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A truck V8 gives Gears and Gasoline's 350Z another chance

Mark rebuilds the replacement engine, then discovers the drift car needs an oil filter setup too.

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We bought a new motor for the basketcase 350Z

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0:44Mark introduces the replacement L33 truck engine that will be prepared for the 350Z.
2:34Ben helps mount the engine on a stand before Mark removes its truck hardware.
7:16A new camshaft arrives, and Mark prepares the valve springs and heads.
14:45Mark, Ben and Cameron join the engine to the transmission and hoist the powertrain into the Nissan.
17:00Mismatched exhaust connections and a missing oil filter setup add more work.

Mark gets the engine stand; Ben gets the chance to explain GM engine generations. Gears and Gasoline's latest garage episode divides the labor with a wink, as the battered 350Z that replaced Ben's S2000 receives a replacement V8.

The channel's only new upload, "We bought a new motor for the basketcase 350Z," has reached roughly 203,000 views. It belongs to No Project Car Left Behind, a build series sponsored by Advance Auto Parts, and this installment gives Mark plenty to untangle. The previous engine left metal chunks in its oil pan. Its replacement is an aluminum-block L33 truck engine, stripped down, cleaned and fitted with a Richard Holdener Performance camshaft before going into the Nissan.

Ben and Cameron help mate the transmission and maneuver the powertrain into place. Getting it installed doesn't exhaust the job list: Mark finds mismatched exhaust connections, and the missing oil filter arrangement calls for a remote filter kit. This project needs more than a fresh motor.

The cleaning sequence has become a talking point in the comments, with some viewers remembering the channel's detailing videos. Others are proposing a new name for the car: 3driftyZ.

The 350Z episode is the channel's busiest video right now, drawing substantially more daily views than "Serious MR2 Build vs Civic GT3 at the Racetrack." The earlier S2000-sale episode also remains active, giving the repair a useful opening chapter.

Across the channel, daily viewing is more than double its usual level, while the subscriber count is unchanged over seven days. Its weekly views sit in the same broad neighborhood as itsjusta6, Street Speed 717 and Junkyard Digs. For Gears and Gasoline, that audience has a very specific workshop assignment to catch up on: making Ben's replacement car usable.

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What viewers say

First cold morning in Texas.
Gears and Gasoline video dropped.
3 cars in the driveway to work on.
Let’s get it.
@MannythejediSee it on YouTube
Engine cleaning sequence = PURE CINEMA 😆
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Jawz has absolute magnetism on the screen
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Yall should just call it the 3driftyZ
@LBUTM_MarkSee it on YouTube
The cleaning montage was beautiful. Chef's kiss!
@ck17350See it on YouTube
"The return of detailing videos"
Man i miss those videos
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