FIREBIRD on the ALASKA HIGHWAY - The Craziest Road Trip Ever!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- We embark on an ambitious project to build an epic sleeper out of our old firebird with a 1000% increase in roadtrip-ability! We then take it on an insane road trip from Anchorage, Alaska to Pleasanton, California for the Good Guys West Coast Nationals car show. 3,100 miles, in only one week. This trip is about testing one of the weirdest swaps we've done, and to experience as much of the continent as possible.
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At first, I didn't like the idea of swapping in the 2.0 turbo, but after watching to video and its flawless performance and economy mileage..... What a cool build. I also have a 67 firebird.
Yeah😄 -at first... but then i realized i can afford to drive this more than once a summer to store and back😅
i was just thinking while starting this video, what if someone swapped in a 2.7 I4t from a cadillac or truck from GM, torquey lil thing
More power, better MPGs, better balance, parts that're easier to find (and even more space to work on the engine, should the need arise), still RWD, still manual, and it makes turbo sounds? I see this as an absolute win. I'd still miss the classic rumble and roar of a V8, sure, but everything else considered? I'd certainly have no complaints.
I'm more interested in knowing where they found a completely intact first Gen firebird for $5k....
I don’t have a 67 firebird
Way to go guys, and thinking outside the box and getting it done.
I have never seen this channel but the quality of work, filming and editing is really impressive. Hope this channel gets all the attention it deserves
Being a former gm tech and having a love-hate relationship with those engines. I'm extremely impressed with the build and love the originality. Y'all now have a new subscriber.
Same!! As a ex gm tech we all hated the 2L motors and all the 3.6L motors specially when it's in a gmc acadia 😂😂😂
@@arifeenaushad9287currently a GM tech, FUCK THE TRAVERSE/ACADIAS🤣🤣🤣
@@arifeenaushad9287 My sister has a GMC Acadia with the 3.6L, fuck that thermostat.
They're definitely better than the turbo 1.4s. If those things werent leaking coolant, they had none.
@@jacobrzeszewski6527arent the 1.4 Daewoo or Daihatsu engines? I cant remember which of the 2 but pretty sure GM bought the blueprint from them
That engine is such an underrated swap a few mods and this bad girl can push over 300hp not bad at all and fairly reliable. Well done
Cool video. Not often you see a 4 cyl swap!
Thanks!
Great job with the build and with the video production and editing. Excellent use of other clips, both video and audio, to make the story funny. You guys are cheerful, positive and always show that problems can be solved. This is a perfect testament to the mixing of old style with new tech. Pontiac 326 engines CAN be made to produce quite a wallop; however, they are thirsty and expensive to do that with. Excellent mileage and performance. Good luck!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That portion of the Alaska Highway between Watson Lake and Fort Nelson is sparse for gas stations. Always make sure you have enough fuel. I think the only stops that were open were Watson Lake, Muncho Lake, and Fort Nelson. It was clear after that. And yes, the rig pigs always drive 130-140 KPH on that stretch of highway between Fort Nelson and Fort St. John.
Yeah for sure! We planned ahead and filled up in Watson Lake, but lunch at Liard River was nice and we made it to Fort Nelson without issue.
How is there only 15k views on this video? This is awesome. Glad I found the auction. Wish I could bid on this car👍
Sometimes here is justice in the world and the masses come to their senses and realize stupidity and ignore it.
This is one of those rare times.
Try to not be such a moron.
25:04 yeah! The MCM swag.
Kinda reminds me of the overhead cam inline 6 they produced in near microscopic numbers for the same generation of firebirds.
I was not expecting such a great show of enthusiasm and craftsmanship when I clicked on this. Thank you guys!
What a trip. I grew up in Eureka California and seeing my old stomping grounds on your drive was really cool. Awesome car and great journey. Hope to see more!
I'm a simple man. I see fellow Alaskan car enthusiast. I subscribe to fellow Alaskan car enthusiast.
The guy driving is always smiling. The fucking joy u get when u complete something and it WORKS
No idea if you’ll see this or not, but at ~48:12 when you mention it looks like something in a movie, I’m fairly certain The Goonies was filmed there and that exact turn was part of it. Also great work on the car, I wish I was able to do this kind of stuff.
Hey! Your vid popped up and I thought your Firebird looked familiar so I had to watch. I remember meeting you guys briefly. That is my Monte Carlo doing stand-in chores while my other car is being readied. Awesome car and sorry I didn't get a chance to talk more but love the video and the road trip!
Thanks! Next time I'll bring better tires, but we had a lot of fun and it was great to meet you briefly!
So nostalgic watching your road trip pit stops !! Did it in a Semi during the winter 3 times from WA to AK. Glenallen AK Tesoro Gas Station , Fast Eddie's in Tok AK , Talbot Arm Restaurant in Destruction Bay, Reindeer Sausage Pastry in Haines Junction ,Muncho Lake , Yukon Motel in Teslin Yukon , Fort Nelson Timmy Hortons , Tempo Tags In Dawson Creek
Very nice build with the LTG turbo 4 cylinder. Well put together. Amazing gas mileage in of all cars a 67 firebird. 35 mpg nice ! Thanks for taking us along with beautiful scenery and an iconic 1st gen Pontiac Firebird.
