Two Guys Garage Podcast

In 1995, “Speedvision was this new discovery,” Kevin says at the top of this week’s podcast. “It was like kind of discovering the Playboy magazine in your buddy’s dad’s closet and going, ‘What is this?’” As the first 24/7 national cable television network devoted solely to cars, bikes, boats, and planes, “It was home for so many of us for so many hours,” adds Willie. Flash forward to today, and th...

For twenty-one years Willie has been doing his Cars for Christmas giveaway, and in this podcast the guys discuss some of the highs and lows of this year’s event. Willie shares stories and discusses the nearly year-long process that he and his team go through preparing these vehicles for needy families. Willie tells us, “When you hear story after story and see how much people are moved and motivate...

Terry Fair of Vorshlag Motorsports is well known for swapping an LS engine into a 2015 S550 Mustang GT. “Trigger” can deliver 620 hp to the 200 treadwear-type rear tires on pump gas. A radical combination of engineer, builder, and driver, Terry “is on the forefront of just rippin’ and doing things that you would never believe is possible,” notes Willie, both for customers and himself. For his part...

In this episode, the guys discuss some builds that really blew them away at the recent SEMA Show. Chief among these is the amazing ‘57 Chevy with a Gen 3 Hemi powered by hydrogen built by Jeff Lutz and Clay Millican in partnership with CRC’s Build for the Future scholarship program. “We’re 100% here,” Clay tells Willie, “doing these car projects we’ve done the last couple of years because of CRC p...

It’s estimated that roughly 70% of car repairs performed after a warranty expires are done by independent shops. However, if the manufacturers have their way, all this work would be restricted to dealerships, with drivers forced to sacrifice the convenience and affordability their local mechanics now provide. The stakes are high, as is the momentum to prevent this from happening. Ted Hughes of the...

Sterling Backus, the man who's made a name for himself 3D printing a Lamborghini, is back with an update on his remarkable story of success and failure. Having already done the impossible, Sterling discusses his latest project – 3D printing a McLaren! “I bought the worst excuse for a McLaren 600 LT in the United States that came with a certificate of destruction because it was so bad," he tells th...

Sterling Bakus is a scholar of 3D printing, having built his very own Lamborghini Aventador that “at least from five feet away, you wouldn’t be able to tell that it wasn’t real.” The internet took notice, as did Kevin and Willie. “For car guys and car enthusiasts and shop owners, this is something you should truly pay attention to,” says Willie. “This is great technology.” And best of all, it won’...

Keegan Sobilo is a young up-and-coming race car driver who runs for a cause: pediatric cancer. Keegan started racing Mini-Cups at age 8 and now, at only 16 years old, he has in Willie’s words, “accomplished more than most of us would-be weekend warriors." The Pro Late Model driver already has 11 starts under his belt, notching three top 10 finishes. He finished 5th in the CRA All Stars Tour points...

On this podcast Ross Berlanga from TMI Products joins the guys once again to discuss some of their interior offerings including newly developed options for 80s, 90s and OBS vehicles that are making a resurgence in the aftermarket. With over 2 million SKUs, they probably have what you are looking for. Speaking on the ease of going with TMI products and how quickly you can transform your car's inter...

As the hustle and bustle of the holidays recede in the rearview mirror, the guys finally get some time to trade notes on the 2023 SEMA Show. And there is a lot to talk about, including some of their favorite hot rods and show cars, as well as what wasn’t there (spoiler alert: it’s the Big 3). Perhaps best of all, Willie shares his sit-down conversation with 7-time Supercross and Motocross Champion...

Welder, educator, author, and consultant Mark Prosser joins the podcast again to pass on more of his welding skills, knowledge, and tips with listeners. Speaking on the issue of welding on older muscle cars, Willie notes that,” when you get into that old metal, it takes the weld so much differently from some of the new metal … what's so different about metal today that's different from metal from...

“There’s many things in life we want to be just like Willie,” Kevin pronounces at the top of today’s episode, “and this is one of them.” He’s talking about where to build and house our cars, where to put our tools, what our shops and garages look like. And Willie has a set of garages guaranteed to turn any car guy green with envy. But how do you find a house with a great shop or garage? Returning...

“Once you start really putting some racing technology into streetable cars, it gets really fun.” So it goes for Full Blown Kustoms owner James Goldman, as he tells the guys in this podcast. “They have four wheels and a seat, but they’re not cars anymore, they’re spaceships.” One need look no further than his twin turbo ’69 Lincoln Continental build for proof – as witnessed by its 14 million online...

