The '92 Typhoon is back; rod knock will be a thing of the past as Alex and Lucky refresh the drivetrain and pit it head to head against today's top-of-the-line people-mover.
Last year's newly minted annual holiday, HRG Day, was a wild success for everyone but the Bonemaro, the Crown Hic and the Savoy; all three came home hurt, and Hot Rod detectives Alex and Lucky are on the case to find out why.
Alex and Lucky explore new territory in the world of land speed racing and continue down a well-worn path with the Bonemaro; more than the cars, this one is all about goals, setting personal targets and breaking personal bests.
The team's long disappointed Grand National has finally earned its keep at Hot Rod Garage; with whiff after whiff at the dragstrip, the team has pulled out all the stops, called a few friends and finally got to the bottom of what's holding them back.
"Roadkill Nights" is back, and so is the team's '55 Savoy; the team is in Pontiac, Mich. for all the street-legal drag racing action on Woodward in the Big Tire class; that means faster cars, better drivers and a need to step up the game.
Lucky Costa and Alex Taylor join forces to build hot rods in every shape imaginable; from the American RWD V-8s that would be expected to oddball and niche performers that wouldn't, they build them fast, build them cool and build them right.
The '32 Roadster land speed car is finally starting to take shape, and it's ready to take its maiden voyage down the dry lake bed of El Mirage; that is, of course, if the lake bed stays dry.
Alex and Lucky set out to answer if a dim-a-dozen Beetle can be called a hot rod as they take a well-worn Beetle and start it down the road to a Cal-look cruiser; they're cheap, easy to modify and have parts support galore.
An all-wheel-drive sport truck should really have all of its wheels driving; that's the goal as Alex and Lucky upgrade a Typhoon trans and everything from the transfer case forward, bulletproofing parts until the next one fails.
Derek's Roadworthy Rescue'd Trans Am may have been destroyed before, but the crew is trying to make it right; enter 455 upgrades for power, a T-56 for shifts, and EFI for all of those hairpin turns.
The crew is losing the shop, so they have one last project: a push truck for their Land Speed Roadster; a '57 Chevy panel truck is the perfect base to clear the shop's shelves.
HRG Day is back and features friends, horsepower and tacos; lining up the newest members of the fleet for dragstrip duty.
Hot Rod Garage welcomes its newest member to the team, Alex Taylor; she and Lucky set their sights on pushing the 10s for a 10K Bonemaro build into 9-second timeslip territory with a solid plan of weight loss, a transbrake and a booster seat.
The Grand Trashional gets one more shot at making the power it deserves; Alex and Lucky put their faith in heads, a cam, hopes and a dream; because they're gluttons for punishment, they introduce another creampuff to the fleet, another GM turbo V6.
HRG's Javelin is back to get seating sorted, safety started and the nut behind the wheel trained; after adding seats and a roll cage, Alex and Lucky strap in to battle the Javelin's hottest lap times.
Alex and Lucky bring in a pair of entry-level drift cars, two Nissan 370Zs; drift-prepping the twin-Zs with basic upgrades.
A little work gets you a little faster, but a lotta work gets you a LOT faster; Alex and Lucky bounce between the turbocharged five-speed Voyager minivan and the newest member of the HRG stable, a desert-fresh, soon-to-be-tube-chassised '55 Savoy.
The gang gets sick, loses the shop, and still manages to finish the Savoy; not just finish it, but transform it from its shell of a self into a blown, injected, six-speed, tube-chassised, big-tire Savoy.
Fresh off their win at Roadkill Nights, Alex and Lucky take on double the cars for double the seat time; a Coyote-swapped 04 Mustang and a leaking but eager 74 Javelin track screamer are just barely on the list.
Like drag racing before it, roll racing is starting to get organized and move to the track; the team is just one Vortech V7 install away from trying this craze, pitting Lucky's soon-to-be 1,000-hp Chevelle against last season's 1,000-hp Caprice PPV.
The MythDuster's early Gen III Hemi has been resting in pieces ever since Engine Masters gave it a lackluster report card; Alex and Lucky upgrade the engine with much-improved heads to get the MythDuster making some actual power and passes.
Roadkill Garage's old project Tater Truck has been loafing around the offices for years, begging for some love; Alex and Lucky decide what to do with this sluggish, tired and granny-geared F-250.
Alex loves surprises, so when she hears the story of the vehicle that got Lucky into cars, she hatches a plan to find him one; a light tune-up and a few lies later, Lucky finally gets what's coming to him: a secret 1963 Ford Galaxie country sedan.
The crew is inventing a holiday; HRG Day is the most magical day of the year, where they rent a dragstrip, order up a taco cart and invite friends to come out and play cars.
