Dan takes a tour of Edelbrocks foundry during filming of knuckle busters. New Episodes of Knuckle Busters every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8am on Project Cars Channel. SUBSCRIBE!!!
People: "Knuckle Busters needs 20 min videos with more in depth fabrication!" [HOONIGAN]: *Bodyslams them all with a full Edelbrock foundry tour showing the entire factory process for the fabrication of the parts used in Knucklebusters.* "You say something nerd?" 🤔🤣🤣
So you're saying the actual build show is 10 min but the sponsor... I mean bonus vids are 20 min each? I mean this was cool and all, but it should definitely be the other way around.
Weird Beard Garage No. For me, I really like these factory tour vids of 20mins+. Why? Because they give you detail that you cant put in a 10min video. That is essentially the same reason why myself and others complain about the short vids of the build.. It’s a bit ironic, they say they go more ‘in depth’, but they remove the complete engine i a few seconds. Episodes of shitcar were even in more detail.. I hope they change it, because it is great content..
I love watching these types of tours. I always get a new found respect for the company. Especially getting to see the manager is the place pick up any part and say exactly what it is!
might not look like it, but that foundry is clean af. i worked in a foundry once and it was just black sand an dirt everywhere. after every day my nose was gummed up by black sand, even though i wore a mask most of the time.
I don't know where in the world you live, but it looks like a reasonably nornal modern foundry. It was a dirty business once, but that's long ago (nto everywhere though)
4th generation foundryman here and love seeing videos explaining the process of what we do. Super interesting to see the process for automotive from someone who mainly does agriculture and shotblast equipment castings.
You know, Edelbrock has influenced just about everyone reading this comment. Your pops, an uncle or that dude in high school with an old soul who rolled deep with a performer and a 1406. This was awesome to watch, and i feel each one of us directly or indirectly, has benefited from Edelbock products or even sold some used parts to a good home for a small profit. Thanks for the video guys! ✌
Such an amazing video, thank you to Dan for bearing with the heat for the day to bring us this tour. Super grateful to the guys at Edelbrock for sharing with us. Fascinating process.
Thanks for having such good content, from both before the pandemic and some great stuff being done at home like the RC drift paint job video explaining layers and how to make the best finish and sparkle on them. All the videos that go in depth on topics to back up the fun stuff are well worth watching!
super cool to see how those sand/resin molds work. I appreciate that you guys go into this kinda stuff-- sponsored, but still valuable, relevant, and interesting. Nailed it.
Nice work Dan, it is always cool to see how our favorite thing come into the world. Honestly you guys should do this with every supplier, it would give people more respect for the manufacturing process and can help people understand why good thing cost more.
Random comment but I went to a friend's birthday party and ended up talking car stuff with a guy. Bout an hour or so into it I found out he was head of engineering at Edelbrock...was cool to hear about their processes.
Quality upload right here. Thanks to Hoonigan and Edelbrock for bring us in there and allowing us to see what goes on behind the scenes. Also thanks to the Edelbrock employees busting their chops to bring the products we use on a daily basis to life.
You men have excellent choice of beer. Modelo for life, nice and crisp fresh out the freezer for me but not slush, with a little frost on the glass. Man, time for carne asada! 🍻
This is really cool. I actually work at a foundry so it's crazy to see the differences. We're also a lot poorer and dont pour aluminum. We basically have nearly the same amount of people in this foundry operating at ours at a fraction of the size. The entire property can fit inside that warehouse.
Casting, moulding and heat treat still best option to manufacture after market part, cheap, and reliable, yes now billet are good option, but it's not cheap at least. Thx hoonigan this bonus video are educational for us, god bless for all in this pandemic.
In the 80's in Colorado I did this in the 9th grade...much smaller scale built my own mold...thats whats wrong today.. very few schools have a shop class...i made a belt buckle...but with mt hands a bit of guidance and molten metal...cool stuff
This was a clean foundry because it's very small and uses aluminum. I worked in Fords " most modern iron foundry" as they billed it. We melted 50,000 TONS OF IRON EVERY DAY! We made all the V8 blocks up to 460, trans cases, rear ends, fly wheels, intake & exhaust manifolds. cranks, camshafts, brake rotors and spindles. The place closed in the early 80's because the gas crisis caused the cars to down size in all the parts. Made great money, ate a lot of iron dust, and was glad to get out of there. We kept the building under a negative pressure so all the dirt/dust never blew out the doors. We had seven bag houses that were giant vacuum cleaners that sucked off the furnaces and the rest of the building.
