11x02 - Crusin' for a Bruisin

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Don't drop it.
MIKE C: I'm getting really hot.

[LAUGHTER]

[ALL CHEERING] Hold still.

MAN: Got you!

This is not fair!
Dude, hey, you've still got it
for an old guy, man.

[ALL LAUGHING]

He was just like, "Block."
Lady and the tr*mp. Oh!

It's in my eyebrows, in my beard.

Did you get it? Aagh!

I don't have another shirt, man.
I don't have another shirt.

There's some in your beard, hold on.

MAN: Why is it always Mike
that goes a little too far?

Mike, do you want me
to go get you a shirt?

Bro, get me a f*cking shirt.

Hey, watch the language.
This is a family show.

NARRATOR: Right now
on Fast N' Loud,

hot-rod hunter Richard Rawlings
and the Gas Monkey crew
hit it hard...

MAN: Not bad, dude.

..when they struggle
to finish their Datsun build
with tuner expert Big Mike...

Well, it's in.

..just as Richard
drops a SEMA-size b*mb on them.

Still got to get it done.
It's got to be perfect.

And then Richard gets a grip...

Look at that. Golly.

..on a sick '68 Shelby GT500...

How about 90 grand?
That's not good.

..before setting the pace
for a line-up of NASCAR legends.

Will Big Mike and the Monkeys
get the Datsun done in time for SEMA?

Or will a last-minute mishap
leave them stranded?

Please.

Where's my band of mechanics?

My side of the line, please.
Well, come on down.

What's up, kemosabe?
Yeah, we got stuff to do.

Where are we at, really, on the Z?
Because we is behind.

We want to make it perfect.
What have we got left?

Hoping to get it to paint today.

And you're telling me
we're not tuning or starting it
till it's back together?

No, we have to take it to our guy
in Oklahoma. He tunes it for us.

A computer comes with no tune in it,

and that way we can't damage
the motor, components or anything.

It's better that we get it
on the dyno, let him tune it
and do everything there.

But once we get it to that point...
Yeah, I've been there before and...

[MIMICS expl*si*n] Oh, come on.
That was a different group.
Oh, ye of little faith.

I have faith, but I've got an offer
to put in at SEMA.

Like, this year? Yeah. Wow.
If I commit, we can't not show up.

That's a tall order. Yeah, that is.
I mean, that is not that far off.

[EXHALES HEAVILY]
Why do you put me through this?

My heart won't take it. It's still
deadline, deadline, deadline.

It is true. The more things change
around here, the more
they stay the same.

Let's go check out the car,
and guess what colour it is!
Big surprise there.

I'm always looking to knock down
new doors at Gas Monkey,

and my latest, greatest idea? Tuner.

And I found the best
'75 280Z on the planet.

JASON: Dude, that is a nice car.

And we're gonna transform it into
the first Gas Monkey Garage
import tuner.

We've stepped out of classic
American cars a couple of times

with a Porsche and a VW, but since
we've never done an import tuner,

I figured I'd reach out to
Big Mike out in California.

They call you Big Mike? Yes, they do.
You're barely over the table.

Big Mike is a part-time builder
who's made a big splash
in the import-tuner world.

ANNOUNCER: First finalist,
Big Mike. [ALL CHEERING]

He's a top-ten finalist in the 2016
Battle of the Builders at SEMA,

and SEMA is THE show for
automotive after-market products.

I want to keep it very '70s,
era-specific, use the body lines,

widen it out just a little bit.
We're going to have fun.

He's used to taking up to a year
to build a car, and we don't do it
that way at Gas Monkey.

Four weeks, that's all you get.
We've never done one. Come on.

Big Mike had a good plan going in,
but we all know how quickly plans
can go south. Around here...

This one is not centred at all.

I might have to have Jeremy
come up with something better.

This type of stuff is destroying
us getting anything done.

That's what makes a car
either look great or look bad.

That would save a bunch of time,
to not take a lot of stuff apart.
We like green. You like green? OK.

To throw another wrench
into the works, I got an offer
to show this car at SEMA,

which would be great recognition
for Gas Monkey

in front of everybody
in the automotive world.

It's a big honour to have a car
on the inside. Anybody can buy
a spot outside.

All those details. Not only that,
all of you get a trip to SEMA
to have some fun.

And you're paying the way? Yes.

OK. Ha-ha! I'm super-excited.
I'm just more stressed now.

It'll need extra time on paint.
Why? It's going back to
factory colour.

Yeah, but if we're going to SEMA...
We don't want to show up
with an inferior car.

Y'all are making me feel
so much better. I feel great now.

We're excited about going to Vegas.
We just want to make the deadline.

We still got to get it done.
It's gotta be perfect.

We'll work whatever time we got to.

This is gonna be a push, push, push.
CHARLES: It's gonna be
a lot of nights.

