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00:00Kentucky.
00:01We're in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
00:03Let me swap these out.
00:04Let me get some regular potato chips down there.
00:06No problem.
00:07Here you go, sir.
00:09Whatever you want, Doug.
00:11I appreciate you calling me, sir.
00:12I can't tell you how hard my job is.
00:14Welcome to Sam's Garage, presented by NH Oil Undercotings.
00:30Today on Sam's Garage, the clock is ruthless.
00:52We dive into leg five of the great race, nine days, 2300 miles, and hidden checkpoints testing
00:58family, focus, and finesse.
01:01In Frankfort, Kentucky, heritage meets horsepower as father-son crews and daughters on the notes
01:06keep those flatheads singing.
01:09Then we head to Southfield Classics, where a vintage Chevy look hides an electric heart,
01:14400 volts tamed by smart 12-volt control.
01:18And finally, our Catalina Redemption, ProFlow EFI, Doug's headers, a low-car pedal, let's
01:24light the big poncho.
01:28We have 135-plus cars in the great race.
01:34Checkpoints along the way that they don't know in advance, and so the goal is you're
01:38going to stay on target.
01:39From start to finish.
01:40It's like family to me.
01:41Keeping it maintained, keeping it running hard, it's a complete family member.
01:46It's an experience.
01:47All the workers, all the towns that have been welcoming us.
01:50Winning an ace in the great race is just, it's one of the things that just lifts you up.
01:53Were we on time and everybody else was wrong?
01:56Were they on time and we were wrong?
01:58I guess we'll find out tonight.
01:59Nine days, 2300 miles, and no map to the checkpoints.
02:03On leg five through Kentucky, fatigue meets finesse.
02:07It's family, teamwork, and split-second calls.
02:11Were we on time or way off?
02:13Sam's Garage is on the clock.
02:17Fifth leg.
02:18This is basically hump day.
02:19It's Wednesday.
02:20We're starting off in Owensboro, Kentucky.
02:22If you guys remember, we had a huge send-off last year.
02:25There was almost a parade going on in this town when we were sending off to go to the
02:28great race.
02:29This year, we're on our way to Elizabethtown, which is going to be our lunch stop.
02:32After that, we're on our way to Frankford, Kentucky, which is going to be our evening
02:36stop.
02:37And then we're going to spend the night in Lexington.
02:39And like I said, this is hump day.
02:40This is the day where a lot of people are tested.
02:42This is an endurance race not only for the car, even though it's slow speeds.
02:46It's 2300 miles, but it's also an endurance race for the people, the support crew, everyone
02:51that's involved.
02:52It really taxes you because like I said, here we are on the fifth day and you can see
02:56people kind of dragging.
02:57They're tired.
02:58They're frustrated.
02:59Yesterday, we had a long day, a lot of little issues, and it really takes a toll on
03:03you emotionally.
03:04So that's what the great race is about.
03:06Let's go see how these guys are doing and send them off on safe travels.
03:08It's all about the one common interest that we all have, which is cars, automobiles, racing,
03:14camaraderie.
03:15That's what makes car guys the best.
03:17Doug and I are about to get into the Datsun and head out to Elizabethtown.
03:22Am I ready for lunch?
03:27I'm ready for air conditioning.
03:29Fertility, add lunch, great lunch, cold water, air conditioning.
03:34Don't forget to check out the back race line.
03:36Go for it.
03:37Today was a lot of fun though.
03:39There was a bunch of hills at 45 and this little thing.
03:43But it was a lot of fun for sure.
03:45Beautiful roads, wonderful landscape.
03:47It was awesome.
03:48Great.
03:49It was nice.
03:50Very nice.
03:51Oh man, nice museum.
03:55This is very cool.
03:56Check out this Packard Museum.
03:59The Swope Cars of Yesteryear Museum.
04:02We have been open 26 years.
04:04Mr. and Mrs. Bill and Betty Swope.
04:07This is their private collection.
04:09We show half of our cars at one time.
04:12We have a total of 66, ranging from a 1910 brush to a 1970 Cobra Jet Torino.
04:20They collected the cars after they retired from the new car business.
04:25We had one old car, 39 Rolls Royce.
04:28All original stayed in the family until it sold to us.
04:32Absolutely a fabulous car.
04:35All original.
04:36And what we find really interesting about this car is the entire body is made out of aluminum.
04:42On this car right here, this is more like a town car.
04:45The top will actually unbolt and slide back so it's open over the driver.
04:51This is my spirit of ecstasy, also known as the Flying Lady.
