Season 3

2015-09-03

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage presented by Lincoln Tech, we try something new, our first Diesel Swap! Watch us take our 1973 D200 with a badly shaking 400 BB, yank it out and cram a 1995 Ram 2500 Dodge Diesel Turbo drivetrain into it! We cover the teardown of both trucks, and bring in guest fabricator Colin Jones to handle making beautiful custom mounts. We don’t stop until we see some smoke! We call our creation #Roll Smokey!

2015-09-10

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage, presented by Lincoln Tech, watch Tony Angelo finish up his 1973 Dodge D200 Cummins Swap. With the help of special guest Brenden Jones, they turn this project into a coal spewing monster, with lots of power boosting upgrades along the way. They install a big turbocharger, larger injectors and more in the hopes of doubling the power output of the engine. Once together, they run #rollsmokey on the Dyno to see if they hit their goals!

2015-09-24

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage presented by Lincoln Tech, Tony Angelo shows you how to bring a long-forgotten car back to life. Tony demonstrates with his first car, a 1971 Dodge Demon 340, that hasn’t been on the road in nearly 20 years. We start by inspecting and changing all the necessary fluids, then cover the fuel and oiling systems, engine evaluation, and what to do after the engine is running. Following this step-by-step guide, you’ll (hopefully) have that old junker up and running in no time!

2015-10-10

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage, presented by Lincoln Tech, watch Tony Angelo and some friends install a completely new and upgraded suspension by Qa1 into his classic 1971 Dodge Demon340. Full tubular subframe and control arms in the front, and Qa1’s new radical bolt-in 6link rear coilover suspension system! Catch up on the engine revival drama as well, bad things have happened! We cap it all off with some big fun in #Rollsmokey.

2015-10-29

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage presented by Lincoln tech, we deliver the basics of Fabrication! You’ve seen us build all sorts of things in the HOT ROD garage; engine mounts, exhausts, brackets, etc. But we’ve never really addressed how we manage to build these things. With some basic fabrication skills and a small set of tools, you can open up a world of possibilities in Hot Rod builds. Tony Angelo and special guest Colin Wolf show you how to use these skills, as they build a cool modular fixture table for use in the HOT ROD GARAGE shop. School is in session!

2015-11-13

On this episode of HOT ROD Garage presented by Lincoln tech we dig into the seized 1971 340 Engine from our #Greemon340 project. Watch Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa investigate the dead engine for signs of failure and damage. A complete tear-down and analysis of this engine shows why the 340 stopped running, and it’s going to live again!

2015-11-26

Earlier this year, the Motor Trend family lost one of it’s own, Mark Lenardon in a tragic motorcycle accident. Mark left behind an Rx-7 that he was in the processing of swapping in a 1999 Camaro LS1 and t56. Watch Tony Angelo, and some of Mark’s best buds come together and furiously work to turn this pile of parts into a running, driving, drifting machine! Once running, we hit the track, and let this Rx-7 scream! #iammarklenardon

2015-12-10

On this episode of Hot Rod Garage presented by Lincoln Tech, we take a Hot Rod institution, The Crusher Camaro. We turn it from a jacked-up drag racer to an autocross ripper and take down the HRG test track record in the process! Special Guest David Freiburger and Host Tony Angelo install everything that Qa1 makes for the first generation F-body car, and a few others things as well.

2015-12-24

Tony Angelo Bought his 1971 Dodge Demon 340 in 1995 and it has sat dormant since 1997. To get the #greemon340 going in Hot Rod Garage style, we refreshed the engine, installed a full QA1 Suspension system, convert the front brakes to power discs, but that wasn’t enough. In this episode of Hot Rod Garage presented by Lincoln Tech, watch Tony install upgraded Moser Axles, measure for new wheels and tires, and then take the #greemon340 out on the Malibu canyon roads and relive his high school dreams!

2016-01-07

In this episode of Hot Rod Garage, presented by Lincoln Tech, we’ve got #Rollsmokey, our 12 V Cummins Turbo Diesel swapped 1973 D200, back in the shop for a complete handling overhaul. To deal with the 750+ft lbs of torque from the Cummins engine, we had to upgrade the Dana 60 rear-end with a Detroit Truetrac, and longer 3.54 gears, to make it handle we upgraded all the suspension bushings to polyurethane, installed a quick-ratio steering gearbox, and replaced all the bushings and joints with fresh parts. To finish it off, a set of Heavy-duty shocks, and clipped 1-ton springs were installed to get a lowered street-machine stance. Watch Tony Angelo abuse this truck before and after upgrades in a tire-melting thrash session!

2016-01-21

Lucky Costa – “I'm hard-pressed to pick a favorite. Working with David on the Msd Atomic Van in ep. 21 was a good time. Also, the trip to Colorado and building the Cummins powered Cadillac (bro-hammer) in the junkyard was a lot of fun, however that wasn't HRG. More recently I enjoyed building the Crownhick in ep. 49 especially after hours completing the job off camera and of course I was forced to drive it around for a week or so just to make sure everything was working. But, if I really had to pick, I'm guessing my favorite would be between ep. 44 the Fury Road master episode - taking a family station wagon and turning it into a fun driver, and episode 35 - mini tubbing my 66 Chevelle...... Yeah, ok, that's the one I'm going with, Ep 35. Hanging out with friends and working on my own car is pretty much the perfect way to spend the week. Yours Truly....... Lucky”

2016-01-28

Which home-tuned system is hiding more horsepower, a traditional carburetor, or a Holley Electronic Fuel Injection system? Find out in this episode of Hot Rod Garage presented by Lincoln Tech! Watch Tony Angelo turn screws on his 4bbl Carb’d 1971 Dodge Demon 340 while Lucky sits back and let’s his Holley HP EFI system work it’s own magic on his LQ9 ’66 Chevelle. After the home-tunes we take the Demon and Chevelle over to the experts at Westech Performance, strap them down, and let the dyno-tuners show us the real potential of these cars!