757 00:31:07,367 --> 00:31:09,202 But after we go through that hole in the wall, 758 00:31:09,285 --> 00:31:11,413 we go into a big section of back and forth 759 00:31:11,496 --> 00:31:15,125 and then into a really tight coned off autocross 760 00:31:15,208 --> 00:31:16,626 that has a big donut at the end. 761 00:31:16,710 --> 00:31:18,378 Then you've got slaloms going down, 762 00:31:18,461 --> 00:31:20,088 slaloms coming back. 763 00:31:20,171 --> 00:31:23,216 And then a pretty high-speed chase back into the stop box. 764 00:31:23,299 --> 00:31:24,634 So, that's the overall scheme. 765 00:31:24,718 --> 00:31:26,720 We're gonna race pairs of cars. 766 00:31:26,803 --> 00:31:27,762 At the end of each race, 767 00:31:27,846 --> 00:31:29,889 we'll see what winner that we've got. 768 00:31:29,973 --> 00:31:32,642 At the end of three pairs, we will pick one winner, 769 00:31:32,726 --> 00:31:35,645 and that one winner will race the Mazdarati. 770 00:31:35,729 --> 00:31:37,814 But the other thing we have to pick is who's gonna be in what lane? 771 00:31:37,897 --> 00:31:41,735 Because the whole dive for the turnout at the top of the drag is sketch. 772 00:31:41,818 --> 00:31:43,695 I don't know what I want, but I'll... I'll Rochambeau. 773 00:31:43,737 --> 00:31:46,072 -The winner of the Rochambeau, picks, okay? -Picks, right. 774 00:31:47,157 --> 00:31:48,199 -Ah! -[David] Smash. 775 00:31:48,241 --> 00:31:49,325 -I thought you were gonna go paper. -All right. 776 00:31:49,409 --> 00:31:51,327 -Damn it! -I think I am gonna take 777 00:31:51,411 --> 00:31:53,121 the left-hand lane, actually. 778 00:31:53,204 --> 00:31:54,122 -Oh? -Yeah. 779 00:31:54,205 --> 00:31:55,749 All right, didn't see that coming. 780 00:31:55,832 --> 00:31:58,001 [David] I'm in the Draguar. He's in the Vette Kart. 781 00:32:04,257 --> 00:32:07,344 All right, Draguar, do me right. 782 00:32:07,427 --> 00:32:08,928 [engine starts] 783 00:32:11,598 --> 00:32:13,266 [David] Here we go for our first pair. 784 00:32:13,350 --> 00:32:16,102 Me in the Draguar, and Mike is in the Vette Kart. 785 00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:18,396 Here he comes. 786 00:32:19,689 --> 00:32:22,901 [Mike] I virtually have to leave from an idle 787 00:32:22,942 --> 00:32:24,778 'cause this car will not hook. 788 00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:29,616 Tire spin. 789 00:32:29,699 --> 00:32:31,284 [engines revving] 790 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,707 [David] I'm sensing this is way faster than the Vette Kart. 791 00:32:40,460 --> 00:32:42,295 [Mike] Oh, the car's hopping everywhere. 792 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,175 [David] I've stayed on top of the gas well beyond the finish line, 793 00:32:47,258 --> 00:32:49,552 so I'm smoking the brakes right now. 794 00:32:49,969 --> 00:32:50,970 Ah! 795 00:32:51,054 --> 00:32:52,555 [Mike] David is in the lead. 796 00:32:52,639 --> 00:32:55,475 I'm gonna brake late and try to get right on his butt. 797 00:32:55,558 --> 00:32:57,560 [David] Yes, I smoked the brakes. 798 00:32:57,644 --> 00:32:59,062 And he gets ahead of me. 799 00:32:59,145 --> 00:33:00,313 [Mike] Where's he going? Where's he going? 800 00:33:00,397 --> 00:33:02,148 Where's he going? He missed the turn! 801 00:33:03,983 --> 00:33:05,110 [David] Ah! 802 00:33:06,736 --> 00:33:08,822 [Mike] I don't know what happened, but David just missed the turn. 803 00:33:08,905 --> 00:33:10,073 [David] Now it's actually a race, 804 00:33:10,156 --> 00:33:11,825 since I smoked the brakes there. 