04:55And I don't know if you all are aware, the center light right here will turn with the steering wheel.
05:01And we do have one that was in the great race.
05:04Our 1948 Chrysler New Yorker three window business coupe was a complete body off the frame restoration done by the Astronaut High School in Florida.
05:14And when it was done, it did the great race from Washington State to Massachusetts and took second place.
05:21Now that's my favorite car and I love it because it has a fluid drive transmission that you can drive like an automatic or a manual.
05:30And that's going to be the precursor to the cars we have now that have the paddles behind the steering wheel.
05:45Sam's Garage is presented by NHOU.
05:50Brought to you by the following companies.
06:18Welcome back to Sam's Garage presented by NH Oil Undercoding.
06:25Father-Son Cruise, Daughters Navigating, Flatheads Roaring, 2300 miles of grit.
06:32We're in Frankfort, Kentucky, where heritage meets horsepower.
06:37The great race rolls off.
06:41We got a lot of these vehicles with a lot of torque converters for this application.
06:57So we have Turbo 350's, 400's, Power Glide, some of the first, Cruise-O-Matics as well through Ford.
07:05A lot of these guys, they all have some performance parts of some kind on them.
07:09If you can't get OE, always go aftermarket because there are some specialty products that we make that you can't find anywhere else.
07:16Even the FMX torque converter or Turbo 350 C's, if you've got an automatic transmission, we've got something for you.
07:22Another thing we've got also, we have new products coming out in our flex plates.
07:28So we just added another 150 new SKUs for the Boss Hog torque converter line.
07:34So this right here, we have some fantastic vehicles.
07:37Hemmings is sponsoring it.
07:38Coker Tire, Sam's Garage.
07:40Man, you gotta check these out.
07:42Coming up, our engineers are actually putting together a bolt-together torque converter that's gonna fit almost every application out there.
07:49So if you need your hot rod to come up to it and really fix it, make it happen, make it more drivable so that you can put that thing on the road more often, Boss Hog torque converters is the way to go.
08:01I'm the driver and Miss Mallory is the navigator.
08:06Lucky me.
08:07Very much a John Klassen typical day on the rally.
08:11There's lots of speed changes, lots of signs we're having to split speeds, some high-speed turns, lots of combines and irrigation tractors and things like that.
08:21So it was a tricky day, relatively short, but it was challenging, but just the right amount.
08:28Well, we're not up to the standard we'd like to yet.
08:32Mallory's still getting used to the truck.
08:34This is the first time she's been in this truck and the truck's not liking these mid-90s days.
08:39So we're struggling a little bit with that, but it's always good to get to the end.
08:43We get a little sticker in our book, which means we successfully completed the day.
08:47So that's always a good thing.
08:49We're learning something new every day and we're trying new tactics.
08:53I've never been in a manual before.
08:55I've raised an automatic for the past, gosh, 12 years now.
08:58So it's a new challenge that I wasn't quite expecting.
09:02But each day we're tweaking things and kind of honing in different skills and different tricks and figuring it out.
09:09And we're getting a little better every day.
09:11So we started out really well.
09:13So we had a false sense of security with the practice run, the trophy rally.
09:18We did really well.
09:19But as the days go on and as the lengths get longer, the speeds get a little higher.
09:24And we found that we were a little off on some of the higher speeds.
09:27Yeah.
09:28So for the longer days, it's been a little more of a challenge for us.
09:33But we're working on it.
09:34Yeah.
09:35We're getting there.
09:37They have to be 74 and older.
09:43We're going 2,300 miles total.
09:45We're going from St. Paul, Minnesota all the way down to Irmo, South Carolina.
09:48Yeah.
09:49And it taxed not only the car and the person.
09:53Driving the car, navigating in the car.
09:55Yeah, dude.
09:56We are sweating.
09:57We've lost weight.
09:58It's absolutely crazy.
09:59You've got kids involved doing it with the RPM, the X Cup.
10:02You've got an all-women's group, actually two of them, young kids as well.
10:06So it's really cool for the future motorsports of the youth.
10:09You know what I mean?
10:10Yeah.
10:11Father's daughters, man.
10:12I've seen that out here as well, dude.
10:13Yeah.
10:14It's just excellent.
10:15This is Nelson Gill.
10:16He is from Boss Hog Torque Converters, ACC Performance.
10:18I want to thank him for being one of the sponsors here at The Great Race for Sam's Garage.
10:23If it wasn't for him and our other sponsors, we would not be able to bring you the coverage
10:27of The Great Race to Sam's Garage.
