Henson Racing Engines - Behind the scenes - 06102017
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- Go behind the scenes with Mike Henson, owner Henson Racing Engines, in Yukon, Oklahoma and learn about the shop,
research and development and ‘Plan B’ dragster seen on Discovery Channels Street Outlaws. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
This guy is legit. Watched you from the first time on street outlaws. After seeing this video on CZcams you deserve something bigger than a tv show. If I had 100 grand to spend on a motor the block would be on its way to your shop right now. Good to see there is still people like this guy out there. But far and few between.
Thanks for helping Billy and SRC .... I am here for you guys i will click it for you from now on ... Everyone go racing and get some fun going🏁🏁🏁
You sound like a humble person that deserves what he has. Congrats on living the dream.
You sir are a true gentlemen and a scholar love the humbleness especially when acknowledging how Street Outlaws has helped you.
There was a guy at my hometown track in Delmar Delaware this past season that had a Mike Henson built engine, let me tell you all something Mark and his crue of bad ass Mechanics can build one hell of a engine because that 68 Camaro Running the Mike Henson engine won the whole damn event. Good work guys my hat goes off to you Mike and the team from Gus just a ole truck driver out here in Delaware
There needs to be more people like you in this world. Truly a good man here. People make mistakes in life but it takes a truly humble man to say those words. I wish that there were people like you in Louisiana were im from!
You seem like an extremely genuine guy with a great character. I appreciated and enjoyed the video. Keep up the good work.
Awesome guy. I always rooted for u when I seen u on the show. U would have got on the list yourself if u would have seen the flashlight but ur darn hood scoop was in the way. Good luck with everything.
I wish more people had your mindset Mike! I strive to be humble like you! I know where im going to get my engine built when im ready! Thanks yall
Mad respect for Mike Henson, the man is a badass🤘
Mad respect for you.. too! Thanks!
HensonRacingEngines i was wondering why i havent seen you guys much then realized you probably do more business in Yukon at Stevo's store... miss seeing you guys. if you still come in i dont see you guys! wish you all the best!
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Where can I get a t-shirt at?
From everything I have seen and heard of about mike is always a class act not many men like him anymore mad respect too him
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Your a good man Mike. I can appreciate all the hard work you do to make a competitive race engine. R&D is the key to continued success.
Thanks for taking the time for us. Thanks for great video.
Great video Mr.Henson may great things come your way! Have much respect for you after watching this. Good luck and I hope you have the opportunity to be on street outlaws!
would like to see more engine builds with you guys i know your busy racing and engine shop but your talent needs shown for younger people to learn from
Sharing information is what makes everyone better and promotes competition. This gentleman understands that. Everyone had to start somewhere. Never stop learning
Really liked this vid Mr Henson. Love the show. God bless and keep up the good fight for technology advancements.
This is the best explanation on engine and racing. Thank you!
Mr. Henson you are the most genuine and straight up human beings I think I've ever heard speak ! And when I win the Lotto you'll be hearing from me. Not that you're expensive at all, the whole Sports just pretty expensive and I don't have that kind of money right now... but it's on my bucket list lol
Mike has one of the best personalitys i have ever known. I wish him the best of luck with plan b.
Mike, you seem like an honest, caring person and I wish all the best to you. I wish you nothing but success!!!
Honestly never heard of this man before, but he seems like a genuinely nice humble person making his way in life.
Mike Henson. Just watched your video. loved it. Pity you not on Street Outlaws. I love your outlook on life. A fantastic guy you are. And YES, great things do happen to GREAT people
Thanks Mike that explained alot..I hope to have a Henson racing engine someday for me and dad!!
You're the man Mike! Good luck out there!
Mike you're a legend! A true 21st century master builder.
I salute guys like Mr . Henson and Mr. Musi and Mr. Fulton the real wizards of drag racing
Thanks for helping src out your a good man mike.
thanks for being a good man and an honest man you can't top that
Big respect for Mike very humble man!!!
