The Twin-Turbo Cadillac is Back! Finnegan's Garage Episode 302.

Episode 302 of Mike Finnegan's Garage sees us get back to work on my 1961 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. This time we wrap up the passenger side header build using materials from Stainless Headers MFR and Motion Raceworks. The Nelson Racing Engines twin Mirror Image turbos are mounted and we are just about ready to send the mockup engine back to NRE for final assembly and dyno testing. Thanks for watching!
You can see behind-the-scenes pics and video on my Instagram account, which is @finnegan999.
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And I'll be ready to announce the winners of the contest real soon; I just need to get in touch with all of them first. :)
-Finnegan

[@indirectconnection]

Always a good Sunday with a Bikes Skinnagin video!

[@scottgshomewrenching1352]

😂 Another Stay Tuned fan

[@brandongreene3213]

​@@scottgshomewrenching1352 a pizza channel with a racing problem!

[@bdmorganseventyfive]

Tony breaks everything.

[@245bryce]

Dude that whole bit was hilarious on ST

[@alvinpowell6189]

Tony does break everything, but Tony also fixes everything and more!!! I love the slogan “a pizza team with a racing problem“!!!!

[@ElmerRacing]

Awesome build continues, must see video again. Big thanks for the shout-out on our billet collectors!

[@bdmorganseventyfive]

There are no mistakes, only happy accidents.

[@gregobrien4925]

Great intro! I have shifted away from miserable all consuming builds with almost no sleep. Now I do an hour or two every night after the kids go to bed. I always wrap it up before midnight because I can NOT operate sleep deprived like I used to. It's AMAZING how much I get done now and I feel better about my life balance.

[@gteefxr3094]

Ok, 🥱

[@S4B3R117]

Hell yeah bub! Glad you found a good balance, gotta be there for the kids

[@Deuce1550]

That sounds exactly like how I get vehicles built Greg. Good on ya mate.

[@terminalpsychosis8022]

Those headers are a thing of beauty. Watching your stuff from early RoadKill days and, Mr. Finnegan, you've made noticeable progress in welding prowess.

[@ivanandkristalseymore423]

It is a great day when a car guy can finally make headway on one of his projects work ,life, existing car ,buying new car, balance it’s a tough juggling act you are doing an awesome job

[@FinnegansGarage]

thank u

[@davidhiggs5670]

Nice welds Sir. Glad to see you guys back on the Caddy!!!

[@tonykemper8896]

I got two guys say nice hat while I walked around with the wife in Newport Beach wearing a fsm hat today! Ol Bikes Skinnegan got me styled out for the summer time! thanks!!!

[@louisgarguilojr2592]

Hey Bike Skinnegan, lol. Tony Angelo says Hi. Dude had me rolling on the floor laughing with that. Loving the Caddy.

[@christopherH402]

Can’t wait to see the caddy rippin!

[@Mark-um7ey]

Great to see you back on the caddy! Love those old caddies and want to see this one done, bet it will rip!

[@UncleManuel]

Yepp, those big projects are like an elephant: you eat it one bite at a time. 😁🤘

[@rockkhound943]

Well said dood

[@chuckanderson8480]

I love seeing that Cadillac

[@afootshortinpa]

cant wait to see it running. its my favorite car that your working on

[@S4B3R117]

Glad to see this beast getting some attention

[@craigjensen4179]

Hour here, hour there is the only way i could build a car. Great advice 👍

[@mgmcd1]

A thing of beauty. That’s some impressive stuff. I’d for sure have to pay someone to do that for me. Mad Caddy demands some attention.

[@FinnegansGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@ezacher4634]

Been so long thought that caddy was a fever dream!

[@glencrouch442]

Love this build! It's gonna be super sweet when it's done.

[@peterjdo]

Loving the Caddy ❤❤❤

[@user-fi3oz7bl1j]

Hey Fin! If that’s the worst that happens, it’s a great day in the shop!! Weld On!

[@kevinyoung2431]

This episode was just about as exciting to watch as watching The Care Care Nut install a tonneau cover on his new Tundra... I must say that your video is more rewarding, I and I can't wait to see and hear your '61on the road.

[@FinnegansGarage]

Thanks for watching!

[@marksearcy9708]

You have way more patience than I do. Awesome skills!😁👍👍

[@JohnnyAFG81]

Can’t wait to see this Caddy eat tires!

[@johncarella1836]

Mike goes so big on every project! Wow! Completely Radical Cadillac!🤯 Really awesome to see!

[@edpoell2876]

Beautiful welds on that header you made. Nothing compares to high quality tools in a seasoned journeyman's hands.

[@alvinpowell6189]

Congratulations, great header fab!! I think because your welding has improved so much you were absolutely not intimidated by that complicated fabrication!! Again, great job! That thing will sound wicked!!!

[@FinnegansGarage]

i used to be intimidated for sure. now I just see metal legos and its become very fun.

[@StephenDavidson5359]

Man I love this project. Only car I have on a t-shirt…so far.

[@jasonbose3507]

WOW 😲 cool, the Cadillac is finally coming together. I've been waiting years to see this thing cruise down the street. Thanks for getting this sweet ride back on the road again. Thanks for the video 📸.