10:29So make sure you guys tune in.
10:31Well, let's go get something to you, Nelson.
10:32Sounds good to me.
10:40Well, I've got a good customer of mine named John.
10:47He's got a 1966 Corvette that we're going to be doing a whole bunch of work to.
10:51We're going to take the 327, freshen it up, and put a bunch of Summit Racing Trick Flow
10:55components on the top end.
10:56And I need to keep it cool.
10:58And one way to do that is going to be with an upgraded radiator.
11:01And I went ahead and went with Cold Case because that's what we do here.
11:04I love them.
11:05They do a great job with both customer service and fitment with their parts.
11:09We've got a high-quality three-row aluminum radiator here along with an aluminum shroud
11:15and one huge fan that flows over 18 CFM.
11:18And it's going to completely cover that core of the radiator, making it nice and efficient.
11:23I mean, look at the fan shroud that came off the car.
11:26That is huge, intrusive, and broken.
11:28So it's not going to do a really good job.
11:30This is going to allow for a lot more room and efficiency because we are going to be adding
11:35AC to this car and we've got to keep it cool.
11:38So this one big fan is going to keep this Corvette nice and cool while he's driving down the road
11:42with his new 327.
11:43Welcome back to more Sam's Garage presented by NHOU.
11:50Classic Chevy look at electric heart.
11:55From charge port to junction box, 400 volts becomes 12 to run everything.
11:59Southfield Classics' NOAA breaks down the system.
12:06We're back this week at Southfield Classics right here in Brazzleton, Georgia where you guys can pick up a brand new Chevy truck like this.
12:08We're back this week at Southfield Classics right here in Brazzleton, Georgia where you guys can pick up a brand new Chevy truck like this.
12:14All done within six months.
12:15We're going to talk about this week the interiors wiring, 12 volts and high voltage.
12:21I'm here with Noah.
12:22He is the shop foreman and he's going to explain everything that goes on as far as the wiring goes in the truck.
12:28Yes, a lot of these electric vehicles in general, they're all obviously high voltage right in order for the motors to have the capacity to, you know, propel the engine, the weight and all.
12:41But they all also got to be controlled by a 12-volt system.
12:43From which communicates with that, tells it when to discharge the batteries, you know, you press the pedal down, discharge goes to the motor, you propel forward.
13:01It also tells it that it also recognizes, you know, to regen when you let go of the pedal to where it starts regening.
13:07So there's a lot of things that are inside the system itself that are very important to get it to working the right way you would want it to work.
13:18How much volts are we talking about range wise?
13:21So this one right here has 400 volts.
13:23So let's look at some of the components that it takes to do this.
13:26All right Noah, so what are we looking at here?
13:29This one is a junction box and that over there is a CCS box.
13:33So what this does is obviously the 12-volt communication that it's receiving is from a pedal.
13:39So the pedal gives the information to the ECU that we have mounted here.
13:43And then once the ECU gets the communication, it sends that over into the junction box from which it's going to actually tell the batteries that, hey, this is what I need juice wise, give it to me.
13:53And that's the inverter in the middle.
13:55Yes, in the middle, that is the inverter for all the 12-volt stuff that is needed.
13:59You can basically call it a charger per se.
14:03So when this truck is running, that is producing somewhere around 13 and a half to 14 volts straight to the battery.
14:10So while this thing running, it's constantly charging just like you would have any regular vehicle.
14:14So this is normally where the gas tank would be, right?
14:23You'd have the gas cap out here, it'd be out very ugly.
14:26They made a very nice panel here where the plug goes into, right?
14:29Correct.
14:30So this was obviously intentional for the purpose of it being easy to get to.
14:35And those charge ports are pretty big.
14:37They're not very small.
14:38So we knew that we also had to tuck it away somewhere, a little bit more feasible where people can get to it.
14:43Well, and it's cool because that's where normally you would put fuel in it.
14:46Correct.
14:47So you're putting fuel in it a different way.
14:48Yes.
14:49But in the same location.
14:50Yes.
14:51So it keeps that characteristic of the truck.
14:52And you made a nice new panel that's flushed.
14:54It's almost invisible when it's closed.
14:56Correct.
14:57Very nice job.
14:58Yes, yes.
14:59It's a very common spot.
15:00So when you turn the switch on on this car and you want to put it in gear, what do you do?
15:05Is there a button to select gear?
15:06Yeah.