The guy deserves success, his attitude and humility is to admired.
Awesome, well put together video. Keep up the good work mike and the rest of the crew at Henson racing engines
I’m glad I clicked on this video, ima new fan of Henson Racing!
Much respect for keeping it real.
I really enjoyed you on Street Outlaws, you are a true gentleman.
Loved seeing your success story. Hope things continue to work for you guys!
New subscriber.
Mike seems to be one solid individual.
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All I saw was a hard working man making something out of nothing, and some people can't be pleased. They rather bash on others to make themselves feel better, superior or what have you, but the truth will always outshine the haters. Mike, keep doing what you're doing sir, you're a great example of what working hard means and inspiration to those around you. I enjoyed your video, plan B is an awesome car and it doesn't take much to see how well you do it. Good job Mike!
mr. henson is the realest dude out here, he states the truth and is all around very respectful man, definitely my favorite guy out here
Miss seeing you guys on street outlaws. Much respect to y'all and what you do. Maybe y'all will build a car that y'all can bring back to the show? If not.....still much respect for y'all and Plan B. Loved the story behind the name. Be easy guys and go fast!! 😎
Awesome video! Well produced! Thanks for sharing it.
Mr Henson everyone that has made a comment feels that u are honest and a real gentleman.keep up ur attitude ur A OK u got my vote
Regardless of anything you hear you guys are doing a great job and you make racers look good. There are some people on TV I am embarrassed for, you are not one of them. Keep up the good work!!!!
Thanks Mike for sharing!
I love watching mike Hinson I have a tick and blink my eyes a lot I never had a problem until I started winning in my pro stock car and was politely asked to quite racing due to safety... shit ... so mike is my hero thank you for what you do man
Seem like a real down to earth fella thanks for the insight into your world pretty awesome keep up the good work!💪
My respects, this man is a legend.
Seen this video make me regrets not taking the time to go see your car run at GrandBend a couple year back. I was racing my vintage bike that weekend and only find out you guys were there until the races was done :(
I don’t know you but I watch you on street outlaws and I could tell you were a good guy and this video proved it . Good luck and keep racing alive
Mike Henson is the man. Any naysayers are just jealous of the man plain and simple. He truly is an Einstien of drag racing engines.
My car could use some used parts that you have around there. I'm proud of what you have done. Good job!
mike always came across as a good bloke on the show. good, honest, hard working guy.
Thank You......I throughly enjoyed that. :)
You guys are at the heart of the sport that's really cool man thanks for the video. Can you do an aluminum V 6 to what displacement? I live in the 405 loved your attitude in the show.
Yeah Mr Hansen I am a big fan of Street Outlaws and I'm not a big racer or anyting I don't have a car or none of that stuff but I've been around cars my whole life built dune buggies Road and race motorcycles and all that kinds of stuff. But when Daddy Dave wreck his car and he came and asked you to borrow yours and you let him that right there shows me that you're a Class Act. And I do believe in my heart that you are a good person keep it up and keep enjoying what you do because you are lucky man. thank you
Mike Henson your straight up. Seminole county 405 here.Hope you come back to the show.
Ome of the nicest men I have ever seen do an interview I sure would love to be wealthy enough to have him build an engine for our car just to be able to meet the man and his son is an absolutely awesome young man too you can tell he was brought up correctly!!
I love love love vids like this. Keep up the good work.
MORE PLEASE! GREAT VIDEO, THANKS!
Mike Henson you're not the man some make you out to be, on the show you are so down to earth, plus what a great interview thank you for showing it.
Mad love from Florida
Damn. Very humble guy. Just subscribed
Mike you are an honest honorable guy, congratulations, its far from easy to be that in today's world
Real deal down to earth person anyone who knows him has listened to his story knows your getting what you see god bless much LH&R
That shop looks very successful. I'll bet it's due mostly to the skills of the people and the chemistry between them. That's the key element in our shop.