[@chadmitchell-akabigcustom9110]

Definitely understand about the broken leg Mike! As I’m still recovering from two breaks on the ankle and one break in the leg from rushing to get to a garage to help my stepson, install his new turbo kit on his genesis coupe project. His first car he is excited about! Kind of brings me back to my roots and back to my mini truck in days. I gets me excited to get my 50 Oldsmobile with a 303 rocket motor going! Finally weight-bearing for a week after 12 weeks of couch duty definitely not fun! Love love your videos, man! Been watching for a while tried with him to meet you guys at Woodward dream cruise before M1 concourse. Keep up the awesome work! Oh yeah I’m one Rod and 28 screws in my leg definitely not fun!

[@user-co6hk4tx4l]

Sweew...well done dude

[@LukeEdward]

Mike, little cheapy tip I’ve used. If you need a HD spacer for stuff, I’ve used strips of the rubber ramp they put under carpets. It has a slight rib on one side and tapers from a thin 1/8” to about 1-1/2” thick. You can pull a thin strip of it between stuff like your header tubes until it’s perfect and it’ll survive quite a bit of heat and crap. Also, you can keep wider strips for chocks or even a ramp transition instead of pieces of wood, when needed. They’re usually free in the dumpster of carpet install places.

[@garagedweller7159]

Great advise Mike,I have found over the years on projects if I can just get one thing done each day no matter how small it all adds up in the end.

[@leoreid5649]

Soooo cooooll keep it going. One one hour day of actual accomplishment fsr outweighs 6 hours of frustration

[@radmanrob]

Mike, Proud of your welding abilities nowadays... I know how far you have came... Congratulations!!! Good episode

[@FinnegansGarage]

thank you. learning and applying what i've learned from others is so dang rewarding.

[@irav4u]

@@FinnegansGarage looks like Ray Charles welded them with his feet. I'll never forget Chief saying that...

[@GHarris218]

Good job, thanks for sharing

[@Wrongway1965]

I'm Only 4mins into the video and the "Muzak" you're making with your ... Umm ... 'Tubes' is almost .. well .. Spiritual ! ! And Just Listening to the Groove, I Started to move (right after I opened another beer..) & this weird spiritual, Interpretive dance just kind of Happened ... And Just Wow Dude, I was into it ya know !!? And then I closed my eyes as I was Dancing Interactively, Spiritually, & running out of Beer ... I fell off my back porch ... After I hit the ground, I wondered if your welds were better than my dancing ... yes, yes they are ... And You'll be hearing from My attorney.. P.S. - I Loved the Lyrics ..

[@jfb8067]

It's hard watching Finnegan on the struggle bus...:) Much respect to you for doing this content for your OG's thank you

[@zappy7393]

No work, no politics, no war, no hate. Just cool guys working in cool cars. I learn so much and rest so little but these vids are always a win.

[@vehdynam]

Looking good !! Thanks for the update.

[@HendrixFabco]

Looks great!

[@1quickdub]

thanks for bringing us along Mike

[@martyroberson2091]

Another awesome episode 👏🏽

[@arlineyoung1256]

Been waiting for more Caddie videos!!

[@yamahaxs6501]

This is one of the best projects to hit YT ever!

[@mikebrown8065]

Great work Mikie!! Glad to see the Cadderack comin along! Can't wait to see the engine completion!😎🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@northernalteration8576]

An hour here an hour there. I love that. Except I take 45 minutes trying to remember what I was doing yesterday

[@darkocopak2457]

Well, Mike, no sarcasm from me today. lol 😂 Awesome work 👏

[@hblide]

Great job.

[@codypatrick5559]

I love this build. Also can we take a second to appreciate the -16 fuel rail on this bad boy. Lol.

[@soarinsoarer1]

Mike... tuned length on turbos doesn't mean that much any way . Every thing is under pressure .. N/ A .. totally different story .. it's taking shape mate well done

[@exxorcet]

I'm also wondering justification of this complexity over something log style. Simply dumping all ports into one.

[@wobblysauce]

Could just have made a nice log manifold.

[@Group_Anonymous]

@UKMechanicit looks like shit 💩 😂

[@FinnegansGarage]

@@exxorcet i tried three different sizes of log manifolds and none would clear the chassis of the car.

[@exxorcet]

@@FinnegansGarage Hey Mike. Yeah I can imagine, seeing how close everything is. I was more wondering if custom welding something with ports merging together sooner would be possible. Nevertheless looking great as it is.

[@brentjohnson8430]

this car is the reason I watch you cant wait to see it run on a drag and drive

[@wingerfan1]

Pretty cool update on the car. Wish you had more time to post more mail time videos. I miss watching you open all that stuff and eat those disgusting snacks lol

[@Bob0sModelFabWorx]

It's fun to watch your analytical thinking in action.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@johnniebarker9746]

Exercise of patience

[@toddclark332]

Looking good around there guy's ok later

[@jarmominkkinen9409]

Grate weerk 👍👍

[@steverolfeca]

Oh, to be a header fabricator with three arms!