This video is so very well put together. I am both a classic car guy and a bit of a tech nerd...so this was right up my alley. The editing was perfect! Subbed.
Thanks!!
As an owner of a 23 230i BMW, I can appreciate four cylinder performance. Also, it kept me out of jail while still delivering grins.
As someone who's driven all over Alaska in far crappier cars, this was an awesome video. Neat seeing all the stops and gas stations you recognize from prior adventures. The gas mileage must be nice. The most I ever squeezed out of my '74 Charger's stock 318 was 22mpg.
You are the happiest brothers working on cars on the interweb!!!
The engine platform seems pretty robust! Some led projectorheadlights would be great for night driving!
I don't like V8's so i loved the idea of putting in 'not that'. This thing having IRS aswell is so good! Muscle car looks without the muscle car problems!
Enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing! Impressive work!
Great stuff guys. Love the build and love the roadtrip.
Sure would love to build one of these for my 4wd.
Edit: Great editing and cool car! No one else is doing it = cool project.
Really enjoyed this. Would like to watch a longer series of the build
My bad! Went back and binged on all the episodes! Great job
Great video. I am jealous of the scenery of that side of the continent.
Awesome Video, entertaining from start to finish!
You guys deserve to hut the algorithm. I watched through this whole video and enjoyed every second of your build and travels. you gained a new sub :)
Glad you enjoyed it!
I like the build because the Bird shows it's age with modern equipment and the horsepower is probably about the same with alot better gas mileage than the engine that came factory with the car..I was 8yrs old when the car was built and I remember seeing em brand new driving around and some of em had straight 6cylinder engine's with 4speed trans cause you could order the car's from the factory with anything you wanted from a 150hp 6cylinder engine's upto a 450hp 400 or 426 or 428 engine, don't remember, with 2speed power glide or a 4speed manual. Most of em that I remember seeing they had to have that 4speed manual trans or a 3 speed awful matic or 2speed power glide..That's a bad ol ride and I love it. I'm also wondering if at some point in time if it went through the huge tree before..Yall done a fantastic job with the build and I don't think I'd want to ever paint the car except for maybe clearing it so it'll continue to show it's age 👍 without having more rust issues.. Back in the day it was nothing unusual to see guys wearing football helmets on motorcycles lol..They took the front guard off the helmets and away they went. I remember 1 of em glued black fur on his helmet but he got pulled over alot lol..He'd take the helmet off with a bald head lol..I gotta say that the 60s and 70s was quite the trip but everybody got along back in the good ol days. Hotrods and Harleys everywhere I went in the Kanawha Valley of Wva ❤...
2.0 swap is very different and watching your video I love it. Seems great for a daily driver with the classic looks we all love but without big spending on today fuel prices. Reliable seems amazing
Wow! Dudes have some Skills!! Second time watching this about a year ago I think, as part of this (My memory is bad but not THAT bad LOL) was released before. By the way the engine that was in the car when they pulled it out of the woods wasn't the Original engine it came with and was totally seized due to the carb being removed and the valve covers had the breather holes open etc. No oil in it at ALL. LOL. So go easy on the guys for this swap. They know it's not OG but they've done an incredible job of restoring this beauty!
I really like this conversion,what i don't like is your choice of transmission,a modern 8 or 10 speed auto would have been great.Keep up the good work.Regards from Sweden.
This project is the kind of project I wanted to build. Awesome build guys
Great vid well done guys 👍
I think it'd be cool to do the 6 spd lf4 engine out of the ats-v or even the lf3 out of the cts v-sport twin turbo v6 atsv makes 464hp vsport makes 420 hp. Super capable engine easy to make 500whp with tune downpipes and maybe fuel cam
Pole barn garage could've done this with the old engine for 1000$.
That’s awesome, great job guys
What an awkwardly nice couple of guys! Lol
Kickass build dudes!
This was an awesome video to watch. Cheers from a fellow Gen 1 owner.
I sure wouldn’t mind owning that car. You guys made it look very easy with hardly any problems. To me the perfect daily driver
Would love to see a final parts breakdown. Nice to see something different. Cheers!
Guys, you're doing this whole youtube thing wrong! You needed to split this up into 10 videos that are 20 minutes long each, with 3 minutes of sponsor reads, plus youtube ads! (sarcasm aside, this is an amazing video and I love the car and the swap. Keep it up gents! You've got my subscription!)
Even with the rust it looks sweet
And that fuel mileage is crazy when you realize that it's in a 67 firebird
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing. 👍
Like those photos with the drone good shots. 1 things I got to ask the other dude must can't drive because he didn't volunteer to drive not once.
It sounded like a Celica. Lol. But you guys are computer gurus! That first ride looked smooth as silk. I'm so impressed with your teamwork and drive.
Damn I was smiling more than the driver of this video. Nice job and Awesome memories made.
"They absolutely book it."... Been a minute since I heard anybody refer to going fast as "booking it". :)
Ive been wanting to put a turbo ecotec in a 3rd Gen for years. This is pure inspiration
They do look like they'd own a 2.0L Firebird to be fair.
