1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 . 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,560 Don't drop it. MIKE C: I'm getting really hot. 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,960 (LAUGHTER) 4 00:00:08,040 --> 00:00:11,640 (ALL CHEERING) Hold still. 5 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:14,320 MAN: Got you! 6 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,640 This is not fair! Dude, hey, you've still got it for an old guy, man. 7 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:20,720 (ALL LAUGHING) 8 00:00:23,080 --> 00:00:27,480 He was just like, "Block." Lady and the Tramp. Oh! 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,920 It's in my eyebrows, in my beard. 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,440 Did you get it? Aagh! 11 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:40,840 I don't have another shirt, man. I don't have another shirt. 12 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:43,000 There's some in your beard, hold on. 13 00:00:43,080 --> 00:00:46,000 MAN: Why is it always Mike that goes a little too far? 14 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:48,360 Mike, do you want me to go get you a shirt? 15 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,080 Bro, get me a fucking shirt. 16 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,560 Hey, watch the language. This is a family show. 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,480 NARRATOR: Right now on Fast N' Loud, 18 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:07,320 hot-rod hunter Richard Rawlings and the Gas Monkey crew hit it hard... 19 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:08,960 MAN: Not bad, dude. 20 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,960 ..when they struggle to finish their Datsun build with tuner expert Big Mike... 21 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:14,440 Well, it's in. 22 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:16,960 ..just as Richard drops a SEMA-size bomb on them. 23 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:19,600 Still got to get it done. It's got to be perfect. 24 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:21,760 And then Richard gets a grip... 25 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:23,920 Look at that. Golly. 26 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,280 ..on a sick '68 Shelby GT500... 27 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,200 How about 90 grand? That's not good. 28 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:33,240 ..before setting the pace for a line-up of NASCAR legends. 29 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,680 Will Big Mike and the Monkeys get the Datsun done in time for SEMA? 30 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:42,440 Or will a last-minute mishap leave them stranded? 31 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,680 Please. 32 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,960 Where's my band of mechanics? 33 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:52,560 My side of the line, please. Well, come on down. 34 00:01:52,640 --> 00:01:55,400 What's up, kemosabe? Yeah, we got stuff to do. 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,120 Where are we at, really, on the Z? Because we is behind. 36 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,560 We want to make it perfect. What have we got left? 37 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:02,760 Hoping to get it to paint today. 38 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:06,560 And you're telling me we're not tuning or starting it till it's back together? 39 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,440 No, we have to take it to our guy in Oklahoma. He tunes it for us. 40 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,120 A computer comes with no tune in it, 41 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:16,000 and that way we can't damage the motor, components or anything. 42 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,880 It's better that we get it on the dyno, let him tune it and do everything there. 43 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,760 But once we get it to that point... Yeah, I've been there before and... 44 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:28,080 (MIMICS EXPLOSION) Oh, come on. That was a different group. Oh, ye of little faith. 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,960 I have faith, but I've got an offer to put in at SEMA. 46 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:35,040 Like, this year? Yeah. Wow. If I commit, we can't not show up. 47 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:38,400 That's a tall order. Yeah, that is. I mean, that is not that far off. 48 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:41,320 (EXHALES HEAVILY) Why do you put me through this? 49 00:02:41,400 --> 00:02:44,720 My heart won't take it. It's still deadline, deadline, deadline. 50 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:48,480 It is true. The more things change around here, the more they stay the same. 51 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,400 Let's go check out the car, and guess what colour it is! Big surprise there. 52 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,200 I'm always looking to knock down new doors at Gas Monkey, 53 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:57,280 and my latest, greatest idea? Tuner. 54 00:02:57,360 --> 00:03:00,200 And I found the best '75 280Z on the planet. 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,280 JASON: Dude, that is a nice car. 56 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,000 And we're gonna transform it into the first Gas Monkey Garage import tuner. 57 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,000 We've stepped out of classic American cars a couple of times 58 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:12,160 with a Porsche and a VW, but since we've never done an import tuner, 59 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,800 I figured I'd reach out to Big Mike out in California. 60 00:03:14,880 --> 00:03:18,040 They call you Big Mike? Yes, they do. You're barely over the table. 61 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,880 Big Mike is a part-time builder who's made a big splash in the import-tuner world. 62 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,160 ANNOUNCER: First finalist, Big Mike. (ALL CHEERING) 63 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,920 He's a top-ten finalist in the 2016 Battle of the Builders at SEMA, 64 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,360 and SEMA is THE show for automotive after-market products. 65 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:35,800 I want to keep it very '70s, era-specific, use the body lines, 66 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,840 widen it out just a little bit. We're going to have fun. 67 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,960 He's used to taking up to a year to build a car, and we don't do it that way at Gas Monkey. 68 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:46,040 Four weeks, that's all you get. We've never done one. Come on. 69 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:51,560 Big Mike had a good plan going in, but we all know how quickly plans can go south. Around here... 70 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:53,480 This one is not centred at all. 71 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,240 I might have to have Jeremy come up with something better. 72 00:03:56,320 --> 00:03:59,160 This type of stuff is destroying us getting anything done. 73 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,200 That's what makes a car either look great or look bad. 74 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:07,080 That would save a bunch of time, to not take a lot of stuff apart. We like green. You like green? OK. 75 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:10,920 To throw another wrench into the works, I got an offer to show this car at SEMA, 76 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:13,200 which would be great recognition for Gas Monkey 77 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:15,480 in front of everybody in the automotive world. 78 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:19,080 It's a big honour to have a car on the inside. Anybody can buy a spot outside. 79 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,800 All those details. Not only that, all of you get a trip to SEMA to have some fun. 80 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,560 And you're paying the way? Yes. 81 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:29,480 OK. Ha-ha! I'm super-excited. I'm just more stressed now. 82 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,360 It'll need extra time on paint. Why? It's going back to factory colour. 83 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:37,640 Yeah, but if we're going to SEMA... We don't want to show up with an inferior car. 84 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:40,920 Y'all are making me feel so much better. I feel great now. 85 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:44,560 We're excited about going to Vegas. We just want to make the deadline. 86 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,240 We still got to get it done. It's gotta be perfect. 87 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,600 We'll work whatever time we got to. 88 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,200 This is gonna be a push, push, push. CHARLES: It's gonna be a lot of nights. 89 00:04:53,280 --> 00:04:57,320 All right, well, get after it. I'm going to take a nap. I'm tired. 90 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,840 Things just got a lot more interesting. 91 00:04:59,920 --> 00:05:04,240 Having a car on the floor at SEMA is a rare opportunity for any hot-rodder. 