1:49 Imagine that. Pat looks a little younger than I'm used to seeing. He took over Horse Power when it was renamed Engine Power. Must've got a pretty good deal to leave KB Racing to work for Powernation!

@christophersmallwood3944

2 жыл бұрын

It's the Origin story of Pat!

@BuzzLOLOL

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like the '55 Chevy we had laying around back in 1960's... guess it never did get a front bumper...

Man....the late 70's and throughout all of the 80's was the era of yanking the ubiquitous 235 6cyl engines out the tri-five chevy's and dropping in a messaged 350 and th350 trans. They were frequently seen at car shows like that. In the mid-90's i helped a neighbor do that exact thing. He found a nice and cherry 57 210 two door. We yanked the tired 6 cylinder and built a mild and streetable 383 stroker. We even went back with cast iron rams horn exhaust manifolds. He wanted something fun but reliable. Mated it to a 700R4 trans. That was a nice and dependable car that could comfortable cruise at highway speed with that over drive.

And one of those summit guys now works for horsepower! Very cool

I love the "get them back on the road" stories. I don't have the time, money, and the desire for the big custom rotisserie 200k builds.

I can't imagine how you do a show like this without the 1938 Phantom Corsair Coupe!!!!!

Ready to run Distributor is any GM HEI or Points distributor you don't need a box at all you need is a power wire and coil that's all

Man I can watch this stuff all day👍👍👍

Would’ve been nice if I could’ve seen more of the 55!

awesome, in 72, built up a 55 chev, 396 375HP. ran like a scolded dog, crazy fast, wrecked, ran out of brakes.

Art Deco display super cool The Jordan Roadster was found in an East Cleveland garage, that belonged to a deceased friend of my grandfather. Good job helping dude get his Chevy running

Funny, when I was a kid , I got a 55 Chevy miniature model kit to put together. It was the coolest Chevy for me. Everybody drooled over the 57, but not me. Then years after I saw the Falfa 55 in American Grafiti, and I got the hooke again. I 'am still drooling over any 55...

RESPECT.......you guys are true car guys.......nice one :]

This show is Christmas to me Merry Christmas y'all

@Wolfdog370

4 жыл бұрын

Learn the language .. to you all

Great Episode! Thanks & Happy X-Mas from Germany!

Great video. Mechanics at their best. Neill East Yorkshire. England.UK

I love the Royal Purple I run it in my 2012 Dodge Challenger RT Hemi !!! 👍👍👍

Great job guys.

Love the '55!My brothers had a few back in the '70s.Wish we would have kept one,lol.

Hard to beat that SBC for simplicity.

Merry Christmas Powernation and a happy New Year.

Love these old cars

Nice work on the 55 Chevy. Was a good looking car. Intresting how you just replaced so many things first. I definitely would have done the plugs but I might have squirted some light oil into the spark plug holes first and cranked it over a bit with no plugs first.

🇺🇸🏁 Love that 55 Chevy 👍👍 🎄

Looking at the oil coming out I’d change the oil and filter after a few laps up and down the street and then consider driving it out the neighborhood. Great job Powernation. EDIT: The one car my dad regretted letting go in his later years.

@eclipsegst9419

4 жыл бұрын

I would have flushed it first with kerosene and then with cheap oil before putting in that expensive synthetic.

Love your videos

Good luck with your project keep your dads toy 🧸 going

Thats a real Christmas present 👍

I’ve been following you guys for years know. I love what y’all do. I’m in need with help with my service truck to build more power and way better fuel economy. I’ve been budgeting for years. And it’s not paying off on my truck anymore. I’m trying to fix up a 1982 Ford F-250 with a 400m in here. She’s sat for about 5 years and I’ve been running into issue after issue. And do I get help like the guy in this video. I’m doing all I can to help my dad out and help my family out to the Max but my budging isn’t doing it any more at all.

Union Hill ! The first drag strip I raced at.

I miss these shows was on Spike TV it went to a pay extra channel some 20 years ago

Amish Mike looks right at home in that camaro

I would love to have one in this shape.