I'm surprised they let you guys film this! I've been through Mahle, Denso, and a few other places that are really strict on not allowing photos or video
Usually companies that compete on a large scale are more private about video around the processes but guided tours are a way to show how it's done without giving up vital info
Would be neat if they talked about how things were designed. Today someone pushes a computer button. Verses in the 50's. Were someone had to think about it. Also they did not talk about the aluminum. Wonder if they melt standard grades. Or fabricate their own recipe ? Plus like many said. The machining part would be nice. Hope they allow you back for more in depth coverage ! Glad this popped up recommended !! Thank you !
I wish Edelbrock would make a dedicated small block Olds head for the 350 with 2.00 in. intake and a 1.625 ex. valve for use with a roller cam. I would buy the first 2 sets. Interesting video. Thanks.
I work on one of the biggest iron foundry of the entire world, on the machining sid of it, and i love it, all the machines CNCS, ROBOTS, my co-workers, i love it all.
the "risers" as he called it also have the function of venting any trapped air from the mould to keep it from superheating itself expanding and breaking the mould
This reminds me of when I was a kid and Mister Roger's would take you on field trips to different factories (the ticonderoga pencil and marble ones are the best), that was awesome....
I forget after 34 years of being in the industry how much of this stuff a lot of people never get to work with or even see A trip through a stamping facility like I work in would be cool to show people we make body panels for cars you all know You guys could tour a stamping plant and plastics injection molding Plus checking out a forging plant is cool too It's all many facets of where all our car and truck parts come from
Great insight into the casting process. Would loved to have seen one or those 4/5 imperfect sand moulds smacked against something. Get an idea of how hard that resin is. Also be cool to see how they remove the sand from the cast piece.
@@daevid21 Most foundries use what's called a shakeout. It can be a rotating drum or a bin that basically just shakes the hell out of the castings. Very noisy, lol
Interesting that they make castings for a brake system manufacturer. I know years ago Waukesha that made the Waukesha industrial engines had an excellent foundry and they made a lot of castings for other manufacturers of various products
I worked in a foundry for 7 years out of high school I loved it but foundry’s are a dyeing business in the U.S. if it isn’t automated to some extent it doesn’t pay well but I loved the hard ass manual labor.
Wow Dan this was cool as hell thanks for this I'm just blown away love it I've met Vic and his family he taken me to other shops he has for making parts but all cnc machines never got to see this because we were late for dinner and Chrissy was cooking for us so could not be late lol
Vic Edelbrock was hugely influential in the development of West Coast hot rodding. He was always seeking a better way to produce a better product, open new markets, or in Cali's case, save one; Vic was one of the big players that founded SEMA- to gain the political voice to get the Cali smog laws to develop it's California Air Research Board certification. Today that certification will allow Edelbrock Performance parts to be sold and used in any state. It wouldn't surprise me if Vic, Jr. figured out the EU process and became a vendor for AMG.
Bonjour @Hoonigans Bonus! Big fan here! I'm a French student in foundry industrial process, and I came across your hoonigan bonus video "Edelbrock's Foundry Tour". Really appreciate this video, since it's talking about the cold box process (or sand casting). Anyway, I'd like to translate it in French for my fellow colleagues and proffessors. The problem is that this video can't be translate by google community. Can you change your setting to allow somone to translate it? I'll do the rest. That'll be nice! Cheers!
Check out episode 3 of Knuckle Busters here! ruclips.net/video/BLVT7tQri_Y/видео.html
The amount of knowledge he has for the entire process is unreal and makes this video amazing.
honestly
If it's your work i may sure hope you know how something works and how its done ;)
I did this for 8 years just on a bigger scale. This guy knows his shit. Really cool to see and is bringing back memories
I work in a foundry but it is cool too see different ones around the world
Stop lying
@@Group_Anonymous Your in the wrong place for those type of games, type in "Cartoons" and go play with kids your own age.
this is for all foundry workers.
Upload videos talking about it! i love hearing the stories and the processes/day to day life!
Essentially
We'd better get a full tour of the machining process too. This was awesome.
+1
This that prime content that people love to see but big companies seem to be blind to. Thanks :)
People:
"Knuckle Busters needs 20 min videos with more in depth fabrication!"