All right, well, get after it.
I'm going to take a nap. I'm tired.

Things just got
a lot more interesting.

Having a car on the floor at SEMA
is a rare opportunity
for any hot-rodder.

Hello, hello. Are we ready?
MAN: Yeah. About time.

MAN 2: Mike's never happy.
I can tell. He's a very angry man.

I'm never happy with it being late.
I'm expected to be on time
and so are you.

We're coming down. Everybody clear?
Watch your head. Coming down.

The thing is we have less
than two weeks to finish this off.

The pressure cooker
pretty much got set to nuclear.

Yeah, if you could prep it,
paint it, bake it in the booth,

and we'll pick it up tomorrow,
that'd be great.

Down. JASON: Seriously, how fast
can you turn this thing around?

The cool thing is
the bodywork's pretty much done.

All I got left is the fender flares
and the modification to the hood,

but the hood can be dead last.
I think I can have it painted,
say, three to five days.

Three to five days?
That'll be perfect.

We can make this work and still make
our schedule. I can do that.

You can do that? Yeah, I can.
We're wasting time now.

Let's get it on the crate
and get done.

MAN: Mike, you got that?
Ready? Good to go.

I thought it was crazy
taking just four weeks

to do a build that I'd usually
spend up to a year on,

and to top it all off, we're gonna
take it to SEMA. That is crazy.

Working with Gas Monkey's been
an interesting ride.

I know these guys have pulled off
miracles in the past. I just hope
they can do it again.

Thanks, Mike.
All right, man, we'll get it done.

So, check this out.
You're out of the shop.
Everybody else is there working.

I'm gonna enjoy today. You've got
a cool car I'm going to see.

I know you got three of them,
but there's one I care about.
Yeah, the Shelby.

A few days ago, I got a k*ller lead.

This guy Gene called me
from Greenville, Ohio,

and said that he was the executor
of an estate, and that they found
a '68 Shelby GT500,

a 1944 Deluxe Convertible,
and a 1929 Model A.

The good thing is Shelbys
are soft right now. The bad thing is
Shelbys are soft right now.

But I think a car like that,
a survivor-type car,

those things always bring the money.

I brought Jason along
because he's probably built

more Shelbys than I've seen.
He's the Shelby ninja.

The gentleman's sitting right there.

I told him he was getting a day off,
but I'm still making him work.

Do you think I would let you
look at this car without me?
Oh, heck, yeah. No.

Hi, guys. Howdy. Hi there.
How are you? You must be Gene.

Yeah. You're Richard? Yes, sir.
And I'm Wanda.

I'm Gene Weyant,
and this is my wife Wanda.

My aunt Bettie passed away last year,
so Wanda assumed the financial deals,

and I took care of the maintenance
and I'm... [LAUGHS] the gofer.

Right on. So, where are these cars?
They're out here. They've been
stored in the barn.

Let's go check this. Go see.

Wow. There's a '40 convertible.

[LAUGHS] Wow. Holy cow. I think
everything is original on it.

I've had probably ten or 15
of these cars in my life,

but this one, as I'm looking at it,
it's really, really nice.
It's really original.

I love original stuff, man.

It's so cool. What's number two,
the Model A here?

The Model A was bought in 1965,
just all stock,

never been souped up. It's straight.
It's clean. It's nice.

We're looking at the Model A.
It's a '29 two-door-sedan.

That's all I need to know.
I know the number.

I'm not worried about looking at it.
I want to see the Shelby. Yeah.

Where's the Shelby? The Shelby?
Saving the best for last.

What Shelby?
Yeah, right. [LAUGHS] Oh.

Oh, now, see,
this is what I'm talking about.

We roll in, and I didn't need
to say anything

cos he jumped on that thing
faster than fast.

May I? Sure, you can uncover it.

Anxious to see the car, see if it is
what it's been advertised as.

If it is, there's no way I'm letting
Richard leave without it.

I've seen a lot of these cars,
and I don't know

if I've ever seen one not touched
for 40-some-odd years like this.

Original seatbelts, original
door panels. Interior's intact.

Let's talk about
the engine compartment. OK.

This car's amazing.

Original wire tags on the wires.
You got original smog on the car,
which is amazingly rare.

This is definitely a survivor.

A survivor car is an original
factory car that, say, 80-90% of it

is still exactly like it was
the day it was sold,
and this car is just that.

Original radiator in the car,
original reservoir.

Original shock plates, cos they got
the reinforcements. I mean...

It's cool. [EXHALES] Take a breath.

All right, Mr Gene and Ms Wanda,
can me and Jason take a second,

try to figure out what to offer you?

Sure. That'd be a good idea.
I know, right?

Let's go talk numbers.
I know what I'm thinking.
Let's see what you're thinking.

I'm thinking
we gotta take this car home.

I know you're trying to get
the price down on that car,
but it is exactly what you thought.