Hey MIKE I also am a MIKE...I quit smoking 2001...have never felt better...would really like to hear and see you doing your MAGIC on drag racing motors....and continue the relationship between you and all INVOLVED in your life....lay those smokes to rest.....GODS SPEED....your friend forever....Mike Gibbs BRUNSWICK GEORGIA....RVN war veteran....1967...69...69....
THAT IS ONE BAD ASS BLOCK AT THE 00:34 MARK!!! ALUMINUM BRODIX BLOCK... I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD GIVE UP FOR THAT MOTOR!!! AND YES I AM SCREAMING IN ALL CAPS BECAUSE IT IS THAT IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND THE WORDS THAT ARE COMING OUTTA MY MOUTH!!! THANK YOU... THAT IS ALL!!!
I would love to work in your shop! Awesome shop and most important Awesome attitude! Would like to see you more on the show too!
Great work mike! This is good genuine stuff! Spread that good wisdom to everyone who deserves it!
sorry to be so off topic but does anyone know of a method to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid lost my account password. I appreciate any help you can give me.
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Great video, can't wait to see more of Mike and Plan B
Thanks! We’ll be out there.
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Lol I’m a engine builder thanks for this vid it’s very inspiring 🇺🇸
thumbs up for this video. Very true words. kind regards from Holland
I like your philosophy. You're a good man. All the best for the future.
Mike seems like a great guy. The kind of man you want to call your friend.
I saw Henson engines on tv here in Australia love the utube vids about mr Henson he seems like a engine artist doctor and around top bloke
Where can we get a Henson t shirt...??
sounds like a down to earth kinda guy with a love of HP, awesome!
Good Biography about yourself, well explained. Well you have a great business too, wishing I had engine building skills plus tuning. I could simply apply it all to my two mustangs. I'm in Memphis, TN, but don't know allot of people who work on race cars and motors. Great job Mike; helping others stay in the race, and continue to build your dream shop.....I wish I knew where JJ DaBoss's shop, would be nice to pay him a visit.
I never was lucky enough to build just a daily driver, but I do have the knowledge schooling , my dad , friends and others , my health plays a role in how much I can do , but it is a lot of enjoyment just to hear another man or woman’s car they built ...especially old classics they don’t have to be fast just thumping good is enough for me...
Mr. Henson, your an inspiration.
You are the man mike
World would be a better place to live if more people were like Mike..
I like Mike sure hope y'all get back on Street outlaws I enjoyed watching you and Justin absolutely the best TV show I've ever seen love y'all God bless
Mike, you seem like a real upstanding great guy, genuinely nice.. you could be my dad's twin brother.. (he died when he was 58, smoking killed him) please stop smoking, so you'll be around longer than my dad, and have fun !!
Lovem and appreciate them while they are still here ... as you know .. one day .... . My dad would tell me stories of cars he used to have before I was born and my wives both of them ( not at the same time) had also heard them over and over( and complained) but you know what?? I would give almost anything to hear him tell me just one more time. I miss him.
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Sometimes people just have to learn the hard way my friend
Yes. Stop smoking. I was able to in Iraq, you should be able to here.