92 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,360 Hello, hello. Are we ready? MAN: Yeah. About time. 93 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:10,480 MAN 2: Mike's never happy. I can tell. He's a very angry man. 94 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:14,360 I'm never happy with it being late. I'm expected to be on time and so are you. 95 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:17,880 We're coming down. Everybody clear? Watch your head. Coming down. 96 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,680 The thing is we have less than two weeks to finish this off. 97 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,120 The pressure cooker pretty much got set to nuclear. 98 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,400 Yeah, if you could prep it, paint it, bake it in the booth, 99 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,200 and we'll pick it up tomorrow, that'd be great. 100 00:05:29,280 --> 00:05:32,480 Down. JASON: Seriously, how fast can you turn this thing around? 101 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:35,040 The cool thing is the bodywork's pretty much done. 102 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,800 All I got left is the fender flares and the modification to the hood, 103 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:42,920 but the hood can be dead last. I think I can have it painted, say, three to five days. 104 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,000 Three to five days? That'll be perfect. 105 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:48,280 We can make this work and still make our schedule. I can do that. 106 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,240 You can do that? Yeah, I can. We're wasting time now. 107 00:05:51,320 --> 00:05:53,560 Let's get it on the crate and get done. 108 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,600 MAN: Mike, you got that? Ready? Good to go. 109 00:05:57,680 --> 00:05:59,920 I thought it was crazy taking just four weeks 110 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,360 to do a build that I'd usually spend up to a year on, 111 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:06,400 and to top it all off, we're gonna take it to SEMA. That is crazy. 112 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,960 Working with Gas Monkey's been an interesting ride. 113 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,280 I know these guys have pulled off miracles in the past. I just hope they can do it again. 114 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,400 Thanks, Mike. All right, man, we'll get it done. 115 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:34,000 So, check this out. You're out of the shop. Everybody else is there working. 116 00:06:34,080 --> 00:06:36,800 I'm gonna enjoy today. You've got a cool car I'm going to see. 117 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,320 I know you got three of them, but there's one I care about. Yeah, the Shelby. 118 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:43,080 A few days ago, I got a killer lead. 119 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,600 This guy Gene called me from Greenville, Ohio, 120 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:51,000 and said that he was the executor of an estate, and that they found a '68 Shelby GT500, 121 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:54,960 a 1944 Deluxe Convertible, and a 1929 Model A. 122 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:59,280 The good thing is Shelbys are soft right now. The bad thing is Shelbys are soft right now. 123 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,920 But I think a car like that, a survivor-type car, 124 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:04,000 those things always bring the money. 125 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,400 I brought Jason along because he's probably built 126 00:07:06,480 --> 00:07:09,160 more Shelbys than I've seen. He's the Shelby ninja. 127 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:11,720 The gentleman's sitting right there. 128 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:14,760 I told him he was getting a day off, but I'm still making him work. 129 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,480 Do you think I would let you look at this car without me? Oh, heck, yeah. No. 130 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,680 Hi, guys. Howdy. Hi there. How are you? You must be Gene. 131 00:07:23,760 --> 00:07:26,280 Yeah. You're Richard? Yes, sir. And I'm Wanda. 132 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:28,720 I'm Gene Weyant, and this is my wife Wanda. 133 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:33,880 My aunt Bettie passed away last year, so Wanda assumed the financial deals, 134 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,240 and I took care of the maintenance and I'm... (LAUGHS) the gofer. 135 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:42,160 Right on. So, where are these cars? They're out here. They've been stored in the barn. 136 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,240 Let's go check this. Go see. 137 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,000 Wow. There's a '40 convertible. 138 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:54,120 (LAUGHS) Wow. Holy cow. I think everything is original on it. 139 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,200 I've had probably ten or 15 of these cars in my life, 140 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:01,720 but this one, as I'm looking at it, it's really, really nice. It's really original. 141 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:04,200 I love original stuff, man. 142 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:07,680 It's so cool. What's number two, the Model A here? 143 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,080 The Model A was bought in 1965, just all stock, 144 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:13,200 never been souped up. It's straight. It's clean. It's nice. 145 00:08:13,280 --> 00:08:16,040 We're looking at the Model A. It's a '29 two-door-sedan. 146 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,520 That's all I need to know. I know the number. 147 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,720 I'm not worried about looking at it. I want to see the Shelby. Yeah. 148 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:25,320 Where's the Shelby? The Shelby? Saving the best for last. 149 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,400 What Shelby? Yeah, right. (LAUGHS) Oh. 150 00:08:30,400 --> 00:08:32,600 Oh, now, see, this is what I'm talking about. 151 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,800 We roll in, and I didn't need to say anything 152 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,080 cos he jumped on that thing faster than fast. 153 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,440 May I? Sure, you can uncover it. 154 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:42,600 Anxious to see the car, see if it is what it's been advertised as. 155 00:08:42,680 --> 00:08:45,480 If it is, there's no way I'm letting Richard leave without it. 156 00:08:45,560 --> 00:08:48,160 I've seen a lot of these cars, and I don't know 157 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,240 if I've ever seen one not touched for 40-some-odd years like this. 158 00:08:51,320 --> 00:08:54,920 Original seatbelts, original door panels. Interior's intact. 159 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:57,760 Let's talk about the engine compartment. OK. 160 00:08:57,840 --> 00:08:59,880 This car's amazing. 161 00:08:59,960 --> 00:09:04,600 Original wire tags on the wires. You got original smog on the car, which is amazingly rare. 162 00:09:04,680 --> 00:09:06,680 This is definitely a survivor. 163 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:11,000 A survivor car is an original factory car that, say, 80-90% of it 164 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,800 is still exactly like it was the day it was sold, and this car is just that. 165 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:18,040 Original radiator in the car, original reservoir. 166 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,360 Original shock plates, cos they got the reinforcements. I mean... 167 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,640 It's cool. (EXHALES) Take a breath. 168 00:09:24,720 --> 00:09:27,640 All right, Mr Gene and Ms Wanda, can me and Jason take a second, 169 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:29,720 try to figure out what to offer you? 170 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:32,640 Sure. That'd be a good idea. I know, right? 171 00:09:32,720 --> 00:09:36,560 Let's go talk numbers. I know what I'm thinking. Let's see what you're thinking. 172 00:09:36,640 --> 00:09:38,760 I'm thinking we gotta take this car home. 173 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,120 I know you're trying to get the price down on that car, but it is exactly what you thought. 174 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,480 It's better than I thought. What kind of money are you talking? 175 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:49,520 I don't know. The Model A's the Model A, maybe five grand. 176 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,240 This is insane. It blew my mind. It's killer. 177 00:09:53,320 --> 00:09:55,640 It's maybe $35,000. 178 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:59,520 I think the Shelby needs to be bought at no more than $60,000. 179 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:01,920 I was gonna say $55,000 or $60,000, the way it sits. 180 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,560 If I can get these cars in the 80-90 range, 181 00:10:04,640 --> 00:10:08,280 I'm going to be OK, but I'm going to start my offer at 75 grand. 182 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:12,880 All right, guys. On the phone, we were talking around 100 grand. 