[HOONIGAN]:
*Bodyslams them all with a full Edelbrock foundry tour showing the entire factory process for the fabrication of the parts used in Knucklebusters.* "You say something nerd?" 🤔🤣🤣
So you're saying the actual build show is 10 min but the sponsor... I mean bonus vids are 20 min each? I mean this was cool and all, but it should definitely be the other way around.
Weird Beard Garage No. For me, I really like these factory tour vids of 20mins+. Why? Because they give you detail that you cant put in a 10min video. That is essentially the same reason why myself and others complain about the short vids of the build..
It’s a bit ironic, they say they go more ‘in depth’, but they remove the complete engine i a few seconds. Episodes of shitcar were even in more detail.. I hope they change it, because it is great content..
@@beetledrift My exact first thought was that 3 sec engine removal from the Camaro
I love watching these types of tours. I always get a new found respect for the company. Especially getting to see the manager is the place pick up any part and say exactly what it is!
might not look like it, but that foundry is clean af. i worked in a foundry once and it was just black sand an dirt everywhere. after every day my nose was gummed up by black sand, even though i wore a mask most of the time.
Same here, I looked like a struck match everyday I left work. That's probably the cleanest foundry I've ever seen.
I don't know where in the world you live, but it looks like a reasonably nornal modern foundry. It was a dirty business once, but that's long ago (nto everywhere though)
plus it helps they only cast aluminium here which is a cleaner metal to cast than steel
My families foundry is on the clean side for a high chrome/steel foundry but we don't have anything on this.
Icocure core making is some of the most unpleasant smelling process I've ever witnessed.
4th generation foundryman here and love seeing videos explaining the process of what we do. Super interesting to see the process for automotive from someone who mainly does agriculture and shotblast equipment castings.
Been using Edelbrock parts for 40 years never disappointed,great vid I have a new found appreciation.
Midnight Squad knows Bonus Content is the best Content.
Midnight Squad boyeee!!!!
Bonus content is literally better than regular channel
Lotta respect to these people. This is a lot of serious work you usually can't see.
Yes. I work at this place. It is some serious work, for sure...
The skid factory's video on pattern making followed by this is a happy coincidence
Yes indeed, tsf tell us about basic, and this vid tell us about how basic make it massive 👍
Thanks for putting me onto this!
You know, Edelbrock has influenced just about everyone reading this comment. Your pops, an uncle or that dude in high school with an old soul who rolled deep with a performer and a 1406. This was awesome to watch, and i feel each one of us directly or indirectly, has benefited from Edelbock products or even sold some used parts to a good home for a small profit. Thanks for the video guys! ✌
I hope you got to see the machine shop too!
Definitely more content like this please. Great stuff!
Lmao "Deal with it. It's cool stuff."
It's the sound of horse power being born
read this just as he said it ,awesome
Guy: "This process makes the metal more dense by compressing the molecules in a lateral chain."
Dan: "Heehee heavy."
I like Dan's in-depth questions. LOL
David Kavanagh hahaha soooooo much substance in his questions
I worked at a foundry for 5 year's in the eighties bigger stuff rear ends for caterpillars wish it looked like this place back then lol
Well he gave me all the knowledge I need. Time to start my own casting business.
Such an amazing video, thank you to Dan for bearing with the heat for the day to bring us this tour. Super grateful to the guys at Edelbrock for sharing with us. Fascinating process.
Charles at Edelbrock did a fantastic job showing us around - thanks guys
Now we know where Dan's been the last few months. Thank god for Garage Garage Suppy
Essentially, that’s a bad ass process!
We need more videos like this . I don't think I have paid this much attention to a entire video in a long time. Well done guys.
You gotta take us threw the machine shop too!!!!
It’s amazing to see an old tech factory still operating like that. Love all the junk lying around. Nice to see sooo old school.
Nice to see how they make the castings, it would be good to see the complete process from casting to the box.
Thanks for having such good content, from both before the pandemic and some great stuff being done at home like the RC drift paint job video explaining layers and how to make the best finish and sparkle on them. All the videos that go in depth on topics to back up the fun stuff are well worth watching!
That’s what the “Apparently” kid grew up to be. He’s changed it to “Essentially” now though.
Can't stop hearing essentially now lol
Essentially
super cool to see how those sand/resin molds work. I appreciate that you guys go into this kinda stuff-- sponsored, but still valuable, relevant, and interesting. Nailed it.
Nice work Dan, it is always cool to see how our favorite thing come into the world. Honestly you guys should do this with every supplier, it would give people more respect for the manufacturing process and can help people understand why good thing cost more.
