Dyno-Tuning the Draguar's 696 Horsepower Supercharged Small Block Chevy! - HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 35

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It's time for motor mayhem! On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited we head to Westech Performance Group with Mike Finnegan to dyno-tune a new engine for the Draguar, the 1974 Jaguar XJ12 with a small-block Chevy under the hood that he and Freiburger bought for $1,000 and installed a supercharger onto in a parking lot during episode 7 of Roadkill. After the supercharger upgrade the guys road-tripped the dilapidated car from San Francisco to Sacramento for a drag race. With the summertime air temps hovering around 113 degrees, the worn out 350 overheated and Freiburger only managed to run a 15.30 ¼ mile ET at Sacramento Raceway.
Looking for redemption, Freiburger ordered a new 383ci long block from Blueprint Engines, a definite upgrade over the old powerplant. Though the new longblock is only rated to 600hp it features forged pistons and rods and a forged crankshaft, which means that the guys can turn up the boost and make double the power of the old engine. The engine effortlessly made 650hp with 91 octane fuel in the tank but Finnegan was feelin' froggy so he added 118 octane race fuel and upped the boost to 15 psi in an attempt to make 700hp with the 383. Did the engine leave the dyno shop in one piece? Check out the video to see!
The engine we used is a BluePrint Engines' 383 Long Block designed for power adders:
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@kwikuk 11 лет назад

As a UK Jaguar owner myself, this is really good fun to watch. I'm looking to get a series 3 myself and swap out the motor with the 4.2 super V8 from the later XK, and do an interior refit from the X308. Great episode and thumbs up from the UK!!

@peterrenn6341 8 месяцев назад

That's a great idea - (although the Series 3 interiors are very nice already) did you do it?

@MotorTrendWatch 11 лет назад

Finney said forged, not Ford. It's a BluePrint 383 crate engine with forged internals and aluminum heads. It's BluePrint's Power Adder Engine, with compression at 8.5:1 - Jesse K.

@GrotrianSeiler 11 лет назад

I'm no hot rod guy, and still, this is the best most awesomeest channel Motor Trend has to offer. The hosts, the projects, the eye-candy parts, the production values...I can hardly wait for the next one. All those who produce these, have a lot to be proud of. I envy you guys for getting paid to have this much fun. Great work. Love it.

@mv3098 10 лет назад

The man at the dyno is amazing. So much knowledge.

@elektrikblu7331 11 лет назад

"make sure we're not getting silly with it..." as he bolts up the pulley to double the boost hahah

@Ryanno43 11 лет назад

Blower all the way! You can't beat the sound and look of an old school supercharger

@MotorTrendWatch 11 лет назад

The engine is $5,300 and the blower with carbs is around $3,000. So total it's around $8,500, depending extras like headers and ignition. - Jesse K.

@crazyman8472 7 лет назад

9:02 "So what have we learned today? Boost is a good thing!" :)

@yammyhundred467 10 лет назад

I'm British and love Jags, the 'DragWar' pronunciation sounds perfect to me, I like it as it suits the theme of the Jag: the American take on modification, carry on!

@Brock_Landers 10 лет назад

They took the best that the UK had to offer and injected some good old 'Merican horsepower...hands across the sea...gotta love it! Actually, the small block 350 swap into that model Jag is very common on this side of the pond. Why you ask? Because let's face it, British Leyland wasn't very well known for their reliability...right? Not to mention that parts for Jags here cost an arm and a leg...if not two.

@AdamKyleAnderson 10 лет назад

I was kinda hoping the motor would pop, but at the same time had fingers crossed it would make 700 :-)

@iv0luti0n 11 лет назад

What a beautiful engine sound while they were testing. Music to my ears!

@nikauhohaia5365 9 лет назад

Taranaki New zealand loves Roadkill!!!!

@butlerproman 10 лет назад

Okay, motor's pretty well sorted. Maybe some new rear shocks?

@Rottensteam 9 лет назад

Thats not roadkill

@aToast3r 8 лет назад

Rottensteam maybe get some new socks though, thats roadkill

@crazyfvck 8 лет назад

Man.. Dyno guy really called it with his naturally-aspirated estimate! He was only off by a tenth of a horsepower :)

@racer774 5 лет назад

crazyfvck - He has dyno tested a load of those engines with a near identical setup. The 383 Chevy has been one of the more common stroker engines for several years. It's a 0.30 over 350 with a 400 spec crank.

@zuestoots5176 5 лет назад

easy when you have already ran the engine and tuned it.

