Roadkill Extras

The F-Bomb Camaro is host David Freiburger’s twin-turbo 1973 model that was a Hot Rod magazine project car and that appeared in the Fast & Furious movie.

Long before Roadkill, David Freiburger was doing Roadkilly stuff, even while running some formerly respectable car magazines. One of those mags was Car Craft, where DF executed one of the most ridiculous stories with a ’72 or ’73 Buick Electra 225.

It’s been a while since Roadkill host Mike Finnegan has appeared in a solo question-and-answer session on Roadkill Extra, so here’s an episode with a Finnegan fix! Watch as Mike answers questions from fans that were posted to Facebook.com/RoadkillShow.

In an upcoming Roadkill, the guys install a 5.0L Ford V8 into the Rotsun. While they were at it, Freiburger stopped to give you first-timers some basics on the variants of the Ford Windsor small-block engines-and he very nearly forgot the legendary 289 along the way! Watch for his save on that one.

This Roadkill Extra is an outtake from Roadkill Garage episode 14, where the guys build a 400ci small-block Chevy in retro style for the Crusher Camaro.

With a 25-year career in car magazines behind him, Roadkill host David Freiburger has some pretty good stories of hot rodding history, but not a huge collection of memorabilia.

In this outtake from the upcoming episode of Roadkill where the Rotsun gets a 5.0L Ford V8, Freiburger and Finnegan talk you through the merits of the American Powertrain hydraulic-throwout-bearing conversion for any swap that includes a manual transmission.

There’s much lore around the origin of the name Jeep, and David Freiburger and JP Magazine editor Rick Péwé have some pretty strong opinions about what’s bogus and what’s legit. Hear the theories and opinions in this outtake from Roadkill episode 62.

Roadkill Garage host Steve Dulicich has a weird kink where he can’t pass up the purchase of a cheap, Chrysler-made boat from the ’70s.

Roadkill episode 62 features Freiburger and JP Magazine editor Rick Péwé rescuing a long-neglected 1946 Willys CJ-2A.

Steve Dulcich from Roadkill Garage is known for fearlessly attacking anything with his gas-welding rig.

Is there nothing Steve Dulcich can’t do? Last time on Roadkill Extra he was welding cast iron, and this time he spells out the basics of fiberglass bonding work.

The Roadkill Muscle Truck is one of the show’s most famous project cars. It’s a 1975 Chevy C10 stepside pickup loaded with an aluminum LS6 engine that runs 13.20s in the quarter mile, naturally aspirated.

While working on the Rotsun, host David Freiburger took a moment to show some intake-manifold tips that apply to nearly any American V8. Check it out, plus get a sneak peak at the latest engine in Roadkill’s 1971 Datsun 240Z!

In March 2017, Roadkill host David Freiburger went to Australia’s Lake Gairdner for the Speed Week races held by the Dry Lakes Racers Australia.

Westech Performance is our go-to location for performance testing, and you see the shop’s engine dyno on every episode of Engine Masters.

In Roadkill episode 63, the guys road-tripped a shortened 1978 Lincoln Continental in the 24 Hours of Lemons Hell on Wheels Rally from Pennsylvania to Alabama.

Fans everywhere ask the Roadkill crew how we go about deciding on what stories to put into each episode. In this Friday Q&A on Roadkill Extra, Freiburger answers that and more from the salt flats of Lake Gairdner in Australia.

For those of you who have seen episode 62 of Roadkill, you know it took some serious time and work to get the Willys Flatfender Jeep running.

On this episode of Roadkill Extra, watch as Freiburger and Péwé give you some old and new tips on how to properly polish valve seats.

For those of you who saw Roadkill episode 63, you know that Freiburger and Finnegan put the 1978 Lincoln Continental through the ultimate thrashing. Watch this episode to see an extended action scene from that dirt run.

Throughout episode 62 of Roadkill, the guys realized a lot of work needed to be done on the jeep. In this episode of Roadkill Extra, Péwé uses his own method on how to resurface the flywheel.

Watch as Finnegan answers tons of questions that you posted on the Roadkill Facebook page!