Installing the Hemi in Blasphemi - Roadkill Extra
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Watch Roadkill Extra on Motor Trend On Demand: bit.ly/2MYco1d Mike Finnegan’s 1955 Chevy with 535ci blown-Hemi power has become legendary, partially due to Roadkill Episode 70 where the guys had to rebuild the engine in the dragstrip pits. This Roadkill Extra is an extended scene from that episode as the new Hemi is swung back into the car. And just think, the engine has been in and out of the car and rebuilt a second time since this episode was shot.
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You guys always make it look so easy when you're installing an engine on Roadkill, it's good to see you guys suffer through the pain and tribulations that the rest of us go through when installing a motor.
Stephen Washbourne Would you Please give my racing channel a Subscribe I have video of Finnegan making a pass in Blasphemi
Stephen Washbourne The brilliance of editing...
Yep, it's good to see some real world struggle, even if it was heavily edited. It's such a pain to get engines and transmissions to mate like that.
I'm honestly a bit happy to see this is not uncommon. I thought I was a moron for not being able to align a transmission in less than a half hour.
I'm a bit sad too because this means it won't be easier next time I do it ^^
I pull the transmission with the engine, its only 2 more bolts to remove. It goes together so much easier outside the car.
One of my high school students just discovered Roadkill and all of the Extras. You are inspiring him to learn more, follow his dreams, and not be afraid to fail at what he loves. More than any entertainment, that is so amazing. Thank you!
Im I the only one that actually likes these less edited clips where they just build and/or install stuff
Tomikos995 Agreed! More buildy buildy less scripty scripty.
Spawny eyed wazzock And how does that have anything to do with roadkill? Besides I don't even watch neebs gaming even though ive subbed them because I used to watch bffs. From which this I took this profile picture and it has just stuck. Well I guess I have to change it now.
It's just you... and 815 others.
Footage like this is incredibly rare, they never show them working on some extend problem for a length of time like that with so little cuts. It's nice to see their actual building prowess as they encounter what would be unsolvable problems for many amateur car hobbyists.
Tomikos995 i enjoy this stuff the most because it much easier to relate to
The struggle is real and that's why I love this show.
Drunken Stupor Would you Please give my channel a Subscribe I have video of Finnegan making a pass in Blasphemi
Back in the day when I did this, I assembled the engine + trans together outside the vehicle, then shoe-horned them in. No alignment issues then.
Yeah, but then you have to slip the whole huge ugly contraption in without smashing the radiator or the cross-member or something... Or you can't get the sump over the cross-member because the gearbox is hard up against the body. No matter which way you turn it or angle it, it's easier to put them in separate and then mate them up, but mating them up is also a bastard of a job.... There's no easy or elegant way to do this. In PRINCIPLE, it's simple, but principle is not the same as life.
In my experience, automatics were easier to mate up in the bay, while manuals were easier to mate up before installation. Headers were the beast -- usually left those positioned in the bay & attached before the motor mounts, because I could still move the engine around a bit to get to all the studs.
... (dot-dot-dot like Trump...) I understand in the car factory, they have the body up in the air and the engine + trans on a stand, and then they take all the cross-members out and lower the body over the engine. Never tried that myself, partly because I don't want to remove the cross-members with the car supported in strange ways, because it will distort, and then when you tighten up the cross-members it will always be distorted... Like I said, in principle, it's simple...
LOL. Me or him? Last time I did it, it was a 202 cube straight Holden 6. I don't think I've ever pulled a V8 out or put one in.... I've done about 4 Ford sixes and about 7 or 8 Holden 6s, and well over a dozen Jap 4s. I'm more into bikes than cars, and I've never been a mechanic. Engines have come out because I've screwed them and now I needed to fix them.
Tip, from experience, if you borrow your father-in-law's car, (Mazda 808) and the oil light comes on on the freeway, don't presume the wire has come loose, because you're late for work... The 1600 we dropped in to replace the 1300 I destroyed, was actually a much nicer engine, but still, it's hard to explain later why you saw the oil light and ignored it.....
Ye Wilde Ryder ya when the car is open like this sure
As that engine is swinging over bare feet and flip flops I'm thinking "poor choice in footwear Freiburger."
Mike Kovacs the fuck is a shoe gonna do to save your foot from an engine anyways
In one of their episodes he actually talks about an incident he had while wearing the flip flops.
