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Building a V12 Racing Engine from Scratch – A DIY Masterpiece by Aardema Braun​

Nov 10, 2024
At 83 years old, Pete Aardema, a seasoned engineer, and machinist Kevin Brauns have teamed up to create an extraordinary homemade 5-liter V12 engine built entirely from raw materials. Their ambitious project aims to push the limits of engineering and performance, with the V12 engine designed to rev up to an astonishing 11,500 RPM. Crafted with precision and passion, this cutting-edge engine is a testament to their decades of expertise and dedication to high-performance racing technology.

The duo's ultimate goal is to set new land speed records at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats, where the pursuit of speed is as much about innovation as it is about raw horsepower. With the engine's unique design and unmatched craftsmanship, Aardema and Brauns are hoping to make history and redefine what’s possible in the world of racing and engineering. This homemade V12 is not just a machine – it’s a dream brought to life, blending decades of knowledge with a relentless desire to break boundaries.


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I guess if you have several million dollars laying around, and unlimited time...it would be kewel.

But, until government gets back in its Constitutional cage...automobiles are NOT going to be a place to invest money, time or even daydreams. You cannot MAKE powerful engines like this, and sell them. Because of emissions, CAFE, safety regulations, and because automakers' time and resources are being used to comply with impossible Obamaregs. That is WHY virtually all gas-powered (real) cars are marred with turbochargers - which are terribly hard on engines, that's why they were only used in limited models in the past - but enable tweaks to meet fuel-use standards.

Trump gonna change everything? Looks like he'll try. The path from conception to production is about 5 years. THREE if rushed. Right now it's not clear Trump's people will suspend fantasy regs, but if they do on January 20, we won't have home-manufactured cars until a year after Trump's term is over.

And the Dumbo crackheads haven't gone away. They're sharpening their election-theft plans, and dumbing down kids, and looking for new ways to unleash Marxism on decent people. Even if Vance follows Trump, in eight years, with a stabilizing of the economy, the Globalist tools will be ready to agitate the malcontents - of which there always are huge numbers.

No...we haven't hit bottom yet, which means - as with any temporary ceasefire in a war - the enemy is just building fresh munitions and strength.
 

NEW Power Tools from Milwaukee, GearWrench, Harbor Freight, and more at SEMA 2024! DAY 2​

Nov 15, 2024
Rob and Sarah are at SEMA 2024 for DAY 2 Power Tool Coverage!


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0:00 Intro
0:34 ‪@harborfreight‬ Trailer
2:03 ‪@GEARWRENCHTools‬ MegaMod System
7:55 ‪@KnipexToolsUSA‬ Step Cut Pliers
10:48 ‪@stacksmarter‬ New E Track Accessories
12:18 Harbor Freight Hand Tool Update
14:48 ‪@TOOLSbyDesign‬ Mini-Truck Tour with Travis
19:51 ‪@FanttikOfficial‬ Mini Air Pumps
20:55 ‪@flexpowertoolsnorthamerica728‬ Stack Pack Radio
23:13 Harbor Freight NEW Hercules Tools
24:58 ‪@omniwall1646‬ Omniwall Organizing Wall System
28:13 ‪@FireballTool‬ Jason shows us the Fireball Tool VICE!
30:55 ‪@WeraToolRebels‬ Joker Wrench
33:29 PLATINUM TOOL DEAL! (Act FAST)
33:53 ‪@MilwaukeeTool‬ M18 Boom Light
36:05 Harbor Freight Badland 1.5 Ton Off-Road Jack
37:54 ‪@classicindustries‬ Interview with Mark Vogt!
39:11 Outro
 

$800 Tractor! A NEW John Deere B Sold For That In 1940. Now It's Prized By a Fourth Generation!​

Nov 15, 2024 #cultivating #tractorrepair #classictractor

Long time editor of Wallace's Farmer, Iowa's Monte Sesker restored his grandfather's 1940 John Deere B. It's the same age as Monte, and it's been in the family for three generations, and now is restored and passed on to a fourth. You'll enjoy the story of this family John Deere tractor!


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A look back in time.

Want to Be A Mechanic? This 1940 Film Shows What Education and Training You Would Need To Be One.​

Nov 11, 2024
Are you curious as to what skills you would have had to learn to be a mechanic in 1940? This educational video talks about what it would require to become a service mechanic back during the vast growth of the automobile and how to repair all makes and models such as Ford, Chrysler, Lincoln, Pontiac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Cadillac, Dodge, Plymouth, Packard, GM, Chevrolet, V8, inline 6 and 4 cylinder engines, transmissions in cars and trucks. Brakes, Engine Rebuilding, Valve jobs, radiator repair, electrical, body and fender are all highlighted in this film.
This film covers the educational and training requirements to become a technician and gives an inside look at what a trade school would have been like back in that era.


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On the flip side.

Life Of A Mechanic (My Story, Why I Quit)​

Oct 26, 2024

My story of 5 shops and 15 years of turning wrenches. It’s no surprise that today’s mechanics are stressed out. young or old everyone seems fed up. This is my story of how and why I got out of it. Also check out my video death of a mechanic to understand the major complaints of mechanics around the world.

• Death of a Mechanic


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The year in Cars: 1965

In the latest edition of the Year in Cars, Mac’s Motor City Garage explores a pivotal year for the Detroit auto industry: 1965. Three important trends in the Motor City for model year 1965: + After its … Continue reading →
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The year in Cars: 1965

In the latest edition of the Year in Cars, Mac’s Motor City Garage explores a pivotal year for the Detroit auto industry: 1965. Three important trends in the Motor City for model year 1965: + After its … Continue reading →
www.macsmotorcitygarage.com www.macsmotorcitygarage.com
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It was a pivotal year. And I was way too young to appreciate it.

It was the pinnacle of the wide-open free-market automotive space. You had everything from mighty GM, to cottage-industry makers like Meyers and King Midget. The Japanese were just gaining traction; but meantime, there were brands like Studebaker (which was deliberately committing suicide; there's a long story there) and Kaiser Motors (makers of Jeep-brand vehicles and also, obviously, military trucks) were going at it.

It wasn't hard, back then. All you needed to do was have lights and brake systems and customers. Checker bought engines from Continental Motors, makers of WWII aircraft engines that had retreated to stationery powerplant manufacture. The Jeep Wagoneer engine was also rooted in a Continental design - but Jeep had their one engine designer on the staff, make an overhead-cam head for the engine, and they claimed the first OHC engine in an American car.

Which was true, but the cobbled-together mess showed, in long-term use. They soon discontinued it in favor of an American Motors six...the start of a long relationship, that had Jeep BECOME AMC.

But it was a freewheeling time. A year later, CON-gress passed the Motor Vehicle Highway Safety Act, which began the regulation of automobiles...for simple emissions equipment, basic safety standards...that over sixty years, became onerous to where cars today are complex, unaffordable, and now, finally, unreliable with all the electronic monitoring crap in them.
 
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