BangShift Quick Tech: How to install window seals in your muscle car
Posted in OTHER August 2, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Sometimes it’s the little things can be intimidating when building your hot rod, and window seals and weather stripping seem to be one of those projects that people dread. The truth is they are pretty easy, and a perfect Quick Tech project for you to concour on a Saturday morning. In this BangShift Quick Tech [...]
Video: Blows Cold, Goes Fast, Makes an LS Swap a Breeze… Vintage Air
Posted in OTHER July 8, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Vintage Air has long been known for cold air and big speed thanks to SCTA Speed Records at Bonneville at well over 200mph with the air blowing cold. Vintage Air is also installed on the highest horsepower air conditioned street machines in the world, and with good reason. Products like their new Gen IV Air [...]
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Video: Muncie and Gearvendors…. A match made in heaven.
Posted in DRIVETRAIN July 7, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Gearvendors has been building the strongest overdrive units on the planet for more than 30 years now and they have been proven in everything from 6 second drag cars to trophy trucks and big commercial vehicles. We’ve personally run them in tow vehicles, drag cars, and road race cars, and can tell you they are [...]
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Video: Forgeline Wheels shows us how to fit massive meats on any car.
Posted in OTHER July 6, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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In the world of Pro Touring and Racing Wheels, Forgeline is synonomous with light weight, incredibly strength, and good looks. We have often drooled over Forgeline wheels on other people’s projects, cars at the races, and even on the show grounds, but never had the opportunity to work with them on our own car. When [...]
Video: Moser 12 Bolts…For GM guys that want to keep it all GM
Posted in DRIVETRAIN July 6, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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2011 marks Moser Engineering’s 25th anniversary, and we’re proud to say they are still made the right way, here in the U.S.A. And for purists like us, who think a Camaro should have a 12 bolt under it, Moser makes one hell of a setup. When we built the 48 Hour Camaro this year, we [...]
Video Brake Tech from Baer
Posted in DRIVETRAIN June 28, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Thousands of you watched as we built a 1967 Camaro in 48 Hours LIVE last month. We were able to build this car thanks to killer sponsors like Baer Brakes, Holley, Comp Cams and Lingenfelter. We’ve got a couple videos from both the live broadcast and our edited version ready for you to check out. [...]
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 [...]
BangShift Tech and Video: Does staggered jetting a Holley Carb really work?
Posted in ENGINE March 23, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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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 [...]
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
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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 [...]
Engine Project Update: Tearing Down the 1960s Pontiac OHC Six
Posted in BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC January 4, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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When we heard that our OG BangShift pal Randal was looking for an old Pontiac overhead cam six engine we got excited because we knew he’d find one and start a neat project. Our instincts were correct because he did find an engine and drug it back to his rural Nevada home. Randal is a [...]
The Tiger Cage gets Certified!!!
Posted in OTHER October 8, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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We’re proud to announce that Ridetech’s Tiger Cage has just received its first Sanctioning Body Certification! The boys at Ridetech have been working diligently to certify their application specific, bolt in roll bar systems. Manufactured in the USA, like all Ridetech products, the all stainless steel, bolt in, Tiger Cage system is the simplest chassis [...]
Video: Hot Rod Magazine’s Vette Hack…The Full Story
Posted in OTHER October 5, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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Weeks ago we gave you a preview of the fun and carnage we experienced while cutting a up a 1985 Corvette with the gang at Hot Rod Magazine. It was a riot like none other, and resulted in some really cool findings on how weight affects a car on the road course. We cut the [...]
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4
Posted in DRIVETRAIN September 2, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Jeff Bradley is back with the fourth installment of how to properly rebuild at 700-R4 transmission. This is literally a blow by blow, step by step account of how to replace every part in the transmission. We’ve already been through the tear down and initial steps of the reconstruction, this installment will cover more of [...]
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part 2
Posted in DRIVETRAIN July 13, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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In our first installment of this tech series, Indianapolis-based transmission master Jeff bradley pulled apart a 700-R4 transmission that he is overhauling for a fellow BangShift.com member. We were astounded at the sheer volume of stuff that came out of the transmission case and then immediately frightened at the prospect of having to put it [...]
BangShift Tech: 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part One
Posted in DRIVETRAIN July 9, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Jeff Bradley, known as IndyShiftman on the BangShift.com forums owns and operated a transmission shop in the Indianapolis, Indiana area. He’s become our de-facto source for transmission info, tech tips, and answers to our dumb questions. Another BangShifter dropped off a 700-R4 at Jeff’s shop and he’s documenting the whole rebuild process. As much as [...]
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