Hot Rod Garage

The team demonstrates how to install a 4L60-E overdrive transmission into a 1969 Chevy El Camino and drop a 700-hp blown small-block into a 1974 Jaguar XJ12 and get TIG welding lessons from the guys at ToxicFab.

Finnegan blows up the stock clutch in a borrowed 2010 Camaro SS at the drag strip after installing an SLP supercharger kit and a pair of drag radials.

Mike Finnegan gets tips for strengthening sheet metal using a bead roller from world-famous fabricator, Jamey Jordan, owner of Handmade Seat Company.

Kirk Brown stops by the shop to school us on the art of sand casting traditional hot rod parts.

A revamp of the 1974 Chevrolet C10 Muscle Truck, adding fenders and a new bed floor. Functionality is added by covering the massive step notch in the rear frame rails with sheet metal.

A lowridin' 1965 Pontiac LeMans transforms into a corner-carving muscle car with a budget-minded suspension system, a quick-ratio steering box and disc brakes. Then, the guys work on a 1973 Chevy Ramp Truck.

David Freiburger's Hemi-powered Dodge Super Bee project car gains a much needed fourth gear and a few more in between in its three-speed 727 trans.

David Freiburger overhauls the Crusher Camaro, from the nitrous oxide system to the transmission.

The crew tunes the FAST XFI 2.0 electronic fuel injection system of Mike Finnegan's '55 Chevy Bel Air for wide-open throttle performance, lowers the front suspension and adds a pair of Viking adjustable dampers.

The team revamps the suspension on a 1969 Chevy El Camino to turn this lowly hauler into a real corner-carver.

The team replaces an engine on an El Camino, to lose some weight and reset the track record on the autocross course.

Mike Finnegan journeys to Sonny Leonard Racing Engines in Lynchburg, Virginia, to help assemble his new engine.