[@jrehtil1494]

Great fab work

[@DrVdubbin54]

Killer, super excited to see this moving forward

[@robertlichina4917]

Amazing work as always. !!!

[@brucesomers7555]

Holy crap Mike!! That's some serious on-the-spot engineering going on there...I'd definitely be cussing a lot more...

[@bobbolieu9013]

Headers look great. You had a load of stuff to work around, thru and under. Being blown, equal length doesn't matter much. They can sure be a pile of good looking spaghetti though.

[@Skelatorix]

Nice headers, they remind me of a model A coupe named Back Seat Betty. They made headers to resemble the headers on a wright cyclone radial engine from a B-17. Though theirs was for mor show than functionality.

[@cloudstrife6435]

I miss Roadkill but this is so much better!

[@chadcarrico5562]

I'm so excited over this car!!! I'm going to try to buy it when you are done!!!!

[@bradinch1563]

wow job,looks great

[@robinwendt5527]

Sweet unit!

[@bogginbrandon]

Dude! Finally some caddy coverage! You’re the man Mike!

[@dansimmons1964]

A labor of love. 👍

[@shanewright6958]

Looking good 👍👍

[@garywhiteis4289]

You have an amazing attention to detail.

[@JohnRoberts71]

Great content thanks for sharing

[@mattweathers1619]

Hey going good and making progress. Tip… you could have walked the cup over that weld at the collector to shrink it or draw it back in place. So you possibly wouldn’t need to cut the other welds. Also if you’re needing to cut fittings apart cut them in the center of your welds. That way you’re not shortening any thing and if you grind the weld down you can weld over what’s left of the old weld. Basically hiding your mistakes

[@stevenraymer6682]

Thanks Mike

[@leprechaungarage]

Very nice

[@bobqzzi]

Love this build. BTW- no one uses gaskets between the flange and turbo.

[@crazyd1377]

I just called out what you were going to be using their Mike! I've been an exhaust guy for over 30 years and I called it out three and four inch bends! 😂😂😂

[@dannymusgrave4516]

It's about time you got back to the Cady

[@user-pp5or5og4k]

About damn time !

[@williamsullivan479]

Excellent

[@randybryant9936]

Looks good

[@evelkoloski]

Best turbo drain fitting ever built from True North Turbos, its an extender so you dont need a custom stinking wrench to tighten it not quite enough to stop all the leaks....

[@JoshOwings-ih2ob]

That's one bad ass car

[@mwhitelaw8569]

Good to see all the sht tom was talking to you worked. Hahahaha

[@RambozoClown]

Nice job. Making headers is a real art form. BTW you really don't want to bottom out socket welds all the way. They are typically slightly gapped to allow for pipe expansion when heated so as not to stress crack the welds. See ASME section III and ASME B31.1

[@bustinyanutz4195]

Header building 101 don't weld anything until it all fits together, tacks only, then start welding from the flange out

[@scha0786]

Congrats looks awesome!!! Must feel good to erase that off the wife board of, what to do

[@greenwave792]

Give’em hell, my brotha.

[@OGRocker1]

Episode was better late than never Finn, thanks... take care, stay safe and don't work to hard...

[@FinnegansGarage]

thanks for waiting. :)

[@harleybusch278]

Another video of you making headers!!!!????? If you have seen one header being made you have seen them all! I miss 12 volt Dave!!! I miss you actually doing things. I wait all week for you to drop another video and feel disappointed more often than not. Keep up the great content?

[@REJECTFROMSPACE]

Just as I have got to bed perfect timing 😂😂

[@Nickwillfixit]

The size of a Caddy is huge but hearing you say it is a tight fit in the engine bay is questioned by my friends until you look at the design all the space is in the trunk and cabin for the comfort of the occupents and hauling luggage and pointed it out to fellow UK petrol heads who questioned your statement no room under the hood. Glad to see you back on this build, your SEMA build not my bag along with motor builds I was dragged up with my father and his brother my uncle drag racing so I learnt to build V8s by age fifteen and was taught to keep everything clean and could lay out the correct tools for the job on a baze covered tray and when used either wiped and put back in order to use next or put away by age ten, so yes by eighteen I was done with motor builds, although i do build 5th scale gas offroad trucks and buggies but buy in my motors from my trusted engine builder, so did not get entirely out of working on vehicles just on a smaller scale mainly due to badly breaking my back doing Enduro racing. Keep up the good work love your builds I am questioning the latest build would it not have been better to start from scratch and build a new chassis, just a thought.

[@FinnegansGarage]

yup. not a lot of room under the hood meanwhile you can fit four or five bodies in the trunk. lol

[@SebastianRancanoPetocz]

Finny makes my oil leak❤️

[@scotthultin7769]

1,465 👍's up Finnegan thank you for sharing 🤗

[@chrisjames1927]

❤ 😎

[@gazzgarage5412]

Watched 2mins then went outside to watch my grass grow

[@64CHEVYTWO248]

HI GOOD MORNING !! IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE ON A ROLL !! YOU DID GREAT WHEN THINGS AMISS !! LOL HAVE A GREAT DAY !! TODD FROM MICHIGAN

[@bbqporkins728]

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