It's better than I thought.
What kind of money are you talking?

I don't know. The Model A's
the Model A, maybe five grand.

This is insane. It blew my mind.
It's k*ller.

It's maybe $35,000.

I think the Shelby needs to be
bought at no more than $60,000.

I was gonna say $55,000 or $60,000,
the way it sits.

If I can get these cars
in the 80-90 range,

I'm going to be OK,
but I'm going to start
my offer at 75 grand.

All right, guys. On the phone,
we were talking around 100 grand.

What do you feel about $75,000?
Oh. Uh...

No, can't really do that, you know.
No, that's not good.

I think we might have to go
a little better.

Well, you tell me,
what's the bottom line
that takes it today?

About $97,500.

Wow, you're going to
come up 2.5% for me?

I give him a price of $97,500,

and he kind of blinks his eyes
a little bit, and wiggles his ears.

Golly. I was hoping you were
going to say $85,000. $85,000.

Typical car-dealer. You gotta
bargain a little bit. Oh, yeah.

All right, I know
where I need to be.

How about 90 grand?
What do you think?

Do it, babe. [LAUGHS]

We can do that.
Yeah, that comes in.


I like your street cred.

We came out to Greenville, Ohio,
made a great deal,
and everybody's happy.

Now I've gotta get them home, and
you've gotta get back to work. Ugh.

I'm going to go look at the Shelby
while you work out the detail.

That's a very good number.
I'm happy about it. I'm satisfied,
and I'm glad it's Richard.

You guys got
any fresh lemonade in these parts?
I think we could find some.

Lemonade's my TV name for beer.
Oh, it is? All right. [LAUGHS]

NARRATOR: Coming up...

We are behind.

..Richard pushes the Monkeys
too hard...

MAN: Are you all right?
MAN 2: My bad, bro.

..before setting the pace
for a pack of speedsters.

I got 40 racers behind me.

MAN: Look. MAN 2: Oh, over there.
It's on the horizon. Look at that.

The wheelie machine's coming.
Are you ready for your bucket? Whoo!

It's a wheelie machine.
Oh, my God.

Man, look at this paint.
MIKE C: Somebody order a Z?

MAN: It's beautiful.
MAN 2: I like it.

That green is so much richer now
than it was before.

Now we can start
putting stuff back together.

We need to hit it hard and heavy
to get this thing done.

CHARLES:
This is when our introduction
to tuner-building gets really real.

We've got to take
all those cool components
we mocked up with Big Mike...

You hand-tight or tight-tight?
Oh, they're just hand-tight.

..and put it back together for keeps.
We gotta do it fast.

It's supposed to be at SEMA
in just over a week.

But this is dead-centre to
the opening- MAN: Are you all right?

My bad, bro.

Fast, but careful. Definitely
a little more careful than that.

Dang.

Was that a good or a bad dang?
I was excited from the back,

and now I'm looking up here,
and this isn't looking that good.

Why isn't the motor and trans in?
We are behind.

I know. To make it right,
it takes a bit more time,

but it's going to be beautiful.

Putting the steering column in,
and then the motor.

We'll have the fenders on
once the motor's set.

Man. I promise, this afternoon
it'll look like a different car.

I've heard that before.
All right, I'm out.

I got a NASCAR thing.
Later, Monkeys.

That's always good. I haven't seen
him in a couple of days.

He comes by and he's so happy.
Oh, it just makes me happy. Mm-hm.

Today, I'm out at New Hampshire
Motor Speedway. Big NASCAR weekend.

It's near the end of the season.
Everybody's in the points race,
and on top of that,

I'm going to drive the pace car.
Unbelievable.

Who in their right mind gives me
the pace car to drive?
What are these guys thinking?

It'd be cool to have a NASCAR,
but it's expensive.
This is really expensive.

Like "I'd have to sell my wife"
type expensive. Really?

I've brought my wife Sue with me
because she gets to see me be
a tough guy.

I'm going to drive the pace car.
This has gotta be some bonus points.

First things first, they got me
doing pace-car training.

Ha, that will be awesome.

Pace car pulls up,
and it's a four-door Camry
with a four-cylinder motor.

I'm pretty sure I got this.
They didn't skimp
on the instructor either.

I mean, Brett Bodine.
He's a NASCAR legend.

Before he retired,
Brett raced 77 NASCAR events,

racking up five wins
and 55 top-ten finishes.

There's a thing or two
I could learn from him.

Good to see you. This is my wife.
Nice to meet you.

We're going to show you
how to get it done,

how to get this race started.
Whoo-hoo!

This is a stupid question,
but I have to ask you -
you do drive?

Yes, sir. I got this.

So, all the cars
will be lined up on pit road.

The tower will say,
'Pace car, ease them on off.'
You need to slow down just a bit.

