The Dragalanche: PowerNation drag-builds the Chevy Avalanche everyone loves to hate
A gutted interior, a trip to the scales and a 6.2-liter V8 pulled for a rebuild open the project, while a Cadillac wagon towing a racing simulator keeps drawing a crowd.
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Why This Hated Chevy Truck Is Secretly the Perfect Drag Build
"Why This Hated Chevy Truck Is Secretly the Perfect Drag Build" is the first chapter of a new project on PowerNation, the channel behind long-running TV shows such as Detroit Muscle, Engine Power and Truck Tech. The truck is the Chevy Avalanche, the pickup-meets-SUV that many people never warmed to, and the crew is turning it into a four-wheel-drive drag racer they have named the Dragalanche.
The case for it, as the description lays it out, is factory 4x4 traction, a smooth SUV chassis and a 6.2-liter V8 already under the hood. Episode one is the stripping stage: weigh it, gut the interior, pull the engine for a power rebuild. It has passed 50,000 views in six days.
The second upload was quieter and more practical, a guide to laying out a custom paint job before anyone steps into the booth: sketching two-tone and flame designs on paper first, and choosing solid colors over candy coats because they are easier to match and repair.
The video carrying the most momentum is older, though. Twenty days on, the rare 2014 Cadillac CTS-V wagon, fitted with air ride and a custom hitch and towing a trailer with a racing simulator inside, is gathering views about three times faster than either new episode. Across the channel, daily views are running well above their usual level.
Among car channels of a similar size, Gas Monkey Garage and Hoovies Garage are having the big stretches, while EricTheCarGuy is quieter than usual.
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The videos drawing views on POWERNATION right now
- Channel
- POWERNATION
- Subscribers
- 1,770,000
- Videos published this week
- 2
- Video published
- September 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 52,944
- Views on its first day
- 22,380
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The CTS-V wagon in PowerNation's busiest video comes from Cadillac. Which carmaker owns the Cadillac brand?
Cadillac has been part of General Motors since 1909.