@@CRUSHFACTORPC Yessir your 210% CORRECT My FATHER TIM TIGNER AKA T&T RACING...... TIM&TRISTIAN...... HE shared so many stories to my now ex wife of 6 years, before he passed I tried to take her up the road and make a small test hit at my house but I was told I was a stupid IDIOT FOR WANTING TO RACE..... When you lived at a track every weekend fri thru sunday night that's all you know and lifestyle we live racing does take Tons of time, At the same time everyone needs support no matter what it is they love doing never knock anyone espically a Husband, Wife, Mother and Father I type this with tears. It's hard everyday but we just have to keep going and hold our head high make fast passes and let them smile above. He was so much like Mike Henson but we never had trouble with any motors we had and that was 1 406 18x SBC MY First drag motor in my old 66 chevy 2, then started breaking great suspension parts all strange and chassis Engineering parts etc. Sold that motor built a 489 BBC AND GOT MY TUBE CHASSIS 4 link car The IRON MAIDEN. MOTOR STILL RUNS STTONG AFTER ALMOST 15 YEARS OF RACING THAT MOTOR ALL OHIO CRANKSHAFT BOTTOM END, OHIO CRANKSHAFT By FAR makes the best parts I've ever ran or used never 1 issue at all. 170 and 250 shots every pass on street and no prep and was always a big tire car lol Daddy said son there's no way that car will hook a small tire!!!! He is sure suprised now in Heaven how the 28x10.5 tires has won 10s of thousands now! I did get the opportunity to RACE PINKS ALL OUT MMP MEMPHIS, TN 2007/2008 Only 2 years they had it there and I was 17 first time and 18 2nd time great memories with the ol 93 oldsmobile callis!!!! Great memories guys never let a WOMAN get you down over something you love and always will do, or anyone else I quit racing 4 years almost and killed Daddy the whole time he hated me letting the car sit like that little did I know he woukdnt ever see it run again 🤦♂️........ ALWAYS DO YALLS PASSOON FELLOW RACERS NEVER LET ANYTHING GET IN YOUR PATH OF THAT WIN LIGHT! #GODSPEEDDADDYTIGNERRACINGTEAMNEVERQUITDONTGIVEUP!!!!
if it wasn't for guys like you it would die we built all our own pro stock stuff set a record in ihra year ago keep up the good work were out dated now so we need guys like you
Mr Henson . A true gentleman . Enough said
Mr. handsome love your engines and I do love your work in that shop you got your stuff together that's for sure good crew I do remember them engines when they were running with the street outlaws take care Carl and Sandra waving a hand Windsor Ontario Canada just across the creek from Detroit
Love the car nice to see you have a channel i will be watching good luck and let the haters hate there just jealous lol!
I can and do respect the time and effort that go into making those huge-HP "street cars" go as quick and fast as they do, but the fact is that its "electronics" that are making it possible to put that kind of power down and make the power in the first place. Even in the "old days" and among the "old-timers" you're lucky to find one "driver" in twenty that both know the basic fundamentals of what makes cars and engines "go" and when it comes to "tuning" and "simple" things like a basic "tune" to get the vehicle from A to B without stalling or blowing off the tires or breaking something, the number of guys that really have a clue gets even smaller. None of it is "rocket science" but I can tell you AS a fellow diesel mechanic and someone who learned "gas motors" at the best "tech school" in the world doing the same first two quarters as the "gas rats" and having my entire career worked on gas-burners just like diesels and building "stock" to "competition" gas-burners and in 25 years of wrenching working on everything from nitro RC engines to GE C-44 diesel-electric freight locomotives, finding an "automotive" mechanic/technician that isn't "scared" of a CARBURETOR is TOUGH these days. I'd hate to try to get them to do something "tough" like change a set of points, adjust dwell and do a basic "tune-up" on a carbureted gas-burner and do carb adjustments. Start talking "propane enrichment" or tuning with a vacuum gauge or mention how impossible it is to "tune" a "leaky" engine and the fact that "carburetor problems" are more often than not intake manifold gasket leaks, loose carb bolts/screws/studs and that you can "tune" on a brand-new carb on a "new motor" that isn't "broken in" yet and especially one with a "big cam" for days and days and never get anywhere because the vacuum signal isn't there and isn't steady and until