What happens is it takes so long
for them to get going,
we don't want to overlap them.

Yeah, I got you.
As you come off turn four over here,

I want you to get up
right up to 45mph, and lock them in.

When you get to 45mph exactly,
I'll turn the overhead lights on.

That signals to everybody behind us
you're at 45mph.

Then they set their tachometers
based off of that.

It's two or three laps, or...?
Usually in New Hampshire,
they take three.

When we get to the start/finish line
we'll turn our lights off,

and that tells all the drivers,
'OK, next time we're going
green flag,'

and we get off the track,
unless you think you can
hold them off. [LAUGHS]

Oh, trust me,
I want to f*ck around so bad.

And that's how you do it.

You know what happens next?

What's going on, everybody?
Y'all ready for a race today?

I'm going to get out there
in the pace car

and let's see if I get in trouble
or stay out of it. Wow!

Wow. I'm, like,
a celebrity or something.
I mean, what's going on?

ANNOUNCER:
Meet the starting line-up.
Joey Logano.

And I get to say hi to the drivers,
good luck, all that kind of stuff.

Danica Patrick.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.

There he is. Good to see you.
Good luck out there today.

What's up, Brad? How are you doing?
Get out there and k*ll it.

Kurt Busch.

Go get them, brother.

We see the drivers off.
They're getting geared up.
It's time to get in the pace car.

Are you ready? Just remember,
this is not the race, OK?

Yeah. Slow. [LAUGHS]

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]
Are we going?

Yes. You sure?

[INDISTINCT]

You're doing just fine there.
Ten-four.

So, I got 40 racers behind me
trying to get into position.

[INDISTINCT]

MAN: [ON RADIO] First pace car,
pit-road speed, four-five.

These guys, I can feel
the adrenaline behind me.
I can feel it.

[MAN ON RADIO SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Like flight attendants think
of themselves as a safety person,
that's what I'm doing out there.

I'm setting the pace
for a good, clean race
where people don't get hurt.

MAN: Road's clear,
come into the green.

I'm off the track. All bets are off.

COMMENTATOR:
Green flag is in the air.

Whoo!

There you go.
I got to go around the track,
not quite as fast as these guys.

Now I'm going up to watch the race.

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.

It's kind of a big moment,
first time we see the wheels
up against the finished paint job.

This is true.
At this point I'm ready
to see it driving out of the shop.

MAN: I really like these wheels, man.
Yeah, they're beautiful.

This colour against the green,
it's going to pop so beautifully.

The Datsun is a nice car.
It's coming together really well,

but it's coming together
slower than what we'd like.

We're spending too much time
thinking about it.
We need to put the car together.

The quicker I can get it done,
the happier Richard will be,
and we can get it to SEMA.

Look at these cute little lug nuts.
It's like, golly.

It's pretty brutal.
You've got to keep going,
keep going to meet the deadline.

I do like the colour combo, though.
Yeah, definitely. It's dead on.

The green and bronze,
they match each other.
They complement very well.

It's a learning experience
for all of us, but we're gonna
create a piece of art,

because we all love cars
and car-building.

Man, look at that. Look at that.

[MAN MIMICS REVVING]

It's f*cking sick, man.
Dude, I say we leave it
just like this,

and put the motor and trans in it,
but we take it off-roading instead.

Stop it.

Man, let's go. I want to work.
Let's get it together.

I'll be a lot happier,
and so will Richard.

We ready?

I got it. I'm going to take this
to my side a bit so you can come in.

I'm going to get in the engine bay.
You got that? Yeah. OK.

Going underneath.
Let me have that hub.

It may not be an LS,
but with the trans mounted,

this is one big, heavy motor
to install.

We need a lot of pressure down.
Mike, you come around this side.

And it's all going into
an already painted car,

one that's got a date
coming up at SEMA.

Good on my end. Yeah, good.

The last thing we want to do is
scratch up that pretty green paint.

OK, J, you're clear.
Put more pressure on it,
so I can give it more tilt.

OK. There we go.

Can you pull it down?

Hold on, one second, guys.
You're getting a workout? Yeah. OK.

I think we should put
Big Mike down there,
a bit more weight, no offence.

Going down a little bit.
Pull it in, J. OK.

Really close to the fire wall,
though. [CREAK]

What was that?
You don't want to know.

Let's see if we can drop in
a couple of bolts.

How are you on your side?
The bolts through?
Yeah. You in? No.

We gotta walk it over
that way slightly.

Hold on a second.

[STRAINING] Yeah, come on.
That's better.

MIKE C: I thought you'd be
done with this by now.

It's fighting you? Yeah.
It's touching the firewall.

OK, I'm coming up.
Are your hands clear, Mike?

Clear. Apparently,
my clear's not clear.

MAN: Aagh! Nor is the paint any more.

There she is. Game on.
Why was it so difficult?