@palletjack612 10 лет назад

I love the reinforced glass. What skills! What learning! What fun!

@themanginaman 8 лет назад

the blower with those 2 carbs are more than my whole car

@zuestoots5176 5 лет назад

250$ car here.. lol

@BravoManUK 11 лет назад

This brit likes the way you guys say Jaguar, no need for apologies.

@TheBigBazzy 11 лет назад

THE DRAGUAR LIVES!!! What a great bit of entertainment!

@TheSteve1175 10 лет назад

I just came across this by accident, hope you include this with the roadkill show when you put it in so all the other road kill followers can see it. Motor sounds great.

@whoohaaXL 10 лет назад

2:19 "Hi I'm Dr. Steve Brule. For your health"

@AlexCesare 11 лет назад

The closest I've ever gotten to tuning something is when I overclocked my processor and graphics cards. This was awesome to watch nonetheless :D

@Elkyblack 11 лет назад

So happy to see that the Draguar will live on and worthy of it's name with this new engine. Can't wait for the next episode on it.

@John.407 10 лет назад

He said FORGED not FORD

@DrLoverLover 4 года назад

Cant forge a block idiot

@rogerkoch4658 4 года назад

Forged internals. Crank, rods, pistons

@calebsutherland7544 10 лет назад

Hi, I'm Dr. Steve Brule for your dyno.

@langer24106 11 лет назад

Can't wait to see this engine in the Draguar - the original is the best Roadkill ep to date!

@TheAssassin111 11 лет назад

Fuck yeah! Draguar returns! My personal favorite from the Roadkill series.

@0Sirk0 7 лет назад

EDIT: " In this episode, a Brad Pitt lookalike makes a time bomb."

@MyEman3 11 лет назад

The Draguar lives again!! Breathing fire all the way.

@MotorTrendWatch 11 лет назад

Thanks for the suggestion. We've done stories on it in the magazine before, but never a video. - Jesse K.

@LouSassles 11 лет назад

FINNEGAN IS IN IT. SO I CONSIDER THIS A ROADKILL.

@salemcripple 8 лет назад

isn't just me, or is that guy a spitting image of the crew chief on days of thunder?

@salemcripple 8 лет назад

He does to me :-)

@jocktheglide 8 лет назад

+salemcripple HE IS A IMAGE OF HIM!!!! LMAO...SAME GUY IN GONE IN 60 SECS ALSO....,'AUTO'

@salemcripple 8 лет назад

+jocktheglide this guy gets it!

@WBatte1 8 лет назад

Robert Duval

@blairo15 8 лет назад

I'm gonna give you 30 or 40 more horsepower! I'm going to shape you like a bullet! hahaha! Yep I was thinking the exact same thing. He's Harry Hog!

@FriscoBoatersGarage 10 лет назад

Wait...you said 383 ford... but the distributor is in the back... thats a Chevy 383 stroker!

@mibars 10 лет назад

That just sounded wrong knowing that there was a chevy small block in Jaguar and they would be swapping a Ford instead for some reason...

@cursemudgeon 10 лет назад

FORGED short block. It is a chevy engine.

@mibars 10 лет назад

Matt M Now that sounds right!

@jeremycarden4025 10 лет назад

Matt M sounds obnoxious, responds like over compressed shit, and you're absolutely right that's a forged short block chevy motor.

@1baywatch 9 лет назад

You are correct sir. That is a small block Chevy. Not a Ford.

@2002C5Vette 11 лет назад

Can't wait! Roadkill all the way!

@myfantube 11 лет назад

Yeah, I have huge respect for him. I even like the way the car looks now.

@kwikuk 11 лет назад

I've got the A16 in my X300 XJ. Can't fault it. It's 150k on it and it's still sweet (maintained religiously). I just fancied something a bit quirky in a series 3. Also really want the V8 rumble with the blower whine!

@CrazyPetez 3 года назад

Great video. In 2020, I really enjoyed the way you. Guys interact.

@TheWierdFish 11 лет назад

I own a '72 XJ12. Spent a few years in a field, I restored it when I was 17-18, and it's done me good ever since. That's 8 years of 41 year old, reliable, daily motoring, frequently over 1000 miles a week. I've driven it across Europe, and the USA. It's a reliable, usable, daily car. Yes, it needs more maintenance than some cars, but it's a big, luxury car. The payback is the beautiful ride and driving qualities. Of course, if you don't maintain it, it'll shit out on you, but that's YOUR fault.