LOL I'll take steel toes over flip flops
Mike Kovacs it’s not gonna have any advantages if an engine drops on your foot I have a friend that works with trains and steel caps are against oh&s if something heavy lands on your foot that steel flattens and makes for a hard time getting the shoe off it’s really not that much of a safety hazard in flip flops
Mike Kovacs nope. My cousins shop teacher had a transmission fall on his steal toe boots and he lost 2 toes
would have prefered a hemi powered picnic table to be honest
knoxvegas lowballers have a gas powered picnic table with cooler, grill, and stereo on it, its their pit car for 24 hours of lemons
Josh Hust that’s awesome! Thanks, like I didn’t have enough projects already
BBC would’ve slid right in, that poor chevy fought with everything she had! Reminds me of Jodie foster on a pinball machine
Can totally relate to all of the issues with the hoist and cracks and bolts and dowels and clutch aligner. You guys keep it real.
One of the best feelings in the world is when that input shaft moves that last 1/4" into the pilot bushing.
In the heavy truck mechanic world we use old bolts with the head removed as a alignment dowel to align engine and bell housing. Really helps to keep engine and transmission in synch, this can really help you guys out next time, I am 100% sure there is a next time. Next time do it on a Ditchbank in Famoso.
The picnic bench scene was one of the best in roadkill!!!!
In high school, we put a Red Ram Hemi in a 57' Chevy. on idle. the oil pan hit the steering gearbox. The owner spun a rod bearing in less than a one weeks time.
Company provides free entertainment for you folks, all they ask is for support by paying for a subscription to Motor Trend. Its quite unfortunate people want to complain about a company simply trying to make some money to keep you guys happy.
Absolutely love the Roadkill series. Thank you Mike and David, and of course Motor Trend as well, for all that you do.
Cheers!
Those people will always complain, makes you wonder what Mel Gibson would say?
Welcome to the age of entitlement. If any of these muppets complaining ever experienced an old pc with a modem that blocks your phone line, or early days of the internet and those free internet floppy disks/CDs, they would be grateful and appreciative of what UA-cam gives, and what content creators create for people, asking next to nothing in return for it.
Instead, most of them are children born in the 1080p era, connected to broadband from day one of their lives and have only seen what the internet is what it is now. And the adults who complain, are only the ones who are also new joiners to technology and spent the early 90's and 2000's under a rock in the woods. They too have no understanding or appreciation of what exactly they're being given here.
Always enjoy watching you guys and Gals behind the camera when those guys work on something..
Hey guys go ahead and turn that clutch disc around before you install the engine.
Lol that was the first thing I thought..
Leaving the clutch bolts loose while mating the engine and trans may be an option to consider. Possible only if your setup allows one of the clutch bolts to be tightened after assembly. Spin the engine for the rest. In 1980, my 66 GMC 1/2 Ton 327, M21 needed a roadside clutch replacement, had a spare clutch without an alignment tool, Friday on long weekend, 10 miles out of town, had an audience stop, plenty of hands to pull my carcass out if the tranny slipped. I was back on the road in about half an hour. A lucky repair.
I hate it when my crane get stuck between the cracks in my garage. The feels
That crap can lift a 1 ton engine, but it can't roll over a zip tie! 😂😂😂
Expansion joints on a slab can be filled after the slab has been cured. Self leveling concrete or a product called PourStone work well. After it dries completely, the hoist can roll across the gap.
BFPB big F'n Pry Bar, I just don't recommond doing it while the engine is 4ft in the air
V8s have been going into cars for well over 100 years... You'd reckon someone would have made it easy by now...
Watching two guys who have such amazing automotive talent try to roll engine stand wheels off grass and onto the pavement was an exercise in agony. Thanks for sharing.
As a guy who has done engine swaps in a dirt driveway by myself,what you need is a long heavy bar to pry the lift around in the dirt.
yup i am sure they already showed this over a year ago... when it happened... now Blasphemi finally has a brand new paint job with alot more work done to it.... check out mike's channel...
And a new motor, Dave stop spamming other people's channels.
This is a textbook example of gearhead-men communication. Short, information laden comment too each other. This is what makes America great
This is one of the best I've seen in a long time, guys. Very nice edit: You guys on Roadkill and D E D get the snarkiest comments all the damned time. I hope other people read them and filter out the trash for you
It's nice to see you two guys in the same video again. You are legendary.
Xsoul1000 Would you please give my racing channel a Subscribe I have plenty of videos for you to enjoy including Mike Finnegan making a pass in Blasphemi
This is literally an example of most important lesson in life - plan ahead
QurttoRco my thoughts exactly
just realized what a hilarious name Fry-Burger is
I want to do shit like this some day. It's always really interesting and I appreciate you guys filming it
Don't do shit like bending over and putting your head under an engine swinging precariously in the air while your buddy attempts to jerk the base out from under it. You could end up with a headache.
Doing an engine install while wearing flip-flops, probably the same pair he mows the grass with.. What a great example of what NOT to do.
