Let’s just ditch the hood :)

whats right isn't easy, and whats easy isn't right or better. Its just easy. But you're better than that KSR.

I watch Cleetus for the shenanigans and Kevin for the detailed work and to learn a bit about working on cars. Keep up the great work Kevin!

Do you guys plan on ceramic coating the hot side of the turbo manifolds?

Great work!

The reason why I love this channel is because you always want to do it the right way no half a**ing it

Do it the right way it will be better and drive better

I love seeing the thought process when things go left. A lot of builds gloss over the fact that there are potential snags to hit all along the way.

Kevin my brother you are absolutely killing it with this build. You sir are a definite asset to cleetus I really believe that he has the potential to go sixes now that you are on the team. I do know this if I ever needed a car built I would drive the whopping 50 miles from my house to your shop lol love what you doing brother keep the videos rolling.

I know Kevin is just going to move the engine because that is just the type of guy he is; BUT, is there any reason why that hood couldn’t be modified to accommodate the engine where it is? Like cut out the area that is touching and fiberglass in a new cowl? OR have StreetBanditos make a carbon fiber hood real quick? Would be a good colab.

we love it

Seriously may be my favorite ever.

Just ditch the hood, it's obvious that it is cleetus's destiny at this point.

You can keep the notifications, but I am subscribed and will surely watch the videos as they show up on my subscriptions. Thumbs up also. The detailed video on what makes machines what they are is what I love and it is something easily left out by other youtubers and especially tv shows (I hate TV now because it is all about advertising and drama, without the details). Cletus has some detailed build videos but not as much as he used to, and Alex Taylor just had one of her dad sand casting an aluminum part. People like your channel because you are down to Earth with no drama and you do a great job presenting what you do. It isn't for everyone, but there are more of us who appreciate that, than you may have expected.

Man your quality and need to be a perfectionist is a lost art! Keep up the Great work

More content please!

He’s kinda got a tony hawk thing going on

Really appreciate how the video reveals the thought process that goes into a build from scratch car like this, the only blue prints are the ones in your head, the ones that have cost you many hours of brain storming, trial and error, and the ones that have made you a professional, you cant just order that stuff off e-bay and i doubt that an AI robot will ever take your place regardless of how much data they feed it, lol Thanks for your time and please keep on rolling.....

You are the best

Great. Choice. Will all that moving around help the weight and performance of the car

Kevin I know Im a few days late, but does the company that makes the heat exchanger for the intake make a lower profile one?

Awesome work Kevin, love seeing your projects coming together. You gotta do what you know is best or it's gunna annoy the hell out of you

jus do one of those supercahrged s15 with half the engine out the hood, with the turbos out the top

Cut horizontal slats in the cowl and bend the slats up and outward. Added benefit is cooling..

Your easy rider timelapse music's making me sleepy :P

@15:30 the process of arguing with one’s self.... and not wanting to redo progress, but it sucks when you know it’s the right thing to do. The struggle is real. 😖😖😖 and we know that we don’t want to send it out the way it was/is....

Amazing content keep it up!!!

It's nice to see the attention to detail you put into your builds.

oh my GOD it keeps getting better

Sooo, it’s been 4 days. How’s she coming along their Kevin?🤔

You know you wouldn't be happy with the build if you left it the way it is. Moving the engine is exactly what we all expect you to do. After all..... it's the right thing to do.... right !?

Kevin I've heard you say your a Holley Distributor my question is does Holley make a system for rotary's im looking for a system that will control 2 13b's at the same time or if I can like 2 units together if they do sell such a unit could you point me in the right direction thank you for your time The Old Guy

@ KSR Performance & Fabrication Kevin just fab hood with higher dome. It'd take you a coupla hours. To cut the top off. Weld insert. Replace top weld and send to paint.

It's looking really good. Gonna be one hell of a car! You gotta get those boys to abandon the cathedral ports lol. Once you go to a certain point....

That viper in the background earlier in the video looked pretty slick

Really enjoy your content Kevin. Your precision and attention to detail is something to be proud of for sure. Great stuff!!

This music makes me want to grab a glass of wine and chill with the lady.

I love watchin the doctor work, making sure this does NOT become a pig to work on, or needing rework/extra work. Do it right, do it once. Be proud when you're done. Lookin sharp. I could feel tension of the words trying to escape your lips, but like I taught all my kids from young- don't say FARK, its a Currant of a word...

What a G

lower the front & move it back 3-4 "

Have you ever used a .001 feeler gauge? Used to work on disintegrators for SEM and that was the clearance on the cutting blades! Bolts also torqued to 495lb-ft. Love the detail Kev as always

easy isn't worth anything 👍

If you go down and back , that will make the front to rear weight balance better and make the center of gravity better . Win win and the hood will fit for a 3rd win .

