To add to the blower description, these (as Tony explained), came off of GM Detroit diesel 2 stroke truck motors. The 6 in 6-71 is the number of cylinders that the engine had (4, 6, 8, 12 & 16 cylinders) and the 71 refers to the cubic displacement of EACH cylinder. 71 being 71 cubic inches, 92 is 92 cu/in per cyl etc. So, a 8-71 was from an 8 cylinder, 71 cu/in per cylinder motor. Same as 6-071, 8-71, 8-92 etc.
@@phillipzx3754 the 6-71 is inline but there is a 6v-71 and 8v-71. The 12 and 16 cylinder versions were two engines mated. Eg The 12v-71 is 2 6v-71s inline. One of the Sherman tank variants used whats called the GM twin diesel. It’s 2 6-71s in parallel, one of them runs counter directionally to the other, turning a shared output. You can run a Detroit clockwise or counter clockwise. 2-stroke diesels cannot naturally aspirate so they require superchargers. Some had turbos but all had superchargers.
@@danh8302interestingly, these are technically blowers on the Detroits as they are used to clear the combustion chamber of the exhaust, not pressurize it. So they are not used as superchargers on the Detroits, so they are still considered naturally aspirated.
@@spencercastle8638 the call them that because they don’t have turbos but two-stroke diesels cannot naturally aspirate. They require them. So normal aspiration for a 2-stroke includes a blower.
This vid captures the "essence" of why so many of us cherish being gearheads. Every once in a while it all just works, and we spend countless hours chasing that moment forever after haha!
This hits home! I like to do things properly even if it takes more time. Sometimes all that extra work to make everything neat kicks you in the ass when you have to undo everything
Man I love what y’all are going here. I just dragged my moms 79 Trans Am to the house to get it running again. There’s a lot of rust but your makin a man have big dreams down the road. Keep it up!
Absolutely loving his thing. I hope you gradually continue to develop this thing on the drag strip. It would be awesome to see some 8 second passes but without losing that 80s style.
That’s why I said to coni tie to develop it. I wasn’t expecting it to happen overnight. It will likely take significant engine, suspension and general upgrades to get there. But I don’t think a 8.99 in the quarter is out of the question.
I love that you kept the Pontiac motor instead of doing any swapping. I have an 83 Celica Supra that I bought as a shell but managed to get running with the original motor and will probably turbo it while building a swap (m54b30) just to see what the original stuff could do.
I'm so happy you're doing car stuff in PA. I grew up here and remember the car scene in the '80s and '90s, nice to see places that look familiar when you're out and about.
Pontiac trick #1 is to cut the water cross over off the intake so you don't have to drain the coolant to get the intake off. Which wouldn't matter in this setup because you're changing the cross over type but just a heads up.
Tony: Make sure you synchronize the carb linkage and check for wide open throttle. Just have someone hold it to the floor while you peek into the carbs. Really happy to see the blower finally go on this thing! You've got a little stumble when you whack the throttle, so make sure you adjust the primary accelerator pumps. You might need a more aggressive pump cam. It's a really great idea to run boost referenced carbs because they blowers can pull a vacuum at high rpm wide open throttle and cause the power valves to close which leans the motor out and kills pistons. If you don't have those, just run a higher-than-normal power valve like an 8.5 and it'll be fine.
It's cool watching someone else work on a 2nd gen firebird. I ended up ditching my leafs and going with a Chris Alston 4-link and a narrowed 9 inch and some DSE mini tubs.
It makes me very happy to see a Pontiac motor in that thank you. I am a Ford guy and a fox body guy so I’m sure you understand my love of cars with a motor from the same company that built the car. The right way to build a car
Awesome work! Love to see the progress while you all are enjoying yourselves. Fun to watch. Would love to see the engine rev. over 5k if the hp is still trending up.
I don’t know what exactly the emotion I was feeling was but at the end when the smoke was rolling out from those fenders and the excitement on these guys faces after the journey they just took us on was over, my eyes welled up with tears.. great job guys! Beautiful car and amazing mix of new and old.. a masterpiece for sure.
