My 850 Horsepower C7 Corvette Blew Up... Here's What Happened! (bald eagle down)
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- BALD EAGLE DOWN... I REPEAT, BALD EAGLE DOWN!!!!
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Cleetus McFarland
12961 44th St N. Ste B
Clearwater, FL 33762
United States of America
Would hate this thing to have a 1000hp setup.... 😂🦅
Awe mann, that would be the worst!
Could you put that huge engine in??
Cleetus McFarland 1400. Do it for Dale. Hell source a NASCAR Engine!
That's it's future
Saw the TSP post on facebook today... I know what's going down. Hell yeah brother
Not going to lie when he says "I'm a little heart broken right now" with a big ol' nitrous bottle in the background I can't help but chuckle
I definitely chuckled! 😂
Isnt that a co2 boost control system?
Hilarious lol
I was thinking the same thing. Nitrous is a great way to blow up your engine.
c s that is exactly what I was thinking at that part of the video!🤣😂🤣
What I don’t understand is, there’s a dale truck designed to turn left. Ownership of a circle track (designed to turn left), and no content of the dale truck on the track 😔🤔 that truck gets no airtime. Such a bummer
They've got a lot of work on their hands. Pretty sure they will get a video going soon with the Dale truck brother
If you watched the video update on the Dale truck it's going under the knife for a change up so it can corner.
Edward Molloy haven’t they been planning on s new motor or did that already happen lol it’s been so longh
They also don’t want to wreck it. They said it’s a one of a kind build and it’d be hard to fix it if it hits the wall
@@harleydanforth5986 the Dale truck has had a 427 for possibly over a year now.
It's NA 600 odd HP off the top of my head.
When you said "we already have 2 Turbo Corvettes" I was like "Ruby, and............ What else?"
I forgot Leroy was a Corvette 😂😂
Leroy is the "Nudist" Corvette. He ain't got no cloths on.
@@batsonelectronics all natural baby
GM needs to take their cues from Leroy, lean and mean go fast!
"Yeah dude I left the choke on doin' 'bout 80 and she popped"🤣🤣🤣
Don’t let the cars and engines distract you from James’ expert technique pulling that drain plug with zero mess. Give that man a raise!
Right after the intro played I hear my 6 year old say “Hell yea Brother” from upstairs. Im not the least bit upset. 🇺🇸
Hahaha my 4 year old little one will copy him ever time she hears him say it
I can’t even imagine what would’ve happened to me if I said that at 6 years old
James is really interesting. He has such a volt of information and experience. You should feat him in your videos as much as possible he's got a good personality for it too. Keep up the good work boys
anarchyr32 vault. He’s not made of electricity.
@Chris Anderson wow
What snakeshit said
He is extremely knowledgeable
You wanna get to know James better don’t ya
Make it a standing mile car. It still has all the aerodynamics to it, give her a sweet mill and let her eat at 230mph.
THIS!!!
I fucking second this
He doesn't have a mil
It all started with turbo exhaust whistles 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸 moment of silence for the bald eagle machine 🦅
nickman 154 that might’ve been the first video I watched on this channel. Just in my feed one day and that’s all she wrote!
Get the clutch checked out. I second the thrust bearing failing. We just finished a LT4 at the machine shop that had a near identical heat mark on the crank. Thrust bearing failed and the debris took out the other bearings. Culprit was a twin disk clutch putting to much pressure on the crank. Just a FYI.
Preston Phillips so the slave was shimmed too close or the fingers required too much force to open?
Could be a compound of the clutch and the pressure of the blower on the crank that blew the thrust out
I thought this thing was auto.. has the flappy paddle shifters?
@@mickromer6199 all c7s have them, used for rev matching in the manuals
@@lukeleininger6044 copy that just went back and double checked sure does
When your shop has a tool dedicated to cutting open oil filters to inspect for how much damage, you know you’re doing something right! Hell yeah brother!
Can we just appreciate how far he coasted her 🥵😂
Straight up mile and a half.
HELLA far 😂😂👏
Reminded me of a plane emergency landing and gliding in. It was impressive.
I've taken that route dozens of times: I-75 to 301 into Anna Maria Oyster bar (right across the street from that gas station). It's even longer than it looks in the video! Impressive!
Well Florida is flat AF. So no uphills.
“It looks soo fresh without a hood on it!”
Oh no, that was the one complete Corvette he had!
“Brakes are for losers” sounds like a new T-Shirt idea! Lol
"Its not looking that bad"
"oh its looking that bad"
-Cleet 2020 Haha
James was the first one who said "Oh, it's looking that bad".
