Street Alpha Podcast

In this episode of Street Alpha Podcast, Cooper breaks down his exit, drag racing transmission choices, and what really makes Powerglide king at the track.

Cooper Bogetti Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cooperbogetti

00:00 Intro
08:02 Competitive Podcasting
12:17 Cooper Starting A News Show
15:09 Podcast vs Personal Content
16:57 Who is Chrisfixit
18:29 Cleetus Exposes Chrisfixit
23:19 Cooper Living In NY
25:35 Cooper Meets Cleetus
30:21 Cleetus and Cooper Work For 1320
Video
34:42 Cleetus and Cooper Start a Youtube
Channel
40:32 Cleetus Went To Law School
44:43 How Cooper Was Burnt Out Doing
Content
49:33 Cleetus Making Sacrifices For Content
54:40 Coopers Definition Of Success
01:01:12 Elono Musk Crashes Mclaren F1
01:02:07 Vipers Crashing All The Time
01:04:46 Corvette Owners Think They Own a Viper
01:05:39 Why Corvettes Don't Have That Wow
Factor
01:11:11 Why People Arent Buying Performance
Cars
01:13:51 Buying Older Cars
01:15:45 Buying a Car The Appreciates In Value
01:18:59 Mods That Add Value To a Car
01:20:54 Youtubers Getting Into Car Debt
01:28:02 Breaking Down On Drag and Drives
01:28:55 Setting Cars Up For Different Events
01:30:57 Running Car Full Out During Qualifying
01:33:29 Why Cooper Chose a 2JZ
01:37:09 Building a Race Car To Daily Drive
01:43:46 Why People Enjoy Drag and Drive Events
01:52:43 Police at Drag and Drives
01:54:23 Street Alpha Drag and Drive Build
01:55:43 Building an 8 Second Race Car
01:56:23 Dodge Safety In Cars
01:58:06 Powerglide vs TH400
02:01:19 Powerglide Limitations
02:04:41 Price Of a Fully Built Powerglide
02:05:42 RPM Drop In Powerglide
02:06:31 Evolution of Transmissions
02:08:44 Mac vs Victor Engine Dyno
02:14:09 Converter Slip
02:17:12 Why Cooper Left Cleetus
02:24:33 Cooper Regretting Leaving Cleetus
02:25:25 Addressing The Break Up
02:26:22 How Cooper and Cleetus Split Up
02:28:31 Will Cooper and Cleetus Work Together
Again?
02:29:35 Whats Next For Cooper Bogetti?
02:32:13 Who Was The Best and Worst Podcast
Guest?

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In this episode Minty Detailing breaks down how to start a car detailing business from scratch, including startup costs, equipment, and building a loyal client base.

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00:00 Intro
02:36 The Minty Detailing Name Change
03:43 Shop Space Prices In New York
04:38 Running Multiple Services Out of Your Shop
10:41 Why Mobile Detailing Is No Good
12:55 Beginning a Mobile Detailing Business
15:00 How Much Mobile Detailing Prices Should Be
16:23 Using AutoZone Supplies To Wash Cars
20:15 Going From Mobile Detailing To A Shop
22:27 Attention To Detail
24:10 Is Ceramic Coating a Scam?
28:37 Paint Correction
30:28 Why Is PPF So Expensive?
33:33 PPF Whole Car
35:45 The Cost Of Washing a Car
36:36 Car Wash Goals
37:33 Minty Location Change
53:15 Hiring Good People You Can Trust
58:52 Downsides To Renting Out Shop To Others
01:03:44 Opening Up a Shop For Clout
01:06:18 Followers Dont Equate To Business
01:12:05 Whats Next For Minty Detailing
01:18:33 Mar Opening Up a Shop In Florida
01:21:24 Minty Car Service
01:26:19 Being an Entrepreneur

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In todays episode we sit with Vinny Ten who breaks down the worlds fastest 350Z and explains how he builds record setting VQ engines for extreme horsepower and reliability. He also covers the return of his legendary Toyota Supra to competitive drag racing and the future of drag racing