Tony I hope u will read this.. back in 1978, I took a 871 GM blower to my local High School where I kind of went, but the Machine Shop teacher sort of liked me. I also took a old mid rise tunnel ram intake from my 426 hemi. that was also at the school shop, where pete and i were grinding and polishing the heads and head serfaces on the block. we cut off the top of the intake manifold, and i took it into the welding shop and I welded the base plate Pete cut and made for me on a old mechanical Mill. we then milled the intake faces and the blower base and polished them. Pete then built me a Drive for the blower to make the belt alline, with the belt tightener we also built in the school machine shop. Making the top plate, I had a friend way smarter and tallented than me set and adjust the shakey old 750 double pumper carbs. Ralf was a complete mirical worker when it come time to tune and adjust carbs. His and my need to go even faster, we converted to Mixed Fuel. I cannot remember the exact name but we mixed Nitros into the fuel. because my class I do remember we were only allowed to put so many onces to the 4.5 gallon fuel tank. to make you shudder, my fuel tank was a cut down army Jerry can. I had all of that in a 1969 chevelle, i put a drop axle from a 1966 fargo truck because the A frames in the susention could not carry the weight. The diff was a Ford Pickup 9 inch, that beleive me was one super sketchy suspention sort of 4 link. I think was more like a 2 and a half link with some rods that were sorta there for good luck. lol. but I raced the car for 3 sumers with out to much trouble. into the fourth year the blower exploded and the car burned so hot it litterly melted down things i could not beleive would melt. I do miss the old thing alot. cause it was a fun little car to drive, scary but fun. and i still here to remember it and tell about it
Tony has such an incredible personality which makes him so interesting to watch. The way he explains things is not too overdone so you can understand what he is explaining. I totally felt his pain as soon as he started with the drum brakes and the Metallica Cliff Burton reference just totally threw this whole episode over the top.
Tony and crew, you knocked it put of the park! This old Pontiac firebird with it's hand ported heads and the 6/71 roots blower is more interesting than literally all the cookie-cutter turbo junkyard LS builds that flood the internet. The key here is the historic nostalgia. In 50 years nobody is going to yearn for the era of turbocharged junkyard engines fitted to plastic cars. But cars with chrome bumpers, roots blowers and the hand built oddball engines will always be a worthy pursuit. You've got one of a kind, and that means something.
I dunno man, there's definitely something to be said about cheap, fast, and fun cars. Not every build has the goal to hold value and be a collector piece. Some of us just like building fun stuff. Tony's T/A is definitely super rad, but the '80s theme isn't for everybody. Just like an S-10 with a turbo LS isn't for everybody.
That was awesome. When you asked to pick horsepower I thought it could go 550 so I'm really glad you went 568. That motor was just eating up all the boost so happily.
Sweet video Tony and crew, this reminds me of one of these new, my brother in laws buddy had one silver metallic with grey interior with 400 V8 4speed, were like 14/15 years of age and thought this was the most badass car in our high school, this car just took it up to the next level ,when you put in the ford 9" and stronger 4 speed and some more test and tuning you'll knocking on the door of 600 RWHP with the blink of an eye , i think even Steve Brule would be impressed at what you and the crew have done with this car, Finnegan will be watching this video and smiling from ear to ear cheering you on Tony 👍
This car is so cool looking and retro. I remember seeing ones like this at Street Machine Nationals in the 80's. Wish I had the time and money to do this to my 79 Formula 4-speed. Only a 4.9...probably 120hp to the rear wheels.
First time watching. Brings back all the good times from the 80’s racing every weekend! You guys are great, feels like being at my buddy’s garage and staying up all night to get everything just right! Awesome!!!
Oh so what you’re saying is “click off the video right now cause it isn’t touching 700hp in Tony’s dreams”, Pontiac V8’s were dogs compared to what you could build a 350 up to be, the 400c.i from Pontiac was ass
@@mullittmustang256 Huh?.....I was just giving him some credit for trying to do it the hard and expensive way to keep it all Pontiac they way it was done back in the 70s and 80s.....a modern truly reliable 700hp with an outdated Pontiac design requires aftermarket block, heads, bottom end parts, it can be done......any fool with a check book and a summit/jegs catalog can throw together a cheaper, more reliable, and more powerful chevy or ford engine.....at that point you might as well just have a camaro or mustang which everyone else already has. Either your a fan of seeing guys who like a challenge to make more power with some of the older off brand stuff like buick, olds, pontiac, mopar, amc, studebaker etc......or your one of those ford vs. chevy guys. I like anything thats fast or neat looking, bonus if its both.
@@jasonrackawack9369 no I just hate junk engines, even butler performance can’t make a 400 Pontiac do good unless it’s fully billet aluminum. Swap in a 350/396/454 and then it’d be feasible to build up and still be gm powered
I was thinking the same thing, they really managed to get a hold on some of the most intresting guys in the business, from barn find chasers tohands on guys, like these guys right here, they really have a great variety, clearly chosen by a proper gearhead 👍🏻🖤🏴☠️
Just discovered your channel, and love everything old school muscle. I bought a 71 chevelle ss new off the showroom floor, and immediately started souping that big 454 up. But it seemed no matter what I did to it, my buddies firebird always did just a little bit better. So this episode brings back a lot of fond quarter mile memories. Thanks for bringing that old girl back to life. It's obvious she's not finished yet.