If it was an LS,
it wouldn't have had a problem.
It'd slip right in like a shoe.

Hey, at least it's in there,
no major damage... Ha!

What? No major damage? Yeah.

What do you mean, no major damage?
None. I don't see anything.

You don't see
all that and that? No major damage.
I'm glad we pay you to paint.

Mike's got a lot of work
to get the paint

up to SEMA standards, but overall
I think we're looking good.

Well, it's in, good.

But all roads to SEMA go through
Oklahoma and our tuner shop,

so let's just pray
that our Datsun fires up there.

NARRATOR: Coming up
on Fast N' Loud...

Please run, please.

..a minor motor oversight...

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

..could stall Richard's SEMA plans.

This day's been a failure.
Do we have other options?

This is ridiculous.

Guys, I am just impressed
that you're willing to take
a three-hour drive with me today.

That's where we need to be, though.
Yeah, exactly.

The Monkeys wrapped up
all they needed to do on the 280Z,

and now we're hauling a*s
to my new favourite dyno shop

up in Oklahoma.
You might have seen them before.

Abel Racing Speed Shop.

I did this shop on Garage Rehab.
When I first saw the place,
it was a disaster,

but the tuner there
was one of a kind.

Where are you from?
Originally from Russia,

but mostly redneck.
Russian redneck. Yes, sir.

Andrei may talk funny,
but he's the real deal.

He has a coding background,
and can tune anything.

Welcome to the new and improved
Abel Racing.

After a little muscle
and hustle from my guys,

now he's got one of
the most state-of-the-art shops
in this part of the country.

And since we have to
have this car on a tuner

before we ever fire it,
Abel Racing is the place to go.

There it is. We gonna turn here.

All right, let's go do it.

There he is, the mad Russian.
I called you about my 280Z.

Yes, sir. Let's do it, man.
Let's get it off the truck.

MAN: I'll go unhook the front.
Looks good. It's a bad dude.

We're worried about getting to SEMA
with this car.

We never started it at all.
When is SEMA? Three days, so...

You like to cut corners, don't you?
It's got to go from here

back on this trailer and to Vegas.

Man, that is a super-cool colour.

MAN: At least it's a light car.
Cut it, cut it, cut it. Which way?

All right, rock and roll.
Pull the hood. Boom.

Oh, wow. That is fantastic, man.
That is beautiful.

I mean, it looks like everything's
put together very, very well.

We're not playing.
Let it rip, tater chip, let's go.

We brought the car here, basically,
with no mapping in the computer.

It doesn't know
when to fire the coils,
when to fire the injectors.

It doesn't have any parameters
to make the car run.

Andrei, what are we doing
right now exactly? We're trying
to get all the sensors working,

make sure that the computer
understands what's going on
under the hood.

Abel will install a program
to make the car fire,

and then go from there
and dyno-tune it to optimise

and get as much power out of
the engine as we possibly can.

The cam angle sensors, are they
factory disc or the AM disc?
MAN: It should be the AM disc.

We're excited
cos it's the first time
we're going to hear it run.

This is a big deal for us.
It's a huge day for the car.

What power do you think
this thing might bring?
High threes.

I would say 350 to 400
to the wheels on this type of dyno.

That's not bad.
Yeah. [INDISTINCT] Exactly.

Any time you build a car
from the ground up, new lines,
new everything, you never know.

So I'm pretty anxious.

Please run, please. MAN: Shh.

Come on, man, I'm getting bored.

Part of the game, man. Should I
get something to eat, come back?

Maybe. Let's see what she does.

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

Uh-oh. [ENGINE SPUTTERS]

No.

Yeah. That's it, no fire.

I'm not getting correct signal
from the cam sensor.

OK, honest question,

did somebody change the trigger wheel
in the cam angle sensor?

No. No. Holy sh*t.

Um, then it's not going to run today.

The Nissan uses
a really weird trigger sensor,

and that's basically
your most important sensor
you can have on a car.

It tells you where the engine's at.

It turns out, in the rush
to get it finished,

a part was overlooked
that needed to be installed,

and that tells everything where to
align as far as the cam and crank.

On top of that, we mistakenly
didn't bring it,

so we're kind of dead in the water.

That's one of the downfalls,
when you go to a speciality shop,

especially a long way from you,
and forget something simple

because you're worried
about the bigger problem.

So, how do we fix that right now?
Cos we ain't got no time.

I mean, can we call somebody,
and they drive it here?

It will take us 30 seconds
once we got the part in hand.

It's two o'clock, so with traffic,
you're looking at 5:00, 5:10...

MAN: Best case.
..before it gets here,
and that's if he even has it.

We probably threw it away.
No, we don't throw that sh*t away.

It's a black box, and...

We called Chad back at the shop
to get him on the hunt for the part,

but even if he finds it,
it'll take him three hours
to get here.