183 00:10:14,680 --> 00:10:19,520 What do you feel about $75,000? Oh. Uh... 184 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,880 No, can't really do that, you know. No, that's not good. 185 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,720 I think we might have to go a little better. 186 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:30,640 Well, you tell me, what's the bottom line that takes it today? 187 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,400 About $97,500. 188 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,440 Wow, you're going to come up 2.5% for me? 189 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:40,880 I give him a price of $97,500, 190 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,720 and he kind of blinks his eyes a little bit, and wiggles his ears. 191 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:48,840 Golly. I was hoping you were going to say $85,000. $85,000. 192 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:51,680 Typical car-dealer. You gotta bargain a little bit. Oh, yeah. 193 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:54,640 All right, I know where I need to be. 194 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,880 How about 90 grand? What do you think? 195 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:00,960 Do it, babe. (LAUGHS) 196 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,080 We can do that. Yeah, that comes in. 197 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:06,800 90 grand will do it. Awesome, sir. I like your street cred. 198 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,000 We came out to Greenville, Ohio, made a great deal, and everybody's happy. 199 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:14,960 Now I've gotta get them home, and you've gotta get back to work. Ugh. 200 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:18,080 I'm going to go look at the Shelby while you work out the detail. 201 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:22,960 That's a very good number. I'm happy about it. I'm satisfied, and I'm glad it's Richard. 202 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,920 You guys got any fresh lemonade in these parts? I think we could find some. 203 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:31,480 Lemonade's my TV name for beer. Oh, it is? All right. (LAUGHS) 204 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:34,480 NARRATOR: Coming up... 205 00:11:34,560 --> 00:11:36,280 We are behind. 206 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:39,560 ..Richard pushes the Monkeys too hard... 207 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:42,600 MAN: Are you all right? MAN 2: My bad, bro. 208 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:45,280 ..before setting the pace for a pack of speedsters. 209 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,360 I got 40 racers behind me. 210 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:57,240 MAN: Look. MAN 2: Oh, over there. It's on the horizon. Look at that. 211 00:11:57,320 --> 00:12:02,040 The wheelie machine's coming. Are you ready for your bucket? Whoo! 212 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:04,720 It's a wheelie machine. Oh, my God. 213 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:08,320 Man, look at this paint. MIKE C: Somebody order a Z? 214 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:10,120 MAN: It's beautiful. MAN 2: I like it. 215 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,560 That green is so much richer now than it was before. 216 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:14,960 Now we can start putting stuff back together. 217 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,320 We need to hit it hard and heavy to get this thing done. 218 00:12:18,400 --> 00:12:22,120 CHARLES: This is when our introduction to tuner-building gets really real. 219 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,720 We've got to take all those cool components we mocked up with Big Mike... 220 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:29,160 You hand-tight or tight-tight? Oh, they're just hand-tight. 221 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,960 ..and put it back together for keeps. We gotta do it fast. 222 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,280 It's supposed to be at SEMA in just over a week. 223 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:38,920 But this is dead-centre to the opening- MAN: Are you all right? 224 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:41,000 My bad, bro. 225 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,240 Fast, but careful. Definitely a little more careful than that. 226 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,280 Dang. 227 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,400 Was that a good or a bad dang? I was excited from the back, 228 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,880 and now I'm looking up here, and this isn't looking that good. 229 00:12:56,960 --> 00:12:59,840 Why isn't the motor and trans in? We are behind. 230 00:12:59,920 --> 00:13:02,600 I know. To make it right, it takes a bit more time, 231 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:04,680 but it's going to be beautiful. 232 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,280 Putting the steering column in, and then the motor. 233 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:09,560 We'll have the fenders on once the motor's set. 234 00:13:09,640 --> 00:13:12,560 Man. I promise, this afternoon it'll look like a different car. 235 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:14,760 I've heard that before. All right, I'm out. 236 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:17,080 I got a NASCAR thing. Later, Monkeys. 237 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:20,040 That's always good. I haven't seen him in a couple of days. 238 00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:24,200 He comes by and he's so happy. Oh, it just makes me happy. Mm-hm. 239 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:41,960 Today, I'm out at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Big NASCAR weekend. 240 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:46,000 It's near the end of the season. Everybody's in the points race, and on top of that, 241 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,160 I'm going to drive the pace car. Unbelievable. 242 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:54,320 Who in their right mind gives me the pace car to drive? What are these guys thinking? 243 00:13:54,400 --> 00:13:59,000 It'd be cool to have a NASCAR, but it's expensive. This is really expensive. 244 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:02,360 Like "I'd have to sell my wife" type expensive. Really? 245 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:06,080 I've brought my wife Sue with me because she gets to see me be a tough guy. 246 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:09,680 I'm going to drive the pace car. This has gotta be some bonus points. 247 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,880 First things first, they got me doing pace-car training. 248 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Ha, that will be awesome. 249 00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:21,200 Pace car pulls up, and it's a four-door Camry with a four-cylinder motor. 250 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:24,560 I'm pretty sure I got this. They didn't skimp on the instructor either. 251 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,000 I mean, Brett Bodine. He's a NASCAR legend. 252 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,760 Before he retired, Brett raced 77 NASCAR events, 253 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,760 racking up five wins and 55 top-ten finishes. 254 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,080 There's a thing or two I could learn from him. 255 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,880 Good to see you. This is my wife. Nice to meet you. 256 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:41,840 We're going to show you how to get it done, 257 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,680 how to get this race started. Whoo-hoo! 258 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,680 This is a stupid question, but I have to ask you - you do drive? 259 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,280 Yes, sir. I got this. 260 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:54,200 So, all the cars will be lined up on pit road. 261 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:58,520 The tower will say, 'Pace car, ease them on off.' You need to slow down just a bit. 262 00:14:58,600 --> 00:15:02,640 What happens is it takes so long for them to get going, we don't want to overlap them. 263 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:05,560 Yeah, I got you. As you come off turn four over here, 264 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:08,600 I want you to get up right up to 45mph, and lock them in. 265 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:12,880 When you get to 45mph exactly, I'll turn the overhead lights on. 266 00:15:12,960 --> 00:15:15,840 That signals to everybody behind us you're at 45mph. 267 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,520 Then they set their tachometers based off of that. 268 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:22,000 It's two or three laps, or...? Usually in New Hampshire, they take three. 269 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:25,080 When we get to the start/finish line we'll turn our lights off, 270 00:15:25,160 --> 00:15:28,800 and that tells all the drivers, 'OK, next time we're going green flag,' 271 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:33,560 and we get off the track, unless you think you can hold them off. (LAUGHS) 272 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,040 Oh, trust me, I want to fuck around so bad. 273 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,200 And that's how you do it. 274 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,160 You know what happens next? 275 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,480 What's going on, everybody? Y'all ready for a race today? 