Drum brakes: I use a string to pull the springs on a drum brake set up. Make it easier for most. A good set of vise grips that are not worn out will help with the rest.
Absolutely loved the tidbit on Mr. Navarro, a diesel, and a flathead. The transparency in most all things is vastly appreciated. My guess was 647 with aviation fuel.
Man dude I bet Tony is just as cool and chill in person, probably an awesome ass friend,I love the way he explains stuff in beginner terms enough for someone who you tubes their ways through builds and mods and for entertainment as well,great content brotha 💪
Good to see you Tony! I subscribed to Hagerty just for your content and dont see it as much as preferred but that being said, love it! Hope things are good between yourself and your former partner Lucky, I know all too well that working relationships aren't always what they seem. Thoroughly enjoyed your previous stuff and look forward to your future endeavors!
My son bought me the 1973 trans am 455 4 speed car I sold in 1978 it was missing the engine and interior, I have a rebuildable 455 out of a 73 Grandville but since it is not original I think a plower would make it bad ass after watching this Street Freak come to life
I love this kind of content. I wish I had the money to do this kind of stuff for fun. I know it's your guys job but still if it was my job I think it would be pretty fun to have that kind of a job. More videos like this please.
You may have your years wrong? I don’t know foxbodies but I’ve owned a few P2 Volvos (01-09 S60/V70) and I’m 99% sure they all had hydraulic power steering. Maybe you meant 13-18?
@@littleherms3285 I’ve removed the power steering pump bracket to get to the alternator back when I had my 2004 S60R. There is a power steering pump driven by the serpentine belt. It’s a royal pain so I remember it lmao. It also definitely only had power steering while the engine was running… doesn’t necessarily mean it’s hydraulic but that’s not my experience with other electric power steering My 05 XC70 was the same
Blowers are so cool. Turbos are neat too, but there's something about the massive blower sticking out the bonnet that just makes me think ''this car has got some guts to it''. Also, its really interesting seeing the painfree blower install compared to FuzzyDice's continued blower problems. I guess that happens when you buy new vs used :D
Detroit 2cycle 71 series engines ranged from a 2-71 to a 24v71. There were inline and V types in the 6 cylinder models. The first number being the number of cylinders, the 2nd number cubic inch displacement of each cylinder. Each one had a supercharger for scavenging due to the fact there was no inlet valves only exhaust valves.
What's crazy cool is how that's a OG custom paint job from whatever time frame I want to say 50s style but done in the 70s is just fascinating and the condition is just wild.
Look at the orange tool and parts wall full of organized drawers 😁 super sweet I actually really appreciate that and the shop itself looks very industrial and retro mixed with modern.
Glad to see you guy's made some actual power this time, i guessed you might make 425-450 blown power before i knew you were dropping an 8v71 blower on the damn thing!
Great job Tony you and your guys deserve a win for all the hard work that you have put in. Love the HP that beast makes can't wait to see it at the strip.Power on my brother!!
I remember teaching myself how to rebuild drum brakes back in the 80s when I was about 16… You talk about learning the hard way! I made 80 walk around trips to look at the other side..😂
I used to work on Detroit Diesel 2 cycle engines, rebuilt a ton of these blowers on varying models. They were gear driven with a splined shaft and 'shim pack' (for shock absorption). Great movers of air. LOL at the 23andme comment. The car is an animal!
Worked at a Midas long time ago, early to mid 90's. The drum brakes where the easiest to do. I went in a circle, back shoe around to wheel cylinder. Had a rear axel brake job down to 15 minutes with machining drums.
I use to work on the old Detroit engines the blowers originally came off of, I have even rebuilt some of the blowers. The numbers 6-71 stand for 6 cylinders, 71 cubic inches per cylinder.
Thank you guys for the great video. You give good information with the right amount of detail all while having fun. I love the T-shirts, "We're gonna have Lose the shop". It does seem like ALL automotive / motorcycle custom shops, with a TV show have some next to impossible time line to make with substantial consequences if they don't meet their deadline. From what I remember seemed like Orange County Choppers was one of the first for creating such DRAMA. Such as someone ordered the wrong engine, they discover the error 36 hours before a No comprise deadline, Paul Jr. has to drive 14 hours round trip to get the right engine, then they have less than 24 hours to assemble the whole bike. Must work around the clock (without sleep), it becomes a real nail-biter if they can do it. Of course they always just make. Because if they don't, "We Might Lose the Shop". Keep up the great Work / Videos !!
