Hot Rod Garage — Season 1, Episode 6: Budget-Minded Muscle Car Suspension Upgrades!

Episode synopsis

On this episode of Hot Rod Garage Presented by Lincoln Tech, we turn a lowridin’ 1965 Pontiac LeMans into a corner-carving muscle car with a budget-minded suspension system, a quick-ratio steering box, and disc brakes. Classic Performance Products supply the parts, which bolt in place and result in dramatic improvements to the handling of Hot Rod Magazine staffer Brandan Gilllogly’s car. Once the LeMans is sorted we work on our 1973 Chevy Ramp Truck during a Dickies Roadkill Project Car Update. The electrical system has seen better days and so we play detective to trace a battery drain and replace both batteries with new units from AC Delco. We wrap up this episode with a question and answer session with Mike Finnegan and David Freiburger as they ponder the mysteries of the universe and cars in general.

About Hot Rod Garage

HOT ROD Garage is the ultimate, hands-on car aficionado's workshop show. From paint and body repair to engine swaps, HOT ROD Garage is full of the tips, tricks and know-how that you've come to expect from the crew at HOT ROD Magazine.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Draguar Engine Swap, El Camino 4L60-E Trans Install & More!
• E2Supercharging a 5th Gen Camaro the Hemi Chevy Gasser Gets a Fuel System
• E3Easy Big-Block Chevy Power Upgrades Plus Sheet Metal Beadrolling Tips
• E4Wilwood Brakes for the Roadkill El Camino and Sand Casting Hot Rod Parts!
• E5Muscle Truck Revamp on a 1974 Chevrolet C10!
• E7Bolt-On Overdrive for the Hemi-Powered Super Bee!
• E8Nitrous Fogger Install on the Crusher Camaro!
• E9Blasphemi, Burnouts, and FAST XFI 2.0 EFI Tuning!
• E10GM A-Body Suspension Upgrades on a 1969 El Camino!
• E11The Ultimate Bolt-In Chevy LS3 Engine Swap
• E121,225 Horsepower Engine 711 ci Sonny Leonard Chevy Hemi!