276 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,560 I'm going to get out there in the pace car 277 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:49,480 and let's see if I get in trouble or stay out of it. Wow! 278 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:53,080 Wow. I'm, like, a celebrity or something. I mean, what's going on? 279 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:56,760 ANNOUNCER: Meet the starting line-up. Joey Logano. 280 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:00,200 And I get to say hi to the drivers, good luck, all that kind of stuff. 281 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:06,000 Danica Patrick. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 282 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:10,200 There he is. Good to see you. Good luck out there today. 283 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,760 What's up, Brad? How are you doing? Get out there and kill it. 284 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:17,000 Kurt Busch. 285 00:16:17,080 --> 00:16:19,200 Go get them, brother. 286 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:23,040 We see the drivers off. They're getting geared up. It's time to get in the pace car. 287 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:28,240 Are you ready? Just remember, this is not the race, OK? 288 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,360 Yeah. Slow. (LAUGHS) 289 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,840 (CAR ENGINE REVVING) Are we going? 290 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,880 Yes. You sure? 291 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,800 (INDISTINCT) 292 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,000 You're doing just fine there. Ten-four. 293 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:04,200 So, I got 40 racers behind me trying to get into position. 294 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:07,480 (INDISTINCT) 295 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,840 MAN: (ON RADIO) First pace car, pit-road speed, four-five. 296 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,680 These guys, I can feel the adrenaline behind me. I can feel it. 297 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:19,120 (MAN ON RADIO SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 298 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:23,800 Like flight attendants think of themselves as a safety person, that's what I'm doing out there. 299 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,400 I'm setting the pace for a good, clean race where people don't get hurt. 300 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,960 MAN: Road's clear, come into the green. 301 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:33,640 I'm off the track. All bets are off. 302 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:35,720 COMMENTATOR: Green flag is in the air. 303 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,320 Whoo! 304 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:55,840 There you go. I got to go around the track, not quite as fast as these guys. 305 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:00,560 Now I'm going up to watch the race. 306 00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:06,200 Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. 307 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:12,240 It's kind of a big moment, first time we see the wheels up against the finished paint job. 308 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:15,760 This is true. At this point I'm ready to see it driving out of the shop. 309 00:18:15,840 --> 00:18:19,360 MAN: I really like these wheels, man. Yeah, they're beautiful. 310 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,520 This colour against the green, it's going to pop so beautifully. 311 00:18:22,600 --> 00:18:25,480 The Datsun is a nice car. It's coming together really well, 312 00:18:25,560 --> 00:18:28,000 but it's coming together slower than what we'd like. 313 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:32,840 We're spending too much time thinking about it. We need to put the car together. 314 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,640 The quicker I can get it done, the happier Richard will be, and we can get it to SEMA. 315 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,680 Look at these cute little lug nuts. It's like, golly. 316 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:43,760 It's pretty brutal. You've got to keep going, keep going to meet the deadline. 317 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:48,320 I do like the colour combo, though. Yeah, definitely. It's dead on. 318 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,840 The green and bronze, they match each other. They complement very well. 319 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,840 It's a learning experience for all of us, but we're gonna create a piece of art, 320 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:59,600 because we all love cars and car-building. 321 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:02,520 Man, look at that. Look at that. 322 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:05,920 (MAN MIMICS REVVING) 323 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,600 It's fucking sick, man. Dude, I say we leave it just like this, 324 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,880 and put the motor and trans in it, but we take it off-roading instead. 325 00:19:12,960 --> 00:19:15,760 Stop it. 326 00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,600 Man, let's go. I want to work. Let's get it together. 327 00:19:18,680 --> 00:19:21,360 I'll be a lot happier, and so will Richard. 328 00:19:25,040 --> 00:19:27,640 We ready? 329 00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:31,000 I got it. I'm going to take this to my side a bit so you can come in. 330 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,560 I'm going to get in the engine bay. You got that? Yeah. OK. 331 00:19:34,640 --> 00:19:38,680 Going underneath. Let me have that hub. 332 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,400 It may not be an LS, but with the trans mounted, 333 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,080 this is one big, heavy motor to install. 334 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,120 We need a lot of pressure down. Mike, you come around this side. 335 00:19:48,200 --> 00:19:50,680 And it's all going into an already painted car, 336 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:52,760 one that's got a date coming up at SEMA. 337 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,640 Good on my end. Yeah, good. 338 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:57,880 The last thing we want to do is scratch up that pretty green paint. 339 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,800 OK, J, you're clear. Put more pressure on it, so I can give it more tilt. 340 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:04,680 OK. There we go. 341 00:20:04,760 --> 00:20:06,960 Can you pull it down? 342 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:10,280 Hold on, one second, guys. You're getting a workout? Yeah. OK. 343 00:20:10,360 --> 00:20:13,880 I think we should put Big Mike down there, a bit more weight, no offence. 344 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:17,280 Going down a little bit. Pull it in, J. OK. 345 00:20:17,360 --> 00:20:20,280 Really close to the fire wall, though. (CREAK) 346 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:23,200 What was that? You don't want to know. 347 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:26,440 Let's see if we can drop in a couple of bolts. 348 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:30,880 How are you on your side? The bolts through? Yeah. You in? No. 349 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,000 We gotta walk it over that way slightly. 350 00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:36,480 Hold on a second. 351 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,280 (STRAINING) Yeah, come on. That's better. 352 00:20:39,360 --> 00:20:41,560 MIKE C: I thought you'd be done with this by now. 353 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,320 It's fighting you? Yeah. It's touching the firewall. 354 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,560 OK, I'm coming up. Are your hands clear, Mike? 355 00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:50,280 Clear. Apparently, my clear's not clear. 356 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,800 MAN: Aagh! Nor is the paint any more. 357 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,320 There she is. Game on. Why was it so difficult? 358 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:59,520 If it was an LS, it wouldn't have had a problem. It'd slip right in like a shoe. 359 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,680 Hey, at least it's in there, no major damage... Ha! 360 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:04,760 What? No major damage? Yeah. 361 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:08,280 What do you mean, no major damage? None. I don't see anything. 362 00:21:08,360 --> 00:21:12,880 You don't see all that and that? No major damage. I'm glad we pay you to paint. 363 00:21:12,960 --> 00:21:15,360 Mike's got a lot of work to get the paint 364 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,720 up to SEMA standards, but overall I think we're looking good. 365 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:20,400 Well, it's in, good. 366 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:23,200 But all roads to SEMA go through Oklahoma and our tuner shop, 367 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,640 so let's just pray that our Datsun fires up there. 