the engine is "complete" including the air intake system, air filter etc and they've got glazed over eyes and can't wait to go back to their "code reader" and "scan tool" and some "easy" work like replacing injectors on an EFI engine that really needs a new "sock" on the fuel pump, a new fuel pressure regulator and the MAF/MAP and "oxygen sensors" cleaned and checked before ever thinking about "injectors" but because of "electronics" will be "fixed" by simply reducing the leakage at the injectors enough to "band-aid" fuel pressure back up where its supposed to be which will help the engine make enough "power" and "heat" to kinda-sorta "burn clean" the O2 sensors, etc. I honestly think doing things like calling them "02 sensors" when all they are is TEMP SENSORS using EGT and how quickly they are heated and cooled to "extrapolate" the supposed "02 level" in the exhaust gas is irresponsible and "intentional" misinformation trying to make "electronics" sound more capable and "smart" than they actually are and the "victims" aren't "drivers" but "technicians" who could start to put together the pieces they have and find the ones they don't for the "puzzle" of how "electronics" actually work and once "clued in" start to be much better technicians and much more confident and knowledgeable about the basics to the point they'd start to get that if a carburetor can keep an engine "alive" and make for good "driveability" AND produce similar if not superior "fuel economy" simply by how much LESS electrical power a carb/HEI-type ignition system require to OPERATE, they'd be in a position to dramatically increase the "market" for "high performance" parts, vehicles, facilities etc. simply because no amount of "technology" is EVER going to make it as "cheap" to build an "electronic" race car for "street/strip" as it is to find an "old beater" GM A-body or G-body, put together a very "basic" but almost "bulletproof" SBC with a decent converter, trans and gears to go "quick" and "fast" enough on an 1/8-mile "small town" bracket track to know that it doesn't TAKE cubic feet of cash to have a "race car" AND provide them with something they actually "get" as far as how it works and can make simple changes to one at a time to "get faster" or NOT and know exactly WHY its one or the other. I know all "electronic" tuners who know enough to be "dangerous" to anything but their customer's wallets know this the same way "old-timer" tuners do but the worst possible thing that can happen to any "tuner" in his tender years as a "tuner" is to make several changes, "get lucky" and "go faster" and all because the "base tune" was "lean" and all his "tuning" moved things toward "rich" so from that point onward his whole "philosophy" is "more fuel". Of course if you're running "power adders" its damned near impossible to go "too far" with more fuel. Get a naturally-aspirated motor-only "project" and start with "OK" tuning with maybe a little stumble or hesitation and do the "more fuel" thing and figure you need to make big jumps and "tune" the car right into a "rich bog" and only somebody "smart" enough to understand and explain to them how "richer is slower" and "leaner is faster" at low speeds and high loads will "save" them and their car from jumping from "fuel" or at least "jetting" or "injector pulse width to everything else trying to "tune" a "stumble" out of an engine/car that was already getting "too much" fuel and now is getting it by the "gallons" and in the process is getting the cylinders washed down and is losing compression and vacuum so after the initial massive bog and a few revolutions and cycles to "dry out" and "re-oil" the cylinders, suddenly comes spitting, sputtering back to life and "pulls hard" because by the time it gets to the second "launch" its obviously just on the "power circuits" and isn't dealing with "enrichment" and has enough load, enough vacuum signal and enough "inertia" to finally get into its "power band" with a good head of steam and is "breathing" and "burning" strong and clean and doesn't need anything but the "tuning" UNDONE and taken BACK EVEN FURTHER a "step" or two to reduce the pump shot and idle and transition fuel/air adjustments just a touch AND to make sure a good strong and consistent vacuum signal stays in the intake and in the distributor to keep the timing retarded until the advance is needed. There are SO many guys who have NO IDEA that a "vacuum advance" advances the timing when vacuum DROPS rather than increases. Throw in a "vacuum secondary" carb and they're screwed.