How do these guys pick people to " help", this man, seeing his home and age seems perfectly capable of being able financially able to pay to get that car running again?

@ToxicMisfitsYt

4 жыл бұрын

older than you Cali mainly just a sponsor deal and I don’t think the guy known anything about cars lol

@clevelandmaker386

4 жыл бұрын

@@Scott83016 I assume a lot!........I know how this game works! the whole auto build thing is the cool kids table but in a garage!

@Ecosse57

4 жыл бұрын

older than you Cali... my first thought too.

Omg send the crew to my place to finish my 93 Bronco!

Excellent

So this is the origin story of Pat!

Damn that's an engine!!

If I started that engine I would have done it differently. After draining the oil and installing a new filter the next step would be to prime the oil pump filter and oil passages by turning the oil pump through the distributor hole with a drill and priming tool.. After that with the distributor in and the plugs out I would crank it over to lubricate the bearings and cam with out a load. I’ve used that method for a long time with great success.

Mike Galley is a beast for real so is Pat they are my favorite duo

twin screw >> roots. Though the newest variant of whipple is pretty comparable now. It just surprises me how much better twin screw was for the longest time, and yet few people actually opted for it.

@Oblithian

4 жыл бұрын

If you don't know the difference, it's in the design of the compressor's rotating assembly. The screw is much more efficient than the lobes, but I imagine it is patented, as it should be, since it has markedly better compression. Now the whipple uses a single lobe like the roots, and the other side is basically an inverted copy of that lobe (like a twizzler or many grooved drill bit) to get more compression.

Glorified Summit commerical

Talked about a sentripical style super charger and showed a plan jane 4 barrel with a bug catcher scoop

LOL,that gas filter at 4:09 is leaking, very easy to catch a fire this way.

This is the first time I ever saw someone need to damn near rebuild a engine just to start it after 10 years. If the car was running and just sat there is no reason why it would need anything to fire back up even after 10 years

@bmstylee

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly you don't have a clue what rebuild means. I saw bare minimum of parts. All things that should be looked at after sitting for a decade.

@clayon89

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. Looking at what was they started with there was no reason why it wouldnt have ran as it sat but hey they had to sell for the sponsers.

Moses on the dyno

Man I wish they still taught broadcasting the way Joe Elmore talks😁. I'd take that course just to piss off my girl😆.

cool car

I have a 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with a 2.8 I need to do a engine rebuild on it and im having a hard time finding a quality master rebuild kit.

he looked at the wall when the thing fired up because about 20 years of sludge flew out the rear end XD

I guess who ever owned this car back in 55, didn't have any trouble starting it up

Distributor ”ready to run” for which engine? How do you know what total advance is for that distributor and what it should be for the engine?

A new water pump and radiator should definitely get it to fire up...

You guys really should have sprayed some oil in those cylinders before starting it. Guessing those cylinder walls were dry as a bone causing ring damage

@kraigstengrim2072

4 жыл бұрын

Yap a little MMO

@poortouringhotwiregarage5617

4 жыл бұрын

@@kraigstengrim2072 Freedom of speech beeatch. Don't like it. Don't read it

@poortouringhotwiregarage5617

4 жыл бұрын

@@kraigstengrim2072 learn to spell while you're at it

Not enough time spent with the blown Camaro! 4k leave was still spinning on a prepped track, way more potential there. 8.35 @ 87mph? Should be in the 7:40's/96+mph at least with that power! Oh well, maybe a future episode??

I LOVE THE TRI 5 CHEVY

@johnstoddard6699

4 жыл бұрын

These are plum sexy keep em coming. BOW TIES!!!!!!

Is this the episode where Pat steals John's job?

@karlbrooksmotorsports1487

4 жыл бұрын

Kevin N John is still the president and ceo he gave pat the job lol 😂

@Kevin_747

4 жыл бұрын

@@karlbrooksmotorsports1487 Never knew what happened to John. Seems like he was a good fit for the show then Pat showed up with his two pocket protectors.