My 68 firebird was originally meridian turqoise, man this thing is really cool 👍🏽
Y'all definitely gained a new subscriber on this one! This is a really cool build!
My late father and I drove the Alaska highway in 1977 when moving to Watson lake and this was way before they straightened the highway out and it was nothing more than a dirt track in the bush we drove a 1974 let's with a 400 cu v8 with a passing gear pulling a tent trailer and he had to replace the axle three times on that trip. Funny enough you know that paved stretch on the south bound side of Whitehouse we had that old car up to 135mph and when she hit the gas it would kick into passing gear and go faster but we were terrified.
You definitely got the bugs worked out of that build! Lol. Broke in well!
The quality of the video got me subscribed 🤣
Excellent build and trip.
new subscriber glad to be here ,hello from Australia
Was a great video,you all are a little strange, but built a cool car.Whats with that goofy grin on his face all the time😂
im surpised yall didnt hit lordco while you where there ive always had great experiances there and they ussually help with things of that sort
Fantastic swap and car upgrades. Not a bad video either!
I want to do something similar with a atsv twin turbo v6,for my 84 elcamino 5 speed 350...love the outside the box builds ! ...Subscribed!
underrated channel
I commissioned the microgrid controls and energy storage at the apple campus.
I could give you a list of good restaurants and fun stuff in that area.
For a modern day highway travel/cruiser 4 cyl all the way! I'd daily that thing everywhere
How to make the perfect roadtrip car that will not get any problems: get an old car and swap a modern fun fuel efficient engine, it seemed such a perfect car that i wana replicate it
Greatly enjoyed your video, would have really like to see the home bound video are uou did this solo. Driving that Alaska highway is on my bucket list, probably in my 58 Chevy truck when I get it back on the road
Very cool video gentlemen. Glwta!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
I am a SUCKER for unorthodox swaps and with the 67' - 68' Firebirds being my favourite pony car of the era, I've ALWAYS wanted to get one and throw in either a straight 6 turbo or something like an Audi 20v 5cyl turbo just for the shits and gigs.
mpg?
Will you be putting in more period correct seats in it?
its nice to have a completely unlimited budget to be able to execute the "thinking out of the box" i like it,but it certainly isnt affordable
When you get to BC, you can get 94 octane at Chevron stations.
Yeah, those were really nice!
@@completeconcepts did you try turning up the boost at all, on the 94 ?
I can't imagine how much all these parts and shipping prices are
Awesome build, i should do something similar with my 88 formula.
Subbed.
I'm jealous....you guys have a lot of ketchup chip options.
I know I'm 6 months late, but when you drove past the old blimp base you spelled Tillamook wrong.
Was that 90 octane I saw? I didn’t know you could get “high octane” that was that low! We have 93 here in NC
Why does this channel have so few subs?? This is quality content!
What was the starting HP and TQ on the 2.0L engine you put in the car? And what did y'all tune it to? And what was the mpg after the tune? Y'all said between 35mpg and 40mpg at stock HP and TQ. The exhaust sounded so quiet but I didn't see any mufflers? Did y'all do straight headers nothing behind?
How are you two so happy , teach me 😂
Bert and Ernie do Alaska, happy pride month❤
Modern take on the Firebird Sprint
Thats such a cool swap!
Whats that big chrome pipe under the hood? I have this engine in my cadillac
I would like to know when Blueprint will offer the 3.6L LS-based 4-cylinder?
What engine in your opinion is the better engine and has the greatest performance potential? The LTG or ECOTEC.
I don't care what people are going to say. What you did was cool. More HP and better handling equal success. Now you need to fix the body.
Thank you!
Couldn't find the video about the survival backpack. An I missing out on a joke?
Reminds me of the old 67-69 Firebird Sprint's, but better lol .... only question or concern I really have, and I don't know if it's unfounded as I haven't seen the return trip yet, but why did both of you guys build this cool Firebird, but only one gets to drive it? Only 30mins through, I'll edit if something changes, but as of now, if I was the other guy, I'd be pissed just sitting there 😅
Edit: um, where are your rear rotors and calipers at?
A mean smooth Firebird with the scars of a long life and the gas mileage of brand new Toyota corolla 😂
Watching this makes me want an american car lol. you can just buy parts anywhere and they fit. And there's a LOT of room for working too since they're big.
Imagine breaking down right next to the brown bear which was a grizzly bear or maybe kodiak bear that wouldnt have been good at all but glad u drove right past it and u guys didnt even mention the moose u drove by lol 😂
I live right by that Autozone and driveshaft shop in Anchorage
Great Video. There are not many videos I watch all the way through. I had to steal a screenshot at 38:25 & 54:40 for a Screen Saver.
This is what I want to do to a firebird/camaro. Don't get me wrong, I like v8s, but when people ls v8 swap a rwd mazda, nissan, toyota, it makes me want to turbo 4 an American classic.(or turbo L6)
I do understand the ls swap in an rx7, it's cheaper and more available than a rotary.
i actually saw this car at the good guys ca show. I took quite a few pictures of it. just curious i saw tat the car was for saw, how much are/ were you asking for it? Thanks