15:07So typically for this one, since we have the systems that, you know, obviously to try to keep people from stealing your vehicle,
15:12you know, we have an ignition switch that's typically operated with the foot pedal on the brake,
15:17from which sends the signal to the ignition.
15:19You turn it on and then it wakes everything up engaged in order for it to actually drive.
15:24So when you're at the charging station with the port attached, even though everything's on, no one can jump in and drive away?
15:29No.
15:30It automatically knows.
15:31Very cool.
15:32Thank you, Noah.
15:33This is a huge explanation.
15:34I know a lot of people out there had questions and you just answered so many questions for so many people.
15:38And you guys, Southfield Classics are building these awesome old school Chevy trucks, brand new with brand new VIN numbers to the nines with all the hot rod parts.
15:47As the season goes, we're going to be showing you how one is assembled and we're going to be educating you further on high voltage vehicles.
15:59Sam's garage is presented by NH oil undercoating is brought to you by the following companies.
16:12Welcome back to Sam's garage presented by NHLU.
16:40Last year, our Catalina stalled at the manifolds.
16:55Today, Edelbrock ProFlow EFI, Doug's headers from Summit, and a low car firewall pedal, cable set, O2 bung in.
17:04Time to fire this big concept.
17:07If you guys remember, last year, exactly around this time, we did the Catalina.
17:12Julie and I built the whole top end by putting Edelbrock heads on it, Edelbrock ProFlow EFI, and an Edelbrock fuel sump pump system.
17:21So, if you remember, we couldn't get manifolds on it, so I couldn't make it run.
17:25So, I went to Summit Racing, got me a set of Doug's headers, and it runs now, which is really cool.
17:31I'll turn it on here for you in a second.
17:33The last thing we need to do to make it mobile is we need a pedal, cable, and a bracket from low car for the Edelbrock.
17:40This one has the pedal on the floor.
17:42I'm going to put a low car pedal on the firewall so that we get regular actuation.
17:47Alright, let's get started.
17:49Alright, so what I did was first remove the pedal from the car, got me a new low car pedal.
17:54Instead of mounting it on the floor, we mounted it on the firewall.
17:57Made my hole, make sure you measure your exterior cable without the interior cable in it because you'll cost yourself some money if you do that when you go to cut it.
18:14Julie and I did the outer cable, went ahead and put the bracket onto the Edelbrock from low car, went ahead and put the outer cable in.
18:21What I like to do is when I adjust the cable, I like to bring it in, make sure the pedal is where you want it, everything is in place, you've got the inner cable through.
18:36When you go to measure it, I like to take it all the way to almost the very end.
18:41That will give you adjustability for the future.
18:44Now, it's very important that when you guys do your measurements that you make sure the throttle plate opens all the way with the sweep of the pedal.
18:50You want the pedal to be on the floor and the butterflies be fully open.
18:54That way the floor is holding the tension and not the cable.
18:59And now, everything is done, I went ahead and put an O2 sensor bung in.
19:03You saw that there was a three inch collector, it's actually three and a half down to two and a half.
19:07So I have to then connect the exhaust to the new headers because I had the exhaust done with the Valvetronics if you remember last year.
19:14So now I've got to go back and do a two and a half inch pipe, it's only about 12 to 14 inches on a couple of angles, no big deal.
19:21So everything is good, I think we can fire it up.
19:44You guys, I can't tell you how much I love the Edelbrock ProFlow EFI.
19:56So this is a very nice system with the sump kit that we introduced here.
20:01But the Edelbrock ProFlow EFI, they got them for your most popular engines for the Ford, the Chevy, old school, even the Mopars.
20:08They've got them for you. So check it out, they do a really good job.
20:12It may not be a looker, but hopefully it'll be a go-getter.
20:15Hopefully.
20:16That year that it sat outside, look at it, it got so dirty.
20:19I know.
20:20But now that it runs, it's motivation to wash it.
20:22Yeah.
20:23You know, maybe even detail it, see if we can't get that paint back.
20:26If not, we'll just have to go get a jimmy.
20:28All right, so the Catalina is done.
20:30The Edelbrock ProFlow really worked out good.
20:32The whole Edelbrock top end on this thing worked out nice.
20:35So next we're going to do is wash it, clean it up, and get it down to the upholstery guy so you can do the headliner.
20:39Sounds good.
20:40And then we'll be Mad Maxing it.
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20:55Skill, grit, and a little grease under the nails, this is Sam's Garage.
21:02From rally checkpoints to EV swaps and a reborn Catalina, we keep the stories and the engines firing.
21:10Thanks for joining and we'll see you on the next ride.
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