Vinny Ten Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinnytenracing

00:00 Intro
05:18 First Veilside Supra In America
06:41 Vinny’s Belief In Opening Up A Import Performance Shop
08:06 Vinny’s Experience With Motorcycles
09:13 First Supra Boost Controllers
10:07 Creating The First Parts For Imports In The Early Days
12:35 Vinny’s Nissan Dealership Race Car
18:16 How Vinny Crashed His Supra
23:35 How The Pro Import Class Started
27:27 The First 1000HP Supra
30:15 How Vinny Ten Paved The Way For Supras
33:04 Titan Motorsports Vs Vinny Ten
35:10 Getting a Car Into The 5s Based On Chassis
39:58 The 6.33 Run
52:12 The VR38 Will Be King In The Next Few Years
01:03:57 C16 Race Fuel Is King
01:05:34 High Horsepower With Factory Intake Manifold
01:09:47 Fox body VR38 Swap
01:11:46 Imports Have Proved Themselves
01:13:53 Nissan Connecting Rods Weakness
01:19:03 The Cons of the VR30
01:22:13 Why BMWs Have Taken Over
01:25:57 Why They Used The VR30 In The New Nissan Z
01:38:58 Ford Copied Nissan
01:41:03 The Best Way To Deal With Copycats
01:44:18 Sacrifices Made In Racing
01:47:44 Vinny Ten Designed The Ram Style Intake Manifold
01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo
02:06:21 Building a VQ35
02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads
02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build
02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR
02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks
02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking
02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY
02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers
01:53:36 Single Turbo vs Twin Turbo
02:06:21 Building a VQ35
02:09:02 VQ35 Cylinder Heads
02:10:50 Whats The Best VQ Engine To Build
02:12:35 Why Vinny Chose a DE engine Instead of HR
02:13:35 Sleeving Blocks
02:15:53 VR38 Blocks Cracking
02:19:07 The Cost of Running a Shop In NY
02:24:17 Shops Doing Bad Work For Customers
02:41:55 VR30 Engine
02:44:15 Port Injection On VR30
02:47:56 VR38 Manifold Fitting on A VQ35HR
02:49:23 VK56 Engine
02:56:37 Is Drag Racing Dying?
03:08:25 Manufacturers Not Sponsoring Cars In America
03:17:59 Worlds Fastest 350z
03:19:23 The Return of The Vinny Ten Supra
03:23:42 Are Flame Tunes Bad?
03:31:01 Tuning Cars At Vinny Ten
03:33:22 EPA Ruining The Car Culture

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In todays episode we sit with Nero of Titan Motorsports who opens up about their comeback, the 2JZ vs RB rivalry, building legendary Supras, and the biggest races that shaped their name in the world of high performance racing.

 @titanmotorsports  Motorsports Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/titanmotorsports

00:00 Intro
04:49 Neros Early Days In IT
05:19 How Nero Got Into Selling Car Parts
08:46 Buying a MK4 Supra In the 90s
10:56 Nero's First Street Race In the MK4 Supra
15:48 What Made The Supra Popular
16:44 Why The MK4 Supra Price Dropped In 97
18:00 What Inspired Nero To Buy A Supra
19:54 How The Name Titan Motorsports Was Made Up
23:19 Why Titan Started Selling Parts Online
25:32 How Titan Supra Went From Street Car To Race Car
26:49 How The Titan Supra Started To Gain Popularity
35:11 How To Build a Class Legal Drag Racing Car
39:00 TX2K Is Expensive For New Racers
42:42 How People are Funding Race Cars
47:36 How The Titan Supra Went From Black To Copper
53:33 Why Big Companies arent Sponsoring Drag Racing
59:17 Victors Copper Supra
01:04:22 Iconic Moments With The Titan Copper Supra
01:05:40 Titan Motorsports vs Papadakis
01:08:12 How Titan Motorsports Helped Ekanoo
01:20:27 Ekanoo Vs White Rice
01:22:06 Is White Rice Holding The Torch For The 2JZ?
01:24:30 Who Should Represent The 2JZ platform
01:34:57 What Makes The Titan 2JZ So Great
01:39:57 Daily Driving Billet Blocks
01:41:11 Building Less Than 1000Hp 2JZ Engines
01:42:53 Machine Shops For 2JZ
01:45:27 Is It Hard To Mess Up a 2JZ
01:48:10 The Cost To Build a 1000HP 2JZ
01:54:58 02:02:41 02:05:41 02:15:35 Performance Shops Dont Make Money
How Much Money Does a Automotive Parts Business Make
Titan Motorsports Audi Crash Incident
The Future For Titan Motorsports
02:18:09 B58 Running 6 Seconds01:41:11 Building Less Than 1000Hp 2JZ Engines
01:42:53 Machine Shops For 2JZ
01:45:27 Is It Hard To Mess Up a 2JZ
01:48:10 The Cost To Build a 1000HP 2JZ
01:54:58 Performance Shops Dont Make Money
02:02:41 How Much Money Does a Automotive Parts Business Make
02:05:41 Titan Motorsports Audi Crash Incident
02:15:35 The Future For Titan Motorsports
02:18:09 B58 Running 6 Seconds
02:21:14 Garage Builders Advice

