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Candy Paint Job Tech: Here’s How To Do Amazing Candy Panel Paint. The Serape Mexican Blanket Paint Job.


Candy Paint Job Tech: Here’s How To Do Amazing Candy Panel Paint. The Serape Mexican Blanket Paint Job.

Custom panel paint, candies, flake, and the like are often found on custom motorcycles, lowriders, and customs, and regardless of whether it is your favorite or not, and regardless of the color and style, everyone stares and appreciates what must have went into painting something like that. The truth about paint jobs like that is the time and effort that goes into them is mostly in the layout and masking of the thing. With so many layers and colors and graphics involved it can often take a hundred times longer to mask it than it takes to spray it. But there is a lot of skill that goes into spraying candies, pearls, and heavy flake. But how exactly does it really happen?

Well lucky for you, Time Warp Custom Paint is going to show us. This is a tutorial if you will and one that you can use to inspire you to get out and paint something yourself. Now I have to think that with a few spray cans and some time you could practice certain elements of this before you ever got into the good stuff, but regardless I think this could be something fun and it makes me want to try it out. I wonder if doing something like this on an old hood would be cool for the inside of the shop. Hmmmmm

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Rebeldryver’s Garage: The Intro Of The 400 Power Adder Small Block – Boost Ready Baby!


Rebeldryver’s Garage: The Intro Of The 400 Power Adder Small Block – Boost Ready Baby!

It’s time for Scott to get his 1965 Impala back on the road after years of neglect. But to do that means a new engine, new trans?, more power and even more fun. This is the 400 cubic inch Blueprint Engines Power Adder Small Block, which is the same engine we’ve made over 1,200 horsepower with after adding a Procharger and some other goodies. This engine is fully capable of supporting 1,000 horsepower and we know the short block is up the task of more than that for sure. In this video Scott goes through the specs on the engine, the process of building it and testing it, and what he plans to do with it in his Impala.

Here is all the information from Rebeldryver himself.

I am putting together my small block 400 from BluePrint Engines. This is their part number BP4003CT1. This is their power adder ready 400. Just add your own boost or nitrous to it and make big power from a small block Chevy. I am planning on installing twin turbos in the future. See it on their website: https://blueprintengines.com/products... This engine is destined for my 1965 Impala SS. In this video I am installing an Edelbrock 2925 Super Victor intake, Holley 0-4781S 850 double pumper, and a MSD 8360 ready to run distributor.

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Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!


Making Formed Carbon Fiber Parts At Home! This Is Super Cool And We Want To Do It!

We’ve featured Carbon Fiber fabrication videos from Street Bandito before, but this one is cooler yet. The process for building this small part can totally be replicated for something bigger, and other than the materials there are no special tools you can’t acquire pretty easily. This part is small, more decorative that structural, but ends up really nice and strong and is the first part he ever built himself. I dig it, and this video just makes me want to try it in my own garage. I’ve already been thinking I need an oven for the new shop in case I want to powder coat small parts or something, but this just cements the idea that I need it. An oven, a vacuum pump, and some materials and you are good to go. This is fun looking stuff and with the availability of resins and materials nowadays you can make virtually anything from Carbon Fiber.

What do you think? Would you try this at home?

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