805 00:33:12,492 --> 00:33:13,827 This could be sketch. 806 00:33:18,164 --> 00:33:20,959 -[Mike] I just gotta not spin out. -[tires screech] 807 00:33:21,001 --> 00:33:23,003 [David] Oh, the brakes are toast! 808 00:33:27,632 --> 00:33:29,092 [tires screech] 809 00:33:36,349 --> 00:33:37,851 [David] Oh, we're right next to each other. 810 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:41,980 [Mike] Come on, baby, don't spin out. 811 00:33:43,023 --> 00:33:44,024 [David groans] 812 00:33:47,861 --> 00:33:50,030 Now, it's a challenge through the slalom. 813 00:33:50,697 --> 00:33:52,782 This is tight. 814 00:33:52,866 --> 00:33:55,368 The Vette Kart has gotta beat me at this, right? 815 00:33:56,703 --> 00:33:57,620 [Mike] Come on, car. 816 00:34:02,208 --> 00:34:04,586 [David] Oh, the steering is so slow! 817 00:34:04,669 --> 00:34:05,503 [laughs] 818 00:34:05,545 --> 00:34:08,047 [Mike] Oh, oh! Come on, baby. Come on. 819 00:34:14,721 --> 00:34:16,056 [engine accelerating] 820 00:34:21,561 --> 00:34:22,812 [tires screech] 821 00:34:23,730 --> 00:34:24,981 [Mike] Ah, I think I won! 822 00:34:25,857 --> 00:34:27,150 [laughs] 823 00:34:27,233 --> 00:34:29,694 -Nice park job, Freiburger! -[David laughs] 824 00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,362 -[Mike] Whoo! -[David] Okay, that was fun. 825 00:34:32,072 --> 00:34:33,322 I totally would have beaten him 826 00:34:33,406 --> 00:34:36,659 if I had not have smoked the brakes on that turnout. 827 00:34:36,743 --> 00:34:37,911 [engine accelerating] 828 00:34:38,870 --> 00:34:40,080 [tires screech] 829 00:34:43,248 --> 00:34:46,085 [Mike] Victory donuts. Whoo-hoo! 830 00:34:48,588 --> 00:34:50,882 That was amazing! 831 00:34:50,924 --> 00:34:53,927 If I had not have smoked the brakes at the drag strip, 832 00:34:54,010 --> 00:34:55,804 I would have been so far ahead of you. 833 00:34:55,887 --> 00:34:57,180 -[Mike] Oh, you had me cooked. -[David groans] 834 00:34:57,263 --> 00:34:58,640 [Mike] This thing is a handful. 835 00:34:58,723 --> 00:35:00,767 Yeah, that has slow steering. 836 00:35:00,850 --> 00:35:01,935 It's overheating. 837 00:35:02,769 --> 00:35:05,313 [groans] That was a riot. [laughs] 838 00:35:05,397 --> 00:35:06,439 [Mike] Hey, we get to do it again. 839 00:35:09,109 --> 00:35:12,362 [David] All right, moving on to Death Metal versus General Mayhem. 840 00:35:17,867 --> 00:35:19,077 All right, you get to pick. 841 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:20,745 [Mike] All right, I'll go outside. 842 00:35:20,787 --> 00:35:22,789 [David] Okay. Left lane for Finnegan 843 00:35:22,872 --> 00:35:25,166 in the 2JZ Toyota-powered Charger. 844 00:35:25,250 --> 00:35:28,086 And the actual Charger will be in the right-hand side. 845 00:35:28,128 --> 00:35:29,087 [Mike] You better win. 846 00:35:29,129 --> 00:35:31,297 You'll never live it down if you lose 847 00:35:31,381 --> 00:35:34,384 to a Japanese motor in a Dodge. 848 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,136 [David] This, I'm really looking forward to. 849 00:35:36,761 --> 00:35:39,764 [engine roaring] 850 00:35:41,057 --> 00:35:43,268 [David] Little Charger on Charger action here. 851 00:35:43,309 --> 00:35:46,062 Now, I'm gonna be in the right-hand lane this time. 852 00:35:46,146 --> 00:35:49,983 I have to remember not to smoke my brakes like I did last time. 853 00:35:50,775 --> 00:35:51,776 [engine accelerating] 854 00:35:51,818 --> 00:35:53,695 [Mike] I don't know what's gonna happen 855 00:35:53,778 --> 00:35:54,863 during the holeshot, 856 00:35:54,946 --> 00:35:56,823 and I don't know what's gonna happen at high speeds. 