Turbocharging the Mazdarati 2.0 to Run 10s! | Roadkill

Freiburger and Finnegan add a turbocharger to the 1974 Mazda RPU named Mazdarati 2.0. After an impressive turn on the dyno, the guys hit the drag strip to see if the mid-engine, 5.3L LS4-powered mini-truck can outperform its predecessor.
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[@snjert8406]

It makes me so happy to see this series make a return. I missed this so much.

[@amarifergusson]

Me to

[@charlestorruella8591]

I loved it till it went behind a pay wall then it lost all its meaning just two guys doing whatever they could to make money still think it's nothing like the original show

[@MississippiMudMX]

@@charlestorruella8591unfortunately david and mike aren’t in control of that.

[@tmnpursuit9920]

Agreee

[@vintagetractorsaustralia]

Hate to burst your bubble. But this is just an edited down version intended to get you attention so that you will go to Motortrend and pay for the full series.

[@BadLuckBryant95]

Even in it’s reincarnation, the mazdarati never fails to fail to run 10’s 😂

[@buzzwaldron6195]

Someone has to know where M 1 is...

lmao

[@UberLummox]

@@buzzwaldron6195 Probably find it at your local tr*mp MAGAt rally.

[@jimtaylor431]

Never fails to fail :-)

[@Blowinshiddup]

Whenever Finnegan says "Best day at work EVER!" I always chuckle. Pure frickin' joy, man!

[@kevinortiz1210]

I haven’t watched roadkill in the longest time !! This is awesome

[@skaughtmc6591]

No disrespect for hater pipes, but the boat headers were the best part! They made it look like a life size Hotwheel.

[@ChasRebel420]

AGREED.

[@AlteredCarbons]

its been so long since i seen anything from these guys i forgot they existed. miss roadkill man.

[@derekb1887]

dont get me wrong i love me some fryburger but ive been getting my fix by watching finnegan's garage @finnegan's garage

[@AlteredCarbons]

@@derekb1887 yeah same. i watch him as well. i just miss the chemistry these two put out. im not in a position to afford motor trend.

[@derekb1887]

@@AlteredCarbons i have most of roadkill on my media server if you want access let me know.

[@behemothpowersports5958]

Roadkill garage, engine masters and roadkill are the best shows in automotive TV period!

[@nathanielhellewell]

seen pole barn garage or junkyard digs?

[@christophertaylor9100]

Throw in Dirt Every Day and Junkyard Gold and... oh wait, never mind

[@FriedEggsandJellyfish]

@@christophertaylor9100 Pretty low life bottom of the barrel to say about someone who has a serious disease..

[@That_1_guy69]

@@nathanielhellewellIowa gang!

[@davidgalea6113]

Engine masters is my favorite.. They should start following the builders that compete every year on the Engine Masters Championship/Competition.

[@joelouis5705]

Whoa! Fieiburger is wearing actual shoes!

[@kurlyq2gbike]

SHHHHH

[@matt_b...]

Right? I was just as shocked

[@rgchannelelicline]

ITS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT! :D

[@racebiketuner]

Setting a dangerous precedent...

[@chrishamman9432]

Must be deep California winter

[@Matthew-wj8cm]

I missed roadkill so much! Mike and David chemistry is unmatched. It's like the greatest thing ever😂

[@FreedomRock44]

Love you got 2.0 and we need to see it make a Solid RUN!!!!! Great Job Boys......Mazdarati is BACK! Looking FOrward to Pt 2.

[@Luto-ut1xy]

I don't get why Freiburger and Finnegan don't just ditch Motortrend and start their own Roadkill KZbin channel. It would be so popular and we would finally get to watch these two like the good old days......

[@growlith6969]

Frieburger likes it and Finnegan already has a channel.

[@MRTuning704]

Money obviously

[@JebediahHobbs]

Contract?

[@billymanilli]

@@MRTuning704 that! yup.

[@SpankMyFace]

Job security.

[@AdamPrue-de5tw]

One thing for sure ,if it doesn't break at least once it isn't Roadkill . Always keeping us entertained.

[@UberLummox]

They're for sure not afraid to show the fail-prone part of butchering sh!tbox cars.

[@wootownwakefest8597]

Super happy to see the show back, would love to see the entire episode instead of a shortened one

[@edwardmohr5798]

It's always entertaining with you two no matter what.

[@ClaytonFrench-yo5ig]

I'm so happy you came back to KZbin please stay this time Boyz, we love you

[@joeyjustin6895]

ONE ISSUE YOU HAVE TO HAVE ALTERNATOR COMP HAS TO SEE 13.5 OR WILL LIMP MODE

[@jeremyhanna3852]

Gm tech for 17 yrs I have never seen battery voltage cause limp mode

[@michaelvasquez880]

@@jeremyhanna3852 it’s on Holley not gm

[@bogusphone8000]

And it's such an easy fix.

[@mcfero1]

If only there was space for an alt.