Love your channel and when watching BluePrint Engines call me and said after waiting 11 months ship tomorrow. 540 power adder dyno 668 hp with 850 holley single plane intake on their dyno. 10-71 polished BDS BLOWER with intercooler 15+ boxes sitting in my living room. Finally!!! But so glad for your Fire Chicken is a Eagle heart !!! Thank You for Sharing !!!😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Sweet car! I own a 1975 firebird base model. we are finishing up a 461 cubit inch big block chevy for it and a th400 transmission hopefully it makes decent power. I love my firebird. Great build guys!
You just have to love this car!!! The Cliff Burton, before the internet, drum brake thing hit a little close to home lol...Guess I'm getting old but I wouldn't change a thing
I have a 1980 Camaro and I think I will set it up with a blower motor. I want to make it smoke big like that! I am hooked to this channel now. Me and my brother love horsepower!!
This is becoming my favorite car show, really great group of guys. Lots of momentum and optimism and fun being had.
absolutely!
You are not allowed to be sad when you have a fancy new shiny BLOWER!!
Me too! This show rocks and stony is killing it
I always have time for Tony
@@JohnnyAnderson1 me too I learn so much
To add to the blower description, these (as Tony explained), came off of GM Detroit diesel 2 stroke truck motors. The 6 in 6-71 is the number of cylinders that the engine had (4, 6, 8, 12 & 16 cylinders) and the 71 refers to the cubic displacement of EACH cylinder. 71 being 71 cubic inches, 92 is 92 cu/in per cyl etc. So, a 8-71 was from an 8 cylinder, 71 cu/in per cylinder motor. Same as 6-071, 8-71, 8-92 etc.
Very cool info. I had no idea this is what the numbers meant. Thank you. Now that I know, it's SIMPLE.
@@phillipzx3754 the 6-71 is inline but there is a 6v-71 and 8v-71. The 12 and 16 cylinder versions were two engines mated. Eg The 12v-71 is 2 6v-71s inline.
One of the Sherman tank variants used whats called the GM twin diesel. It’s 2 6-71s in parallel, one of them runs counter directionally to the other, turning a shared output.
You can run a Detroit clockwise or counter clockwise.
2-stroke diesels cannot naturally aspirate so they require superchargers. Some had turbos but all had superchargers.
They also made a ton of 1, 2 and 3 cylinder engines.
@@danh8302interestingly, these are technically blowers on the Detroits as they are used to clear the combustion chamber of the exhaust, not pressurize it. So they are not used as superchargers on the Detroits, so they are still considered naturally aspirated.
@@spencercastle8638 the call them that because they don’t have turbos but two-stroke diesels cannot naturally aspirate. They require them. So normal aspiration for a 2-stroke includes a blower.
This vid captures the "essence" of why so many of us cherish being gearheads. Every once in a while it all just works, and we spend countless hours chasing that moment forever after haha!
This hits home! I like to do things properly even if it takes more time. Sometimes all that extra work to make everything neat kicks you in the ass when you have to undo everything
“You really put your essence in there”.
Did you choose your words before or after that 😂
Chasing that magical moment thru hours of rusted bolts
You're trying to be funny right now ...right
Gosh dang 🔥🇺🇸
Man I love what y’all are going here. I just dragged my moms 79 Trans Am to the house to get it running again. There’s a lot of rust but your makin a man have big dreams down the road. Keep it up!
I absolutely love the new show. I'm happy you finally got a chance to do your own thing. Keep up the awesome work.
I'm glad Tony is finally getting his own show! Congratulations to you, Tony & your team! You guys have a great show!
You folks are really really good, and very fun to watch. It's like hanging out with friends in a garage (that are a lot better than I am)
Absolutely loving his thing. I hope you gradually continue to develop this thing on the drag strip. It would be awesome to see some 8 second passes but without losing that 80s style.
Haha ya i agree. i think an 8 second 1/8th mile is doable, 8 sec 1/4 would be like 50k of upgrades
Yeah no, that's not happening, you need WAY more HP to pull an 8 seconds 1/4 on that thing.
That’s why I said to coni tie to develop it. I wasn’t expecting it to happen overnight. It will likely take significant engine, suspension and general upgrades to get there. But I don’t think a 8.99 in the quarter is out of the question.