368 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,960 NARRATOR: Coming up on Fast N' Loud... 369 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:30,880 Please run, please. 370 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,040 ..a minor motor oversight... 371 00:21:33,120 --> 00:21:35,080 (ENGINE SPUTTERS) 372 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,280 ..could stall Richard's SEMA plans. 373 00:21:38,360 --> 00:21:41,080 This day's been a failure. Do we have other options? 374 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:43,000 This is ridiculous. 375 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:52,280 Guys, I am just impressed that you're willing to take a three-hour drive with me today. 376 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:55,160 That's where we need to be, though. Yeah, exactly. 377 00:21:55,240 --> 00:21:57,920 The Monkeys wrapped up all they needed to do on the 280Z, 378 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,760 and now we're hauling ass to my new favourite dyno shop 379 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,080 up in Oklahoma. You might have seen them before. 380 00:22:03,160 --> 00:22:05,320 Abel Racing Speed Shop. 381 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:09,120 I did this shop on Garage Rehab. When I first saw the place, it was a disaster, 382 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:11,200 but the tuner there was one of a kind. 383 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,360 Where are you from? Originally from Russia, 384 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,320 but mostly redneck. Russian redneck. Yes, sir. 385 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:19,720 Andrei may talk funny, but he's the real deal. 386 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:22,280 He has a coding background, and can tune anything. 387 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,880 Welcome to the new and improved Abel Racing. 388 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:28,160 After a little muscle and hustle from my guys, 389 00:22:28,240 --> 00:22:32,160 now he's got one of the most state-of-the-art shops in this part of the country. 390 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:34,360 And since we have to have this car on a tuner 391 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,160 before we ever fire it, Abel Racing is the place to go. 392 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,200 There it is. We gonna turn here. 393 00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,360 All right, let's go do it. 394 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,840 There he is, the mad Russian. I called you about my 280Z. 395 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:48,840 Yes, sir. Let's do it, man. Let's get it off the truck. 396 00:22:48,920 --> 00:22:52,600 MAN: I'll go unhook the front. Looks good. It's a bad dude. 397 00:22:52,680 --> 00:22:55,400 We're worried about getting to SEMA with this car. 398 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,640 We never started it at all. When is SEMA? Three days, so... 399 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,400 You like to cut corners, don't you? It's got to go from here 400 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,800 back on this trailer and to Vegas. 401 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,800 Man, that is a super-cool colour. 402 00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,880 MAN: At least it's a light car. Cut it, cut it, cut it. Which way? 403 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,520 All right, rock and roll. Pull the hood. Boom. 404 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:17,400 Oh, wow. That is fantastic, man. That is beautiful. 405 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,880 I mean, it looks like everything's put together very, very well. 406 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,960 We're not playing. Let it rip, tater chip, let's go. 407 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:27,440 We brought the car here, basically, with no mapping in the computer. 408 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,800 It doesn't know when to fire the coils, when to fire the injectors. 409 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:33,400 It doesn't have any parameters to make the car run. 410 00:23:33,480 --> 00:23:37,840 Andrei, what are we doing right now exactly? We're trying to get all the sensors working, 411 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,320 make sure that the computer understands what's going on under the hood. 412 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,000 Abel will install a program to make the car fire, 413 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,560 and then go from there and dyno-tune it to optimise 414 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,440 and get as much power out of the engine as we possibly can. 415 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:53,840 The cam angle sensors, are they factory disc or the AM disc? MAN: It should be the AM disc. 416 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,200 We're excited cos it's the first time we're going to hear it run. 417 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,920 This is a big deal for us. It's a huge day for the car. 418 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,120 What power do you think this thing might bring? High threes. 419 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,120 I would say 350 to 400 to the wheels on this type of dyno. 420 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,120 That's not bad. Yeah. (INDISTINCT) Exactly. 421 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:13,640 Any time you build a car from the ground up, new lines, new everything, you never know. 422 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,720 So I'm pretty anxious. 423 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,280 Please run, please. MAN: Shh. 424 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:23,160 Come on, man, I'm getting bored. 425 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,400 Part of the game, man. Should I get something to eat, come back? 426 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:29,160 Maybe. Let's see what she does. 427 00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:33,040 (ENGINE SPUTTERS) 428 00:24:33,120 --> 00:24:36,320 Uh-oh. (ENGINE SPUTTERS) 429 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,960 No. 430 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,360 Yeah. That's it, no fire. 431 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,560 I'm not getting correct signal from the cam sensor. 432 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,800 OK, honest question, 433 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,320 did somebody change the trigger wheel in the cam angle sensor? 434 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,320 No. No. Holy shit. 435 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,080 Um, then it's not going to run today. 436 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,440 The Nissan uses a really weird trigger sensor, 437 00:25:02,520 --> 00:25:06,400 and that's basically your most important sensor you can have on a car. 438 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,600 It tells you where the engine's at. 439 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,880 It turns out, in the rush to get it finished, 440 00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:13,400 a part was overlooked that needed to be installed, 441 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,080 and that tells everything where to align as far as the cam and crank. 442 00:25:17,160 --> 00:25:20,000 On top of that, we mistakenly didn't bring it, 443 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:22,840 so we're kind of dead in the water. 444 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:25,880 That's one of the downfalls, when you go to a speciality shop, 445 00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:28,840 especially a long way from you, and forget something simple 446 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:31,360 because you're worried about the bigger problem. 447 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,400 So, how do we fix that right now? Cos we ain't got no time. 448 00:25:34,480 --> 00:25:37,560 I mean, can we call somebody, and they drive it here? 449 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:40,920 It will take us 30 seconds once we got the part in hand. 450 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,520 It's two o'clock, so with traffic, you're looking at 5:00, 5:10... 451 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,760 MAN: Best case. ..before it gets here, and that's if he even has it. 452 00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:51,960 We probably threw it away. No, we don't throw that shit away. 453 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:54,320 It's a black box, and... 454 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,800 We called Chad back at the shop to get him on the hunt for the part, 455 00:25:57,880 --> 00:26:00,720 but even if he finds it, it'll take him three hours to get here. 456 00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:02,920 So tensions just got a lot higher. 457 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,040 Do we have any other options? We've got an old car we can rob some parts off of, 458 00:26:07,120 --> 00:26:10,560 and see if we can make it work. That's a good idea. 459 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:15,000 There is an old Mitsubishi sitting in the parking lot that uses a similar type of sensor. 