[@envytrillz8094]

@@mcfero1 🤣

[@mchristr]

Reminds me of a Crosby, Stills, and Nash lyric: "And we never failed to fail, It was the easiest thing to do."

[@Mattcaudill14]

The new Mazdaratti is cool but it's just not the same. I get why you went with the combo you did but the boat headers and the v8 sitting in the bed and the bed being on it made the original Mazdaratti cool in my book.

[@Labossco]

I’m surprised the internet hasn’t found 1.0 yet

[@BenWhitaker-o9i]

"dont need no intercooler on e85" proceeds to put two intercoolers on it

[@DougPoulton]

I can't believe you actually posted this for public viewing. I can't believe I actually watched the whole video. What a morale buster.

[@cmarshall4559]

I suspected it would be the usual dumpster fire so luckily I skipped through it. Amazed they let cars like this on a proper dragstrip.

[@FrankDenty]

It's awesome to see dave and Mike doing roadkill again great chemistry

[@jahraizer250]

Thanks dave and mike 😊

[@nickthelebo]

Love having this back after getting locked out of ondemand and descovery + down hear in australia

[@Giitzerland]

We love the effort as much as the results. ROADKILL!

[@1LoudCRX]

I haven't watched roadkill since Finnegan left! I joined motortrend just to watch but wasnt the same. Haven't seen anything about roadkill in years and this video just popped up.

[@adamak47miller90]

Fin and Fry show us how great our freedom is and what we fight for. Best 2 for any car show.

[@barryrussell4106]

This is great roadkill. I miss the old episodes love the failure it defiantly makes the eventual success so sweet.

[@yourbeekeeper]

So happy to see Roadkill again.

[@cameraobscura2684]

Oiling the track and the absorbent trail to your pit in the paddock is ABSOLUTELY the worse feeling. Dave was feeling it!

[@jacobhungerford4206]

Roadkill was awesome when it was on KZbin

[@BodiTriggerfinger]

Welcome back, grandfather‘s of burning tires and roadtours …. Great to see you both back on wrenching and having fun….

[@shawn081082]

Watching it fire up and the tires just take off in reverse was hilarious 😂😂😂😂😂 true roadkill!!

[@KrissCoutinho]

Finally good to see yall back on youtube

[@dresdensvo]

You spun the tires and Scared the throttle robot .

[@MindofMatter]

That was my guess

[@jtac8]

"He just Tony Angelo'd the dragstrip" 😂😂😂

[@ojbarberena7090]

Great to see you guys back on KZbin

[@JakeSmith_Zyferus]

Love seeing David and Mike working together again, and on KZbin.

[@anunnakielohim2727]

David hasn't yet discovered Mike's hidden de-performance switch, Mike is such a prankster! 🤫

[@Gagdh173]

Maybe for less drag, place the inter coloolers in front of the wheels at an angle? Would aesthetically look pleasing, but been a long time watcher for 8+ years so happy to see u guys back!!!!

[@TexasNova]

David, Its your Pedal. Check for frayed wires right at the Terminal Pins. I've got the same issue right now on my ls3 Nova. Gun it, then dead pedal. I have to disconnect battery for it to come back.

[@jmcallister7601]

Motortrend wouldn’t be motortrend without roadkill

[@ProWhiteAntiJew]

I'm surprised no roadkill fans have sighted the mazdarati 1.0

[@csj9619]

I can't believe I've not seen anyone else do this before now. I had a hairbrain idea to do this with a 3.8L/4T combo out of a W-body GM car (Grand Prix, Olds Intrigue, etc.). To keep things light and fun, a simple tube frame. Never got out of the pencil drawing stage.

[@renownusa]

"Ya wanna preheat the coolant anyway" HAHA dropping Gems always

[@thisguy1890]

Good boy Motortrend. Good to see you being cool again.

[@Brian-nm8ie]

Would fuel injection w/o an alt cause that bog? It would seem that only 12 vs 14+ volts could be a problem.

[@colestowing8695]

yup. in this case im thinking it might be the e-throttle system... but having low voltage can cause tons of weird issues. Its kind of like having a bad ground-it'll show up in the most random places

[@AussieDaz87]

This is almost definitely the issue. Why would they not just put an alternator on it...

[@dragpix]

yeah stock ecu does not like voltage swings on the dbw throttle/pedal. ironically it would have codes stored if they weren't all disabled. 100% the same issue causing WOT when they crank it up.

[@myyoutubeantispamaccountformys]

stellar merch and car name, for those who are ignorant, I'll pray for you all

[@rosewinter8693]

Amazing how best lies turn into a true story!

[@sandyv4819]

So is roadkill back on KZbin now? This is the third full episode I've seen so far

[@otakubancho6655]

Ratchet straps,check,zip ties,check,bailing wire,check,seems totally legit!😂😂😂

[@benbaszis6247]

Fryeburger is wearing shoes? this is the first I have seen this! Usually flip flops....

