Backyard Engine Build

Out of the shop and into the yard! We take a weekend to rebuild a 350ci small block Chevy V8 engine like you would at your home. We’ll trade in our professional gear for tools you might have at your house to show you how to get the most out of your build.

Season 8, Episode 17

Latest Engine Power Episodes

Backyard Engine Build

Out of the shop and into the yard! We take a weekend to rebuild a 350ci small block Chevy V8 engine like you would at your home. We’ll trade in our professional gear for tools you might have at your house to show you how to get the most out of your build.

Backyard Engine Build

Season 8, Episode 17

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Starting with a bare block, we build a piece of big modern Mopar muscle! Complete with a Holley High-Ram Intake and Terminator X Max Fuel Injection, we get a big jump in power that’s dyno proven!

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Season 8, Episode 16

Prep for Success

The first steps you take in building any engine can lay the foundation for a reliable powerplant that lives up to its potential.

Prep for Success

Season 8, Episode 15

Turbocharged Ford 300

Ford’s inline six industrial engine gets what you’ve been asking for...a turbo!

Turbocharged Ford 300

Season 8, Episode 14

Back to Basics III

We test multiple configurations of our V8 to see what makes the biggest difference on the engine dyno.

Back to Basics III

Season 8, Episode 13

Old School/New School HEMI

A burned-up 6.4L Gen III HEMI is revived with some old school hot rod parts.

Old School/New School HEMI

Season 8, Episode 12

Track Ready LS

We build up a naturally aspirated 6.0 liter LS iron block engine for both track and street duty.

Season 8, Episode 11

Engine Power Season 8 Episodes

AMC-Powered Postal Jeep

What started as a simple “aerosol overhaul” for a Postal Jeep’s powerplant gets a little more complicated!

AMC-Powered Postal Jeep

Season 8, Episode 1

Back to Basics

There are four basic elements that affect an engine’s performance: spark, fuel, air, and lubrication. We’ll show you how to improve each of them WITHOUT cracking open your powerplant.

Season 8, Episode 2

Ford’s Big Buzzin’ Half Dozen

The six-cylinder Ford’s dyno numbers keep climbing as we give it major cam, piston, and cylinder head upgrades.

Ford’s Big Buzzin’ Half Dozen

Season 8, Episode 3

445 FE Flatbed

Our 445 FE is back, a modern EFI system, along with a time-tested tunnel wedge intake made for drivability.

Season 8, Episode 4

Sharpening the Javelin

We take the original anemic 304 powerplant from an AMC Javelin, and turn it into a high-tech muscle car bullet with some bite!

Sharpening the Javelin

Season 8, Episode 5

Back to Basics Part II

Want to build your best powerplant? It starts with understanding the fundamentals of engine building: valve lash, header sizing, and more!

Back to Basics Part II

Season 8, Episode 6

Suburban Small Block

The first-generation Chevy Small Block deserves its reputation as a powerful and reliable engine. It’s the foundation for an old-school stroker build with an emphasis on durability.

Suburban Small Block

Season 8, Episode 7

Supercharged 427 LSX

We reconfigure our racy 427 LSX from naturally aspirated to supercharged status to make big boosted horsepower!

Supercharged 427 LSX

Season 8, Episode 8

High-Tech Small Block Ford

We take an old-school 302 Ford and bring it into the 21st century with much-needed induction and fuel delivery upgrades.

High-Tech Small Block Ford

Season 8, Episode 9

Coyote Power

Ford’s high-revving modern engine gets some racy parts, then it is put to the test in the dyno cell!

Season 8, Episode 10

Track Ready LS

We build up a naturally aspirated 6.0 liter LS iron block engine for both track and street duty.

Season 8, Episode 11

Old School/New School HEMI

A burned-up 6.4L Gen III HEMI is revived with some old school hot rod parts.

