I Broke My Supercharged 1967 Chevy C10 On the Way to Cletus' Bristol 1000 Race!
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2023
- Episode 259 of Mike Finnegan's Garage was so fun to make! Joe Cole and I prepped my Chevy truck for a road trip to Cletus McFarland's Bristol 1000 oval track race at Bristol Motor Speedway. The we road tripped the C10 and my Cummins-Swapped '73 Chevy Squarebody to the race. Of course the trip did not go smoothly but the race did. I ended up beating 23 other drivers and finished in 8th Place. Not a bad result for a dude with very little wheel-to-wheel racing experience. Hope you enjoy this video and please tell your friends about it.
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To have the Grave Digger himself respect you like that...holy crap, man. That's badass
The fact Steve walked away from that wreck with nothing more than a little soreness from the seatbelts is a testament to how much the Cletus crew is taking safety.
Tye and the crew are killing it.
@@gcrauwels941 finally. took a couple of near death experiences for them to wake up
@ClickOnProfile725I call BS!
Mate, you live every gear heads dream life
Mate, I’d be happy if someone just called me mate😂
What breaking down all the time unless it's what someone else built.
@@andrewmeadows2596 that's part of the passion.... build, break, repeat!
I'd give my left nut to have clutch problems like that in a nice truck.
@@andrewmeadows2596I’m even more pissed when someone else built it and it breaks.
Dennis is such a humble man, a genuine legend! Down to earth good ole boy.
In your bell housing also add a drain hole on the bottom so any leaky fluids can get out without having to loosen bolts. Plus it will give you an indicator of a problem BEFORE the clutch bathes in fluids.
Only issue is there’s so much air moving around from that clutch spinning it would cost the clutch before you see a drip anyway
Motorcyclist won't like you
Cleetus has taken every RUclipsr that becomes a part of his race, and just skyrockets them. He has done so much for motorsports, and help to boost many great careers for people that it is insane. The Bristol 1000 is becoming the Superbowl of RUclips. The access to the behind the scenes is great, and to see each youtubers prospective makes it even more enjoyable. I always look forward to seeing this race now. Hope it keeps going for a long time.
And yet had to move content to his own platform for streams due to RUclips!
@@Mr_DenutoI feel like that move was more about creative control, he wanted a TV style presentation with multiple cameras and YT live doesn't have the tools he needed.
What are you waffling about, Mike had a plenty successful career before meeting Cleetus... Mike worked hard to get where he is, to say Cleetus blew him up is a big mistake...Mike was doing cool stuff when Cleetus was a twitch in his dads nut sack...
@@mikescherrer4923 I'd say that's a perk. RUclips would take a fair slice of the stream pie.
Now he has 100" of the pie and has ironed out the kinks.
The streaming subscription would fund these events with change without looking on YT earnings
this is what we ARE ALL SPOOSED TO DO!!!
*HELP EACH OTHER SO WE ALL CAN BE WINNERS!~!!!!!*
WE ALL CAN BE WINNERS !!!
maybe not first on the PODIUM BUT FIRST IN LINE FOR THE FUN !! :)
TAKE THE *M* FROM *ME*
AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN
TO A *W* FOR *WE*
AND *WE* TOGETHER
WILL MAKE THE WHOLE BETTER!!!!
DO GOOD & BE GOOD
and MAKE THE WHOLE BETTER
WHILE DOING BOTH!!!!!!!
THERE IS ENUF ROOM FOR IS ALL TO *DO GOOD*
ELEVATE not escalate !!!
the ONLY thing that should be
BANNED IS THE HATE !!!!!!!
(well and stupidity but that is my own pet peeve! LOL sigh I STAND ON THE *BAN THE HATE!!!* one tho!!)
Love the look of satisfaction on Finn’s face when he gives it the beans after fixing the clutch!
Absolute ripper of an Ep! Enjoyed the interview with Dennis Anderson. Two Absolute legends on motorsport entertainment right there!
The struggle is real with hot rodding!! So glad you show issues as they pop up and don’t sugar coat reality..
Watching your channel takes me back to Saturday mornings watching Gears, truck shows, hot rods and racing. Gear heads know the shows.
The part where the wreck happened in front of Finn was the scene in Days of Thunder when Cole had to drive through the smoke to win. Awesome driving.
I don't care about NASCAR but the Cletus' Bristol 1000 is amazing. I love everything about it.
I love Demo Matt’s idea of the 3 wheel motion burnout and how everybody has shown it on their channel. 🤘🏼🤘🏼
I put Mike Finnegan next to Dennis Anderson as the same kind of people!! You guys are so entertaining, down to earth and just plain fun!!!
Watching Mike and Gravedigger Sr. fanboying each other was just so funny to watch... 😁😁😁
Man Cleet threw down in toast! Wow. I'm actually impressed. Well done from down under (home of the burnout)
Those Blair tools "mini hole saw bits" are intended for drilling out factory spot welds. The center point is spring loaded for helping with centering, while the purpose of the hole-saw looking outter circumference is meant to cut just the outter thin layer of a factory welded sheet metal separating it from the underneath layer & in theory leaving the bottom sheet metal layer uncut.