Thanks for doing it right.

Moving the engine back ain't that bad in your situation. It's early in the build and there ain't much to move lol

What do you charge for shop time on something like that? Or do you just eat it?

There’s nothing that you really could have done until you put the engine in anyway

the struggle of "fixing 5 to 10 small things" or "fix one bigger thing and all the small things dissapear" in the end its better to just fix the big one.

Kevin just completely ignore the 50 down thumbs that pulled em out of their rear ends. This is pure shop talk, some can’t follow where you go.

I love when hes sitting thinking. itd the worst when you get so much done then have to go back so many steps

Do you tune Holley Sniper efi?

As fast as he is saying he will go with this car. I'm very surprised he doesn't have a 2 peice billet converter

Why not just get another hood/modify the scoop until the intake clears? That way you keep the weight at the front, preventing wheelies and save a lot of time. A fiber-hood cant be as expensive as the work hours to move the engine back either, or am I wrong?

Love seeing the thought process behind the hood clearance/engine move

Kevin great content learning alot. Thank you for your time.

A MULLET IS BUSINESS IN THE FRONT PARTY IN THE BACK... ITS GOTTA HAVE THE HOOD!! lol

Like it how he shows also the set backs and explanes what he is going to do as he brainstorms how to fix it.

I’d like to see you do it right leave the hood on so that Cletus can beat some of his personal records in the car!!!👍🏻

Since when has Cleetus ever needed a Hood??

Would the charge pipe be able to clear or it would it still need to be notched?

whats the film used protecting the paint? i need some of that

Just cut the hood enough to make it fit it'll look cool peeking through.

Put another prostock style hood scoop on top of the cowl scoop that’s molded into the hood.

change the hood he will take the hood of anyway

So the rule that "anything worth doing will have to be done more than once" doesn't just apply to things I do.

"Always lube your input shaft". Funny when my wife laughs before I do. We love your channel Kevin!! I've officially started saving specifically for your services. 2022 !!!

If anyone can do this, it's you Kevin, loving the content, bloody awesome and informative 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘🦘

Give ole Cleet a clean Mullet.. Kev you got it man 💪🇹🇨

Make an aerodynamic nose cap and make it a Daytona Camino

Really get a hood! Or fab the hood

Your videos are great... please, don’t look at the lens; look past it. It helps you not go cross eyed.

I worked in the high performance world for a long time - I understand small change can affect absolutely everything.

2 steps back one step forward

Making things right even though it sucks = respect. That's awesome yo. 🤘

Kevin, you've got my Viper I see. 😁😁😁 Love the videos, the wealth of knowledge you possess is amazing

Just get a different hood!!!

Those slotted holes are line up holes on factory appliances. As of after market I ain’t sure.

Just flip the top and pipe it through the cowl!

Haha, 30 hours of fab work to fit a 200 dollar hood, that looks like a mess to begin with. Perfection: a blessing and a curse.

Wow, that hood is on warped up piece of .... fiberglass ? Yikes...

@ 3:38 ... that's what she said. HAHaHahahaha.... Ohhh, I kill myself.....LOL

Heck yea can’t wait to see thing thing rippin!!

When you , Cleetus and James build a drag car, do you run a quarter mile or eighth mile ?

Very cool

What is going on with that four eyed fox body in the background?

You cannn doooo itt 👍 Get er right ✅

I gotta be honest, the quality of fab work is why I've subscribed in the first place. That pain in the ass decision is exactly the stuff I'm taking about. Doing it right, even when that means more work.

Going with your gut feeling is the way to go. Your attention to detail is inspiring!! Thanks for the content man!!

first off the way you do things is awesome and more people need to be about the "right way". that being said... i gotta know about the two viper ACRs sitting there!!

Loving your videos, Kevin! No fluff or stupid gimmicks. Just a calm, well explained, walkthrough of what you're doing. Please keep it coming!

You made the right decision to move the engine! Everything will be better - lower CG, lower polar moment of inertia, better aero, no interference with steering rack. 💪🏻🤓

It's nice to know there are still builders out there that would rather do it right, not easy! Too often guys run into an issue like this and go with what is easy instead!

This is why I love Kevin. He just wants to do everything right.

Great job and hard choice! But it’s the only way to success !

I say keep the hood but I do love cars who’s intake tube is poking through the hood, kind of like chucks car from street outlaws

What about the throttle body?

Quality comes from doing the correct work even when no-one is looking and it is and will be another quality KSR car.

dont forget to account for the Throttle body and charge pipes when it comes to the hood clearance, love the detailed content, cant wait to hear the freedom from this monster

how is the mullett going into the sixes with one turbo... is the car gonna be lighter than leroy and ruby or what...

Why not cut a whole in the hood, but add a Lexan window to show off the intake?