So happy for you.. its been an exciting project to watch come along..& one that you can certainly be proud of.. thxs for sharing!

Nice burnout..💪💪😁😁👍👍

I thank we need to see a face off between The Covair and PappDa jeep

Amazing!!! The Corvair sounds awesome!!! Been waiting for it to run and drive!!! 👏👏👏👌 Can't wait until it's completed

I had an old '01 Silverado with that exact same engine. If memory serves, it was the last of the OEM small blocks with a cabled throttle body. Everything that came after was all electronically-controlled and needed that special skinny pedal. They may not be dead-simple to work on like the old carbed engines of yesteryear but those LM7s certainly have a lot of aftermarket support and parts available which makes them about as simple to work on as possible in the modern era. The next step up would likely be an LQ4 - if you want an engine that'll take mods 'til the cows come home, that's the one. I've heard of drag-racing guys using that LQ4 block to the strip with well in excess of 1000hp and who knows how much torque. (And, yes, I know the LQ4 and LQ9 are differentiated only by the heads - the LQ4's heads are dished out a bit more to lower the compression ratio while the LQ9s are filled in raising the compression ratio. They're otherwise identical.) Once you do a proper shakedown and fix the overall chassis issues, swapping in any other GM small block ought to be a piece of cake.

It will be hard to tell it apart from the yellow banana , until you turn the key ! What a fun build , great job everybody involved !

Are you going to put a locker in it?

I swear I wish these videos were 3 hours long. Can’t get enough of you guys!

I truly admire people with mechanical ability as I have none whatsoever.

That is an amazing amount of work to get to that stage. Scary title though!!!

Nice one tire fire there.

Check that you have full opening of the throttle butterfly.... when you were showing the pedal moving it, there was a clonk like the pedal bottoming out, but the butterfly was no where near fully open....

One man stands alone with his machine. Ahhhh ahhhh, more power! Awesome work, Matt, Rudy, Trevor and Team.

Unless youve swapped it out, the XJ has a 20.1gal tank.

My XJ has a 20 gal tank

Sounds great... not driving it... yeah right.

I thought you'd agree that one of those rear tires just had too much rubber on it.

She's alive ✔👍🇺🇲👍

I loved the background antics at 12:30, had to go back and make sure I actually saw it and it made me laugh just as much the second time.

You're a character.

Next Matt's gonna use a 56 corvette for a recovery vehicle.....the crazy thing is he would find a way.....

YOU GUYS ARE AN AMAZING TEAM. BURN OUT ROCKED! (I GIGGLED LIKE AT A SCHOOL GIRL) COUPLE MORE DAYS.....YES PLEASE!!

“EPIC”!! So excited to see it on the road.

I envy those who get to find these corvair videos later down the road and don't have to wait a week for each episode to come out

You guys are like kids at Christmas, but rightly so. Good Job, she lives. Looking forward to the rest being done so we can see it in action. Nice sound to the exhaust. I think you are going to get calls for recovery just so they get to see the Corvair.

I can't believe how invested I am with this build! Thanks so much for allowing us to ride shotgun on your journey.

We have a machine called Rudy. You shouldn't say things like that Matt when folk are drinking. Makes us leak.....................

Smoky Unick will tell you why and how that cross pipe on the exhaust works. He is the master of power gains with exhaust systems.

Perfect gas tank for sure. Run it.

0:05 I thought you had the heater resting on the ladder 😂😂

Nothing worse than the sludge left behind from a soft compound burnout. Just like the pumpkin diff and fab rat green transmission, that rubber should stay there👍 Is it done yet?😎

With your transmission cooler mountain right next to the fuel tank, won’t that heat up your fuel and if so will it make any kind of a difference just curious I’m not a mechanic.

I see trophies. They are in the garage on a shelf. I see a step ladder to polish them. There must be a story here. :) LOL

So excited to see this beauty get to work that ls is gonna make easy work of those sand hills 😛

Nice, an off-roader with muscle car back fire

What is the reason for not having the ORI Struts on the back axle?

Love the sound. Question though, dose the throttle body open up all the way, before the gas pedal hits it's stops.

208th!

Did I count 5 corvairs at 15:37? Plus a ramp side Corvair truck?

Glad to see the legally required tradition of doing a burn out when a project is completed was followed

In the UK we have a saying "Grinning like a Cheshire cat" look at Matts big grin it says it all, well done all especially Rudy his welding and fabrication work is second to none, cant wait to see the finished truck it will look awesome

Congratulations guys, massive projects like these are character building. It takes an immense amount of patience and that’s where I struggle. I just want to see the project done so I can go drive it. Keep up the good work and patience. Wait a second, did Matt just drive it without seats?

With the anticipation of the Corvair running, this video was wayyyyyyyyyy to short........ I can't believe ya'll almost have it done, WOW. It'll really be something when you go out for your first recovery. Can you believe how many THOUSANDS of people are waiting for this vehicle to hit the road. You would have never thought......

so loud :) so incredible, in my country you cannot build yourself this kind of engine! Congrats, all the team!!

Man that thing is sick I want to go get stuck now just to get pulled out by it

You can't have it mobile and not drive it! So sweet how close it is now!

Exhaust....hood stacks are easy"

Matt the corvair is looking good, but are you concerned about not having enough storage room and any room for the dogs? I love your channel and enjoy what you do, plus how your family is always involved

What's it's name?!

U guys came a long way

I am very glad for the team ! Matt really deserves that burn out ! The tire stain on the body of the Corvair should stay !

How long until we get to see this thing with a custom ground cam in it?

What is it with Americans doing burnouts? You spend all that time and money building a great car then lunch the tyres. I just don't get it.

i guess thats why it didnt want to idle the o2 sensor was still on the bench

Ya guys need to fix the one wheel peel issue.. both rear tires should be burning. Lol. But great job guys love the build

lol Kendra dancing in the background

Heck yes! Fire it up

You know Matt.......Paul test drives his cars without brakes. lol Really enjoy your channel.

good work boys!

Nice job coming together super nice! Can't wait to see it all twisted up pulling people out!

Good morning!

Nice!

Btw: That Burnout was EPIC!! 💯👌🏽

Great job you guys did 👏 👍

Sounds awesome

If you turn on closed captions it says "Music" when ever the engines are running.

This is such a cool project ! Remember when you started the channel and you said you couldn't adlib? you have come a loooonnnng way with your comfort in front of camera.

Love it, the sound is amazing!

Looking good! Are those the tires you're going to keep on there? Just curious because I'm thinking of buying the milestar patagonias. Are you guys still fans?

RAD! 🤘🤘

Hey Rudy! Don't forget to tighten those bolts. This is your reminder.

A good morning to to you as well! A perfect Sunday morning stimulator........my decaf just ain't cut'n it......so that wuz the tire burn I wuz smell'n down below at my Arizona cabin......Chicka boom Chicka boom!!

Burnout, check!

Heck yeah boyyyyyy!!!!! Let's Go!!!!!

Totaly Nutz great build .

I have a 15 gallon tank in my Ls3 Solstice. It gets plenty of range. Ls motors are just broken in at 100k miles. Good choice

One man stands alone, best thing I heard all week!

Matt and the 1 wheel peel!

Really enjoyed watching this one! Congrats!

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