460 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:19,440 It's basically Frankensteining all the parts together? Yes, sir. Whatever works, right? 461 00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:23,480 We're going to try to rob the trigger wheel out of it, 462 00:26:23,560 --> 00:26:26,720 and merge Mitsubishi and the Nissan 463 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,760 into one entity, and maybe it'll bust off. 464 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,240 All right, let's try this. We'll come back and fix you up later. 465 00:26:33,320 --> 00:26:37,440 It's not exactly what we need, but it's pretty close. Might as well give it a shot. 466 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:41,680 Well, we got the part in. Yes, let's give it a whack. 467 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,800 I don't know if it's been done before, but we'll find out. First time for everything. 468 00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,920 Can't get us any further away. God, I hope it worked. 469 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,280 We're hoping with this new part in, 470 00:26:51,360 --> 00:26:55,640 the car will give us an initial start-up, so we can start working through our parameters. 471 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:59,400 And...let's see what she does. 472 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,160 Come on. (SPUTTERING) 473 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,560 That sounds weird. It does sound weird. 474 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:09,760 BIG MIKE: Really weird. Does it not build any pressure on the gauge? 475 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,840 I have no idea. I don't have a... 476 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,760 So, I guess we're going to have to bring the one up from Dallas. 477 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,000 Fuck. Is there anything else we can try? 478 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:23,520 I'd like to have the part in hand, installed, and then redo tomorrow. 479 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:28,080 OK. Fuck it. This is ridiculous. I've had enough Oklahoma for today. 480 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,360 Mater, take me home. I'll see y'all back in Dallas. 481 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,800 Richard's so pissed he just walked out, and I don't blame him. 482 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,280 This day, in my opinion, has been a total failure. 483 00:27:37,360 --> 00:27:40,760 Richard's not happy, and he blames us, and here we are. 484 00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:44,880 Sure, we're under a time crunch, but this is on a whole different level of crazy. 485 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,960 It's just crazy. 486 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:50,080 It's a small problem that could have been overlooked by anybody. 487 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,720 Now we've created a day's waste with a schedule that's already tight. 488 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:57,040 We don't know if the motor will even start with the right part. 489 00:27:57,120 --> 00:28:00,160 If it doesn't fire up in the morning, we're really screwed. 490 00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:07,120 NARRATOR: Coming up on Fast N' Loud, this missing part finally arrives. 491 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,880 This is do-or-die right now. 492 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:10,720 But will it be enough to save the day? 493 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:13,400 Moment of truth. (ENGINE SPUTTERS) 494 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,760 Oh, man. 495 00:28:23,120 --> 00:28:25,600 Well, there it is, boys. MAN: That little devil. 496 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:27,960 A whole day and night wasted 497 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,880 to get this piece. It keeps an entire car from running. 498 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,240 Charles, I'm going to give it to you cos I don't want to be liable 499 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:37,280 if it falls and we damage it. That's holding up the whole thing. 500 00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:40,240 I'm going to put some fuel in the car while you do that, 501 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:43,160 and then we probably need to give it a sweep one more time, 502 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,280 and check for anything else before we get started, so we don't have to back up again. 503 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:50,400 All right, let's do it. 504 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,200 We couldn't get our Datsun tuner dyno-ed yesterday 505 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,080 because we left the trigger wheel in Dallas, and the car won't run without it. 506 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,600 Let's get this thing in. We gotta get it started. 507 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,280 Chad ran it up last night, so we're back in business. 508 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,120 We gotta hear this thing run today. 509 00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,600 We lost a whole day yesterday. We can't do that again today. 510 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,520 To be on the showcase floor for the opening day of SEMA, 511 00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,600 we gotta get a tune on this car this morning. 512 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,040 We have to get everything buttoned up, back on the trailer, back home, 513 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,880 so we can get it all cleaned up and get it to SEMA. 514 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,120 This is do-or-die right now. 515 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:26,000 ANDREI: All right, guys. OK, you should have around 11 gallons of fuel in there. 516 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,280 All right, let me double-check a couple of things. 517 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,640 We're kind of relieved about one thing - Richard's not here, 518 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:36,640 because that man has zero patience with what he calls stupid mechanical failures, 519 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,720 which is actually just going through the process. Building a car. 520 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:43,000 Without him here, it's great. He's called me three or four times. 521 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:45,920 I've answered him once... Magic wand. ..but let us do our job, 522 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:48,280 let us finish the car, you'll be happy. 523 00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:51,240 But, man, I'm glad he's not here. Can we get him a magic wand? 524 00:29:51,320 --> 00:29:54,760 ANDREI: Make sure that everything is set up just right. 525 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,840 I guess moment of truth. 526 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:00,920 (ENGINE SPUTTERS) MAN: Closer, getting closer. 527 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:05,080 MAN 2: Oh, man. (SPUTTERING CONTINUES) 528 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:09,160 (ENGINE STARTS, STALLS) Oh, right there. 529 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:11,280 Premature, premature. I know. 530 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:13,720 (ENGINE STARTS) 531 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,480 (MEN CHEER) 532 00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:26,080 So, we're getting it to run on all the cylinders finally, which is a great step forward. 533 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:30,240 That's awesome. I want a high five. High-five me. Thank you. 534 00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:35,080 We just fired the car up. We have light at the end of the tunnel and it's this big. 535 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:38,800 Now would be a good time to check oil. I'm going to start dialling it in. 536 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,880 I know you guys are used to the fact 537 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,520 that we fire up car and it sounds perfect. 538 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,520 This is not the case, especially with fuel-injected cars that are heavily modified. 539 00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:51,440 (ENGINE STARTS) That should be locked at 20. 540 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:54,960 It doesn't sound right. I'm gonna guess the timing is way off. 541 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,880 (ENGINE REVVING) MAN: 19. 542 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,920 Crank it way down, man. I'm idling, like, 3,000. Way down. 543 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,240 We adjusted the timing of the motor till Andrei was happy with it. 544 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,520 It's good now. It's good now. 545 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:08,800 MAN: Yep, yep, yep. 546 00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,360 Now we're getting it rolled up onto the dyno drums. 547 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:14,040 (ENGINE ACCELERATING) 548 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:21,120 You can just tell Andrei's ready to push the limits, you know? 549 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:25,200 With just a couple clicks that he did, we jumped 120 horsepower, 550 00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:28,720 so at this rate this thing is going to make some monster power. 