857 00:35:57,782 --> 00:35:58,992 Here comes the real deal. 858 00:36:00,076 --> 00:36:01,286 [David] We'll see how that goes. 859 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:03,496 [engine revving] 860 00:36:04,748 --> 00:36:06,916 [engines roaring] 861 00:36:20,972 --> 00:36:22,849 [David] All right, I am way ahead of him. 862 00:36:24,267 --> 00:36:26,019 He's catching up on me now. 863 00:36:28,188 --> 00:36:29,105 [tires screech] 864 00:36:29,189 --> 00:36:31,775 [David] Nope, I wasn't willing to hit the wall. 865 00:36:33,777 --> 00:36:35,945 [Mike] Oh, he blew it! He blew it again! 866 00:36:36,029 --> 00:36:37,739 [engine accelerating] 867 00:36:37,822 --> 00:36:40,658 [David] I failed the same way I did last time. 868 00:36:50,543 --> 00:36:52,545 [engine accelerating] 869 00:36:53,380 --> 00:36:54,714 [Mike] Go, car, go! 870 00:36:55,799 --> 00:36:57,801 [tires screeching] 871 00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:03,056 [engine accelerating] 872 00:37:04,557 --> 00:37:06,351 [tires screeching] 873 00:37:10,063 --> 00:37:12,232 [David] Aah! Traction! 874 00:37:12,732 --> 00:37:13,983 He's gonna get me. 875 00:37:14,693 --> 00:37:16,319 He's gonna get me bad. 876 00:37:19,197 --> 00:37:20,365 [Mike] Come on, car! 877 00:37:20,865 --> 00:37:21,908 Come on, car! 878 00:37:33,253 --> 00:37:34,879 [tires screeching] 879 00:37:39,050 --> 00:37:41,094 [engine accelerating] 880 00:37:45,932 --> 00:37:47,225 [tires screeching] 881 00:37:55,108 --> 00:37:56,735 [Mike exclaims] 882 00:37:59,779 --> 00:38:00,864 [David groans] 883 00:38:00,947 --> 00:38:03,783 That's two wins I handed him by blowing past the exit. 884 00:38:03,867 --> 00:38:05,285 [engine accelerating] 885 00:38:12,083 --> 00:38:13,126 [Mike] Whoo! 886 00:38:19,966 --> 00:38:21,301 Nice work, Death Metal. 887 00:38:22,052 --> 00:38:23,970 -Whoo! -[David] Wow! 888 00:38:24,721 --> 00:38:25,805 That was lousy. 889 00:38:27,807 --> 00:38:29,267 [Mike] That was so fun. 890 00:38:29,309 --> 00:38:31,311 And I don't mean just, you know, the winning part. 891 00:38:31,394 --> 00:38:33,146 Feels good to be me right now. 892 00:38:33,229 --> 00:38:34,314 Whoo! 893 00:38:36,107 --> 00:38:37,108 God, that's gotta hurt, 894 00:38:37,150 --> 00:38:40,195 Toyota motor smoking the old 440. 895 00:38:40,278 --> 00:38:42,072 -Yep. -Man! 896 00:38:42,155 --> 00:38:44,366 So, we're still gonna go to the next couple of trucks. 897 00:38:44,449 --> 00:38:46,951 His C10 versus my original Muscle Truck. 898 00:38:47,827 --> 00:38:49,120 [Mike] You have this one. 899 00:38:49,162 --> 00:38:50,663 [David] My strategy is not working. 900 00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:52,165 [Mike] Don't blow the turn 'cause this truck 901 00:38:52,248 --> 00:38:56,836 has the steering radius of a bus, and it bounces. 902 00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:57,879 There's no sway bar. 903 00:38:57,962 --> 00:38:59,506 It also has no traction and the wheel hops, 904 00:38:59,589 --> 00:39:00,965 so you should absolutely win. 905 00:39:01,007 --> 00:39:01,966 You're setting me up. 906 00:39:02,008 --> 00:39:03,551 [laughing] Yeah, dude, you should win. 907 00:39:03,635 --> 00:39:04,844 I'm not trying to put pressure on you. 908 00:39:04,928 --> 00:39:06,471 I'm just saying, that thing works. 