@frostybytes6835

4 жыл бұрын

Most seem to not like living in Tennessee which is why they probably leave

@Kevin_747

4 жыл бұрын

@@frostybytes6835 Everybody has their favorite place to call home but the Nashville area has some nice places to live. No state income tax either.

@frostybytes6835

4 жыл бұрын

@@Kevin_747 I'm not saying that Tennessee is bad but all these guys they get for the show are Hollywood guys and will leave once they get known for a show in LA or something.

I have old street rods , all I seem to do is keep them running, 😂🤦‍♂️ I stopped running engine fans on the motor , run electric and gain 25 horsepower

How come everything is always so clean?......I never see you guys dirty....I can't even get close to a car without getting dirty

“You don’t want to pour a lot down the engine itself” I’m just picturing vice grip garage pouring twenty dozen gallons down the carb

@colormesarge

4 жыл бұрын

Waaaaay too much. Perfect.

Wish you guys could come help me with my 84 square body. Awesome show

@19ADAM80

4 жыл бұрын

Michael Heathington Email em.., I have a 86 Squarebody myself, I’ve had it since ‘97

too cool!

Should have added a catch can inline with the PCV hose.

so do they actually show the finished resto on the old car?

What's the little tool that they are using for those hose spring clamps?

These guys are professional mechanics? They left out several things they should have done before they tried to start this engine. They should have told the owner to remove the spark plugs, squirt some lubricant in each each cylinder and let it sit at least overnight before they arrived so the cylinder walls and rings would be lubricated before they try to crank it. They also should have checked the compression on every cylinder. They should have pulled the distributor and turned the oil pump with the valves covers off to make sure the valve train is well lubricated. That oil was so filthy they should have changed the oil and filter after they got it started and run it until it reached 180 degrees before anybody drove it.

Looked like that oil hadn’t been changed in about 20 years😳

@blubberbean9558

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you’re joking🤣

Merry Christmas Nation!

Was this Pat’s first appearance on Power Nation? 😎👍🏼

I like Amish Mike. He's a Hoyt guy.

@bmstylee

4 жыл бұрын

@Allen Portz yes. Yes you are. Thanks for letting us all know.

Kind of hard to fill water through the thermostat housing if the thermostat is installed.

@hawkdsl

4 жыл бұрын

Obviously, they didn't have the thermo in the housing ... My guess is they ran it that way to purge all the air, then installed the thermo.

@larrybrooks8768

4 жыл бұрын

Make sense!

Oil.. 11 bucks a quart, coolant... garden hose.

window cleaner to not bind gaskets way smart

My 1988 mustang gt N/A 347 ran 7s at 108 mph on street tires with low low air pressure that's embarrassing that a newer supercharged Camaro is a couple seconds slower than a engine I built myself in the building out back.

Okay, how do I get them to come fix my shit?

Hard to beat a 1933 Ford 3 window coupe.

Cars were so beautiful yet.. some were slightly ugly.. from the 30s through the 60s. They had style and character. Then the government got involved. Now they're just cars. They all look the same.

@alexcorona

4 жыл бұрын

npsit1 Crash in a car back then at 20mph, you died. In today's cars roll over 10 times at 80mph, still survive. It isn't for looks....

@eclipsegst9419

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexcorona hahaha you're funny. The only thing dangerous was the lack of seatbelts and airbags. Those cars were solid steel and sat on full frames. Like a pickup truck.

@Adamu98

4 жыл бұрын

@@eclipsegst9419 they also have thin a pillar which will let the roof cave in during a roll over unless you had a roll bar or cage.

@eclipsegst9419

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adamu98 some designs were definitely bad, but not all of them. The 50s cars that tried to emulate aircraft designs were definitely guilty of that. But, additudes were different back then. Men worried about dying in war, not their car. The answer to rollover deaths was "learn to countersteer and don't roll it"

@donziperk

4 жыл бұрын

Keegan Johnson They also had no crumple zones to absorb the energy of an impact. I’ve been rear ended twice once in a Toyota Camry the other in my Ford pick up both by pick ups. Roughly the same amount of speed but the impact was way more violent in my truck than the car.