@Hoonigan Bonus , EXCELLENT tour!! keep this up... what goes into that part you just installed? loved this!!
Not even 2 minutes in and I already learned something, never knew they used resin in the sand, really interesting stuff
Random comment but I went to a friend's birthday party and ended up talking car stuff with a guy. Bout an hour or so into it I found out he was head of engineering at Edelbrock...was cool to hear about their processes.
Quality upload right here. Thanks to Hoonigan and Edelbrock for bring us in there and allowing us to see what goes on behind the scenes. Also thanks to the Edelbrock employees busting their chops to bring the products we use on a daily basis to life.
Fascinating!! That molten aluminium tank is some terminator shit!! Thanks for sharing Hoonigan
Very cool seeing everything that goes into molding the parts and the guy seems really nice too.
It's wild to see this on Hoonigan. I buy the castings for Bobcat equipment, and see shops like these all the time!
Just got finished with my 8th Modelo of the night! Time too crack another one! Perfect timing! lol
T VOYDS beast
🍻 bro. I'm barely on my 4th. Gotta catch up!
You men have excellent choice of beer. Modelo for life, nice and crisp fresh out the freezer for me but not slush, with a little frost on the glass. Man, time for carne asada! 🍻
So cool! Thank you, Dan!
This is really cool. I actually work at a foundry so it's crazy to see the differences. We're also a lot poorer and dont pour aluminum. We basically have nearly the same amount of people in this foundry operating at ours at a fraction of the size. The entire property can fit inside that warehouse.
I loved this video! Would really enjoy seeing the machine shop next.
You have to love all the in-house work. That's one hell of a way to control quality.
Outstanding tour. I'm glad I watched this.
Casting, moulding and heat treat still best option to manufacture after market part, cheap, and reliable, yes now billet are good option, but it's not cheap at least. Thx hoonigan this bonus video are educational for us, god bless for all in this pandemic.
In the 80's in Colorado I did this in the 9th grade...much smaller scale built my own mold...thats whats wrong today.. very few schools have a shop class...i made a belt buckle...but with mt hands a bit of guidance and molten metal...cool stuff
Great video. My older son works in a foundry. He does the night shift metallurgy testing.
This was a clean foundry because it's very small and uses aluminum. I worked in Fords " most modern iron foundry" as they billed it. We melted 50,000 TONS OF IRON EVERY DAY! We made all the V8 blocks up to 460, trans cases, rear ends, fly wheels, intake & exhaust manifolds. cranks, camshafts, brake rotors and spindles. The place closed in the early 80's because the gas crisis caused the cars to down size in all the parts. Made great money, ate a lot of iron dust, and was glad to get out of there. We kept the building under a negative pressure so all the dirt/dust never blew out the doors. We had seven bag houses that were giant vacuum cleaners that sucked off the furnaces and the rest of the building.
I'm surprised they let you guys film this! I've been through Mahle, Denso, and a few other places that are really strict on not allowing photos or video
I guess being the sponsor for current knuckle busters helped that
Usually companies that compete on a large scale are more private about video around the processes but guided tours are a way to show how it's done without giving up vital info
Yep, I spent years in a heat treating shop. Hot hard work. Nice to see a foundry and heat treat shop that isn't in China.
Would be neat if they talked about how things were designed. Today someone pushes a computer button.
Verses in the 50's. Were someone had to think about it.
Also they did not talk about the aluminum. Wonder if they melt standard grades. Or fabricate their own recipe ?
Plus like many said. The machining part would be nice.
Hope they allow you back for more in depth coverage !
Glad this popped up recommended !!
Thank you !
So we get a 10 minute actual knucklebusters video and a 22 minute knucklebusters bonus video.
Briliant...
I learned a lot from this video, provided such a plain visibility on the entire process.
I wish Edelbrock would make a dedicated small block Olds head for the 350 with 2.00 in. intake and a 1.625 ex. valve for use with a roller cam. I would buy the first 2 sets. Interesting video. Thanks.
Super interesting, most car & bike guys love this kind of stuff, it's why I watch 'How do they do that!' More please Hoonigan.
I work on one of the biggest iron foundry of the entire world, on the machining sid of it, and i love it, all the machines CNCS, ROBOTS, my co-workers, i love it all.
Very Interesting video. Thank you Edelbrock.
Old saying; you have to make it before you break it.
It made me smile when I heard they were still making SBC parts. Sometimes I forget cars still had carbs just 40 years ago
They still made carb cars 10 years ago.
