Hoonigan Builds a Donk - Season 1
The Donk is DONE! Hitting The Dyno, Street Session, and a Fiery Burnout at Tire Slayer Studios
It’s FINALLY time to put some power down in our donk! We brought it over for some big block tuning magic from our friends (aka Suppy’s brother Chan) at Redline Performance. This thing sounds NU...
Our Donk Gets its New One-Off Custom-Milled Wheels! Plus, Big Block CHOP
This Donk project has – hands down – the best chop of any build we’ve done in this shop so far. Zac might have to haul back out here for retribution. And if that’s not enough, today’s the day t...
Our Donk Gets a Fresh Face and Big Bass. Final Steps Before It Runs Again!
You know what the worst part about a car build is? The finishing part. So many little details, bolts, and brackets… half of which we’ve tossed or lost. But ya know what, that’s just a chance fo...
Donk Gets Bump in the Trunk. Building a Removable Sub Box For Race Mode vs Street Mode
So we may be building a “race donk”, but there’s NO way we would let this thing out the door without having the right amount of bump in the trunk. Why not get you a box that could do both? Our ...
Donk Goes Off to Paint! But First, We Fix our Exhaust Problems
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The Donk is Getting a Carbon Roof, Carbon Hood, And... Hockey Puck Body Mounts??
What’s more Hoonigan than getting a fully custom carbon fiber roof and hood for the donk from our friends at K&N, all while drilling out a grip of hockey pucks to make some body mounts? Wha...
Rims Real Big, Brakes Real Big, Everythang Real Big!
When ya add a 1000hp blown big block to a couple thousand pounds of sheet metal - and wrap it in giant wheels - you’re gonna need something to slow your roll. So we picked up some Baer brakes th...
FIRST Start For Our Donk’s New Supercharged Big Block! And We Put the Body Back on
IT RUNS! Thanks to wiring by Mr. Spaghetti himself, Jamo - and solid work hours put in by Suppy and the boys. There’s still a lot of work ahead, but damn it feels good to hear this thing run.
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New Blower Parts for the Donk, Custom Transmission Mount, and Finishing up the Ford 9”
Grind time. We’re tidying up the last bits of the donk frame before we can lower the body back onto this thing. Dan’s on the welder, Jamo’s on the wiring, while Scotto and Hert get their intel...
What Color Should We Paint the Donk?? The Great Debate Begins
Donk paint ain’t nothing to mess with. After going back and forth on what color to paint this project, we headed out to our local body shop - Horn's Collision Center - to get some real life sa...
The Donk’s Roof is a Nightmare!! So We Make it Safer… With More Metal
Did landau tops ever reeeeally seem like a good idea? Even if they did, we can almost guarantee that most of ‘em are hiding some real nightmares these days. Just like ours. Can’t win ‘em all. ...
The Donk Project’s Big Block Gets a 8-71 Blower, and a Special Guest for Wiring
We said it, and we mean it: we’re gunning to have this donk project make 1000 horsepower. Will we get there? Who knows. But we’re definitely going to throw a big ‘ol blower at it to try and g...