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In todays episode we sit with Joe Irwin who breaks down what it really takes to build record fast Coyote engines, the mistakes that ruin builds, and the lessons most people learn the hard way.

FFRE Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fastforwardracingengines

00:00 Intro
01:41 Joe's Involvement With Offshore Boat Racing
03:23 Smuggling Boats Back In The 80's
04:29 Building Boats Compared To Cars
08:51 Teaming Up With Brett Lasala
10:37 How Horsepower Has Changed
15:19 Engines That FFRE Builds
17:58 The Main Reason a Coyote Is So Great
21:46 Why Stock Coyote Cams Are Good Up To 1200HP
22:41 Whats Needed To Make Over 1000hp On Stock Block
Coyote
24:32 Coyote Engine 2500HP Limit
26:05 F150 Fastest 60-130
28:00 Best Coyote Cams After 1200HP
30:30 Why Coyotes Still Run VCT On The Intake Side
32:08 VCT and Oil Problems With Coyotes
33:50 Coyote Dry Sump Systems
36:42 Coyote Cast Block Limitations
38:40 Why FFRE Uses Predator Engines
41:25 Best Cylinder To use With The Coyote
42:21 Voodoo Engines Vs Predator Engines
43:23 Why Engine Blocks Crack
45:30 How Much Boost To Make 3000HP On a Coyote
46:13 The Affect Drag Racing Has On High Horsepower Coyote
Engines
48:54 Where Most Machine Shops Fail
51:33 Red Flags For A Machine Shop
54:18 How Long It Really Takes To Build An Engine
56:11 Does FFRE Work Directly With Customers?
57:02 How Much It Costs To Build A Big Power Coyote
59:01 How Much Does It Cost To Build a 6 Second Coyote
59:51 How Much It Costs To Build Brett Lasalas Engine
01:01:07 High Revving Engines With High Displacement Myth
01:03:17 Pushrod System Vs Follower Valve train
01:05:57 Coyote Vs LT
01:16:14 Why Vipers Make So Much Power
01:19:37 2JZ Dart Block
56:11 Does FFRE Work Directly With Customers?
57:02 How Much It Costs To Build A Big Power Coyote
59:01 How Much Does It Cost To Build a 6 Second Coyote
59:51 How Much It Costs To Build Brett Lasalas Engine
01:01:07 High Revving Engines With High Displacement Myth
01:03:17 Pushrod System Vs Follower Valve train
01:05:57 Coyote Vs LT
01:16:14 Why Vipers Make So Much Power
01:19:37 2JZ Dart Block
01:22:32 2JZ Dart Block Vs Billet Block
01:26:21 How Long It Takes For An Engine To Fail
01:29:57 How Oil Pressure Tells You Whats Happening In an
Engine
01:33:18 Why Sensors Are Extremely Important
01:35:31 Where Most People Fail With Engine Break In
01:40:13 Drag Racing vs Street Car Engine Ring Wear
01:41:45 How Many Miles Does It Take To Seat Rings
01:44:23 Best Advice For Garage Engine Builders
01:46:56 Timing An Engine
01:50:27 The Future For Brett Laslas Car

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