8 second passes? Not with that Pontiac block and drivetrain.
Maybe triple the horsepower? Along with new trans, bigger tyres and everything else in between.
Can’t believe how close you guys came to losing the shop! That was a close call
I lost my shop, & I got accused of things I never did. 🤔
Why'd they almost loose the shop?
I love that you kept the Pontiac motor instead of doing any swapping. I have an 83 Celica Supra that I bought as a shell but managed to get running with the original motor and will probably turbo it while building a swap (m54b30) just to see what the original stuff could do.
I'm so happy you're doing car stuff in PA. I grew up here and remember the car scene in the '80s and '90s, nice to see places that look familiar when you're out and about.
Pontiac trick #1 is to cut the water cross over off the intake so you don't have to drain the coolant to get the intake off. Which wouldn't matter in this setup because you're changing the cross over type but just a heads up.
Yep. It also makes it way easier to port match the intake runners
Tony: Make sure you synchronize the carb linkage and check for wide open throttle. Just have someone hold it to the floor while you peek into the carbs. Really happy to see the blower finally go on this thing! You've got a little stumble when you whack the throttle, so make sure you adjust the primary accelerator pumps. You might need a more aggressive pump cam. It's a really great idea to run boost referenced carbs because they blowers can pull a vacuum at high rpm wide open throttle and cause the power valves to close which leans the motor out and kills pistons. If you don't have those, just run a higher-than-normal power valve like an 8.5 and it'll be fine.
Watching this after Sick Week made your effort on the track even more spectacular! Thanks Derek for the interview and the link so we could enjoy this!
Tony is such an awesome dude and a great mechanic and host. He tells you what you need and want to know and none of the boring stuff.
And no walking about with cans of beer if you known what I mean 🇬🇧
I f..king love this car, it's amazing the paint scheme survived all those years, can't wait to see you take it to drag week or something, Rj in Oz
It's cool watching someone else work on a 2nd gen firebird. I ended up ditching my leafs and going with a Chris Alston 4-link and a narrowed 9 inch and some DSE mini tubs.
2-stroke diesels are just so cool. Thanks for all the blowers Detroit!
love this so much. thank you Hagerty for getting tony on the show and would love to see more of him and his rides.
Best car show man! No useless acting, drama and over the edge promotion. Down to earth, cool guys working on cars! Fav show so far! Love it
I love that Tony Angelo got his own show. He was SO POSITIVE working with Finnegan. Congrats my dude.
It makes me very happy to see a Pontiac motor in that thank you. I am a Ford guy and a fox body guy so I’m sure you understand my love of cars with a motor from the same company that built the car. The right way to build a car
Awesome work! Love to see the progress while you all are enjoying yourselves. Fun to watch. Would love to see the engine rev. over 5k if the hp is still trending up.
I don’t know what exactly the emotion I was feeling was but at the end when the smoke was rolling out from those fenders and the excitement on these guys faces after the journey they just took us on was over, my eyes welled up with tears.. great job guys! Beautiful car and amazing mix of new and old.. a masterpiece for sure.
Now THAT is what I call a celebratory burnout! Good job guys!
That Bird is awesome in the most 1980's sense possible. And you guys are a riot to watch. Hats off to you all!!!!
Tony I hope u will read this.. back in 1978, I took a 871 GM blower to my local High School where I kind of went, but the Machine Shop teacher sort of liked me. I also took a old mid rise tunnel ram intake from my 426 hemi. that was also at the school shop, where pete and i were grinding and polishing the heads and head serfaces on the block. we cut off the top of the intake manifold, and i took it into the welding shop and I welded the base plate Pete cut and made for me on a old mechanical Mill. we then milled the intake faces and the blower base and polished them. Pete then built me a Drive for the blower to make the belt alline, with the belt tightener we also built in the school machine shop. Making the top plate, I had a friend way smarter and tallented than me set and adjust the shakey old 750 double pumper carbs. Ralf was a complete mirical worker when it come time to tune and adjust carbs. His and my need to go even faster, we converted to Mixed Fuel. I cannot remember the exact name but we mixed Nitros into the fuel. because my class I do remember we were only allowed to put so many onces to the 4.5 gallon fuel tank. to make you shudder, my fuel tank was a cut down army Jerry can. I had all of that in a 1969 chevelle, i put a drop axle from a 1966 fargo truck because the A frames in the susention could not carry the weight. The diff was a Ford Pickup 9 inch, that beleive me was one super sketchy suspention sort of 4 link. I think was more like a 2 and a half link with some rods that were sorta there for good luck. lol. but I raced the car for 3 sumers with out to much trouble. into the fourth year the blower exploded and the car burned so hot it litterly melted down things i could not beleive would melt. I do miss the old thing alot. cause it was a fun little car to drive, scary but fun. and i still here to remember it and tell about it
Tony has such an incredible personality which makes him so interesting to watch. The way he explains things is not too overdone so you can understand what he is explaining. I totally felt his pain as soon as he started with the drum brakes and the Metallica Cliff Burton reference just totally threw this whole episode over the top.