551 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,600 I don't think 400's out of the question at this point, 552 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,560 so we're feeling pretty good about hitting the 400 mark. 553 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,200 Dynamometer is a tool that measures 554 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,960 the horsepower at the wheels. It's as simple as it gets. 555 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,600 There's a drum of none weight, and you accelerate it with the engine. 556 00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:50,120 (ACCELERATING) 557 00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,320 The computer calculates how fast you're accelerating the drum, 558 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,400 and calculates the horsepower. It is as simple as it gets. 559 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,200 (ACCELERATING) 560 00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,720 Hey, 6,000rpm. Is that what it went on to? 561 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:22,400 I don't know. 6,000rpm? 562 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:25,720 This is a really, really clean environment to see 563 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:29,760 what the changes I make are making more or less horsepower. 564 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,360 I'll need ear plugs. MAN: I got you, buddy. 565 00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:37,480 In our first pull we ran, what, 4,000rpm? Yep. 4psi. We got 157? 157. 566 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,720 So, very conservative, where we want to start, 567 00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,760 but now we'll kick it up another notch, a whole different level, 568 00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:45,280 and see what this car is capable of. 569 00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,360 (ENGINE STARTS) 570 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,840 (ACCELERATING) 571 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,200 A second pull, Andrei starts to feel comfortable, 572 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:33,600 messed with it, 120 horsepower more, went 278 at 72, 7,500 RPM. Crazy. 573 00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:37,920 It jumped 115 off of just a couple clicks that he did. 574 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,320 The car's making 258 to the wheels. 575 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,320 I talked to Andrei. We're only running 5psi right now. 576 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,880 I think the goal on the 93 octane is to run 20psi. 20psi. 577 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,800 I don't think 400's out of the question at this point, 578 00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:54,520 so we're feeling pretty good about hitting the 400 mark. Yeah. That's awesome. 579 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,520 At this rate, this thing is going to make some monster power. 580 00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:01,000 It's sounding even better the more it gets pushed, which is a great sign. 581 00:34:01,080 --> 00:34:04,560 Go again? Yeah. Ready? Let's do another one. 582 00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,920 (ENGINE STARTS) 583 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,240 This is the big one. 584 00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:13,320 (ACCELERATING) 585 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:40,480 MAN: Whoo. MAN 2: Yeah. 586 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:44,680 That's awesome. That is it, right there. 587 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:49,920 Wow, that's awesome. Damn. Andrei. The magician right here. 588 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,760 Real celebration time now. Hell, yeah. 589 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,000 Last pull, 390 horsepower. Yeah. That's insane. 590 00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,120 This is where we button her up, get it to SEMA. 591 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,720 We're not going to push any further. We got what we wanted. Game on. 592 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:08,280 All right, it's time to celebrate. Andrei. Thank you so much. 593 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,360 It was a pleasure. I'm just glad that it's in one piece. 594 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,200 Thank you, guys. I'm going to get the trailer. Let's get back to Dallas. 595 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,440 (ENGINE ROARING) 596 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,600 He's always late to the party. What's up, kids? 597 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:51,160 Where have you been hiding? About time you showed up. 598 00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:54,440 Big Mike, what's going on? So, this is where all the cool kids meet? 599 00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,240 Thought I'd bring the little 280 out and show it off a bit. 600 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,880 I hear you guys like to have a good time. 601 00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:04,520 Looks like Gas Monkey's coming to the dark side with an import. Dark side? Come on, man. 602 00:36:10,120 --> 00:36:12,640 My idea was to build a tuner-type car. 603 00:36:12,720 --> 00:36:16,600 I found the right car. It's a one-owner 280Z bought brand-new 604 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,320 by a guy who put it up in '79 with 13,000 miles. 605 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,880 I called Big Mike out in California, I said, 'Show us all the goods.' 606 00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,400 Let's be honest, this is out of our comfort zone, 607 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:30,280 dealing with all the metrics and all the things that we normally don't deal with. 608 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,640 It's different than what we're used to. That's an understatement. 609 00:36:33,720 --> 00:36:38,640 Yeah, what really is freaking me out is I can't really see my hair when I'm in the driver's seat. 610 00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,760 It's way up there and it throws my whole vibe off. 611 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:44,360 Pop the hood, show them. Come on in, check it out. 612 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,560 MAN: Does it have stock internals on it? 613 00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,920 Gas Monkey don't do stock. What is wrong with you? 614 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,040 We use the best of everything. It was our opportunity to work 615 00:36:53,120 --> 00:36:55,160 with somebody versed in the import world. 616 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:58,880 What kind of turbo does it have? It's a Honeywell Garrett. 3071? Yeah. 617 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,120 We tuned it on pump gas and it opens up a way to make 100 more horsepower 618 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:05,960 and way more boost. It's happening. It's done right. 619 00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:10,400 What do you guys do for plumbing? It's all Vibrant Performance, lines and fittings. 620 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,720 Everything that they offer, we took that and made it work. 621 00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,440 The engine sounds great. You got a big turbo. What did you do to make it stop? 622 00:37:17,520 --> 00:37:20,280 We put brakes on it. (CROWD LAUGHS) 623 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,920 MAN: Nailed it. It's got a nasty set of Wilwoods on it. 624 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:27,880 Wilwood six piston on the front, four piston on the rear, a parking caliper. She'll stop. 625 00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:32,440 Where did you get the wheels done? We bought these...or "ray-sed" them, if you will, right? 626 00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:35,320 TONY: Oh, Rays provided the wheels in a nice copper tone. 627 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:37,680 I think they came out kick-ass. MAN: I do, too. 628 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:41,920 That's a good-looking badge. That's Big Mike's deal there. He made that happen. 629 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,480 Our friends at GSI Machine and Fabrication made them. 630 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:47,480 We wanted to put in a personalised touch, and they nailed it. 631 00:37:47,560 --> 00:37:50,800 You've only seen the outside and the motor. Check that shit out. 632 00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:53,360 It's bad-ass, man. MAN: What gauges are in here? 633 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,720 MIKE: It's a company by the name of Speedhut. 