So tensions just got a lot higher.

Do we have any other options?
We've got an old car we can rob
some parts off of,

and see if we can make it work.
That's a good idea.

There is an old Mitsubishi
sitting in the parking lot
that uses a similar type of sensor.

It's basically Frankensteining
all the parts together? Yes, sir.
Whatever works, right?

We're going to try to rob
the trigger wheel out of it,

and merge Mitsubishi and the Nissan

into one entity,
and maybe it'll bust off.

All right, let's try this.
We'll come back
and fix you up later.

It's not exactly what we need,
but it's pretty close.
Might as well give it a shot.

Well, we got the part in.
Yes, let's give it a whack.

I don't know if it's been done
before, but we'll find out.
First time for everything.

Can't get us any further away.
God, I hope it worked.

We're hoping with this new part in,

the car will give us
an initial start-up, so we can start
working through our parameters.

And...let's see what she does.

Come on. [SPUTTERING]

That sounds weird.
It does sound weird.

BIG MIKE: Really weird. Does it not
build any pressure on the gauge?

I have no idea. I don't have a...

So, I guess we're going to have to
bring the one up from Dallas.

f*ck. Is there anything else
we can try?

I'd like to have the part in hand,
installed, and then redo tomorrow.

OK. f*ck it. This is ridiculous.
I've had enough Oklahoma for today.

Mater, take me home.
I'll see y'all back in Dallas.

Richard's so pissed
he just walked out,
and I don't blame him.

This day, in my opinion,
has been a total failure.

Richard's not happy,
and he blames us, and here we are.

Sure, we're under a time crunch,
but this is on a whole
different level of crazy.

It's just crazy.

It's a small problem that could have
been overlooked by anybody.

Now we've created a day's waste with
a schedule that's already tight.

We don't know if the motor will even
start with the right part.

If it doesn't fire up
in the morning,
we're really screwed.

NARRATOR: Coming up on Fast N' Loud,
this missing part finally arrives.

This is do-or-die right now.

But will it be enough
to save the day?

Moment of truth.
[ENGINE SPUTTERS]

Oh, man.

Well, there it is, boys.
MAN: That little devil.

A whole day and night wasted

to get this piece.
It keeps an entire car from running.

Charles, I'm going to give it to you
cos I don't want to be liable

if it falls and we damage it.
That's holding up the whole thing.

I'm going to put some fuel
in the car while you do that,

and then we probably need
to give it a sweep one more time,

and check for anything else
before we get started,
so we don't have to back up again.

All right, let's do it.

We couldn't get our Datsun tuner
dyno-ed yesterday

because we left the trigger wheel
in Dallas, and the car won't run
without it.

Let's get this thing in.
We gotta get it started.

Chad ran it up last night,
so we're back in business.

We gotta hear this thing run today.

We lost a whole day yesterday.
We can't do that again today.

To be on the showcase floor
for the opening day of SEMA,

we gotta get a tune
on this car this morning.

We have to get everything
buttoned up, back on the trailer,
back home,

so we can get it all cleaned up
and get it to SEMA.

This is do-or-die right now.

ANDREI: All right, guys.
OK, you should have around


All right, let me double-check
a couple of things.

We're kind of relieved about
one thing - Richard's not here,

because that man has zero patience
with what he calls
stupid mechanical failures,

which is actually just going through
the process. Building a car.

Without him here, it's great.
He's called me three or four times.

I've answered him once...
Magic wand. ..but let us do our job,

let us finish the car,
you'll be happy.

But, man, I'm glad he's not here.
Can we get him a magic wand?

ANDREI: Make sure that everything
is set up just right.

I guess moment of truth.

[ENGINE SPUTTERS]
MAN: Closer, getting closer.

MAN 2: Oh, man.
[SPUTTERING CONTINUES]

[ENGINE STARTS, STALLS]
Oh, right there.

Premature, premature. I know.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[MEN CHEER]

So, we're getting it to run
on all the cylinders finally,
which is a great step forward.

That's awesome. I want a high five.
High-five me. Thank you.

We just fired the car up.
We have light at the end
of the tunnel and it's this big.

Now would be a good time
to check oil. I'm going to start
dialling it in.

I know you guys are used to the fact

that we fire up car
and it sounds perfect.

This is not the case,
especially with fuel-injected cars
that are heavily modified.

[ENGINE STARTS]
That should be locked at 20.

It doesn't sound right.
I'm gonna guess the timing
is way off.

[ENGINE REVVING] MAN: 19.

Crank it way down, man.
I'm idling, like, 3,000. Way down.

We adjusted the timing of the motor
till Andrei was happy with it.

It's good now. It's good now.

MAN: Yep, yep, yep.

Now we're getting it rolled up
onto the dyno drums.

[ENGINE ACCELERATING]

You can just tell Andrei's ready
to push the limits, you know?