That’s the cleanest foundry I’ve ever seen. Great vid.
the "risers" as he called it also have the function of venting any trapped air from the mould to keep it from superheating itself expanding and breaking the mould
This was an amazing episode. So much knowledge gained.
This reminds me of when I was a kid and Mister Roger's would take you on field trips to different factories (the ticonderoga pencil and marble ones are the best), that was awesome....
I forget after 34 years of being in the industry how much of this stuff a lot of people never get to work with or even see
A trip through a stamping facility like I work in would be cool to show people we make body panels for cars you all know
You guys could tour a stamping plant and plastics injection molding
Plus checking out a forging plant is cool too
It's all many facets of where all our car and truck parts come from
totally facinating thank you Edelbrock...
This video was really interesting. More like this would be dope!
Great company,great products!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
One of the first videos I've sat and watched it all. Lol. Great stuff
That was interesting AF
Absolutely awesome for any car guy to see ❤️❤️❤️👍
more videos like this, very informational.
Great insight into the casting process.
Would loved to have seen one or those 4/5 imperfect sand moulds smacked against something. Get an idea of how hard that resin is. Also be cool to see how they remove the sand from the cast piece.
Andy yeah exactly how tf do they get the hard sand out from the metal casting
He didn't mean they were imperfect, he was saying that each casting uses multiple cores to make. Some can take quite a few to make one casting.
@@daevid21 Most foundries use what's called a shakeout. It can be a rotating drum or a bin that basically just shakes the hell out of the castings. Very noisy, lol
The company I work for quoted replacing all of the robotic arms for the new building. It was a cool time being in facility while they were producing.
Thanks for the content Hoonigan. Love it. To anyone reading this, hope your healthy and staying safe. We’ll get through this if we all do our part. ✌️
Interesting that they make castings for a brake system manufacturer. I know years ago Waukesha that made the Waukesha industrial engines had an excellent foundry and they made a lot of castings for other manufacturers of various products
That was a really cool video. It should be on the main channel for sure. 🙌
Awesome video on the workings of a foundry!
Love these midnight drops!
Truly amazing to see that. Thanks guys!
Enjoyed the foundry a lot always wanted to see , was hoping to see them vibrating the sand out of casting
I worked in a foundry for 7 years out of high school I loved it but foundry’s are a dyeing business in the U.S. if it isn’t automated to some extent it doesn’t pay well but I loved the hard ass manual labor.
Wow Dan this was cool as hell thanks for this I'm just blown away love it I've met Vic and his family he taken me to other shops he has for making parts but all cnc machines never got to see this because we were late for dinner and Chrissy was cooking for us so could not be late lol
Vic Edelbrock was hugely influential in the development of West Coast hot rodding. He was always seeking a better way to produce a better product, open new markets, or in Cali's case, save one; Vic was one of the big players that founded SEMA- to gain the political voice to get the Cali smog laws to develop it's California Air Research Board certification. Today that certification will allow Edelbrock Performance parts to be sold and used in any state. It wouldn't surprise me if Vic, Jr. figured out the EU process and became a vendor for AMG.
Please make more factory tours like this!
Bonjour @Hoonigans Bonus!
Big fan here!
I'm a French student in foundry industrial process, and I came across your hoonigan bonus video "Edelbrock's Foundry Tour".
Really appreciate this video, since it's talking about the cold box process (or sand casting).
Anyway, I'd like to translate it in French for my fellow colleagues and proffessors.
The problem is that this video can't be translate by google community.
Can you change your setting to allow somone to translate it? I'll do the rest.
That'll be nice!
Cheers!
This was a cool look into the casting processes
Came to find out why Edelbrock intakes cost so much - left knowing it's money well spent. 🍻🇺🇸
tbh...
I feel the opposite.
But I also know where the real $ is spent.
i believe this business is essential.
now when i see these parts i will be able to appreciate the science and art of it.
Thanks for the long tour!
Gutted we didn't see the mould shaker. Most exciting bit seeing the casting emerge from the sand 😅
What a nice setup for the operator
The coolest video iv seen in months
Would love a video of the machine shop as well!
Great vid, so much info!
That is a 120% Rad 🤙
I WANT MORE! this is so informative and also entertaining
Essentially, this was a awesome video !
Should have given this guy a counter on screen for how many times he says, "essentially." Cause i lost count 😂
i used to work there!! so cool to see this