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Tony you are killin' it, I feel like you could have 3 episodes here!! So much good stuff here!!
Tony and crew, you knocked it put of the park!
This old Pontiac firebird with it's hand ported heads and the 6/71 roots blower is more interesting than literally all the cookie-cutter turbo junkyard LS builds that flood the internet.
The key here is the historic nostalgia.
In 50 years nobody is going to yearn for the era of turbocharged junkyard engines fitted to plastic cars.
But cars with chrome bumpers, roots blowers and the hand built oddball engines will always be a worthy pursuit.
You've got one of a kind, and that means something.
I dunno man, there's definitely something to be said about cheap, fast, and fun cars. Not every build has the goal to hold value and be a collector piece. Some of us just like building fun stuff. Tony's T/A is definitely super rad, but the '80s theme isn't for everybody. Just like an S-10 with a turbo LS isn't for everybody.
That race gas tune with the 44 tooth is gunna be wild.
Awesome resurrection of a street strip build.
I'm imagining you pulling a matching jet boat. 👍
I had a old 74 firebird back in the late 90's. This is such an awesome episode, way to go making that Poncho scream! Love this car!
I love this old school setup. And old school pro street cars. I miss that era of hot rods.
That was awesome. When you asked to pick horsepower I thought it could go 550 so I'm really glad you went 568.
That motor was just eating up all the boost so happily.
Sweet video Tony and crew, this reminds me of one of these new, my brother in laws buddy had one silver metallic with grey interior with 400 V8 4speed, were like 14/15 years of age and thought this was the most badass car in our high school, this car just took it up to the next level ,when you put in the ford 9" and stronger 4 speed and some more test and tuning you'll knocking on the door of 600 RWHP with the blink of an eye , i think even Steve Brule would be impressed at what you and the crew have done with this car, Finnegan will be watching this video and smiling from ear to ear cheering you on Tony 👍
This car is so cool looking and retro. I remember seeing ones like this at Street Machine Nationals in the 80's. Wish I had the time and money to do this to my 79 Formula 4-speed. Only a 4.9...probably 120hp to the rear wheels.
It’s amazing how quick the production value and camera work has improved on your show! Love to see it Tony!
I was wanting to install cameras around Uncle Rudies Property but I don't want him to feel alienated.
First time watching. Brings back all the good times from the 80’s racing every weekend! You guys are great, feels like being at my buddy’s garage and staying up all night to get everything just right! Awesome!!!
The music in your videos is such a mood. I like it a lot, fits the cars incredibly well
I love watching Tony Angelo videos. Dude is nuts and I love it!
Man of the year for keeping a Pontiac V8 in it....😉👍
Oh so what you’re saying is “click off the video right now cause it isn’t touching 700hp in Tony’s dreams”, Pontiac V8’s were dogs compared to what you could build a 350 up to be, the 400c.i from Pontiac was ass
@@mullittmustang256 Huh?.....I was just giving him some credit for trying to do it the hard and expensive way to keep it all Pontiac they way it was done back in the 70s and 80s.....a modern truly reliable 700hp with an outdated Pontiac design requires aftermarket block, heads, bottom end parts, it can be done......any fool with a check book and a summit/jegs catalog can throw together a cheaper, more reliable, and more powerful chevy or ford engine.....at that point you might as well just have a camaro or mustang which everyone else already has. Either your a fan of seeing guys who like a challenge to make more power with some of the older off brand stuff like buick, olds, pontiac, mopar, amc, studebaker etc......or your one of those ford vs. chevy guys. I like anything thats fast or neat looking, bonus if its both.
@@jasonrackawack9369 no I just hate junk engines, even butler performance can’t make a 400 Pontiac do good unless it’s fully billet aluminum. Swap in a 350/396/454 and then it’d be feasible to build up and still be gm powered
No way. This guy has his shop like right next to where I live. It’s like right on high street. I could literally walk to it right now
I'm not a muscle guy.. but this is really well done as a show and very well presented.
Hagerty is going for the crown of YT Auto content!