The editing on your videos is next level now! Major props to the person you have handling that now.
Quick tip mike, drill an 1/8 or smaller pilot prior to using the rotobroach. The pilot size is 1/8” on the tool. Typically i drill slightly under 1/8 to prevent the bit from walking any in the event your 1/8” bit egged the hole. Tricks of the trade 👍🏼
Never met a hydraulic throwout bearing that failed to fail.
Better off with a fork and external cylinder :)
@@oambrosiaImpecable Logic. Y'know the thing that ruins logic and reliability, is a bean counter saving money.
@@oambrosiaEven better with just a cable operated clutch
3:03 I'd say transport guy had some fun with your truck.
I'd say you missed the last couple videos on this truck then. 😂 Mr Finnegan needs absolutely no help destroying clutches. In fact, he needs someone to help him stop destroying them, because every third or fourth episode is about him destroying a clutch on one vehicle or another 🤣 it kills me, at 5 minutes sharp you can see the transmission blowing fluid from where the lines go in when they started it up. I thought immediately the remote bleeder line he has on there. Turns out the line from the master in pretty much the same spot. What I can't figure is how they missed it, with video evidence, and days in advance of the trip. A punch in the crotch for sure
Wow! The one, the only, the MOST LEGENDARY MONSTER TRUCK DRIVER EVER,, Mr. Dennis Anderson. Anyone who knows monster trucks surely LOVE what Dennis Anderson did for monster truck racing. He set the bar of fantastic only a very few have been able to find. So cool!
My kind of video that I knew you could get back too. Nice job guys!! Keep these kind of videos coming.
Best video in quite a while good old Finnegan style roadkill style👍🇺🇸🍺🤣
This makes working on a Sunday just a little more bearable...
This does? Double time makes it more bearable for me lol.
@@nickhale117 double time just means more for Uncle Sam lol
Absolutely adore the sounds that come from the C10. The exhaust note, the sounds the trans make (clunk), the absolutely sweet sounds the engine makes thanks to that close ratio trans. It is one SWEET hotrod!
Livin the Dream!!! You are this generations Denis Anderson…Keep doin what you do!!!!
I love these long videos, helps my Sunday morning chores!! Rock on!!!
Loved the Elwood Blues reference. Make Jake happy and fix the cigarette lighter 😂😂😂
"i would drive it till theres smoke coming out the back" and THAT is why i like GraveDigger! He would launch it off these insane jumps! Ive seen him donuts and axis spins with only 3 wheels and it be smoking out the back n everything! I love it! Keep giving her hell!
Yes, we need the video of Dennis driving your kids around in a monster truck!
Dennis Anderson seems a top bloke. Was a riot on the Faster with Finnegan episode and seen him on a couple other things where he's just the nicest man to whoever he meets.
I was there 🙏🙌👏 Thank you for making my trip worth wild I can't belive Mike remembered me from last years race! I am going to print and frame our picture together when I get home! ❤❤❤
This was pure gold. It was a pleasure meeting you at LS Fest and thanks so much for letting me check your c10 out!
"We're gonna be late" is just the Roadkill unofficial motto 😂
Finnegan in his happy place. Always nice to see!
Qualified #19 is good,, put him near mid pack no matter what they did with the starting positions. @1:07:24,, I've not seen anyone make this comment yet,, CUDO'S TO THE PILOT OF THAT DRONE! He/she got some AWESOME footage with that drone!
Bringing racing back to the people, love it.
Awesome stuff, Mike! Great conversation with Dennis. #FinneganSpeedAndMarine
Excellent job on filming the burnout pit. Hardly anyone gets them from the stands and it's really the best viewing.
The monster the C10 is, but I love the Roadkill ramp truck even more. Mike rotisserie restored the truck ti be his dream, and then slapped the ROADKILL sticker on the side because that’s where it came from and that’s who he is and it’s awesome.
How many beer drinking nights have been spent dreaming of what him and Frieburger do for fun/work? As he always says “ I love my job”. Congrats man.
Fun can't even begin to explain what that entire event seemed like. Even with the truck problems it looked like an absolute blast!
As far as the throw out bearing. On myShelby Cobra I kept it simple and used a slave cylinder that is on the exterior of the bell housing.
I am not a fan of a hydraulic line going inside a bell housing but that is me.
Love the real world problems solving and overall content Mike. Glad you have an assistant.
these style are supposed to be better but they seem like a major headache
@@araybeezy1653 well Mike has shown what a headache they really are. Yes you don’t have to deal with a mechanical arm but I see no other benefits of a hydraulic clutch throw out bearing. Just more stuff to go wrong. I designed my setup and it works and has been trouble free. That includes racing the Cobra.
@@morganleblanc730 well technically there's less stuff to go wrong. only it's more of a hassle when it does and likely more probable to go wrong.