With just a couple clicks
that he did, we jumped


so at this rate this thing
is going to make some monster power.

I don't think 400's
out of the question at this point,

so we're feeling pretty good
about hitting the 400 mark.

Dynamometer is a tool that measures

the horsepower at the wheels.
It's as simple as it gets.

There's a drum of none weight,
and you accelerate it
with the engine.

[ACCELERATING]

The computer calculates how fast
you're accelerating the drum,

and calculates the horsepower.
It is as simple as it gets.

[ACCELERATING]

Hey, 6,000rpm.
Is that what it went on to?

I don't know. 6,000rpm?

This is a really, really
clean environment to see

what the changes I make
are making more or less horsepower.

I'll need ear plugs.
MAN: I got you, buddy.

In our first pull we ran,
what, 4,000rpm? Yep.


So, very conservative,
where we want to start,

but now we'll
kick it up another notch,
a whole different level,

and see what this car is capable of.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[ACCELERATING]

A second pull, Andrei starts
to feel comfortable,

messed with it, 120 horsepower more,
went 278 at 72, 7,500 RPM. Crazy.

It jumped 115 off of
just a couple clicks that he did.

The car's making 258 to the wheels.

I talked to Andrei.
We're only running 5psi right now.

I think the goal on the 93 octane
is to run 20psi. 20psi.

I don't think 400's
out of the question at this point,

so we're feeling pretty good
about hitting the 400 mark.
Yeah. That's awesome.

At this rate, this thing is going to
make some monster power.

It's sounding even better
the more it gets pushed,
which is a great sign.

Go again? Yeah.
Ready? Let's do another one.

[ENGINE STARTS]

This is the big one.

[ACCELERATING]

MAN: Whoo. MAN 2: Yeah.

That's awesome.
That is it, right there.

Wow, that's awesome. Damn.
Andrei. The magician right here.

Real celebration time now.
Hell, yeah.

Last pull, 390 horsepower.
Yeah. That's insane.

This is where we button her up,
get it to SEMA.

We're not going to push any further.
We got what we wanted. Game on.

All right, it's time to celebrate.
Andrei. Thank you so much.

It was a pleasure. I'm just glad
that it's in one piece.

Thank you, guys.
I'm going to get the trailer.
Let's get back to Dallas.

[ENGINE ROARING]

He's always late to the party.
What's up, kids?

Where have you been hiding?
About time you showed up.

Big Mike, what's going on?
So, this is where
all the cool kids meet?

Thought I'd bring the little 280 out
and show it off a bit.

I hear you guys
like to have a good time.

Looks like Gas Monkey's coming
to the dark side with an import.
Dark side? Come on, man.

My idea was to build
a tuner-type car.

I found the right car.
It's a one-owner 280Z
bought brand-new

by a guy who put it up in '79
with 13,000 miles.

I called Big Mike out in California,
I said, 'Show us all the goods.'

Let's be honest,
this is out of our comfort zone,

dealing with all the metrics
and all the things
that we normally don't deal with.

It's different than what we're
used to. That's an understatement.

Yeah, what really is freaking me out
is I can't really see my hair
when I'm in the driver's seat.

It's way up there and it throws
my whole vibe off.

Pop the hood, show them.
Come on in, check it out.

MAN: Does it have
stock internals on it?

Gas Monkey don't do stock.
What is wrong with you?

We use the best of everything.
It was our opportunity to work

with somebody versed
in the import world.

What kind of turbo does it have?
It's a Honeywell Garrett. 3071? Yeah.

We tuned it on pump gas
and it opens up a way
to make 100 more horsepower

and way more boost. It's happening.
It's done right.

What do you guys do for plumbing?
It's all Vibrant Performance,
lines and fittings.

Everything that they offer,
we took that and made it work.

The engine sounds great.
You got a big turbo.
What did you do to make it stop?

We put brakes on it.
[CROWD LAUGHS]

MAN: Nailed it.
It's got a nasty set
of Wilwoods on it.

Wilwood six piston on the front,
four piston on the rear,
a parking caliper. She'll stop.

Where did you get the wheels done?
We bought these...or "ray-sed" them,
if you will, right?

TONY: Oh, Rays provided the wheels
in a nice copper tone.

I think they came out kick-a*s.
MAN: I do, too.

That's a good-looking badge.
That's Big Mike's deal there.
He made that happen.

Our friends at GSI Machine
and Fabrication made them.

We wanted to put in
a personalised touch,
and they nailed it.

You've only seen the outside
and the motor. Check that sh*t out.

It's bad-a*s, man.
MAN: What gauges are in here?

MIKE: It's a company by the name
of Speedhut.

You can customise everything,
and I got the GMG logo put in.

It's like a little touch
to tie in with the outside. Yeah!

[ENGINE ROARING]

MAN: You think you might keep it?
I would love to.

