An old spark plug becomes a cutting tool as the Colorado shop checks whether budget cylinder heads are worth the extra work.
On YouTube, Jim's Automotive Machine Shop, Inc. has 850,000 subscribers and 460,509,349 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 1,000 subscribers and 2,220,367 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Can our new CNC mill OUTPERFORM 30 years of traditional head surfacing? 🤯🔧", with 1,439,876 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 2,591 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 82 of 224 in category "Cars and motoring". On Instagram, @jamsionline has 248,744 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
▲ 7,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 12,493,843 in the last 30 days
a new short video usually gets 336,046 views
Instagram: The numbers today
@jamsionline · The account on Instagram
1.5% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cars and motoring | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,427 of 2,448 | 53 of 100 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Cars and motoring
Latest posts
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| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| We're putting WORN-OUT pistons in a freshly machined engine?! 😳 | Reel | November 10, 2026 | 125,979 | 1,345 | 26 |
| Flat Tappet vs. Roller Cam… The Results Surprised Us! 👀 | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 339,547 | 2,704 | 124 |
| We STRAIGHTENED a Bent Connecting Rod… Then Found THIS! 😳 | Reel | November 4, 2026 | 328,145 | 2,709 | 124 |
| We bored all 8 cylinders… then the supplier called! 🤦♂️ | Reel | November 2, 2026 | 501,855 | 2,545 | 56 |
| Somebody BOTCHED this Chevy 350 head bolt repair! Can we save it? 😳🔧 | Reel | October 30, 2026 | 365,514 | 4,274 | 186 |
| Cheap aluminum heads for our Chevy 350… worth it or a waste of money? 👀 | Reel | October 29, 2026 | 434,212 | 5,418 | 102 |
| The timing instructions didn't make sense… would YOU have trusted them? 🤔 | Reel | October 26, 2026 | 474,868 | 7,686 | 95 |
| Would you rather install prefinished sleeves or semifinished that require… | Reel | October 23, 2026 | 244,153 | 2,393 | 28 |
As of November 10, 2026
YouTube: What happened lately
October 23, 2026 passed 1M views Can our new CNC mill OUTPERFORM 30 years of tradi… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
The father-and-son machine shop in rural Colorado posted three shorts, and the one about old green iron passed 370,000 views in three days.
The video drawing the most views now
We're putting WORN-OUT pistons in a freshly machined engine?! 😳
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 88,540
- Video views, pace per day
- 82,731
- Views on its first day
- 83,902
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YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Cars and motoring | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 2,591 of 5,393 | 82 of 224 |
| By views gained this week | 1,826 of 5,274 | 45 of 224 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 1,563 of 5,043 | 35 of 221 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 0.5% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 0.1% on this channel, 0.0% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Cars and motoring
Views gained this week in the category Cars and motoring
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 844,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 850,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 448,186,938 views → November 11, 2026: 460,509,349 views · average: 424,910 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 27.5 in the category: 26.1
- comments per 1,000 views
- 1.3 in the category: 1.4
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 99,038 views
- short vs long
- 11 short (up to 3 minutes), 4 long
average views per short video: 376,111
average views per long video: 134,173
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
The last shop did NOT build this 327 for BURNOUTS! | July 9, 2023 | 28:18 | 3,744,958 |
Their 235 Chevy BROKE DOWN 10 Miles After The LAST Shop's R… | February 4, 2024 | 46:15 | 3,283,626 |
Do YOU Want To Know Why WE Don't Use Sleeve Pullers? | March 26, 2023 | 15:33 | 1,746,668 |
This 289 Ford Sat In A JUNK YARD For OVER 40 Years... Let's… | April 6, 2025 | 38:04 | 1,408,146 |
Customer WANTED To Build A 348 Chevy... But Then We Found T… | July 13, 2025 | 55:58 | 1,397,690 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
#shorts Flywheel Ring Gear Replacement | December 27, 2020 | 0:52 | 19,606,395 |
#shorts Thread Repair Is Always Part Of The Job On These Ol… | May 28, 2022 | 0:59 | 15,019,592 |
#shorts Put Down The Grinder... | March 18, 2025 | 1:30 | 14,396,101 |
#shorts N14 Cummins Block Plug Removal - This one fought ba… | December 27, 2020 | 0:59 | 12,675,293 |
#shorts Solid Steel Oil Galley Plug Removal | December 27, 2020 | 0:59 | 10,757,846 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- MilestoneCan our new CNC mill OUTPERFORM 30 years of tradi… The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Views jumpThe whole channel ran that day at 1,211,382 views a day, 2.5 times a normal day (485,530).
Stories
An old spark plug becomes a cutting tool as the Colorado shop checks whether budget cylinder heads are worth the extra work.
The father-and-son machine shop in rural Colorado posted three shorts, and the one about old green iron passed 370,000 views in three days.

