The guys set out to build a 1,000-hp street car using a 2014 Caprice police patrol car, a 5.3 LS, and a turbo big enough for three cars; Tony is on the East Coast building the giant turbo system.
Tony and Lucky finally put a shine on "Bonemaro," the cheap/fast/ugly project that was the show's first big hit. Lucky comes through with a fuel system upgrade, while Tony and his boys add a one-piece fiberglass front end and a proper paint job.
Tony and Lucky completely revamp just about everything on the 1927-ish Ford T-bucket truck; brakes, frame, steering, suspension, even the engine gets a sweet-looking 3x2 carburetor setup for primo old-school looks and performance.
Putting a 401 AMC V8 engine into a crusty 1974 Javelin; pairing the V8 with a proper four-speed Super T-10 transmission, long-tube headers, and a ton of other parts.
After months of agony searching for overpriced projects, Tony decides it's time to sell something; the most complete car is a 1974 454-powered Chevy Corvette wearing a custom 1969 wide body and killer paint.
Tony and Jimmie Caldwell dig into the Grand Trashional, the cheapest running turbo Buick ever. They swap in a 1987 intercooler engine, and then bolt up a ton of modern performance parts in an attempt to get this thing making serious power.
Building a Buick T-Type on a budget after a total dyno letdown, the crew finds the right transmission and torque converter to let it go head-to-head in a driving battle.
The Coyote-engine-swapped 2004 GT gets a chassis and suspension upgrade to handle the 400-plus horses the 2015 F-150 Coyote V-8 puts down; Tony Angelo and Jimmie Caldwell replace the rear four-link suspension with a Griggs Racing torque arm setup.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa are reunited with the Crown Hick, a 1966 F-100 sitting on an entire 2007 Crown Victoria frame, with suspension upgrades and a supercharger.
Tony and Lucky stray way off the beaten path with a 1990 Plymouth Voyager five-speed, turbocharged minivan; the boys refresh the suspension, engine and accessories until this 250,000-mile van is as good as new.
Lucky and Tony upgrade a '66 Chevelle with a 475-hp NA LS engine, constructed with AFR heads and a rack-and-pinion conversion to make the drive even better.
Tony and Lucky dive back into the 1972 Javelin project; they pull out everything old underneath, then upgrade it with tubular, heim-jointed, rack and pinioned, four wheel disced, and Ford 9-inched goodness, then give it an absolute flogging.
Three cars that desperately need redemption get out to the track; Tony and Lucky dig into a '70 El Camino, a '70 Duster and a ratty '79 Camaro to get them track ready and then see what they can do.
Lucky and Tony pick up a complete working 2004 Mustang GT; their goal is to turn it into a fantastic car with better suspension and brakes.
The AMC V-8 has long been seen as a strong engine that isn't very durable; Tony and Lucky build up a 401ci power plant that will take any abuse they can throw at it, keep spinning happily and make killer power along the way.
The T-Type, Grand National and Turbo Regal were 1980s monsters with turbocharged V6 engines; Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa buy the cheapest turbo Buick they can find and piece together a 1984 T-Type, overcoming rust, corrosion and previous repairs.
The HRG director picks up a '71 Sedan DeVille; Tony and Lucky raid the Drift Thislimo for a 6.0, plus other add-ons.
Lucky Costa gets the chance to decide what to build and chooses a mashup of a 1927 Ford truck body on a mostly 1929 Ford Model T frame, powered by a small-block Chevy.
The C10 short-bed needed a serious power-up; it's time to cram some big power into this killer street truck; Tony and Lucky are stuck on opposite coasts; they aren't going to let that stop them from getting it done.
Tony Angelo scoops up a high-mileage 1999 six-speed manual Corvette for $7,000, and it is begging for upgrades; Lucky Costa tears out the well-used 5.7 liter LS1 engine and upgrades it with a complete top-end kit before taking it down the dragstrip.
Putting a Corvette C5 through some new, sideways paces; the 2000 Corvette which received a boost to 500 hp to rip down a straightaway now sees Tony Angelo and his buddy Mike Edwards modifying it to handle the turns.
Even on separate coasts, the hosts have a full-on supercar battle; Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa each get six grand to buy and modify a car; Tony grabs a wrecked Mercedez-Benz E 55, and Lucky picks up a Mistubishi 3000GT VR4 Twin Turbo.
Tony and Lucky put together a cheap rear-end package for our 1973 Gen-3 Hemi-swapped Plymouth Duster. Once the rear is built, the guys swap it into the Duster, and then drive it across LA to the 1/8 mile track at Irwindale.
Tony's 170,000-mile, 260-hp, five-speed Ford Mustang GT lacks in the muscle department.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa revive one of the most popular HRG builds ever, the Crown Hick; the do-everything shop truck is really a 2007 Crown Victoria Police Interceptor dressed up as a 1966 F-100.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa transform a beat-up 1974 Corvette into the 1969 widebody, four-speed they really want.