Richard Martin he is a Californian they're weird like that
mike lyons at least he's not wearing Crocs with socks.. right?!?!
Richard Martin well the main idea of Roadkill is basically a big what not to do roadtrip
Saved mine, but sure, whatever you reckon bloke.
I dont get the flip flop shit either, im in flip flops now cos my feet are hot but them moment i start work on the 34 my hiking shoes go on, no trippin, no slippin, no splinters n if anything drops my feet are out of there aided by the grip on my shoes.
Been playing this in and out game for 3 weeks now. It gets old
As a fellow Mopar Man have had many frustrating installs like this in our stock car. We have small block LA engines shoe horned into GM G body metric frame lol. It is amazing how you can fight and fight and just bloop she drops in.
"i'm bleeding." "that means it's working." possibly the most accurate thing ever said when working on a car
Surprised the Frieburger didn't say "mint!" When the engine finally slipped in place. God I know that feeling.
Found a 55 Belair with super straight body recently, has all the chrome trim parts only the driver floor board needs replaced, the trunk is super good, has an older 350 with a T400 trans. Hasn't been on the road since 1980, hope to make a deal but it has no title.
This makes me feel significantly better about myself and that time it took me 3 hours to get my nv4500 into my truck, on jack stand, in the driveway, in the dark, with a flickering drop light.
Try mating a 460 - C6 swap into a '68 Torino by yourself. There aren't enough varieties of expletives to capture the drama and the pain.
Finally!!! A video of what installing a motor is actually like.
This entire engine build and install should be on UA-cam and I would watch the whole thing!
you know they know their stuff when they trust each other like they do and never can be afraid to take apart what you just put together so you know it is done right.
Great job guys! Keep these huge pieces of machinery on the street!
I was watching this going “move the table let the weight off and repeat until all the way on the asphalt”! But it’s easy to have those ideas when your not in the moment!
Welcome to Roadkill! Where the engine gets stuck in dirt and you gotta get it out using a lever-thingy!
Too bad one of those clutch disks were backwards! Lol!
They were I didn't notice that
"I'm bleeding." "That means it's working." LOL
"My dowel seems perfectly aligned with it's hole." Ha ha ha!
You guys should consider marketing a Roadkill-branded off-road engine hoist with larger wheels in back and flip-down skids/skis next to smaller front wheels, wide enough to slide over dirt and small rocks. When/if you get to pavement, flip skis up so it rests on wheels.
Blasphemy engine: I'm staying here in the dirt like a junkyard find.
5 minutes later gets dug out: same engine: Nabye I'll stop predicting this Roadkill eposode.
Maybe they should have put the table on the asphalt ? But that whole hindsight thing gets in the way
THOMAS K asphalt*
Bigboya I thought I misspelled that
Seeing that Hemi dangle above Freiburgers flip-flop covered feet gave me massive anxiety lmao
that low-contrast grainy footage from the overheating GoPro's looks great.
I kept flinching when Freiburger got his feet anywhere near that hoist.
Step 1: Remove engine again
Step 2: Acquire large sledgehammer
Step 3: Apply sledgehammer towards firewall. (Note: Relevant amount of force at relevant spots is suggested.)
Step 4: Re-install the engine again and enjoy the extra space.
What a beautiful creation
Hey question! The red tool box sitting in the bench, I see you guys take it with you on a lot of your road trips. What tools do you keep inside there? I'm trying to setup a road trip tool box myself and want to put together enough to able to remove/replace just about anything. I know the basic shit I need but it's the specialty stuff I don't know.
Yes sir, I know that pain...been there about 50 too many times. I helped my friend put his 1.5 single cam in his car in a snow storm in 14 inches of snow, in his front yard, with nothing more than my hands, and a jack that only went up half way...I muscled that engine and trans into the engine bay to line up the mounts. 6 months later he blew it up and we had to do it all over again with the old engine from my car when I went DOHC turbo. Now, I have a cherry picker. Lesson learned.
Most exciting episode EVER!!
When I was subscribed to mtod I saw this clip the day it came on. Months and months ago. I'm pretty sure blasphemi doesn't even have this motor in it anymore 😂
If you put a hemi in your Chevy you need about a half a dozen extra engine blocks is what I learned from this debacle still waiting to see this car actually make a good pass down the strip...
always skip the annoying first 30 seconds
Daves Racing Channel no but thank you for asking
It's actually exactly 20 seconds.
On mobile, that means a double tap gets you the goods
thats nice :D
Most of the time, me too, but today I was down reading these comments and didn't forward past.
its great when it all comes together
1st three minutes
PAINFUL
Like the cameraman couldn't help and save us all the pain.