@LawrenceGerman 11 лет назад

Well all I can say is, you friend is really special for putting an LED Light Bar intended for Offroad Night time use on a Civic. Hey why don't you tell him to post a video of it on RU-vid before, during & after the install. I know a lot of people who would love to see that.

@trentdawg2832 4 года назад

This is still my favorite road kill car ever!!!

@RockerDuk 11 лет назад

better than any show on discovery

@MotorTrendWatch 11 лет назад

Afterwards he made us paninis - Jesse K.

@ziahreid9269 9 лет назад

Someone call animal control! His chin is being attacked by a furby!

@localcrew 7 лет назад

It's a Merkin.

@MrJeepmarine 5 лет назад

Yeah, I'm glad he grew a proper beard.

@kennyburns8511 4 года назад

I call that look a ballstopper...love me some Finnegan but an odd look and yes I like him better with a full beard

@RPKGameVids 11 лет назад

Lol, fancy seeing you here, it's a small world!

@thebrassmonkey100 11 лет назад

STEVE BRULE !!! c'mon guys, you know what im talking about " Brules Rules"!

@JamesYoung61 11 лет назад

Great episode Mike, good to see the re jetting, minor timing adjustments, etc on the dyno.

@MRGOLDplaysMW2 11 лет назад

I am so glad to see it back to life!

@shaneshane1379 2 года назад

I remember back in the day when I was young, if you saved up for some forged pistons, a cast crank stock rod 350 just turned unlimited. Perfectly dependable for a 250 shot or blower. In the days of young dumb and broke, all that mattered was would it go faster.

@TheGasTap 9 лет назад

Bring the draguar back to Roadkill! Need MOAR

@AGearHead4Life 10 лет назад

Love this show!

@veightengine 10 лет назад

04:00 Otto Halliwell???(Gone in 60 seconds) ha ha ha.Greets from Chile.

@stiliqn007 11 лет назад

nothing gives u better chills than an american engine :)

@IGREGS 11 лет назад

2:20 Holy shyt a real life Steve Brule!!!!

@Brock_Landers 9 лет назад

Someone PLEASE tell them to swap out the rear gears for something a little shorter...the 2.88's that are in that Jag rear end are WAY too small for that engine. It's going to make some good reliable power, but it's just going to be hampered by that rear gear. You need AT LEAST a 3.73 or better to go with that upgraded drivetrain. PLEASE!?

@sqeric 11 лет назад

Absoulue love steve and hes humor. Great guy.

@BadBandar59 11 лет назад

Cant wait to see the new Draguar episode.

@GTVAlfaMan 11 лет назад

I also own a 1980 XJ6, it was given to me by a friend who knew nothing about cars and did not know how to maintain a Jaguar. Yes, you must maintain it, but also, there are things that can happen out of your control. (Electrics, fuel injection, computer, valves,,etc)

@maxhumphery1493 7 лет назад

Why do we not see this thing more like I love it put a roof rack and a roof top tent and make it lake a drag over lander thing!!!

@DestDroid 11 лет назад

Good, kind, fun people.

@awolfalone2006 11 лет назад

I heard that too, and had to double check, he did.

@kennethrpb 11 лет назад

the jag is even better than originally was great video motortrend

@MrUltraworld 11 лет назад

I have a LSX454 powered '05 GTO. It makes those same numbers & it weighs about 400 lbs. Things have come a long way.

@betti2025 11 лет назад

I from puerto rico I love you guys show all my live I see my father work in muscle cars but I never see something like draguar..

@mrcah125 11 лет назад

Can't wait either!

@LadyFleetwood250 10 лет назад

I can only think of 8 or 10 things to go wrong XD thats ok we will just ride it out and see what happens (the best way to test and tune)

@TheSpeedmcs3 11 лет назад

PLEASE COME OUT TO Sacramento again. PLEASE!!! Let fb, or you tube know!!! Would like to meet you and Freiburger, and see the Draguar get into the 10's.

@vegasfordguy 11 лет назад

Can't wait to see what it does. Hopefully they'll drive it in the 120 desert or something cool!

@250xrider1988 8 лет назад

Engine Masters Pilot episode anyone?

@kylelab333221 11 лет назад

Hell yeah can't wait to see the draguar make some moves!!

@powwying 11 лет назад

9:54 that bolt went flying...

@arcadeportal32 11 лет назад

Nice! Almost 700HP! :P Can't wait to see when it's done!