President?
Wish I could blow a engine and not wanna jump off a bridge.
I have absolutely grenaded an engine while driving on a bridge and heavily contemplated just drive it over the edge.
@@schlac_9ine5ive37 monka
@@jradish I respect that and I feel most people who see that wont get it.
If u want that gotta have money
i wish i could afford an engine that had the chance of blowing up
I feel like this deserves an “I will remember you” black n white montage of all the things that got shoved up the exhaust in the early days of the channel
Austin B yeah that’s what brought me to this channel all those years ago
Lol same here I think it was the whistles that wss the first video I seen from him
With skid rows - I remember you in the background
Cleetus to Jeremy: The C7 blew up! Jeremy: You aren’t joking this time are you?
Throw Leroys drivetrain in and lets see if there's a difference with aero.
Brotherdeath69 it’s not if there’s a difference it’s how much of a difference
@@votive7478 I agree
For real
There may be a lottle difference. And weight difference.
There's going to be a huge difference they are 2 completely different engines one is an ls 1 is an LT
I missed these engine pulling and diagnostic vids. Back to the old days. Good stuff
Got Jeremy in there at the end telling him to buy stuff to make it faster. Reminds me of the shed days and pumping horsepower into Leroy!
His channel has evolved immensely in the past couple months with the Freedom Factory and all... He didn’t forget about his roots he is just busy with all the new stuff.
30 thousand and it blows "owes us nothing" my 92 Cheyenne with 300 thousand blows "this thing owes me everything"
😂
Best one
this is what having money is like.
Yeah but it didn't help you start a RUclips channel that lead you to buying your own race track. That Vet made him a millionaire. Your Chevy took you to McDonald's
“Damn dude, this thing looks SICK without a hood” welp here we go
Is toast going to lose her blower? 😂
Bald Eagle going to start looking like Leroy...
Bald Leroy it is.
Josh Fox ruby mrk2
Exactly what I said!😂
Twin superchargers
Love how nonchalant. ‘See some smoke we got a little fire here?’ All chill lol
A moment of silence for the engine that brought us together and planted freedom factory embryo some 3 years ago
James has to really love what he does. Pulling motors every time cleetus cranks something up
Fucking right. Wrenching is great!
"The most reliable ones break" while a bottle of nitrous is in frame hahahahaha
I was thinking the same thing haha
Haha, nailed it
Can we just salute the c7 for with standing the cleetus abuse for this long 💥🙏🏽🙏🏽🤣
The reliable car breaks, and the story is being told with a nitrous bottle just sitting there 😂
Ain’t hooked up tho
Stock bottom/top, 900 HP to the crank, with a bottle bolted to the ass end, and Cleetus with a 50lb foot..... I'd say she lived well past her prime lol.
Yeah thats what i was thinking... Talking about the power it made with a bottle in the back ground hahahaha.
“Ruby’s getting a new 427!” C7- “Hold my Mt Dew!”
LMFAO
Left the choke on, hate when that happens
I love how James always just lays it out. No BS just this is the way it is and how it can be fixed. Solid dude.
yeah no point being cagey about it. chasing down the wrong problems or sugar coating it just wastes time
I would love to see Turbo Yoda working on a car with
James.
Yeah kinda guy you want on your team
minzahhh1 for sure
Well he's a little more excited about pulling out now that the last time produced more than a knocked up motor to say the least.
Step one of owning a car for a normal person: wheels and suspension
Cleetus: TAKE THAT DANG HOOD OFF
skidnation360 😂😂
Lmao
I remember when the channel was based off shoving whistles in the exhaust of the bald eagle machine
Yup
I still get that video recommended, lol
Duck calls as well
Was going to like this post but had to leave it at 69, baby.
Whenever lifting an engine out, you will always test the tensile strength of at least one wire, hose or clamp.
James saying "that red headed you know what has had 5 engines and I'm still on my stock one? Hell no... watch this." 🤣
James looks a little too happy to be pulling the motor... lol "job security"
Heck, having Cleetus as a boss/customer, is almost as good as perfect job security if you're a mechanic that is good at high power engines. 😁
As if he needed job security, hahaha.
The moment when your like " i don't want to do this" then your like "oh yeah I'm employed " 😅
You and Jeremy have become incredibly successful essentially side by side. With all of the youtube drama out there, your crew the boosted boys and the fasterprom guys are the best build channels on the youtube.