909 00:39:06,513 --> 00:39:09,599 [David] One thing I know for sure, this is gonna sound great. 910 00:39:10,475 --> 00:39:11,935 [engine starts] 911 00:39:15,522 --> 00:39:17,273 [David] Now, if there's anything I've learned here 912 00:39:17,357 --> 00:39:19,150 is that I am losing these races 913 00:39:19,192 --> 00:39:22,445 because I smoke the brakes and then blow the turn. 914 00:39:22,529 --> 00:39:24,489 So, I'm not gonna do that this time. 915 00:39:24,531 --> 00:39:27,075 -[Mike] Let's go have some fun. -[engine revving] 916 00:39:27,158 --> 00:39:28,618 [Mike] All right, you know, somehow figure out 917 00:39:28,702 --> 00:39:31,454 how to holeshot this thing without any wheel hopping. 918 00:39:34,708 --> 00:39:36,876 [engines accelerating] 919 00:39:46,386 --> 00:39:47,387 [Mike groans] 920 00:39:50,306 --> 00:39:51,391 We're on fire. 921 00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:55,270 We are on fire. 922 00:39:55,353 --> 00:39:57,522 I think the driveshaft broke the fuel cell. 923 00:39:58,356 --> 00:39:59,524 Holy crap. 924 00:40:00,525 --> 00:40:03,528 [David] Oh, man, is he smoking down there? 925 00:40:03,570 --> 00:40:05,864 Oh, dude, his truck's on fire. 926 00:40:05,905 --> 00:40:06,865 [horn honking] 927 00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:16,207 [Mike] Oh, no, it's in the cab. 928 00:40:23,256 --> 00:40:24,341 There goes my baby. 929 00:40:26,051 --> 00:40:28,219 -[David] You okay? -[Mike] Yeah. 930 00:40:29,429 --> 00:40:31,514 Yeah, I felt the driveshaft break. 931 00:40:31,598 --> 00:40:33,725 And then I think it went through the bottom of the gas tank. 932 00:40:33,767 --> 00:40:34,976 [David] Wow! 933 00:40:35,060 --> 00:40:36,728 -[Mike] Thanks, fellas. -[man] Yep. 934 00:40:36,770 --> 00:40:39,564 So, what had happened was Dave gave me the shaft. 935 00:40:40,273 --> 00:40:42,275 This became my fault? 936 00:40:42,359 --> 00:40:44,444 [Mike] Yeah, yeah, somehow. You were ahead of me, 937 00:40:44,527 --> 00:40:45,737 I had to pass you. 938 00:40:45,779 --> 00:40:48,490 I clicked it in the next gear, and then all hell broke loose. 939 00:40:48,573 --> 00:40:49,866 And then this... 940 00:40:49,949 --> 00:40:51,576 Well, this played ping-pong under my truck, 941 00:40:51,618 --> 00:40:52,660 cut a fuel line, 942 00:40:52,744 --> 00:40:54,454 and before I could stop the truck, 943 00:40:54,537 --> 00:40:56,498 the whole thing was on fire. 944 00:40:56,581 --> 00:40:57,874 Poof! 945 00:40:57,957 --> 00:40:59,584 -This guy was here immediately... -[David] On it. 946 00:40:59,626 --> 00:41:01,920 [Mike] ...and they put it out. Man, I cannot believe they saved that truck. 947 00:41:01,961 --> 00:41:04,506 I thought for sure, the C10's dust. 948 00:41:04,589 --> 00:41:07,676 [David] Well, if that's the worst thing that has happened to us 949 00:41:07,759 --> 00:41:11,304 in the 13 years of doing this show, it's a win. 950 00:41:11,388 --> 00:41:13,807 [Mike] So, here's the thing, I'm gonna go buy a lottery ticket 951 00:41:13,890 --> 00:41:16,309 'cause I feel like I've escaped mayhem 952 00:41:16,393 --> 00:41:17,352 multiple times today. 