The guys just wrapped work on Kevin’s Pro Touring daily driver project – a 1970 Fastback with Coyote swap – with a solid assist from Tom Peters of Mustangs to Fear. Having first staked a claim to fame with its “Gone in 60 Seconds” Eleanor-style fiberglass panels, MTF now offers a complete list of original products and straight up car builds. “Let’s face it, building a car is hard, and we don’t wan...

A plasma cutter is an indispensable machine for anyone doing a significant amount of fab work. “The things you can do with a CNC plasma table are almost mind-blowing,” extols Kevin. “The speed, the accuracy, the repeatability, all of that when you really want to pump out the work." Greg Combe and Joe Cook of Tracker CNC join Kevin and Willie today to talk about CNC plasma tables and the difference...

In Part 2 of this ongoing series of podcasts, the guys do a deep dive on details of Kevin’s Mustang project, including the centerpiece Coyote swap he’s pegged to deliver 800-1000 hp. “It’s gonna be my track day car, for sure. It’s gonna be nasty but refined,” says Kevin, noting that a chunk of the build will be shot for an upcoming episode of the TV show. His plan is to build the car “like a ship...

One of the godfathers of the Coyote engine, Adam Christian, joins the podcast to talk shop with the guys and discuss the infamous Ford GT40. Kevin notes that Adam “has a lot of car builds under his belt, and one of those builds is a full restoration of one of the original GT40s” made famous as the Le Mans-winning car that broke Ferrari’s winning streak in the 1960s and was recently brought back in...

Kevin’s on a mission to not just rebuild but to reconceive the iconic 1970 Mustang Fastback he missed out on in his youth. In this first installment of an ongoing series, Kevin reveals his ambitious gameplan for the project, including how he came up with it, what he’s doing with it, and the direction he’s taking it. “It’s gonna be a daily driver hot rod that rips,” he tells Willie, “I’m gonna just...

Kyle Fischer from Hot Shot’s Secret returns for another visit with the guys, and this time he’s brought with him Kevin Adams, VP of Research and Development, to talk about not only metal-on-metal contact, varnish, and sludge, but their new entry into the gasoline engine world. They've just emerged from the testing lab, where they’ve been focused on fixing a major problem in the LS engine world – t...

By his own admission, the way Terry Fair does things is probably not the way your typical racer would. The owner of Vorshlag Motorsports “needs a car that handles pretty badly, cause the worse it is from the factory, the more we can improve upon it.” Terry’s unorthodox methodology has driven some remarkable results, netting track time improvements from milliseconds to multiple seconds. As he expla...

When it comes to custom made-to-order lightweight forged aluminum performance wheels, David Schardt and the team at Forgeline Motorsports “make some of the top wheels you’ll see on just about anything,” notes Kevin, “from full-on race cars and supercars, down to just cool street machines.” David rejoins the podcast to compare notes with the guys on some of their past wheel decisions, discuss wheel...

Custom tuning continues to evolve by leaps and bounds. From simple tinkering with a screwdriver on a carburetor; to the first generations of fuel injection where everybody freaked out; to computer systems that with just a few parameters can learn by themselves; to dialing in sophisticated software and still managing to keep things legal as the EPA cracks down on emissions. Jay Payson of SCT Bullyd...

Modern diesel engines are unbelievably powerful machines, and Bert Bonilla of Alliant Power knows a lot about them and the huge selection of new and remanufactured diesel parts they offer.  “These guys really live in the diesel world, really cut their teeth in the diesel world,” Willie observes by way of introduction, “and that nowadays is big power, big performance and big issues.” The guys tap i...

Blake Fuller is an automotive racer, builder, inventor, and founder of Braille Battery and Electric Performance. So, it was a natural for Kevin and Willie to turn to him for prognostications on the future of EV performance. “Those same deficiencies of the original American muscle cars in the 1960s are the same deficiencies that are having to be overcome today,” he tells the guys, “and that’s the f...

Brian Wolfe from Willis Performance joins the guys on the podcast to discuss his work with the Godzilla engine. Known as a Godzilla engine guru, Brian helped guide the 7.3-liter Godzilla engine while at Ford and is now able to create this engine in a way that makes it affordable for anyone. Willie asks, “Is it really out there and affordable to the point where you could go get your hands on one?”...