Suspension Tech Videos from Detroit Speed - Camber/Caster Explained and Backspacing

Suspension Tech Videos from Detroit Speed – Camber/Caster Explained and Backspacing

Posted in OTHER TECH August 31, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

With the explosion in popularity of Pro Touring cars, and more importantly, using Pro Touring cars, learning how to properly set up a suspension is super important. Years ago, a car with big wheels was a “Pro Touring” ride, now that is not the case. Companies like Detroit Speed make components that will shift your [...]

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Video: Ididit Steering Column Tech

Video: Ididit Steering Column Tech

Posted in OTHER TECH July 18, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Need a steering column for your hot rod, street machine, golf cart, or muscle car? The boys at Iditit have a column for anything and everything. Ken Callison from Ididit tells us what we need to know to spec a column for the 48 Hour Camaro project or any other project in your garage. Whether [...]

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Video: US Radiator teaches us about cooling systems.

Video: US Radiator teaches us about cooling systems.

Posted in OTHER TECH June 23, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

We recently had a chance to hang out with Shawn and Don Armstrong from US Radiator, and were completely blown away by the way they do business. Not only did they jump on board for the 48 Hour Camaro project, but they took us to school on radiators as well. No hand holding “Of course [...]

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Cool Video: Jeri Ellsworth Builds a Pure Stock Circle Track Car in Her Driveway (Yes, we said her)

Cool Video: Jeri Ellsworth Builds a Pure Stock Circle Track Car in Her Driveway (Yes, we said her)

Posted in OTHER TECH May 27, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We were tipped off to this cool video (one in a series actually) by BangShift member Chryco63. It features tips and construction methods for modifying a late second generation Camaro into a Pure Stock class circle track race car. The twist, if you want to call it that is the fact that the work is [...]

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Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech's Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad's 1965 Chevy Pickup

Video: Parts 1 through 4 of Ridetech’s Johnny Merder Hot Rodding his Grand dad’s 1965 Chevy Pickup

Posted in OTHER TECH March 4, 2011  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Some of us are lucky enough to own a car or truck that once belonged to a beloved family member. And some of those cars and trucks were bought new by said family member. Such is the case with Johnny Merder, one of the talented folks from Ridetech. His Granddad bought this 1965 C10 pickup [...]

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Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop

Killer Videos: How to Wrench on a 1929 Duesenberg Model J in Your Home Shop

Posted in OTHER TECH February 14, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Duesenbergs are very freaking rare, guys who wrench on their own Duesenbergs at home are even more so. Luckily, BangShifter “Hemi” Joel Nystrom is one of those dudes and he has the video proof to show it. Joel’s exploits have been documented on these electronic pages before from his building a Hemi-powered GTX to race in [...]

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Video: World's Fastest Ridetech Street Challenge Suspension Install 3 hours 6 minutes

Video: World’s Fastest Ridetech Street Challenge Suspension Install 3 hours 6 minutes

Posted in OTHER TECH November 29, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Here at BangShift.com we’ve installed our fare share of Ridetech Suspension systems, and have 200,000 miles of driving Ridetech equipped vehicles of our own and others. But when we heard about this record breaking install, we couldn’t wait for the video. At this year’s Holley LS Fest, the Engine Swap Champions were given the opportunity [...]

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Video: JPC Racing Makes 800hp on the Rollers With an Internally Stock (New) 5.0L Mustang

Video: JPC Racing Makes 800hp on the Rollers With an Internally Stock (New) 5.0L Mustang

Posted in OTHER TECH November 23, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The name Justin Burcham of JPC racing is no stranger to the pages of car magazines or the internet. Justin has been on the bleeding edge of Ford and Mustang performance for years. We remember him on Drag Week 2005 with one of the first “retro” Mustangs we had ever seen. We also remember him [...]

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Ancient Tech Video: A WWII-Era Training Film on Hydrovac Truck Brakes

Ancient Tech Video: A WWII-Era Training Film on Hydrovac Truck Brakes

Posted in OTHER TECH November 22, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We spent the weekend in two places basically. The first was parked in front of our computer monitoring the live video feed from the 2010 Street Car Super Nationals in Las Vegas that we broadcast and the other was under Goliath wrenching on the Hydrovac brake system. This was a brake setup developed in the [...]

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Video: MSD Debuts new ignition systems at 2010 SEMA Show

Video: MSD Debuts new ignition systems at 2010 SEMA Show

Posted in OTHER TECH November 3, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Longtime BangShift.com sponsor MSD Ignition is on hand at the SEMA show and making big waves. The leader in high performance ignitions could easily sit back and rest on the laurels of the tried at true MSD 6AL, but instead they have built the new and improved Digital 6AL and 6A to bring the world’s [...]

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The Parting Shift: An Odd Sequential Shifter for Late Model Mustangs

The Parting Shift: An Odd Sequential Shifter for Late Model Mustangs

Posted in OTHER TECH June 25, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There’s a European company called SSS Drive that apparently develops sequential shift systems for late model cars. In this week’s Parting Shift we’re bringing you the company’s promotional video for their sequential system that bolts to ’05-up Mustangs. It is weirdly interesting but we’re still a little hung up on it.  Seems to us that [...]

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Dyno Video: Tuning a BangShifter's Kick Ass Road Racer on the Rollers

Dyno Video: Tuning a BangShifter’s Kick Ass Road Racer on the Rollers

Posted in OTHER TECH June 14, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

BangShift.com member Bob Holmes, along with his teammates competes in the NASA American Iron road racing series. The team competes with a Mustang, but not in the configuration you’d expect. These guys went the road less traveled and run a turbocharged four-cylinder Mustang SVO engine. After getting the car back together the team needed to [...]

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Video: The 40th Anniversary Ignition from MSD

Video: The 40th Anniversary Ignition from MSD

Posted in OTHER TECH November 9, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Earlier in the week, BangShift.com showed you the new MSD 40th anniversary 6AL ignition box in a cool retro-style look. Power TV was also there in the MSD booth and got this video of our friend and BangShift.com member Todd Ryden of MSD putting on his TV face to tell you all about it.   [...]

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Video of the Week: Chassis-Dyno Accidents

Video of the Week: Chassis-Dyno Accidents

Posted in OTHER TECH January 15, 2009  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

I nabbed four clips off of YouTube for this week’s videos, all of them showing what can go wrong on a chassis dyno. Many of us here have countless dyno pulls under our belts, and it’s easy to get slack about the disasters that can occur even with low-powered cars. I was at Westech one [...]

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