634 00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,880 You can customise everything, and I got the GMG logo put in. 635 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:03,000 It's like a little touch to tie in with the outside. Yeah! 636 00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:07,160 (ENGINE ROARING) 637 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:15,760 MAN: You think you might keep it? I would love to. 638 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,840 I'd love to keep every car I have, 639 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:21,080 but I'm in the business of buying, and selling, and making cars, 640 00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,560 and this one's going to have to go to a new home. 641 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:26,320 After we show it off at SEMA, it's going to be for sale, 642 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,320 and hopefully everybody will tell their friends, 643 00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,760 and the next thing I know I've got a bidding war. 644 00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,480 Let's go cruising. I don't know which one's worth more, 645 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,160 or which one's faster, but I look pretty good in green. (LAUGHS) 646 00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,920 You know what I like about Vegas? MAN: This unbelievable weather? 647 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,480 It's such a family town. We could bring the kids, the wives, and hang out. 648 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,240 Oh, look at that! It's kind of weird. 649 00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,360 All of a sudden I'm now larger than life. 650 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:05,640 The SEMA. The SEMA. 651 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,720 SEMA, guys. Check it out. This is crazy. 652 00:39:09,800 --> 00:39:13,880 A lot of people are thinking, 'What is SEMA?' Well, it's basically an industry trade show 653 00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:16,360 for the automotive and after-market products. 654 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:20,920 Everything from Ford, GM to, you know, who makes the next best brake light, 655 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,000 or little switch, or what-have-you. 656 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,680 MAN: Holy shit! 657 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,520 This is why we come here, to see what's happening, 658 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:30,480 what's going on, what the trends are, 659 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:32,840 and what's going to happen in the next year. 660 00:39:32,920 --> 00:39:35,920 Where are we going? We're going to the discovery booth first 661 00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:39,640 to check out the '34 Ford. Oh, right on. 662 00:39:42,920 --> 00:39:47,200 The Monkeys built this '34 Ford a while back with Dallas hot-rodder Brian Bass. 663 00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:50,400 A Chrysler Hemi, lots of chrome, and a super-mean chop. 664 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,240 This might be one of the coolest cars we've done yet. 665 00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,880 It's all brand-new glass. That's what I'm talking about, right there. 666 00:39:56,960 --> 00:39:59,440 It's really fun to drive. 667 00:39:59,520 --> 00:40:02,760 Brian Bass already beat us to it. What are you guys doing? 668 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,000 So, I strode over to the '34. Bass is already there, which is great. 669 00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:09,320 How about that? First time for Gas Monkey at SEMA. 670 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:14,240 Have you been here before or not? It's my first time. I never had a reason to until now. Whoo! 671 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,160 The car looks great, man. Tearing it up. 672 00:40:17,240 --> 00:40:19,680 This is my favourite build so far. MAN: You think? 673 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,680 What have people thought of the car? There's been people on this like flies. 674 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,120 It's like a fishing lure. People just keep coming. 675 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,280 The reception on the '34 is unbelievable. 676 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,880 It is out front right where everybody walks by. 677 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:35,520 The car looks beautiful. I mean, I was not a big fan of blue, but this blue I actually like. 678 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,280 I'm thinking about having my nails done that colour. 679 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,800 We should have wrote, 'For Sale,' on the windshield. 680 00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:44,960 Why don't you do that? You can. I want to keep it, but you know me and money. 681 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:48,480 Not only are we trying to show off what we can do and what our abilities are, 682 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:51,880 but we're also... These cars are for sale. I'm not keeping them. 683 00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:54,320 This isn't my favourite pair of jeans. 684 00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:58,040 What do you guys think? 29 days, start to finish. 685 00:40:58,120 --> 00:41:00,400 Digging it? (CROWD CHEERS) 686 00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,800 Let's go check out the 280Z, guys. 687 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:08,320 Freaking super-rad. SEMA, two times. Thirsty. 688 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:10,400 Most people wait for ever to get it done. 689 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,520 I am overwhelmingly joyous to be here at SEMA. 690 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:17,800 This is everything and everybody. I mean, no matter what you're into, 691 00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:23,320 whether it's import or trucks or muscle cars or old cars or new cars, this is where you go. 692 00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,080 This is like car porn. Unbelievable. 693 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,360 MAN: Yeah, that's awesome. It looks good. 694 00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:33,160 MAN 2: Whoo, that bitch looks sexy. What's up, G? 695 00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:37,000 MAN 3: What's up, Richard? Just living it, man. We're at the big show now. 696 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:40,320 So, we roll up to Z at the Nitto booth. Unbelievable. 697 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:44,200 Lighting's perfect, the car looks great. It looked great when it left the shop. 698 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,520 The car is absolutely impeccable. 699 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:50,120 Everyone's saying amazing things. It's awesome to be able to overhear it. 700 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:54,400 To get this car built in time to make it to SEMA was a pretty difficult thing to do. 701 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:57,400 I mean, the time-frame that the Monkeys work on is crazy. 702 00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,440 SEMA as a deadline, as a debut made it even crazier. 703 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,120 Freaking sick. 704 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,160 As far as all the money I spent on the 280Z, 705 00:42:04,240 --> 00:42:08,240 to have it here at the Nitto booth, this is a really good place to show it off. 706 00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,240 Is that going to translate to sales as far as selling the car? 707 00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,320 I'm not sure. But is it translating to getting our name 708 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:17,440 into a different genre of cars? Absolutely. 709 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:21,120 Look at this. This looks great. I appreciate the work that went into this, 710 00:42:21,200 --> 00:42:23,320 and how much power does it make? A lot? 711 00:42:23,400 --> 00:42:27,000 300 more than stock. Wow, man. Dang. 712 00:42:27,080 --> 00:42:29,520 Brian, he looked at the car. It's not his thing, 713 00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:32,640 but he was looking at it. Any car guy's going to look at that, 714 00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:35,880 and see details and know how much time and effort went into it, 715 00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,240 and I could see that he appreciated the work that went into the car. 716 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,720 This is awesome, Richard. It turned out good. 717 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:45,040 It's the best looking two-plus-two I've ever seen. No kidding. 718 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:49,200 I will take that as a compliment. He said 'best looking two-plus-two ever', Big Mike. 719 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,240 Well, there it is. There it is. We're done. We can leave. 720 00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:56,000 The work's done. I'm going to get a beer as well. All right. Killer, dude. 721 00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:59,080 Find us a buyer. We need to sell it. All right, definitely. 722 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:02,120 It's beer time. We're gonna check out the rest of the show. 723 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,200 Good job, man. Thank you. 724 00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:06,720 At the end of the day, it's an unbelievable thing 725 00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:09,120 that we're doing this with five guys 726 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:13,040 and building cars of this calibre in 20 and 25 days. 727 00:43:13,120 --> 00:43:18,920 Unbelievable. I'll put my guys up against anybody in the world right now. Bring it. 728 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,000 subtitles by Deluxe