@@morganleblanc730good on you. Toyota figured it out 50 or so years ago. And Honda used mechanical/cable operated clutches forever. At 300k miles or so, you might have to take up some slack because the cable stretched, and it's possible though unlikely to break one. But super quick and easy to replace. Go back to 5 minutes exactly in the video, and you can see the thing blow fluid when they started it. Way back before all the incorrect repairs. I immediately said to my cat look at that, bet that remote bleeder or the line from the master is the problem. Could have saved them every bit of trouble related to it had they noticed that. What a punch in the crotch
Great race. Great driving. Looking forward to seeing you in the next race
How cool is that... Dennis Andersen putting you on a pedestal!! Thanks for your videos!
Great episode Mike. Pure entertainment. Cheers
i love this stuff. Kevin smith is too good.
By far the ultimate man cave, I live through you, GOD Bless.
Dennis Anderson. The legend!!! Awesome sauce. Another GraveDigger fan here
Great video.not just your step by step
explanation but the way you handle the situation. You are a good person and that's rare.
As a 44 yo dude Dennis Anderson is the most insane monster truck driver-engineer hands down the Legend. Not to mention the son hes stepped up and filled the shoes even better as all us real Dads wish and hope our offspring do.
Wait, are you 44? Or talking about Ryan, his son that drives the truck now? Cause Dennis is in his 60s.
I love watching corn cob in the background of Mat from demolition ranch doing a 3 wheeled donut in his lowrider
you do excellent videos.....especially the road trips!
I love watching you do what I wanted to do. Keep it up
Killer video and great job in the race, keep up the great work.
looked like an amazing weekend of fun.
i love your c-10 and thank you for making cool videos for us to watch!
The song that was played while you were working on the sheet metal is awesome. You guys always pick epic music to go with these videos.
Great job Mike not only finished 8 but finished safely.
Good job spotting that problem... clutch over-travel. Amazing what just a small oversight can cause.
Like return hydraulic lines touching rotating disks... Very sad, but good opportunity for a better design.
Looking forward to see what this monster can really do, when it's working properly. That'll be satisfying.
What a great episode! You're awesome!
AWESOME RACE DUDE!!!!
Good job, oh and I just love the C10!!!!❤
Great job Mike
Finishing the race
8th is better than
DNF
The interview with Dennis Anderson was cool!!!….. still a Bigfoot fan though 😂
That looks like so much fun.
Awesome trip , great video
Its always neat to me seeing you guys just up the road from where i live. Hope to see you at drag week up there on the 20th.
This video is very timely. You just convinced me to go with an external slave instead of the hydraulic throwout bearing lol.
congrats! the only handicap spot in the rest area I could see and you grabbed it. Good job!
Anderson is such a cool guy. My favorite truck has always been the Grave Digger. Tye and the FF team really upped their game with the car safety. 43:00 you could see the hose up against the clutch. Congrats on eighth place!!
You can watch it blow fluid at 5 minutes flat, and then watch them never figure it out. It'll be painful when he reads one of these comments or finds that little juicy bit of footage that could have saved all the trouble way back in the beginning.
Congrats Mike!
Awesome ! That was a great video.
Great job! The wheelbarrow comment was hilarious!!😂
My Sunday morning video!!!!
You just made my day again Mike ! Sunday mornings with you, and Sunday afternoons with Seahawks football, a steak, and some Rum and Coke. It just don't get much better for me !!! To quote Creedence Clearwater Revival, "Keep on Chooglin".
Would you like to make a wager on next week's game, lions v Seahawks. Maybe a FSM shirt.
A high horsepower vehicle breaking down on a road trip. Where have I seen that before?😉
Straight legend. When I walk into the local Napa wearing the FSM shirt, they tell the tale of you coming in.
Thanks Finn , love and peace brother !
That jerky was really good thanks for sharing
What a fun video!!! MORE!!! Let's get a vacation at the Andersons' video!!!
Step drill for the win. Chuck those other things to the back of the toolbox!
Wow, that roll pan looks so good on those C10’s
Excellent driving
Your hired hand is a genius😂
Diagnosing that clutch problem seemed close to genius to me. Installing that front roll pan seemed close to ROADKILL to me. 😊
C10 Is badass. It'll get sorted. The race looks so fun. Not really a Nascar fan, but I'd watch this race for sure.
Awesome Vid.. Steve Morris hit the wall so Hard...Glad he's ok
I got to meet you at LS Fest on Friday. Thank you for the shirts and taking the time to talk.
I think Dennis Anderson saying he's YOUR fan might be about the highest award anyone can earn.
Looks like good clean fun as usual 😂
The C10 is so sick!
Why not go to a slave cylinder setup to actuate the clutch fork and use a conventional throw out bearing? That way none of the fittings are inside the bell housing.
Best Bristol video yet !!! 🌵🌵💀💀👍👍🌵🌵
Great video Mike!
Sure looks like a lot of fun 😉. Really enjoyed the content 🤠.
Great video again 🎉
I used to think, wow, must be nice.. he always has the top of the line stuff in all his builds. Turns out he has more problems and works on his junk way more than I do.. 😅
I'm jellies, I've raced bombers & street stocks on Quarter & half mile tracks for A long time, but never some place like Bristol! That looked like a lot of fun. I'm old & banged up now!
Glad to see you have someone in your corner to help you out with everything. You really need it. Welcome to the team ( hope you are ready) . Lmao 😂🤙