@Luminaring 11 лет назад

Road trip the Draguar. Head out for some car camping at Crawley lake and a little fishing, drinking, and hot springing

@PanozGTR95 11 лет назад

As an Englishman I'm completely offended that you would do something like this to a Jaguar! I mean, why on earth didn't we do it! Badass car.

@FSXWLFS 11 лет назад

We can say it, it's just that in our culture we say it differently. Just like some people call trunks "boots".

@tocsa120ls 11 лет назад

That flywheel bolt popping off was kinda scary :D

@TheLusebule 11 лет назад

Omg i just love the way that car looks

@DougHanchard 7 лет назад

That looks like the 383 that was in Mike's El Camino parking lot engine swap at Summit.

@badopinionsrighthere 6 лет назад

Engine Masters with a special guest star

@darrinsinger4231 6 лет назад

This was filmed long before Engine Masters. It was released in June of '13 so yes this is a precursor to the show and probably why it is being made now

@PaPWPW 11 лет назад

The beard is glorious, not a lumberjack beard, is a beard with identity.-

@Drummin003 11 лет назад

I'm not sure Gavin or Dan have the mental capacity to even know how an engine works. Hell, Gavin doesn't even have a driver's license in the UK or here in the US. Great episode as always and I'm looking forward to seeing the Draguar make a come back because that was just a sad day when that old motor blew up on them.

@bunning63 11 лет назад

If you say the Jag V12 wasn't a performance engine, you have to say for the Euro versions about 150mph for the XJ12 and 155 for the XJS isn't bad for a non performance engine. Remember their quoted hp was not the old SAE system. Later XJ12's were 6 litres by the way. The engine wasn't fragile, rather often the sensor that turned the electric fans on were crap.

@SmacSA 10 лет назад

Draguar, nice, I like that

@DCHutchins 11 лет назад

Good Show....Sort of a spoiler when you name it "Dyno-Tuning the Draguar's 696 Horsepower Supercharged" Love Road Kill keep it going.

@lukethekanefan 11 лет назад

one of the earliest uses of EFI was in 1902 by the French for an aircraft v8 and the first commercial gasoline injection was created by bosch

@carbonarc23 11 лет назад

I'm from the home of Jag-you-are, but this is the Yankee DragWaaaaar damnit!!

@o0bananaman0o 11 лет назад

cant wait to see that thing in the draguar. hopefully they do up the chassis and suspension as well

@wavejumpinseadoo 11 лет назад

It's Brule's Rules! With Dr. Steve Brule!

@SoCalFreelance 11 лет назад

looks like a movie prop

@yevdavydov2573 11 лет назад

It's like he's being attacked by a tarantula.

@561nicholas 10 лет назад

I love the sound of ford short blocks.

@Miss__Victoria 10 лет назад

me to, too bad that's not a ford engine lol that's a chevy 383 stroker, he said at the end he didn't even really know what motor that was and I know just looking at the longtube headers and water pump and and and well EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT ENGINE LOOKS LIKE A CHEVROLET 383 STROKER lol secondly no one makes a Ford 383 stroker kit

@14478johnny 10 лет назад

Forged* not ford

@Miss__Victoria 10 лет назад

???

@bunning63 9 лет назад

What Ford?

@evogibson92 10 лет назад

use the draguar for the next episode or roadkill!

@NickRoman 11 лет назад

Here's an idea. The next time you "try out" a new car, take it where you want it to be when it's dead first. That way, no towing necessary.

@Dannyvirk 6 лет назад

I miss these guys

@nhraman76 11 лет назад

Can't wait for the next episode

@xxRamD3yruxx 10 лет назад

He said 383 forged short block get a hearing aid

@DrLoverLover 4 года назад

Cant forge a block idiot. Theyre cast

@rogerkoch4658 4 года назад

Forged internals. Crank, rods and pistons.

@pex3 11 лет назад

IT'S REAL LIFE STEVE BRULE!

@karljacobson1841 9 лет назад

This is so cool, it's a hot rod with a tuxedo on! Lol. For when James bond is in a big hurry!! :-)

@BobSwagger75 11 лет назад

Holy fire balls isn't that Robert duvel!!

@Mrhobby12v 11 лет назад

I love the draguar

@torod213 11 лет назад

Ok now I just can't wait!!

@richardtattersall647 10 лет назад

if you put a fan blower in the workshop blowing cold air towards the supercharger it should help as it simulates going through the air [driving forwards]. they do this at rolling road tuning garages. I'm from England it's jaguar no w in jaguar .....^....