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 3 Episodes

Bolt On Power For The Track
Talk about a throwback...it's the first episode of Horsepower TV ever!
Season 3  Episode 1
Bolt On Power For The Track
Building A 502 GM Crate Engine To Drop In A '71 Chevelle
Horsepower kicks off a crate motor buildup with a 502 GM!
Season 3  Episode 2
Building A 502 GM Crate Engine To Drop In A '71 Chevelle
How To Bolt On 100 Horsepower To A Grocery-Getter
Do you want to bolt-on an extra 100 horsepower to your grocery-getter?
Season 3  Episode 3
How To Bolt On 100 Horsepower To A Grocery-Getter
Install Day: '71 Chevelle Gets Its 502 Big Block, Transmission and Exhaust
A '71 Chevelle gets a 502 big block, transmission, and exhaust.
Season 3  Episode 4
Install Day: '71 Chevelle Gets Its 502 Big Block, Transmission and Exhaust
Adding Air-Ride Suspension On A '39 Buick
Chuck and Joe show street rodders how to get their rear in the right place.
Season 3  Episode 5
Adding Air-Ride Suspension On A '39 Buick
'71 Chevelle Gets A New Suspension Setup
Breathing life into the 502 big block - Project Blue Thunder.
Season 3  Episode 6
'71 Chevelle Gets A New Suspension Setup
Building a 572 c.i. Hemi In Hopes Of Making 900 Horsepower
It's Mopar madness in the Horsepower shop as we build a high-powered Hemi.
Season 3  Episode 7
Building a 572 c.i. Hemi In Hopes Of Making 900 Horsepower
Finding More Power With A High-Performance Tune-Up
Check out a 1991 stock Pontiac Firebird after a baseline dyno run to give it some performance upgrades.
Season 3  Episode 8
Finding More Power With A High-Performance Tune-Up
Exhausting All The Options To Get Maximum Power From A Pontiac Firebird
After exhaustive research we've found more power in Project Budget Bird. But how much?
Season 3  Episode 9
Exhausting All The Options To Get Maximum Power From A Pontiac Firebird
Shocks, Springs, and Sway Bars: Pontiac Firebird Suspension Upgrade
We're handling the suspension of our Budget Bird in the final phase!
Season 3  Episode 10
Shocks, Springs, and Sway Bars: Pontiac Firebird Suspension Upgrade
Rebuilding A 454 Big Block For The Grocery-Getter Wagon
Fix up the grocery-getter and re-build the 454 big block with a high-performance re-build kit.
Season 3  Episode 11
Rebuilding A 454 Big Block For The Grocery-Getter Wagon
Re-building the Interior Of The '71 Chevelle
We're going to attack the interior of Project Blue Thunder - our 1971 Chevelle.
Season 3  Episode 12
Re-building the Interior Of The '71 Chevelle
Building Up A Hot Rod Honda
Sports compacts are in, so of course we had to do one!
Season 3  Episode 13
Building Up A Hot Rod Honda
Pontiac Firebird Paint Job That Turns Heads
Our favorite firebird gets a pro paint job. Experts show exactly how they get the job done.
Season 3  Episode 14
Pontiac Firebird Paint Job That Turns Heads
Tweaking A Camaro Transmission With A Shift Relocation Kit
We're tweaking the transmission on the '84 Camaro with a shift relocation kit.
Season 3  Episode 15
Tweaking A Camaro Transmission With A Shift Relocation Kit
Dropping A 500ci Big Block Between The Fenders Of A '71 Duster
If you're plum crazy about Mopars, buckle up! We're dropping a 500 cubic inch big block into a 1971 Duster.
Season 3  Episode 16
Dropping A 500ci Big Block Between The Fenders Of A '71 Duster
Swapping A Wagon's Automatic For a High-Performance 5-Speed
We have an automatic cure for any transmission troubles you may be having!
Season 3  Episode 17
Swapping A Wagon's Automatic For a High-Performance 5-Speed
Using The Retro Tech Approach To Give A Ford FE New Life
We use some retro techniques to bring new life to an old Ford FE.
Season 3  Episode 18
Using The Retro Tech Approach To Give A Ford FE New Life
Hot Rods to Cool Customs: Street Machine Nationals
Go to Street Machine Nationals! Drag race show cars and more all wrapped up into one event.
Season 3  Episode 19
Hot Rods to Cool Customs: Street Machine Nationals
Ford/Mercury Event
A Trip Down Memory Lane To When Ford & Mercury Ruled The Roads.
Season 3  Episode 20
Ford/Mercury Event

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