953 00:41:17,435 --> 00:41:19,479 Well, you literally escaped mayhem earlier 954 00:41:19,562 --> 00:41:20,647 when you beat me. [laughs] 955 00:41:20,730 --> 00:41:21,981 Oh, I wasn't even thinking about that. 956 00:41:22,065 --> 00:41:22,982 Yay! [grunts] 957 00:41:23,066 --> 00:41:25,777 We just busted our butts for four days, 958 00:41:25,819 --> 00:41:27,320 brought six vehicles back to life 959 00:41:27,404 --> 00:41:29,906 that hadn't run in years, which I'm excited about, 960 00:41:29,989 --> 00:41:31,241 and not all of them performed. 961 00:41:31,324 --> 00:41:33,451 But, you know, whatever, I don't care. 962 00:41:33,493 --> 00:41:36,579 They're alive, they're well, we can fix this thing. 963 00:41:36,663 --> 00:41:39,290 Uh, however, I... I think we're gonna pump the brakes 964 00:41:39,332 --> 00:41:40,792 on racing anything today 965 00:41:40,834 --> 00:41:42,585 'cause I just don't wanna be behind the wheel 966 00:41:42,669 --> 00:41:44,170 after getting crispy in my truck. 967 00:41:44,254 --> 00:41:46,631 So, uh, that's how we're gonna end it. 968 00:41:46,673 --> 00:41:49,759 Well, I say it's a huge eye-opener because I think we are famous 969 00:41:49,843 --> 00:41:52,137 for sort of scabbing stuff together. 970 00:41:52,178 --> 00:41:53,930 And this wasn't even a result of that. 971 00:41:54,014 --> 00:41:55,598 -No. -But it does make you realize 972 00:41:55,682 --> 00:41:57,726 what can actually happen and the risks 973 00:41:57,809 --> 00:41:59,102 involved in this thing. 974 00:41:59,185 --> 00:42:01,229 -[Mike] Yeah. -[David] So, not to bring a somber note to it, 975 00:42:01,312 --> 00:42:03,773 but honestly, it makes me realize 976 00:42:03,857 --> 00:42:04,983 why on my real race cars, 977 00:42:05,025 --> 00:42:07,777 I spend so much effort on safety, 978 00:42:07,861 --> 00:42:10,155 and probably should a little bit more on the Roadkill cars, 979 00:42:10,196 --> 00:42:11,656 but look what we've got now. 980 00:42:11,698 --> 00:42:12,615 The Rotsun, 981 00:42:12,699 --> 00:42:14,826 you know what you want to do to it next. 982 00:42:14,868 --> 00:42:15,869 -[Mike] Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. -[David] Right? 983 00:42:15,910 --> 00:42:18,913 Even though it failed, it didn't fail to fail. 984 00:42:18,997 --> 00:42:20,373 We know what we want to do with it next. 985 00:42:20,457 --> 00:42:22,083 -[Mike] Yes. -[David] Man, the Vette Kart, 986 00:42:22,167 --> 00:42:23,710 we know what that thing needs. 987 00:42:23,793 --> 00:42:24,753 We love the Vette Kart. 988 00:42:24,836 --> 00:42:26,338 [Mike] Oh, the Vette Kart rules. 989 00:42:26,379 --> 00:42:28,340 [David] General Mayhem, I'm dying to get an alignment on that thing 990 00:42:28,381 --> 00:42:30,550 because I'm gonna love that car once that's done. 991 00:42:30,633 --> 00:42:32,218 -It hasn't been out for a while. -[Mike] Absolutely. 992 00:42:32,302 --> 00:42:33,928 [David] I found out something wrong with the Muscle Truck 993 00:42:34,012 --> 00:42:35,055 that I didn't know was wrong with it 994 00:42:35,138 --> 00:42:37,098 when I stood on the brakes at 110 miles an hour, 995 00:42:37,182 --> 00:42:38,933 when you were, like, burning down. 996 00:42:39,017 --> 00:42:40,894 And so that's something to fix. 997 00:42:40,977 --> 00:42:42,687 I don't know. I feel energized 998 00:42:42,729 --> 00:42:44,356 to get a lot of the cars 999 00:42:44,397 --> 00:42:46,274 -in better shape than they ever have been. -[Mike] Yeah. 1000 00:42:46,358 --> 00:42:48,610 I've got another list, and it's just not on cardboard yet. 1001 00:42:48,693 --> 00:42:50,153 And when it is, maybe you'll see that 1002 00:42:50,236 --> 00:42:51,488 on a future episode of Roadkill.