Homemade V12 Engine Start Up - Pure V12 Sound & Shop Talk with Pete Aardema & Kevin Braun

Automotive Legends Pete Aardema and Kevin Braun build some of the most bizarre internal combustion engines om the planet. Pete at 80 years old has spent the greater part of his life turning wrenches and building performance motors for a wide variety of vehicle applications. Over the last 40 years, Pete’s love for performance and speed has developed into a personal challenge for him to design and manufacture his own performance cylinder heads and motors proving exemplary results. While 99% of automotive enthusiast purchase bolt on performance parts for their vehicles, this is not an option for Pete and Kevin. Pretty much everything in Pete’s garage is self-designed. Kevin is the master machinist and makes everything on the lathe and mill just as people did in the early years of transportation technology. In this video you will see and hear the V12 fire up and run after a full rebuild. This video includes shop talk with Pete and Kevin as how they look at ways to improve intake airflow at 250 MPH. You ca