Can't forget about PFI Brent and his family
ruby: I've had 5 motors
and the c7 was like: hold my bearings))
Cleetus: all the cars are running reliably and good to go
Bald eagle machine : hold my mountain dew
I think they blew Ruby up too. Saw something on Boostedboiz video about it. Nothing here though.
James: ever since that red head came to town 😂😂
this had me so baaaaad ahahahahhahaah
Yes sir, gotta watch out for those Red Heads, they're bad to the bone and so is my Birdy🤣
😂 I also laughed way to hard at that
Could we get a video of James' history before being a part of the channel? He seems so educated in nearly everything y'all throw his way. Where did he get his his knowledge and experience from?
From his dad
That would be pretty sweet
id just like to know how they met... seems like he just kinda showed up one day
Agree!
Yeah, inquiring minds need to know. If he put that up on his channel, he'd get some views for sure.
"That red head came in and got 5 motors and im on my stock motor" i say you MtDew that bad boy and do it for dale!
not really a car guy, cleetus popped up on my recommended when he bought the freedom factory... been loving this content you have been putting out and James is a freaking legend.
I recomend you try the hobby ^-^ rewarding and satisfying when it gets done right. Ntm saves you alot of money cause you dont have to pay labor costs of a mechanic shop
If you're new you need to watch "WORLD'S FIRST Stick Shift GM In The SEVENS! Leroy's Most INSANE Pass!", I made a bunch of my non car guy friends watch it and they all enjoyed it.
redwolf gaming and mechanics building race cars is not cheap in anyway period. It’s worth it, but it sure as shit ain’t cheap especially when it’s done right. It takes everything you have to be fast.
@@codyharris8736 to be fast yes its expensive, to have fun in a car and have a sense of pride when you look at ur vehicle, not that expensive. Not everyone wants to have 1000+ HP some people just want to ride
You've been missing out for years, but you just got on at the best time yet.
Cleetus “None of my cars have hoods” McFarland
Michael Rymkos it’s a lifestyle
I was going to say, that's very Roadkill-esque!
@@kellyscars Did someone almost call me?
Petition to take the hood off the new Ram?
Galaxie has a hood.
I love Cleetus talking like 29,000 miles was a grand achievement lmao 😂 I guess for him and the way he drives it is.
For 900+ on the crank it's pretty damn good, especially for the abuse
@@Sk1m_Beeble on a stock motor too, everything that was done to it was bolt on.
It's weird he gets all disappointed when his cars blow up given the horrendous abuse he gives them. His 29,000 miles is equivalent to 160,000 miles in a stock c7 that was respected and looked after. You keep kicking something in the guts, at some point you're going to hurt it. That's a fact of life 😐
🤦🏼♂️ at least you name is true. You are pretty wonky
I think it's because this one was paid full price for originally while all his others were brought used and abused.
Turbo and supercharger combo machine 🔥
As an o.g. viewer it almost brought a tear to my eyes seeing the ol bald eagle machine let go☹ just do her good cleet and bring her back. Hell I wouldnt care if it was the same motor and setup just rebuilt, she was practically the start of the channel
"and then the most reliable ones start to break." and there's a nitrous bottle in the background @1:22
Doesnt mean it wasnt reliable
“Damn dude, this thing looks SICK without a hood” - Cleetus McFarland
Ah shit, here we go again... 😂
“It definitely isn’t like one of ruby’s but it’s definitely got some chunks”😂
It’s hard to believe you don’t have a winch in the trailer.
he is there..
@@jan_vyhnak its a good hard working one too xD
Jan Vyhňák what do you mean he is there
themetal
About at 40 is when I bought my winch, and tilt trailer. I’m 62 now. You make sense.
Previously: "We're gonna need to find a use for this Blueprint 10.3"
C7: *Yeets itself*
Cleetus: "Let us know what we should do"
🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
i dont think it will fit but would be hella sick
som buddy grinder and sledge will make anything fit
Just remove the entire engine bay, it'll fit
Definitely needs more nose weight. Go ahead and hang a bigger blower out there too.
"Yeets itself"😅
C7 said “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move”
even when he fails... He is a bad ass. Nice. You are inspirational.
@4:50 I love the whole “ol’ girl doesn’t owe me a thing” with the NOS bottle featured right behind his head...🤣
Truer words hath never been uttered.
(I mean, right behind “Bartle Skeet, a day with Cleet, let’er eat an’ burn dem feet!”)
“I don’t know what the plan is if we’re gonna build a crazy motor for it..... *smiles and laughs* I mean that’s probably what’s gonna happen” I love this channel Hahaha
Zach Dreyer Zach
Cleetus: drop a comment, what do you think we should do?