I'm telling you, the ONLY thing that makes it possible for "car guys" who can't begin to "tune" much less "build" their own rides to "compete" and be "competitive" and not get consistently "whooped" by "mechanics" spending 1/10th the money on their "personal rides" as the "car guys" but "infinitely" more time given the fact that they start "investing" their time in "winning" the day they pick up a wrench and many "car guys" don't even OWN a wrench besides maybe the "tire iron" in the flat tire "kit" are the facts that not only do "mechanics" who do "get" the basics not have the EXTRA time to put into their own "rides" AND the desire to put their "extra money" into "toys" that are just another "job" in many cases the "hard" job compared to wrenching at their "day job" when they can/could be buying stock "toys" that aren't "fast" but start and run and get from point A to point B whenever the owner wants like motorcycles, boats, RVs or MAYBE a "street rod" or "hot rod" or "vintage" car that may be all "aftermarket" and "high-performance" looking on the outside but is completely or mainly "stock" inside AND the fact that not only is "beating the customer" NOT good for business and a good way to get accused of "cheating" and/or "ripping off" and/or "stealing from" the customer(s) they'd beat, but not ALL THAT MUCH FUN when the "customers" who have everything it takes to "build" and "tune" a car but the ability to do anything but write checks/swipe cards and "prep" and "run" the car at the races.
Because if more "mechanics" had the "balls" guys like you and I do to simply "talk back" when assclowns on the internet are "teaching" and "educating" and "calling out" mechanics/shops on their "social media" accounts that the assclowns only visit in the first place to "learn" from AND had the desire to "invest" valuable "money" and priceless TIME in a hobby where the "competition" is the guys who have to pay someone to do everything BUT "prep" and "build" and "tune" the car and were as thin-skinned and insecure about "car stuff" and dependent on playing "expert" online to try to keep "competition" off the track, inevitably the "posers" would run out of places to "troll" and "contribute" online and/or would get "boxed in" to putting their money where their mouth is or just their "reputation" where their mouth is, the number of "posers" out there would drop along with the number of wannabe "builders" and "tuners" who are really "profiting" MAINLY from the "car guys" clueless enough to "need" a "tuner" or "builder" for their "race car" that's never run a "real" heads-up "drag race" EVER and the steadily but slowly increasing number of good "customers" who want to work with and learn from "mechanics" combined with the decreasing number (relative to the "general population) of guys willing to "get their hands dirty" working on ANYTHING much less "building" and "tuning" aftermarket/modified/fabricated "race engines" and "race cars" for the "write the check" crowd so generally across the board, "labor rates" and "revenues" across the board would increase, the hours spent working on "projects" for "posers" would decrease, the real "car guys" needing/wanting/willing to pay for "good work" would be able to get ,more their stuff in and out more quickly and the "mechanics" wouldn't need every last dime from every last customer just to make it "worth" turning wrenches at all and would have some "disposable income" and "spare time" to put into "educating" the "posers" in person.
DEEREMEYER1 Dude. Much respect for your obvious knowledge, but have your blood pressure checked, or lay off the Meth. I understood probably 75-80% of the terminology, and theory of what your referring to, but the incessant rambling with no punctuation is maddening.
You are, however, completely correct in your assessment of most men in this generation, not knowing a piston return spring, from 26% methanol blinker fluid. It's really sad, because when you consider that the powers that be, are leaning closer and closer to Wi-Fi enabled, Google piloted, govt run vehicles, not knowing how to change a set of plugs, adjust fuel ratios, or check resistance of a spark plug wire, we're ALL screwed. Good points, great knowledge, and amazing passion for all things internally combusted, my hats off to you.
Dear God man go change the blinker fluid in your car.
When this much goes into building your engine does the price really matter? This is REAL quality work that you don't see anymore
Ditto the last comment - mad respect for his take on life.
Mike Henson really seems like he is s class act just a really down to earth kinda guy
Let's go to Plan B....keep up the good hard work. God bless you Mike Henson
Mike got that same twitch I got, I swear when my brain gets goin my eyebrows can't sit still, I never know I'm doin it till someone makes a video and i see myself in it
Nice video Mike, keep living the dream!
Mike is a genuine guy!
Great video and I am definitely interested in letting Mike do what he can for my motor.
Wow its like a polar opposite to nelson ... much respect mike Henson
that was an awesome video...cheers
Nice guy, very knowledgeable, very humble, class act
The nicest people ever. I always love seeing plan B kicking ass.
Is a n/a 351w pushing 500-550 hp something you would do?