Tony and Lucky decide to build a boat of a car, a 1971 Cadillac Sedan deVille, and drop it on airbags for a sweet-and-low cruiser.
Tony and Lucky transform their '71 Sedan DeVille into a rolling party machine with full electronic controls and a nitrous oxide system.
Tony and Lucky bring a 1986 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe into the 21st century by adding new turbo technology and a modern computer system; they'll see if the 2.3 L Pinto engine can hang with its recent EcoBoost descendant.
The guys cram an entire second drivetrain into the rear of a Chevy Impala, then put their creation through its paces on a drag strip in New Jersey.
Tony and Lucky jump headfirst into the dirt-track world when they scoop up an old Nova, drop a basic 350 in it, and take it to compete on a super-fast half-mile oval in Selinsgrove, Penn.
Lucky and Tony take their twin-engine 2006 Chevy Impala up a notch, adding a twin-turbo system and two Gearstar transmissions; at Maple Grove Raceway in Pennsylvania, Angelo crushes the quarter mile driving this Redneck Veyron.
After months of cutting glass, gluing panels and stretching dollars, the guys are finally done backdating their '74 Corvette with a '69 look and transforming the tire shredder into a cruise-night star.
Tony and Lucky attempt to build a fast, cheap Mopar with a 1973 Duster and a Hemi crammed into it.
Tony and Lucky take on the legendary Aussie engine, the beastly 4.0L turbocharged inline six Ford Barra; the guys think Chevrolet might have just built something better in the similar-sized Vortec 4200.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa turn a 2005 Dodge Magnum into a "Dad-Rod," the ultimate ride for a new dad.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa hop up the LS-based Chevy V-8, Toyota turbo six-cylinder 2JZ and the beastly 5.9L Cummins Turbodiesel and put them to the test.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa turn a very plain-Jane S-10 into a car that any kid would be stoked to own; for around $3,500, the guys do a complete color change, lower the car, and make it handle.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa take a 500hp 1979 Malibu sleeper and turn it into an actual getaway car.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa take a mostly stock 1985 Ford Mustang 5.0 to a drag strip; they set up shop at the track for two days to install a ton of go-fast parts to see just how much faster the car will go after each upgrade.
Lucky Costa and Alex Taylor join forces to build hot rods in every shape imaginable. From American RWD V-8s to oddball and niche performers, they build them fast, build them cool, and build them right.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa shoehorn the 5.9L Diesel Turbo Cummins engine into a 1970 El Camino.
Getting a 1956 Chevy back into racing shape.
After a trip to a local SoCal auto auction, the guys get a 1991 Mercedes-Benz SL500 back into driving shape, and then cram in a 575-horsepower Toyota 2JZ-GTE turbocharged, six-cylinder in place of the tired German V-8.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa revive an old lightweight runabout 5.0 MG; they previously crammed a 5.0 Ford V-8 into the 64 MGB roadster.
Tony and Lucky drag out a 1985 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT that was a total failure, investigate what went wrong, and come up with a proper plan to make things right; after rebuilding the 5.0, they hit the drag strip and totally redeem themselves.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa put together a killer street Big Block Chevy engine on the cheap.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa try to stuff a V-8 engine into a tiny British car.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa swap in a junkyard-fresh 5.3L on a low-buck drag project, the Bonemaro; they perform some critical upgrades along the way.
Lucky Costa's personal '66 Chevelle gets major upgrades to its 6.0L LS truck engine.
The guys show how to perform the ultimate body swap and build a solid budget shop truck.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa take their trusty shop truck, the Crown Hick, a 1966 Ford F-100 sitting on a 2007 Crown Victoria complete chassis, and add boost for more power.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa install a complete QA1 suspension on the #HRGLEMANSTER from front to back, then add a new carburetor look-a-like fuel injection system two days before heading out on a road trip.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa take their '65 LeMans project and turn it into a road-trip hauler and put it to the test on a trip of their own.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa decide to go with the wind in their hair in this 1965 Pontiac Lemans convertible; the only problem is that it's half rust and half dirt, and in need of sheet metal repair.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa dive into the red-hot C10 truck market and show how to build a killer shortbed truck on a longbed budget.
The Drift 'Cuda is back; Project Fishtail, Tony Angelo's dream drift muscle car build, gets some suspension upgrades and sees some track time.
Hosts Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa finish the build of their new, ultimate shop truck: the Crown Hick.
The guys decide to upgrade all the necessary things to make the 1966 Fury Wagon, which houses a 512ci V-8, safe.
The guys set out to build some dirt-cheap speed; with a modest budget in-hand, they find the "bonemaro" in the California desert and things start rolling.