Rob Dahm: ..(heavy breathing).
This comment was the best one 👌🏻
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dahm is working on getting a C8 to swap he is one upping a C7 swap :)
*Brap intensifies*
Underrated comment right here folks😂😂
Considering what that engine has been through as a stock unit, bloody impressive.
*gets sad when his daily blows up*
*has massive bottle of NoS in the trunk*
With a blower lmao
He never used the nitrous
@@ToxicMisfitsYt yup just a paid display
Judging from the videos I’d say his daily is chief
Adonaiyah Teemann no it was hooked up I just don’t think he uses it
We need a “brakes are for losers” shirt now plz! 🤣
I want this
PLEASE!
Hell yeah. I'd buy one
Really glad to see some shop content again. I love everything you are doing with the FF but man do I love and miss some good ole wrenching again. Thanks for what you do Cleetus from one of your OG viewers.
100% agree
I was expecting to hear that song he would always play while building Leroy. He finally replaced it
10:20 he's talking about all the stuff he has to do to get the engine out because he's preparing him to expect a big ass bill. LOL!
In 1 year: The Bald eagle machine runs a 7 second pass
Low 7s only.
Yeah no more 8 .00s
He won't compromise the driveability to get it that fast. I'd say it will stay full weight, ac, power everything and just have a ton of power. Plus I doubt he will put a full cage in it as it's more of a fast daily car
@@stewart8908 but its cleetus. LOL
@@Blue_Flame_Raptor True, plus he might make the c8 into the more "daily vehicle" and go all out on the c7. I just don't think he will try to replicate Leroy with another car.. if he does go crazy with it it just wouldn't make sense to make another 7 second stick shift vette
Cleetus freedom factory King. I think me and my fellow brethren the freedom factory people. Would like to see you build a standing mile car. You already have a diesel, a couple drag cars, you have a side by side and a flight of Ford's. Do what you want to do with your vehicles I'll watch your content anyways. Keep up the amazing content. Hell yeah brother. Freedom factory legend Cleetus McFarland.
Dangerous we need cleetus around
i agree, it's the one of the last places where the common man can indulge his need for real speed and not compete with egos . I ran an early Hemi in a 23 T B/' SR on the salt and thoroughly enjoyed every moment of it. www.scta-bni.org/
"If you Build it... it will run..."
"If you have Texas Speed build it for you.... you can send it hard Son."
I call this poem... Whispers From the Freedom Factory.....
Lmao good poem
BUILD IT!!! GO *Texas_Speed* Crazyyyy!!!
Take it OVER the top!!!
Turbo or ProCharger either way, doesn't matter!!
Him: we went 30,000 miles on her
Me: 30,000 miles is 120,000 passes at the strip🤔😯
Not really then u need to trail it back from end to.beginning of the strip 🤪
carter_1295 especially when you drive it like you’re going down the track
I won’t even buy a car at 30k. Give be a 70k car any day. I’ll run it to 300k
Me: this dude commenting probably doesn't even have a driver's license.
LUCAS KELLY maybe even less some return roads are pretty long
And the last time the c7 will ever have had it’s hood on...
And ruby was suppose to have a hood put back on her...
WhistlinDiesel was more concerned about smoke coming up from under the hood than Cleetus. Its been a weird year.
Cleetus will just get a new texas speed built motor for it so he's probably not too concerned
Cleetus didnt proceed to rip the back off with an excavator though lmao
Jeremy is awesome. Super nice guy and crazy smart. Great to see him!
Perfect time to to take Leroy`s drive train and engine and put that wind resistance theory to the test. "Ye 7`s"
"wanna add it to your stack?"
I love James 😂
Lol, that made me chuckle too.
That feeling of praying that you have enough speed to coast off the road is a feeling I’m all to familiar with😭😭😭
7:17 one of the best James moments in all the videos 😂
Most people do metal flake in their paint… Cletus does metal flake in his oil… Murica
James just waits at the shop all day for cleetus to blow one of his cars up lmao
The car that started it all man. It needs some love she started you’re channel. Oh and some welds too 👀
His awesome personality got this channel going. 1320 didn't hurt either!
TSP- Cleetus, we have good news and better news.
Cleetus- what's the good news?
TSP- the C7 block is good.
Cleetus- what's the better news?
TSP- since nothing else on that motor is, how about we get the Bald Eagles machine a very nice 427 setup instead?
Cleetus- over 1000 RWHP,? Hell yeah brother!
Other people when their engines blows: Oh sh*t
Cleetus when his engine blows: Let’s build her!