[@MrSmartAlec]

You guys stole my favorite line when about to do something wacky.. "We must do this for science" LOL 🤣🤣🤣

[@dustyleek]

you know how happy it is to see fry and fenni together again

[@gunslingerjones8745]

Its been a long run I gotta put my glasses on , oh dang they got their glasses on too!. I love you guys

[@dstill3597]

Great vid! Very entertaining!

[@Yamaha0VMaX]

Welcome Back Guys...After Demise of Clarkson's TopGear, it's good to see you guys back 😊

[@kaloy066]

True Roadkill fashion! hahaha I know that Mazdaratti 2.0 will rise up

[@Setsuna_Kyoura]

Great to see Roadkill on KZbin again, but the episode seems a bit rushed to me... I don't know why, but there is not the same vibe as the old ones. Maybe it's just because there is no roadtrip with the janky car involved.

[@danielmaloncon889]

You guys are great, also engine masters show is great.

[@jjwcobain]

Please keep this show going🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@meanman6992]

Glad you changed to adding an intercooler… wish it had been one good unit mounted at a 45* off the bed frame rails or something rather than like a set of KC off road lights though 😂

[@roywhitman7109]

Sorry the Twinpala is no more, but it sure was cool watching Tony wheel that thing doing 4 wheel drive burnouts!! Teething pains on the truck! We've all got em!!

[@TSRGarage]

Great👀 to see a new Mazdarati. The Impala SS is a great donor car, same as I used in my V8 Celica.

[@bcpatterson012]

Think this Mazdarati project would have been better as a Collab with Tony Angelo & Lucky Costa added..always fun when they all get together..

[@Veyron5421]

Finely back on KZbin, we have missed you

[@Reddog08]

Love these guys

[@MrWoodshoes]

Most people try out a new combination before adding power adders !

[@nicodache]

"decoratively" just became my favorite word to use when explaining why I put something somewhere it doesn't seem to fit in 😀

[@Ricky50scJustalil6cylinder]

I was there at the test n tune dint know it was you guys😁 badass truck hope to see it again

[@Silver99_YT]

They totally R Kelleyed the drag strip!

[@ComedytvChannel.]

I love you guys. ❤

[@mikecrawford1961]

100% mike should drive everytime!!

[@stephenlea5765]

You know MotorTrend drastically cut budgets when they start cutting up & recycling previous project cars.

[@smokin19861]

The Impala was going to the junkyard anyway.

[@Burger23]

This is awesome!! Thank you for showing us how many uses zip ties have!! ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Wyatt1314.]

Man I missed these guys!

[@lostoxicos24-78]

I love it is so much more fun than professional work.

[@stevenraymer6682]

Awesome content guys thank you

[@steventhompson1999]

i miss the mazdarati. it was such a cool truck.

[@BradRodgers-i4q]

Love it boys keep it up

[@farmsgrace341]

You kept calling it junk, so the truck kept saying, "F U!"😂😂😂

[@ericquatkemeyer7084]

Love y'alls show and videos..

[@GarrettNolazvo]

The content is very good

[@michaelhowell2326]

I love to see these guys back at it, but even though this is free, I sorta still feel robbed.

[@canyonboatman]

hope to see you at the Rockabilly wknd i LV next spring. If not hope to see you at Kingman.

[@aaronanschutz2385]

I have a 1973 Ford Courier the disc brakes will work on. I would love to get a hold of them.

[@stevearnold100]

I think I saw Mike cut the coolant hose while he was doing some "trimming" during the construction phase.

[@anthonyrowland9072]

This would drive Uncle Tony crazy! The electronics...

[@jamesgeorge4874]

RIP 4T65E. Time for 4T80 !

[@theeoddments960]

I was looking for this comment I can’t believe they even conceived of running a stock 4t65 transmission with a twin turbo 5.3 lol my Bonneville has the stock 3800 and 4t60 and it’s not long for this world

[@ikkisZ]

”You wanna preheat the coolant anyway” I’m dead

[@libertylifestyles3806]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!🎉🎉

[@jeremyhanna3852]

You ladies need to take this thing on power tour 2025

[@CarsandCats]

The Finnegan curse strikes again! Hahahahhahahahaa

[@AndyAwkward]

Nice one guys keep filming, shows amazing 👌🏼👍🏼🫡

[@DRB-Octane]

awesome content! only thing is these annoying ads interrupting my joy

[@billlevassiur5891]

Quite a unique build

[@JH-oh1in]

Roadkill fashion it needs a bigger fuel cell, road trip worthy. Duct some air in the front of the bed on the sides and tuck the intercoolers in down on the sides. Tuck the bed back on maybe on a lift set up to use it like a hood?

[@alexcorona]

Antifreeze on the track is an automatic one year ban 😂

[@drummerboy4as]

Is that worse than oil?

[@jackmagnium6115]

@@drummerboy4as much worse. antifreeze and the prep compound are NOT a good mix

[@chadbain559]

That setup in a fiero be cool project

[@kevinkishbaugh2051]

I think there was a recall on those shifter cable adjusters. Might wanna try swinging by the local GM dealer and see if they can fix you guys up.