YouTube is what I want powerblock to be.

I've grown up watching powerblock. You know, horsepower TV, extreme 4x4. Every time I watch it now, I'm pissed off from the 5 minutes of interest, 10 minutes shilling whatever crap product is sponsoring, and 20 minutes of commercials.

I've spent too much time watching some Russian fix a totaled BMW, drive channel building up a fox body, and speed academy try install itbs on a s2000. But, it's so good. No sponsor garbage, just people with video and mechanical skill, building up cars. For real, check out speed academy. Its my new replacement for velocity tv.

I'd ask for recommendations of good channels, but I need to work occasionally. Or at least look like I'm working.

Not much to it, but check out mine at SiegecraftPB

Mighty Car Mods

Roadkill

Dirt Everyday

Regular Car Reviews

Project Binky's

Finnegan's Garage

Colin Furze. Not so much cars, but damn, that guy builds some wild stuff.

Check out:

AvE (for tools and machining and life advice), Invincible Extremes Muscle Car Garage (the quintessential ratty muscle car guy), B is for Build, Petrolicious, Hagerty, everything on Motor Trend, noriyaro (for literal JDM coverage), DriveTribe, JapanMotorhead, Krispy Media (for street culture, meet coverage, & documentaries), ZeroUndersteer (rally!), Roads Untraveled.

I concur with the OP, I don't understand how powerblock has stayed on. There are more people watching the YouTube car stuff at any given moment than the Sunday afternoon couch squatters. I have always wondered why they don't pull everything that is current power block tv and put up MCM and Roadkill reruns, "sponsored by Dodge and Jegs". At least I would have a reason to stop channel surfing. The majority of the viewership of power block likely comes from old dudes that fell asleep with the Tv on...

This Old Tony and Clickspring for machining pornography.

I wish more YouTube vids had the cinematography of power lock. Between the five minutes of watching a bolt come out, lighting that is so bad that you can not see anything and when it is light you have a camera person that moves everywhere to the point of making the viewer sick. Sorry not no thanks. 99% of the stuff is unwatchable.

I still like Powerblock. I watch it online with an adblocker and skip the shill bits. There is still some good knowledge in there. I mostly like watching the engine power guys do the little blueprint stuff and seeing the frame fab on Xtreme Offroad.

I like dirt every day and roadkill for hoonery and goofing off, but what is more "technically oriented" you know, to actually learn stuff?

I'm just waiting for the next episode of Hannah's bug.

I'll throw in ABOM79 (Adam Booth), Keith Fenner, and Keith Rucker. All excellent machining channels.