my dream to resurrect my El Camino it's
finally coming true after undergoing
major surgery done and a week in
intensive tube rehab my lifted diesel El
Camino is half muscle car half monster
truck and half done okay under my
constant supervision the guys finished
up the rear two chassis they hooked up
the links to the cradle and checked all
the geometry on the four-link suspension
and now it's time to install the five
pass coil over shocks this thing is huge
never gonna give the El Camino that
smooth ride I've always wanted oh look
at that Isle of Man I'm shocked
you're real punny now it's gonna go
anywhere do anything or show it off to
the world when muscle first showed up at
the shop with his El Camino build I
hated it but the fact that you saw the
potential you took this little ugly
duckling and you nurtured it you helped
it spread its wings and then it turned
into this I mean I gotta say I'm I'm
proud of you
really how would you like to bring your
big nurtured back to health beautiful
duck and show it off to everybody at the
Monster Jam all-star challenge really
under one condition it has to be
drivable in time for the show yes
all right you about ready to get this
transmission dialed in oh man I've been
waiting since season 1 to get this done
getting the engine to work with the body
was our very first challenge in building
El Camino
I just think the ECM is commanding the
injectors not the fire now making sure
that the transmission is getting all the
info it needs from the edge and to build
up enough pressure to get out of first
gear is our next challenge we already
took the transmission over to Randy so
that he could diagnose the problem we're
gonna have some internal down there
that's great less material
what would the metal shavings be from
we're gonna have to get the convertor
cut open we got our Springs then Randy
cleaned up and rebuilt the entire four
l-lady transmission gear train coming up
with stronger clutch components so they
can handle the torque of the diesel
motor okay boys last piece to the puzzle
here it is now it's done now it's done
we got the new torque converter and the
rebuilt transmission back in the revamp
chassis for the El Camino and now it's
time to make my baby purr we're going to
pressure test this transmission so
basically take this tool right here we
hook it up to the side of the
transmission you know and it runs into
this basically a transducer and it it
reads the pressure of the transmission
so it's like a blood pressure cuff for
the transmission basically all right so
this is called the mainline pressure tap
yeah it's basically the Gateway to the
heart of the transmission gateway to the
heart I love the way will you describe
that it doesn't lie Randy already
rebuilt the entire transmission so we
know the internal components are good so
for LED transmission is not exactly it
never came behind the Duramax so yeah
it's a unique swap but if we test the
fluid pressure and find out there's not
enough to move the clutch packs and
shift gears that means the communication
between the transmission and the engine
is off and that's a much much bigger
problem which means the El Camino won't
be ready to take to Monster Jam and show
off to the fans
clip it into this pressure sensor right
here okay we're ready to roll man
so today we're looking for anywhere
between 160 to 200 psi
obviously they're closer to 200 we love
seeing that but anything above 160 is
going to prove to us that the
transmission is making the pressure East
all the torque of that Miramax
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on one hand it feels fantastic finally
be out on the open road inside the El
Camino on the other hand I'm just
praying she hits the numbers that she
needs to hit or at least close
we almost got a 180 on that work we're
getting close to that realm I with a
little bit of adjusting on the EPC
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the transmission works Randy's got to do
a couple tweaks to the engine controls
to make sure that the engine and the
transmission are in perfect
communication me I got to get the out
communal shined up she's gonna be the
belle of the allstar ball at Monster Jam
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all the guys at the shop stayed late got
it done and now after years long
struggle pain and anguish new shoes to
match the new suspension KC lights all
shining bright and ready for this what
transformed into the broken me no I
thought it was called the he'll come you
know think about the kids David you want
a little Charlie May saying AG double
hockey sticks now sat in the back of the
bro Camino I got those same butterflies
I get before every single race when I'm
driving at Monster Jam
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the El Camino has been on a long long
journey we did major surgery on the El
Camino we cut the back half of the
chassis off and replaced it with a
stronger tube subframe we took out the
four l-lady transmission that was
originally paired up with the Duramax
motor and rebuilt it was stronger valve
components we got rid of the old leaf
spring suspension and built a completely
custom for leak suspension with triple
bypass shocks that we can tune so we can
hit the jumps and fly through the air
like a majestic eagle and land on a sea
of clouds all right here's the deal like
your suspension yeah it does a lot of
cool stuff but it can't defy gravity if
you can dream it you can do it you clean
up the cosmetics put it on some 24 inch
wheels with 42 inch tires and gave it a
brand new name the only thing we didn't
change there's a signature burnt orange
paint job so the fans can recognize it
from miles away hey speaking of fans I
got something I want to show you diesel
Dave listen buddy I am very impressed
more than that though I'm proud of you
what you've created here is pretty
amazing beautiful we have another
surprise tonight for you and for all the
Monster Jam fans you ready for this let
me just take a loose look up there on
the big screen it's me
yes sir this is the greatest news ever
they're gonna make the bro Camino eat
your monster Jam truck this is real life
but what are we gonna tell me that you
were talking to Monster Jam about
designing my very own Monster Jam bro
Camino like I'm gonna be out on that
track by myself in the road Oh sir I
need my buddy next to me you saw the
potential and you made it come to life
the bass brothers out of Monster Jam
this is gonna be epic it's reading
potential maybe we should take the bro
Camino back home to Utah so that we can
get to work on that potentially amazing
super six tracked vehicle for SEMA all
right but how about we take the long way
to see what she can really do deal it
was granted I never really got out of
first year the first patent but this is
a rough road and this thing's freaking
smoothly truck suspension right there
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this is what she was born to do my
friend
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