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BS Tech: Pro Tuning Secrets – Finding 20hp in Your Distributor!

Posted in ENGINE April 5, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  5 comments

(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 [...]

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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 > >  1 comments

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 [...]

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The finished product looks great and performed great as well. There was a very noticeable performance improvement on our "butt dyno" and the owner of the truck was amazed at the different he felt from throttle tip in all the way through full throttle blasts. After he stopped blasting away from every traffic light and highway on ramp, we saw a mileage increase of 2mpg per tank with the components used in this install. He went from a 13mpg average to a 15mpg average and at four bucks a pop, that adds up quick. Overall we were very impressed with the quality and ease of install that the aFe kit provided. The truck performs better and gets better mileage. That is a win-win. We have no problem recommending this system and giving to BS thumbs up!

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 > >  1 comments

(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 [...]

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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 > >  0 comments

(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 [...]

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Driveway Tech: Battling the Oil Burning Monte Carlo – Part 3- Death Match!

Posted in ENGINE February 23, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > >  8 comments

(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 [...]

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Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro

BangShift Engine Tech: How a programmable ignition can make anyone look like a pro

Posted in ENGINE January 26, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

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 [...]

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BS TECH: PRO TUNING SECRETS PART 1 – FINDING POWER RIGHT IN YOUR DISTRIBUTOR

Posted in ENGINE January 6, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

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 [...]

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Driveway Tech: Battling the Stuck Rings on the Monte Carlo - Round 2

Driveway Tech: Battling the Stuck Rings on the Monte Carlo – Round 2

Posted in ENGINE December 8, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

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 [...]

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Driveway Tech: Attempt One at Freeing Stuck Piston Rings - Did We Succceed?

Driveway Tech: Attempt One at Freeing Stuck Piston Rings – Did We Succceed?

Posted in ENGINE November 30, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

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 [...]

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BangShift Tech Video: Size Matters...Exhaust Collector Length Testing Part 1

BangShift Tech Video: Size Matters…Exhaust Collector Length Testing Part 1

Posted in ENGINE April 26, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

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 [...]

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BangShift Tech: How much horsepower does a mechanical water pump really take to spin?

BangShift Tech: How much horsepower does a mechanical water pump really take to spin?

Posted in ENGINE April 5, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

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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BangShift Tech and Video: Does staggered jetting a Holley Carb really work?

BangShift Tech and Video: Does staggered jetting a Holley Carb really work?

Posted in ENGINE March 23, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

We learned several things during our staggered jetting test, and some might surprise you. We also came to a couple of conclusions. 4-Corner Jetting is not for everyone, and ignorance is bliss. And then there are the questions. But before we get into those, let’s get into the test. Our goal was to determine whether [...]

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Great Tech Thread: How to Remove the Motor of Your 4th Gen Camaro/Firebird From The Bottom

Great Tech Thread: How to Remove the Motor of Your 4th Gen Camaro/Firebird From The Bottom

Posted in ENGINE February 3, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

BangShift member Buddy blew the LT1 engine in his Camaro up about a year ago while ripping through the gears. This was not going to be a quick fix, the plant had to be pulled out of the car. At that time Buddy didn’t have a shop, but since then he built a sweet place [...]

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Project Goliath Update: We Sort of Rebuilt the 292ci Six, It Runs

Project Goliath Update: We Sort of Rebuilt the 292ci Six, It Runs

Posted in ENGINE May 12, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We know that the coil is mounted wrong, the spark plugs are only in hand tight, and the vacuum lines are routed like some sort of Chinese maze, but Goliath lives once again! Our big 1966 Chevy C50 truck rumbled to life a week after a mad thrash to reassemble the engine on a weirdly [...]

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Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell

Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell

Posted in ENGINE April 21, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

It was all going to be so perfect. We were going to re-ring one cylinder in Goliath’s 292ci straight six and then it would be off to the shop to have the rotted cab floors repaired. That pipe dream ended when we popped the number two piston out, found a chunk of ring land missing, [...]

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Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part One

Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part One

Posted in ENGINE March 22, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The great thing about having a couple of project vehicles beating around here at BangShift.com is that our pain and suffering gets to become your entertainment! This is the first of a two-part story on what we’re calling a “one cylinder rebuild” on Goliath, our 1966 Chevy C50 monster truck. We had not intended to [...]

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