I was thinking the same thing, they really managed to get a hold on some of the most intresting guys in the business, from barn find chasers tohands on guys, like these guys right here, they really have a great variety, clearly chosen by a proper gearhead 👍🏻🖤🏴☠️
Just discovered your channel, and love everything old school muscle. I bought a 71 chevelle ss new off the showroom floor, and immediately started souping that big 454 up. But it seemed no matter what I did to it, my buddies firebird always did just a little bit better. So this episode brings back a lot of fond quarter mile memories. Thanks for bringing that old girl back to life. It's obvious she's not finished yet.
10/10 this is one of My most favorite builds on UA-cam hands down.
Sick, just sick.
You guys Rock! Ty for doing a show on 74 firebird, this is my era.
I have a 1975 TA I love my car and you inspired me to keep building on it.
I was just wondering when they’d drop a new episode of Stay Tuned. What a treat!
Drum brakes: I use a string to pull the springs on a drum brake set up. Make it easier for most. A good set of vise grips that are not worn out will help with the rest.
It's great to see Tony Angelo again! Also, awesome team you have, guys!
Vice grips are the key to removing and installing drum brake springs.
This is my favorite car of Tony's by far. I hope it makes some really good power.
SUCH a good show... So happy for you, Tony.. you deserve this. And thank you Hagerty for making this sort of media possible.
Smiles for days with this project! Keep up the awesome work, gentlemen!
It's definitely one of the most badass cars I've seen in a while! Nice job!
Don't forget stay tuned has its very own channel show the guys some love!
Absolutely loved the tidbit on Mr. Navarro, a diesel, and a flathead. The transparency in most all things is vastly appreciated. My guess was 647 with aviation fuel.
Tony is the best! Cool episode guys
Man dude I bet Tony is just as cool and chill in person, probably an awesome ass friend,I love the way he explains stuff in beginner terms enough for someone who you tubes their ways through builds and mods and for entertainment as well,great content brotha 💪
Good to see you Tony! I subscribed to Hagerty just for your content and dont see it as much as preferred but that being said, love it! Hope things are good between yourself and your former partner Lucky, I know all too well that working relationships aren't always what they seem. Thoroughly enjoyed your previous stuff and look forward to your future endeavors!
My son bought me the 1973 trans am 455 4 speed car I sold in 1978 it was missing the engine and interior, I have a rebuildable 455 out of a 73 Grandville but since it is not original I think a plower would make it bad ass after watching this Street Freak come to life
This show puts a smile on my face
I love this kind of content. I wish I had the money to do this kind of stuff for fun. I know it's your guys job but still if it was my job I think it would be pretty fun to have that kind of a job. More videos like this please.
This channel is top tier. My guy explains and talks very descriptive very knowledgeable. My favorite channel in a hurry
For the power steering, you could use the Electric PS pump out of a Volvo S40. Fox Body guys have been using them for quite a while
You may have your years wrong? I don’t know foxbodies but I’ve owned a few P2 Volvos (01-09 S60/V70) and I’m 99% sure they all had hydraulic power steering. Maybe you meant 13-18?
@@ALittleBitOfGay Electric driven hydraulic PS pump.
@@littleherms3285 I’ve removed the power steering pump bracket to get to the alternator back when I had my 2004 S60R. There is a power steering pump driven by the serpentine belt. It’s a royal pain so I remember it lmao. It also definitely only had power steering while the engine was running… doesn’t necessarily mean it’s hydraulic but that’s not my experience with other electric power steering
My 05 XC70 was the same
I think he ment S40.
@@littleherms3285 Yep, my bad
Love these guys! So much fun! Brings me back to my first build! I miss it so much! Keep up the great content! 🎉😊😎
I'm so happy for you Tony, you guys did a great job on this one.
Doesn't get any better than the set up you have, sweet ride.
Tony awesome content I can't wait to see this thing with a ford rear, better brakes. It is going to be a great street car for Hot Rod drag week.
I love how proud Tony is of himself in that last scene!
Blowers are so cool. Turbos are neat too, but there's something about the massive blower sticking out the bonnet that just makes me think ''this car has got some guts to it''.
Also, its really interesting seeing the painfree blower install compared to FuzzyDice's continued blower problems. I guess that happens when you buy new vs used :D
Fuzzydice is using a long discontinued and somewhat obscure blower. That adds to the cool factor IMO but also the headaches.
This thing is sick! Cant wait to see a quarter mile run
Love this show! Glad tony is still building cars and making videos.
