About HorsePower

Cable's highest rated and longest running auto how-to show, HorsePower TV targets street machine owners, hot rodders and racers who modify and tune for performance. The show backs up it's projects with before and after tests on it's engine and chassis dynos making this the ideal series to market speed parts.

HorsePower Season 13 Episodes

Budget LS Bangs Out Power
A rebuilt Chevy LQ4 gets a more aggressive camshaft and springs to see how much dyno power it makes.
Season 13  Episode 1
Budget LS Bangs Out Power
Groundbreaking E-85 Fuel Test
Our LQ4 gets pumped up to the next stage and we perform surgery on a Holley carb.
Season 13  Episode 2
Groundbreaking E-85 Fuel Test
Track-Ready Turbo Stang
Our Foxbody has a thousand-horse turbo and race-ready parts to make horsepower at the rear wheels.
Season 13  Episode 3
Track-Ready Turbo Stang
Ford 460 Engine Build On A Budget Part 1
This week we set out to build a classic Ford 460 on a rock bottom budget.
Season 13  Episode 4
Ford 460 Engine Build On A Budget Part 1
Scholastic Engine Builder's Challenge
The second annual Engine Builder Challenge, a rematch with Wyotech Blairsville and Sacramento.
Season 13  Episode 5
Scholastic Engine Builder's Challenge
Hand Porting Cylinder Heads on an Olds 455 Big Block with Legendary Joe Mondello- Horsepower S13, E6
HorsePower teams up with Oldsmobile engine guru, Joe Mondello, to build the show's first 455.
Season 13  Episode 6
Hand Porting Cylinder Heads on an Olds 455 Big Block with Legendary Joe Mondello- Horsepower S13, E6
Hot Rod Cop Car
A hotrod cop car? Yep! We help our local Sheriff's Department with upgrades on a Dodge Charger.
Season 13  Episode 7
Hot Rod Cop Car
Dyno Testing a Mondello 455 Olds Big Block
Joe and Mike finish their classic Olds 455 engine buildup and test results on the engine dyno.
Season 13  Episode 8
Dyno Testing a Mondello 455 Olds Big Block
Ford 460 Engine Build Part 2
Our Ford big block is back and it time to see how much power we can cram into it.
Season 13  Episode 9
Ford 460 Engine Build Part 2
Ford 460 Engine Build Part 3
460 goes on the dyno and an LS1 gets a carb conversion.
Season 13  Episode 10
Ford 460 Engine Build Part 3
Spraying a 4.6 liter Pony
Adding nitrous oxide to a late model Mustang for the "best bang for the power buck".
Season 13  Episode 11
Spraying a 4.6 liter Pony
454 Chevy Big Block Bow Tie Build
Building a big block bow tie classic on a shoestring budget.
Season 13  Episode 12
454 Chevy Big Block Bow Tie Build
Chevy 454 Vs. Ford 460 Throwdown
Chevy vs. Ford in a horsepower battle of the big blocks.
Season 13  Episode 13
Chevy 454 Vs. Ford 460 Throwdown
Adding A Chevy 454 To A '85 Monte Carlo
Making a modern day muscle car with 454-powered 1985 Monte Carlo.
Season 13  Episode 14
Adding A Chevy 454 To A '85 Monte Carlo
Mustang Track Car Motor
HorsePower builds a motor for its new road course car build.
Season 13  Episode 15
Mustang Track Car Motor
Mustang Track Car Body and Chassis
HorsePower Track Car gets a solid foundation.
Season 13  Episode 16
Mustang Track Car Body and Chassis
Mopar 360 Build on a $2,500 Budget
Building a Mopar 360 on a poor man's budget
Season 13  Episode 17
Mopar 360 Build on a $2,500 Budget
Catalog Motor Build
Building a Street Fighter with catalog parts.
Season 13  Episode 18
Catalog Motor Build
Fastback Finale
HorsePower finishes up its '68 track car project.
Season 13  Episode 19
Fastback Finale
More Mopar Madness
Pumpin' up a Mopar motor
Season 13  Episode 20
More Mopar Madness
Deep Breathing Monte Carlo
Muscle Car intake and RC drag racing
Season 13  Episode 21
Deep Breathing Monte Carlo
2010 Blown Camaro
HorsePower supercharges the hot new Chevy Camaro.
Season 13  Episode 22
2010 Blown Camaro
Battle of the Big Blocks
Chevy 454 vs Ford 460
Season 13  Episode 23
Battle of the Big Blocks

HorsePower Builds

HorsePower goes into complete details of a smallblock Chevy stroker engine build. This how-to shows everything you need to know about engine blueprinting, preparation and the build of the budget-minded engine short block.
2 Episodes
Summit Racing 383 Stroker Build
HorsePower tears down and rebuilds a pair of Ford 351 smallblocks - a Cleveland and a Windsor.
2 Episodes
Twin Ford 351 Builds
A 1969 Oldsmobile Hurst Tribute Restomod
9 Episodes
Hurst Olds
HorsePower builds a 1978 Buick Century wagon into the ultimate sleeper machine.
3 Episodes
'78 Buick Century Wagon "Sucker Punch"
HorsePower builds a sleeper 1997 Ford Thunderbird.
4 Episodes
'97 Ford Thunderbird "Deep Sleep"
Building a big block bow tie classic on a shoestring budget.
3 Episodes
Chevy 454 Big Block
Building a classic Ford 460 on a rock bottom budget.
3 Episodes
Ford 460 Big Block
HorsePower builds a 1992 Camaro for optimal fuel economy and horsepower!
3 Episodes
'92 Chevy Camaro "Lean Green"
The mid-eighties Chevy Monte Carlo is a new old hot rod with unlimited potential. Joe and Mike get an '86 and start a buildup that includes a new, big block powerplant, manual five-speed transmission, and more. The idea is to build the car they think Chevy should have built back in the beginning.
4 Episodes
Monte Carlo
A low-mileage 1970 Chevy Nova gets a 440hp GM crate engine upgrade!
7 Episodes
'70 Chevy Nova "Old Blue Hair"
HorsePower hosts, Mike Galley and Joe Elmore embark on a mission: to build a car that can compete in heads-up Outlaw racing events! They start with buying a 1979 Chevrolet Malibu. Back at the shop, they tear everything out of the car that won't be used in racing...which is just about everything!
2 Episodes
EZ Boo
HorsePower goes on a mission to build one raunchy rat rod!
6 Episodes
Raunchy Rat Rod
Mike and Joe kick off a two-show build up transforming a stock '06 Mustang into a Roush Stage 3. After base line runs, they wake up the GT big time with a bolt-on Roushcharger!
2 Episodes
Stage 3
Our mission: treat the car to some budget bolt ons that'll deliver the most horsepower possible for your hard earned money.
3 Episodes
Mustang LX
Our big 474 inch Pontiac delivers a fat 550 hp on dyno!
2 Episodes
Royal Bird