Tech Video: MSD’s Flying Magnet Crank Trigger System. How To Install One And Why
Posted in ENGINE January 11, 2013 by Chad Reynolds
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We did this video 30 lbs and two years ago for MSD, but thought you guys might want to check it out. It’s one of many videos that MSD has that are aimed at giving you technical support and advice for installing or choosing parts for your hot rod. This one features Chad installing a [...]
MSD ATOMIC LS Sneak Peek – MSD Unveils Revolutionary Plug and Play EFI Solution For LS Engines At SEMA 2012 – Plus Dual Quad Atomic!
Posted in ENGINE October 30, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Chevrolet wasn’t the only one who threw BangShift an invite last night. Our pals at MSD dropped us a line and told us to show up for the unveiling of their new Atomic LS EFI as well as the dual quad traditional Atomic EFI. The Atomic LS is a game changer in the world of [...]
Forum Tech Section How To: Holley Float Bowl Screw Thread Repair… So Easy A Ford Guy Did It!
Posted in ENGINE October 1, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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I know, I know, Ford guys are smart too. I’m only busting Big Block Ranger’s stones because I can, and because he will expect it. Especially since he even has a hammer, aka Ford Tool, in one of his photos. But back to the great little tech write-up that BBR, aka James Pringle, wrote in [...]
Kaase Boss 9 Hemi Ford Build: You Can Build A Boss Engine That Isn’t A Complete Bitch To Drive!
Posted in ENGINE September 27, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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When Ro McGonegal sent us a story about John Kaase Racing Engines building their new Boss 9 engines for hot rods, muscle cars, and street rods, we were intrigued. Having driven a real life Boss 429 Mustang I can tell you that these things are bitchin beyond bitchin but they are also unruly on the [...]
Driveway Tech: Engine Compartment Detailing, BangShift Style
Posted in ENGINE August 14, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) - There are three things gearheads and even people with a mild interest in cars look at. The paint, the interior, and under the hood. The paint is obvious. The interior too. But, for some, the engine is left in the grease and untouched. On the other end of the [...]
BS Tech: Pro Tuning Secrets – Finding 20hp in Your Distributor!
Posted in ENGINE April 5, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) - The proof is in the numbers. In our first part to this article we followed Yannick Sire of Sire Custom Performance take an old crusty GM HEI and do a little magic to it to find a few more horsepower. With nothing more than a little time, a bit [...]
Driveway Tech: We Install at K&N Cold Air Intake on a 2007 F250 Powerstroke for Performance and Economy Gains
Posted in ENGINE March 26, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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With diesel fuel well over $4.00 per gallon in most parts of the country, BangShifters have to do what they can do to get the most bang for their buck at the pump. While good maintenance will help to maximize fuel economy and doing stuff like monitoring tire pressures will also help, there are some [...]
Driveway Tech: We Install Air Intake Upgrades on Two Trucks For Performance and Economy Gains – Part 1
Posted in ENGINE March 21, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Lots of BangShifters own late model trucks. They daily drive them, tow with them, haul the family around in them, and maybe even beat on them a little from time to time. With gas prices headed toward $4.00 and diesel cresting $4.00 per gallon in some places, we wanted to [...]
Tech: How JPC Racing Made 1,032hp From a Ford Coyote 5.0L Engine With a Paxton NOVI 2200 Huffer
Posted in ENGINE March 13, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Mike Galimi) – The shop is silent as the garage door opens and the drafty night air enters into JPC Racing’s chassis dyno room. It was judgment time for the company’s flagship Coyote 5.0L front-runner as it enters the testing cell. The day had been spent modifying the Paxton NOVI 2200 [...]
Driveway Tech: Battling the Oil Burning Monte Carlo – Part 3- Death Match!
Posted in ENGINE February 23, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words, Photos, Bleeding and Struggle by Scott Liggett) – As we continued to fight this darn car’s oil burning 350 we transitioned from frustration to inspiration, back to frustration, then to desperation to try to fix this issue. During the last two months we as close to ripping the engine clean out of the car [...]
BangShift Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro
Posted in ENGINE January 26, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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BangShift.com is proud to announce that we have partnered with Westech Performance Group to bring you killer engine tech in 2011! From the complicated to the just plain fun, we’ll have it all right here at BangShift.com, so stay tuned for more. We started off with two solid days on the Superflow Dyno, along with [...]
BS TECH: PRO TUNING SECRETS PART 1 – FINDING POWER RIGHT IN YOUR DISTRIBUTOR
Posted in ENGINE January 6, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Those Bangshifters who are old enough to have owned muscle cars when they were new, or nearly new, remember taking their rides to a performance oriented dealership to get a super tune that was good for a couple of tenths on the quarter mile. From the stories we read and heard over the years, they [...]
Driveway Tech: Battling the Stuck Rings on the Monte Carlo – Round 2
Posted in ENGINE December 8, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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In our continuing attempts to be cheapskates and fix our oil burning ’73 Monte Carlo’s 350 spending as little as possible; we decided to try a tried and true solution to our engine’s stuck piston rings. In our last installment of this Driveway Tech we failed miserably when we filled the cylinders with transmission fluid [...]
Driveway Tech: Attempt One at Freeing Stuck Piston Rings – Did We Succceed?
Posted in ENGINE November 30, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Everyone says that buying a ganny fresh old car is the best. They are one owner, low mileage gems that granny ony drove to bingo and her Wednesday hair appointment. There can be a problem with driving nothing but short trips. Carbon builds up on the pistons, rings, and valves without longer trips where the [...]
BangShift Tech Video: Size Matters…Exhaust Collector Length Testing Part 1
Posted in ENGINE April 26, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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If you hang out at any racetrack, car show, or dyno shop for long enough, you’ll hear all kinds of stories. Old wives tales about this thing or that thing making big power, cars that guys used to own, and tuning tricks seem to be at the top of the list. Well this weeks BangShift [...]
BangShift Tech: How much horsepower does a mechanical water pump really take to spin?
Posted in ENGINE April 5, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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BangShift.com is proud to be working at Westech Performance Group on a variety of Engine Tech stories in 2011, and some are going to be in depth and others will be interesting facts or fun tests to perform. This week’s test is to see how much horsepower a mechanical water pump really costs you. With [...]
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