Old School/New School HEMI

Season 8, Episode 12

Back to Basics III

We test multiple configurations of our V8 to see what makes the biggest difference on the engine dyno.

Back to Basics III

Season 8, Episode 13

Turbocharged Ford 300

Ford’s inline six industrial engine gets what you’ve been asking for...a turbo!

Turbocharged Ford 300

Season 8, Episode 14

Prep for Success

The first steps you take in building any engine can lay the foundation for a reliable powerplant that lives up to its potential.

Prep for Success

Season 8, Episode 15

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Starting with a bare block, we build a piece of big modern Mopar muscle! Complete with a Holley High-Ram Intake and Terminator X Max Fuel Injection, we get a big jump in power that’s dyno proven!

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Season 8, Episode 16

Backyard Engine Build

Out of the shop and into the yard! We take a weekend to rebuild a 350ci small block Chevy V8 engine like you would at your home. We’ll trade in our professional gear for tools you might have at your house to show you how to get the most out of your build.

Backyard Engine Build

Season 8, Episode 17

Engine Power Builds

We build a wicked dirt track car, starting with a hand-built chassis and hi-tech suspension!

A triple threat G-Machine!

Triple Threat Camaro

The Engine Power guys have turbo guru John Urist in the shop to add big power to GM’s latest Camaro. Twin turbos and the new LT1 powerplant are the perfect recipe to spin the dyno rollers to big numbers…..

2017 Camaro (Hellion)

Pat and Mike start the transformation of a stock Mustang GT into the Rislone Mustang Sweepstakes Ride. They install a track engineered suspension system, massive brakes, plus wheels and tires.

Yellow Fever Black Magic (Rislone Mustang)

The Engine Power guys are impressed with the power gains from the Edelbrock supercharger, so they attack the suspension, clutch and brakes with familiar performance enhancements.

Opposites Attract (Scion)

Mike and Pat modernize a mid 90's themed Pro Street '62 Chevy II Nova.

Pro Street or No Street (Nova)

Pat and Mike look for big power from the factory supercharged power house found in the Cadillas CTS-V's

Cadillac LSA 427

A 3 stage build of the durable small block Chevy. A back to basics 355 inch powerplant that makes great reliable power for under 4000 bucks.

In House Power Mouse

Team installs 200-mph capable suspension on its 1,000-hp '63 Galaxie

Half Mile Hauler (Galaxie)

C6 Z06 gets new Track Day brake package, suspension upgrades, sticky tires plus get more LS7 power with long-tube headers.

Pat and Mike team up with Duplicolor to build old skool street rod with Factory Five Racing's '33 hot rod kit

Team makes big street/strip power on a budget by stroking a stock 5.0L small block Ford to 347

Team resurrects and hot rods Mopar's indestructible 6 cylinder, the bulletproof 225 Dodge Slant Six.

Team creates over-the-top street/strip pickup wedging a nitrous-powered 427 big block into a compact S10.

Transforming an anemic 4 cylinder Mustang with a Ford Racing Coyote Aluminator V8 to become a street legal auto-crosser on steroids.

Barely Legal Mustang

How-to build a modern Chevy stroker starting from scratch with an LQ4 iron truck block strong enough to survive plenty of turbo boost.

"Iron Animal" 408 Turbo

Transforming a junkyard Ford flathead into a classic hot rod V8 with prepping the block to handle a stroked rotating assembly.

Ford "Old Skool Flatty"

70's era Ford inline six by taking it to a local auto machine shop.

Engine Power builds a 4.8 LS on the cheap starting with a junk yard 4.8L iron block out of a Chevy truck.

Engine Power TV Schedule

NBC Sports Network

Wed Sep 22 1:00pm ET

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Rebuilding 6.4 Gen III HEMI for Bigger Performance

Season 8, Episode 16

NBC Sports Network

Wed Sep 29 4:30pm ET

Backyard Engine Build

Backyard Engine Build

Season 8, Episode 17