Detroit 2cycle 71 series engines ranged from a 2-71 to a 24v71. There were inline and V types in the 6 cylinder models. The first number being the number of cylinders, the 2nd number cubic inch displacement of each cylinder. Each one had a supercharger for scavenging due to the fact there was no inlet valves only exhaust valves.
Awesome. Coming together nicely. And Tony drove it and it didn’t break!
What's crazy cool is how that's a OG custom paint job from whatever time frame I want to say 50s style but done in the 70s is just fascinating and the condition is just wild.
Look at the orange tool and parts wall full of organized drawers 😁 super sweet I actually really appreciate that and the shop itself looks very industrial and retro mixed with modern.
Best mechanical show on u tube tony and his buddies got alot of talent sit back watch and learn much appreciated brother
Love these guys. They are so far from Instagram slick, but their knowledge and skill is clear, and only matched by their enthusiasm.
Glad to see you guy's made some actual power this time, i guessed you might make 425-450 blown power before i knew you were dropping an 8v71 blower on the damn thing!
That bolt & pocket mount trick was the first time I’ve ever seen that! Much better than beating one with a hammer!
I just grab the eyelet with a big vice grip and bend the eyelet out on either side until it's right.
Yup..that same blower was used on our Tanks in WW2. Diesel Trucks used them too… worked well for the hot rod communities!
Great job Tony you and your guys deserve a win for all the hard work that you have put in. Love the HP that beast makes can't wait to see it at the strip.Power on my brother!!
I remember teaching myself how to rebuild drum brakes back in the 80s when I was about 16…
You talk about learning the hard way! I made 80 walk around trips to look at the other side..😂
Love these guys. Seriously. I’m back in High School when I watch this show. Good times.
I used to work on Detroit Diesel 2 cycle engines, rebuilt a ton of these blowers on varying models. They were gear driven with a splined shaft and 'shim pack' (for shock absorption). Great movers of air.
LOL at the 23andme comment.
The car is an animal!
Fun video. Always love your on screen positive outlook.
Best friend had a 67 Pontiac Firebird that was mildly built, RamAir IV heads, we had lots of fun just like you. Torque Monsters.
Looking good guys!
LOVE it!! Pontiac power making serious tire smoke! LOVE it...T. Angelo getting it done
Worked at a Midas long time ago, early to mid 90's. The drum brakes where the easiest to do. I went in a circle, back shoe around to wheel cylinder. Had a rear axel brake job down to 15 minutes with machining drums.
I use to work on the old Detroit engines the blowers originally came off of, I have even rebuilt some of the blowers. The numbers 6-71 stand for 6 cylinders, 71 cubic inches per cylinder.
Thank you guys for the great video. You give good information with the right amount of detail all while having fun.
I love the T-shirts, "We're gonna have Lose the shop". It does seem like ALL automotive / motorcycle custom shops, with a TV show have some next to impossible time line to make with substantial consequences if they don't meet their deadline. From what I remember seemed like Orange County Choppers was one of the first for creating such DRAMA. Such as someone ordered the wrong engine, they discover the error 36 hours before a No comprise deadline, Paul Jr. has to drive 14 hours round trip to get the right engine, then they have less than 24 hours to assemble the whole bike. Must work around the clock (without sleep), it becomes a real nail-biter if they can do it. Of course they always just make. Because if they don't, "We Might Lose the Shop".
Keep up the great Work / Videos !!
My sbc with a gmc 6-71 blows off its big 21" wide mickey's, dropped in a 23t that I built in high school, nice job on the car and a proper burnout
Love your channel and when watching BluePrint Engines call me and said after waiting 11 months ship tomorrow. 540 power adder dyno 668 hp with 850 holley single plane intake on their dyno. 10-71 polished BDS BLOWER with intercooler 15+ boxes sitting in my living room. Finally!!! But so glad for your Fire Chicken is a Eagle heart !!! Thank You for Sharing !!!😀🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Love the mood! Dude is happy w/ his new toys!!!
That's a sick magnum they have in the dyno shop
Glad Tony is over on Hagerty making gold content like this. Keep it up man!
Sweet car! I own a 1975 firebird base model. we are finishing up a 461 cubit inch big block chevy for it and a th400 transmission hopefully it makes decent power. I love my firebird. Great build guys!
You just have to love this car!!! The Cliff Burton, before the internet, drum brake thing hit a little close to home lol...Guess I'm getting old but I wouldn't change a thing
I have a 1980 Camaro and I think I will set it up with a blower motor. I want to make it smoke big like that! I am hooked to this channel now. Me and my brother love horsepower!!