That's easy when you're sponsored up to your eyeballs.
Yea, because he just makes a call to Texas Speed and gets all these expensive parts for pennies on the dollar or free.
One of the few people to be happy getting 30000 miles from a motor.
"Brakes are for losers - freedom 500 taught me that!" Cleetus McFarlane
"If you are't first your last!" Ricky Bobby
@bobwatters Think it is rapidly since he won the F500 LOL
Thank you for saying it! Spence absolutely killed it at Freedom 500. I was seriously impressed.
*opens the oil filter up
Me: Oh shit
Cleetus: Actually not looking that bad
James: Actually it is looking that bad
Me: 😂😂😂😂😂
Well thats what happens when he is used to seeing way more metal flakes in his oil than any paint job you could ever give a car. Lol.
@@demonicdraco3283 He was expecting catastrophic failure like Ruby's junkyard engines
For sale: C7, one owner, low mileage and adult owned. Engine optional.
100
@Chris Anderson you should say, child owned :) which basically means avoid it :)
You have some photos
For only 30,000 miles. That car must have been put thru hell. .I thought I heard he didn't have to pay for it
I guess it would still.be under warranty
I got a SS Camaro that's under warranty, but i thought the warranty is no good if you work on it and make modifications
Am I right, cause that's why i have not done anything
Not even my exhaust. I mean it sounds good factory but not loud enough
I want to hear that pop when it backfires. I also want to get the Lamborghini door kit and my cousin can put it on
He's got his own body shop and had the door kit on his C7 vette and it looks good .
10:03 though it would look good with an engine and a see thru hood.
"This looks so good without a hood" NO dammit NO! You put that hood back on Cleeter!!
twiggss it wouldn’t a be a street car if he left it off😂
Warpath Racing he lives in Florida.... everything is a street car in Florida...
Hell I’ve driven my daily a few times without a hood
So what about a clear polycarbonate hood? That would actually be sick.
I'm shocked it even made it to 29k miles. Been watching since day 1 and felt her pain right away with all the beating on it.
When you said “it’s the one that brought us together” I saw hundreds of episodes flash by and moments of reflection bounce between both of you.
Jeremy Simpson did you see yourself making love to a man also??
@@poopshoot7882 is that what you got from that statement? Hmm I would re-evaluate where your mind is at actually
Poop Shoot username checks out.
330k subs: Lets port the heads!
2M + subs: Ummh, I think Texas Speed is going to....
Build engine for reliable daily “spirited” driving. You have the C8 on its way too so maybe can do the 1,000HP set up for “crusing” or roll racing and make the C8 the daily driver.
imagine if he set it up for roll racing and threw it up against itsjusta6's Gt350
Damm ide hate the feeling. That heavy sweaty feeling the chills going down the legs that disappintment feeling. That moment when a million thoughts going thru your head
The car that got me started on the Chanel, letting rip past that cop entering the highway way back, good times!!
Not to be anti-bald Eagle here but I can’t be the only one here thinkin that cleet should build a performance car outta the C7 right? I mean we got ruby as a drag car, neighbor and the 10.3L camaro for burnouts. I really wanna see the FF infield put to work on stuff other than drifting
Have to get a C8 in 1.5 years waiting for updates or somethin.
it's so sad we see Leroy so little that people don't even name him in the drag car fleet QQ
Naw, make this a beast on the street, and the Dale truck set up for the Freedom Factory
I was hoping the c7 would be the freedom factory pace car!
Yeah you forgot a couple of cars there!
It could make a cool track car.
Cleet: it's actually looking not that bad.
James: no it's looking that bad
Compound boost!! This C7 needs ALL the boost!!
HELL YEAH BROTHER!!
Cleet,
Just went back (having the time and all) to watch the formidable years of your channel.
Might I suggest you keep the bald eagle machine a collaboration between you and Jeremy. A throwback to your roots. Let Jeremy do the porting and anything else he can do in his shop just to keep it real between the two of you.
Just a thought
Have a great day thanks a bunch brother for all the content!!! Oh and Do it for Dale and Mark!
Make it Into *Sheroy* tubed Leroy's new sister
Dru Lessman Oh my!
Hell yea! I second this!
Absolutely heartbroken!! Bald Eagle machine is what started all of this. Bring it back to life and let er rip. “Bald eagle screams in background”
This brought me back to the old days when Leroy was getting an LSA blower and everything was just beginning. So crazy to see the OG Bald Eagle machine in the shop
Why is Cleetus's commentary so funny, on everything