I'd love to keep every car I have,

but I'm in the business of buying,
and selling, and making cars,

and this one's going to
have to go to a new home.

After we show it off at SEMA,
it's going to be for sale,

and hopefully everybody
will tell their friends,

and the next thing I know
I've got a bidding w*r.

Let's go cruising.
I don't know which one's worth more,

or which one's faster, but I look
pretty good in green. [LAUGHS]

You know what I like about Vegas?
MAN: This unbelievable weather?

It's such a family town.
We could bring the kids,
the wives, and hang out.

Oh, look at that!
It's kind of weird.

All of a sudden I'm now
larger than life.

The SEMA. The SEMA.

SEMA, guys. Check it out.
This is crazy.

A lot of people are thinking,
'What is SEMA?' Well, it's basically
an industry trade show

for the automotive
and after-market products.

Everything from Ford, GM
to, you know, who makes
the next best brake light,

or little switch, or what-have-you.

MAN: Holy sh*t!

This is why we come here,
to see what's happening,

what's going on,
what the trends are,

and what's going to happen
in the next year.

Where are we going? We're going
to the discovery booth first

to check out the '34 Ford.
Oh, right on.

The Monkeys built this '34 Ford
a while back with Dallas hot-rodder
Brian Bass.

A Chrysler Hemi, lots of chrome,
and a super-mean chop.

This might be one of
the coolest cars we've done yet.

It's all brand-new glass.
That's what I'm talking about,
right there.

It's really fun to drive.

Brian Bass already beat us to it.
What are you guys doing?

So, I strode over to the '34.
Bass is already there,
which is great.

How about that?
First time for Gas Monkey at SEMA.

Have you been here before or not?
It's my first time. I never had
a reason to until now. Whoo!

The car looks great, man.
Tearing it up.

This is my favourite build so far.
MAN: You think?

What have people thought of the car?
There's been people on this
like flies.

It's like a fishing lure.
People just keep coming.

The reception on the '34
is unbelievable.

It is out front right where
everybody walks by.

The car looks beautiful.
I mean, I was not a big fan of blue,
but this blue I actually like.

I'm thinking about having
my nails done that colour.

We should have wrote,
'For Sale,' on the windshield.

Why don't you do that?
You can. I want to keep it,
but you know me and money.

Not only are we trying to
show off what we can do
and what our abilities are,

but we're also...
These cars are for sale.
I'm not keeping them.

This isn't my favourite
pair of jeans.

What do you guys think?


Digging it? [CROWD CHEERS]

Let's go check out the 280Z, guys.

Freaking super-rad.
SEMA, two times. Thirsty.

Most people wait for ever
to get it done.

I am overwhelmingly joyous
to be here at SEMA.

This is everything and everybody.
I mean, no matter what you're into,

whether it's import or trucks
or muscle cars or old cars
or new cars, this is where you go.

This is like car porn. Unbelievable.

MAN: Yeah, that's awesome.
It looks good.

MAN 2: Whoo, that b*tch looks sexy.
What's up, G?

MAN 3: What's up, Richard?
Just living it, man.
We're at the big show now.

So, we roll up to Z
at the Nitto booth. Unbelievable.

Lighting's perfect, the car
looks great. It looked great
when it left the shop.

The car is absolutely impeccable.

Everyone's saying amazing things.
It's awesome to be able
to overhear it.

To get this car built
in time to make it to SEMA
was a pretty difficult thing to do.

I mean, the time-frame
that the Monkeys work on is crazy.

SEMA as a deadline, as a debut
made it even crazier.

Freaking sick.

As far as all the money
I spent on the 280Z,

to have it here at the Nitto booth,
this is a really good place
to show it off.

Is that going to translate to sales
as far as selling the car?

I'm not sure. But is it translating
to getting our name

into a different genre of cars?
Absolutely.

Look at this. This looks great.
I appreciate the work
that went into this,

and how much power
does it make? A lot?


Wow, man. Dang.

Brian, he looked at the car.
It's not his thing,

but he was looking at it.
Any car guy's going to look at that,

and see details and know
how much time and effort
went into it,

and I could see that he appreciated
the work that went into the car.

This is awesome, Richard.
It turned out good.

It's the best looking two-plus-two
I've ever seen. No kidding.

I will take that as a compliment.
He said 'best looking two-plus-two
ever', Big Mike.

Well, there it is. There it is.
We're done. We can leave.

The work's done.
I'm going to get a beer as well.
All right. k*ller, dude.

Find us a buyer. We need to sell it.
All right, definitely.

It's beer time. We're gonna
check out the rest of the show.

Good job, man. Thank you.

At the end of the day,
it's an unbelievable thing

that we're doing this with five guys

and building cars of this calibre
in 20 and 25 days.

Unbelievable. I'll put my guys
up against anybody in the world
right now. Bring it.