Fuel leak at 4:07 and they put just water in the rad lol

@briang4470

3 жыл бұрын

They probally put straight water in to check for leaks or blown head gaskets first and to flush the system later to put in fresh antifreeze.

That car must have had some really bad gas in it after sitting for 10 years. What did they do about that issue?

Gokilllllllll.....

Yoooo! Is that a dell Inspiron 1501?!

'Just a little bit of sludge....'

Hey PowerNation, Please Help. I have a 66 Dodge Coronet 500. It has a 512 engine with a Fast EFI. I cannot get the engine to run right. I thinking about putting the 850 Double Pumper back on. Please Help Me!!!!

Crying shame they don't do Loudmouths or Supercharger kits for my 3.9L V8 Retro Thunderbird. I'm more or less stuck in a rut in terms of getting more out of it. =/

@bmstylee

4 жыл бұрын

If parts are not made either the engine can't handle it or more likely just no market.

Thats what you call 'toe up'

What happened to the sleeper t bird

@alexcorona

4 жыл бұрын

Carl Trano Go to their website, they have it all on there.

What's a " coohl " ?

After all that work they used city water to fill the cooling system. Jesus. Hope that was just for leak checking.

@KyleEbright

4 жыл бұрын

yeah the right distilled water is only a buck a gallon at the store

@mattg7952

4 жыл бұрын

Royal Purple oil in a pan full of sludge and tap water in a brand new water pump and aluminum radiator. Makes sense.

Where r u guys located? I have chevy nova 73

55 Chevy didn’t come with a 350. If it had a v8 it was a 265, I think

@davidhoulden5791

4 жыл бұрын

The 350 was likely swamped in years ago.

@dennisbisconti4583

3 жыл бұрын

It may have had a 283 cubic in

@dennisbisconti4583

3 жыл бұрын

From the factory and they swap a 350 in it yes your right

@1:39, "when was the last time it ran" *"99 or 2000"*

@perotekku

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is an older episode though, probably from around 2010 I think

Two lane blacktop

Hose water in the cooling system? Unless you're flushing it out, no thanks. :P

@spoonfixer3387

4 жыл бұрын

Did you see that chunky oil? Hose water is the least of his problems.

@robertweitlauf4653

3 жыл бұрын

if it's a drag car you cant run coolant. granted they should put distilled water in it.

@234dilligaf

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm talking about. Never EVER use anything but distilled water.

Oh my gosh, who saw that oil !

@majobis

4 жыл бұрын

yep I did. they shoulda dropped the pan and after the engine has run change the oil again.

@JW...-oj5iw

4 жыл бұрын

The dude's old man used Autolites in a Chevy. Probably Pennzoil, too. Probably has plenty of caking under the valve covers. A good treatment for that is to overfill it with ATF added to the oil a day before changing it. Drive it normally gently andfor about an hour, then change it. A couple of those treatments help flush out the engine's internals. Quite simple, too. Cost: a couple quarts of cheap ATF. No need to get the high buck stuff. Now, I'm sure that some super technicians will tell us how it's going to destroy the engine and blow out all the seals, even though I've been doing it for over forty years with zero ill effects.

Amazing how expensive just 147 HP gain is ! N2o is a better bet dollar for Dollar

8.3x are you kidding me. My ole wore out LT1 ran 7.7 lmao.

autolite spark plugs?

@michaelstrafello8025

4 жыл бұрын

Always ran good for our circle track cars in early 80s

Y'all just put synthetic in that old engine?

@BuzzLOLOL

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, break in with conventional oil and then switch to synthetic... at Walmart, full synthetic only costs $2 more for a 5 quart jug now...

Seriously still only ran 8.35 in the 1/8th wow🙄

MISS JASON IN PRO STOCK

hey Joe like Joe mama 😂😂🤣🤣🤣