They need to upload two videos, one with like the tv show cuts and another with the raw version like this
This was true "shade tree" auto repair. Keep it up guys.
This is how you don't do it. Pull the engine/tranny as a unit, install as a unit.
I've had good luck leaving the pressure plate loose, getting the engine and trans mated and then retighten the pressure plate. That way the disks can slide around and align.
what was funny in the show was when they had the hemi in the car and when they go to drive away the clutch messes up
Did anyone think of Richard Hammond screaming, "Don't Say That!"
more roadkill.....MOAR!
Famous last words "I think we got it"
Should have watched me install a motor with an old tractor with leaky hydraulics... by myself. running back and forth trying to get the bolts in while the bucket going down.... lol
My first employer had a chain hoist on an overhead beam to remove engines. He told me to pull an engine out of a van that had low oil pressure. I had to rig up floor jacks and 4X4 lumber to extract it. It took almost a full day to pull. He borrowed a hoist for me to get it back in.
Not much happening yet I'm glued to the screen more than ever
Reminds me of the alcohol funny car day's $50,000 long block shuffle around in parking lots
I LOVE HOW THE VIDEO IS LESS CUT
nice flip flops dude
Good ol milan dragway, wish I would have caught you guys there last year!
I know the struggle, today I spent a couple hours trying to put in a inline 8 into a 1940 Buick Limited, it was tough to say the least
I wonder how many engines these two have put in throughout their lives
Roadkill is so cool defiantly my dream job
I'm glad they have the all aluminum hemi. Still looks kinda heavy. Maybe that's why they call it an elephant.
Gamma curves -> Picture Profiles -> White Balance -> Exposure | Looks as though these were not uni-formally set across multiple cams |
You can definitely tell why this footage isn't in the actual episode...
You guys should release another Roadkill Garage episode to UA-cam. A lot of people don’t know what they’re missing, RG is legitimately as good as actual Roadkill. Releasing an episode might reel in some more customers.
Boost Is Better it really is! Steve is hilarious
that was kinda funny to watch!
getting stuck in the grass kinda set the tone for the rest of the install :p
Did you guys use a new steering box for this Blashemi or did you end up using the original or replacing it with a entire new system. If so, links please?
"...the aluminum just feels less deadly - Ow!" The aluminum begs to disagree.
so when are you going to the big show off with the disgustang and fix the rust holes by putting metal over it
The Hemi's were Americas best old timers Marvels
Flip-flops are not the standard footwear one wears when installing an engine, unless you're Frieburger :)
I like the part with cellphone guy being otherwise too occupied to lend frieburger a hand with the stuck engine hoist..
they say the struggle was real here...but shit the fenders were off and it was a straight shot in! put a slant 4 in a car with full stock fenders and front clip attached and not having a engine leveler and one chain... this was a walk in the park, people are just making a big deal out of it. And these guys know what they are doing...for the most part lol...and I get it, its not stock...
Been there done that. Good video for the wife or girlfriend that sticks there head in the garage and says "still staring at the engine " like every ten minutes.
See, there’s my problem. I don’t do my work at a track with bleachers. All these wasted years of doing it wrong! Seriously, how are you handling the driveline alignment to avoid vibrations? I would love to see an episode where you address that issue.
this is EVERY project I do on my car
Can you update Netflix with the latest roadkill episodes
Sweet sweet paywall
Pulling the transmission is almost always faster than trying to fight it.
Will your new shows still be free to watch even though you guys are on velocity now ? I love watching you guys on you tube.
DevilleHtwn
Their shows are still free to watch and the UA-cam schedule hasn't changed, and an MTOD subscription is only $5.00, how cheap do you have to be to deny that?
Use Trollgun 01 I don’t have cable.
I have been watching these guys since the beginning.
dear roadkill, i have an idea. give us what we really want to see. a real world challenge, how many orange tagged broke down on the side of the road actual roadkill vehicles can you guys fix.. on the run. there is an unlimited supply of these "projects" strewn across America, with owners who cant afford a blower much less a tow truck to get it home. use your power for good, and put your good where it does the most. i personally would watch it.
Dude you guys should do the classic roadkill thing but get a car and take it to the donut garage with the guys from Hoonigan!!
I need that leveling assembly!!! Lol
Oh wow that seemed to be a hell of a work. Does it happens that some of you curse off camera ? It reminds me the engine out of my bimmer, awd trans, front axle, stuck subframe bolt and so on. It hurts me just to think that I'll have to put it back together one day :DAnyway roadkill ftw !
Frozen Pete working on BMW’s is the woooooorst
Yeah I know but in Europe and even worse in France it can be complicated and very expensive to own an american car unfortunately, so we do with what we have, cheap and easy to find, euro cars