Finally seeing what kind of times we can hit with our dirt-cheap 1979 Turbo Camaro, bonemaro; spending the rest of our $10,000 budget to get all 530 whp to the pavement.
The Crusher Camaro gets a serious powerplant upgrade; the old, borrowed, tunnel-ram LS engine has to be returned to its rightful owner, so the guys add more power; Tony tries to wrangle the new setup at the Famoso Raceway dragstrip.
Getting hands on a hot-rodding icon, Project X; in 1965, Popular Hot Rodding purchased an unremarkable 1957 Chevy 210 and began a 50-build legacy using it as a testbed.
Tony is building a 1972 `Cuda, dubbed Fishtail, into a Drift Muscle car to be featured at the 2016 SEMA show; this first FishTail episode covers the design and fabrication of a completely custom suspension system using a full inventory of QA1 parts.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa complete the hustle of all hustles to get the 1972 'Cuda drift car, Fishtail 'Cuda, to the SEMA show on time; limited shop time, parts mix-ups, and even a flood in Los Angeles try to keep the guys down.
The team upgrade the engine on a low-budget drag project before they build a turbo system for it out of sourced parts.
Setting out to build a good old-fashioned sleeper; a very innocent-looking and long-forgotten 1965 Plymouth Fury III wagon; reviving an old Mopar 400 big-block from Rollsmokey.
The guys have six weeks to build a car for SEMA; they're busy turning the barn find into a track monster.
Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa perform a complete suspension upgrade on the most iconic 1957 Chevy of all times, Project X.
The team attempts a diesel swap, taking a 1973 D200 with a badly shaking 400 BB, yanking it out and cramming a 1995 Ram 2500 Dodge Diesel Turbo drive train into it.
Tony Angelo finishes up his 1973 Dodge D200 Cummins swap.
Tony installs a completely new and upgraded suspension into his 1971 Dodge Demon.
The team looks at the seized 1971 340 engine from the Greemon 340 project; Tony and Lucky investigate the dead engine for signs of failure and damage.
Mark Lenardon passes and leaves behind an Rx-7.
The Crusher Camaro is transformed into an autocross ripper.
Tony Angelo installs upgraded Moser axles, measure for new wheels and tires and then takes out the 1971 Dodge Demon 340 that has sat dormant since 1997.
A 1973 D200 is back in the shop for a complete handling overhaul.
The crew tries to determine which home-tuned system is hiding more horsepower; a traditional carburetor or an electronic fuel injection system.
A jump back into the suspension of the EBC Brakes 2005 Mustang GT, with a complete handling package.
The crew works on installing a 630-horsepower Lingenfelter LS7 in the 1973 Chevy Van, before they fire up the engine.
The process of upgrading a well-used 1974 Chevrolet delivery van with Lingenfelter Performance LS7 goodness begins.
David Freiburger and the team continue their work on the 1973 Chevrolet van; they demonstrate how to order a custom rear axle.
The guys have fun as they install a 4L60-E overdrive transmission into a 1969 Chevy El Camino, drop a 700-horsepower blown small block into a 1974 Jaguar XJ12, get TIG welding lessons, and do smoky burnouts at every opportunity.
A 2010 Camaro SS goes from 420 to 575 horsepower after Finnegan's modifications; Freiburger and Finnegan install a new fuel system in a '55 Chevy Bel Air Gasser for a long journey.
Mike gets tips for strengthening sheet metal using a bead roller, then he and Dave work on the Roadkill '73 Chevy C30 ramp truck. They eliminate some electrical gremlins, plus they're looking to pick up more power on the dyno.
Kirk Brown stops by the shop to school about sand casting hot rod parts.
Revamping the Muscle Truck, a 1974 Chevrolet C10; replacing the rapidly deteriorating particleboard bed floor with new oak slats and bolting on a new pair of aftermarket front fenders; covering the step notch in the rear frame rails with sheet metal.
A cost-effective modification of suspension, steering components and disc brakes turns a 1965 Pontiac LeMans into a cruising wonder.
David Freiburger's Dodge Super Bee project car adds a fourth gear and a few extra in between its three-speed 727 trans.
Freiburger installs a single stage nitrous oxide system into a Crusher Camaro, hoping to push it into 9-second times at the dragstrip.
A road trip revealed the good and bad traits of Finnegan's '55 Bel Air, and now it's time to exorcise some demons; they'll tune the EFI, lower the front suspension and make a few more tweaks before heading out to the drag strip.
A suspension modification and new steering components are all it takes for the Ridetech crew to turn a 1969 Chevy El Camino into a driving marvel.
Mike ventures to Sonny Leonard Racing Engines in Lynchburg, Virginia, to assist in assembling his new engine, a 771ci Chevy big block.