Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Rebuild Part 4By Brian Lohnes -- Photos by Jeff Bradley Posted 09/2/2010
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... Read More >
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part 2By Brian Lohnes Posted 07/13/2010
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... Read More >
BangShift Tech: 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part OneBy Brian Lohnes Photos and Work by Jeff Bradley Posted 07/9/2010
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 ... Read More >
Project Goliath Update: We Sort of Rebuilt the 292ci Six, It RunsBy Brian Lohnes Posted 05/12/2010
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 hot Spring day. The poorly timed 292 six sounded bad ass through... Read More >
Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to HellBy Brian Lohnes Posted 04/21/2010
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, and then removed the number one piston just because and found the top ring broken in half. We're now going to re-ring all the pistons and replace the number two slug. Fear not, the bearings are staying. Read More >
Project Goliath Update: The One Cylinder Rebuild, Part OneBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/22/2010
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 get into the engine at this time, but as you'll find out, the automotive gods love to lay waste to well made plans. Follow along as we tear down the 292ci inline six in the truck and discover that all is not well in horsepower-ville. Read More >
Shop Tour: Accufab Manufacturing and Racing with John Mihovetz HimselfBy Chad Posted 01/14/2010
We were blown away last weekend when we showed up at Accufab in Ontario, California, with our buddy Larry Larson. We expected the "no camera policy" to be in full effect, but it was just the opposite. We were invited in with open arms, and got to check out all the manufacturing and race operations, including the engine building room. In fact, Accufab owner an racer John Mihovetz himself gave us the penny tour and explained some of the details that go into building his 2,500-horsepower Mod Motors. Read More >
Basic Tech: Rebuilding A Rochester B CarburetorBy Brian Lohnes Posted 01/4/2010
Goliath, our lumbering 1966 Chevy C50 project truck, is equipped with a 292ci straight six engine. That workaday mill is not exactly what you'd call a performance piece in stock condition. That being said, it still cranks out nearly 300 ft/lbs and it moves the big truck along pretty well. Ever since we got the truck we knew that the carb had issues. It stumbled badly, generally ran bad, had no fast idle when the choke was applied, and frequently "sneezed" through the carb when cold. It was time for a rebuild of the not-so-mighty Rochester B 1-barrel carb. It's no Dominator, but this little piece is a pretty cool fuel mixer. Read More >
It Came From the Forums: Holley Carb RebuildBy Brian Lohnes Posted 09/28/2009
Our forums are ripe with all kinds of good technical info. Forum member "milner351" recently tackled the rebuild of a Holley double pumper carb and did so with great photos and blow by blow instructions. Some of our other members interjected with great info as well. If you have never rebuilt a carb before, this is a great read. Read More >
Chart of Common V8 Firing Orders, Courtesy MSDBy Chad Posted 09/14/2009
This is pretty neat. BangShift.com sponsor MSD Ignition has produced a chart of many common V8 firing orders (plus the air-cooled VW), handy to hang in the shop. We've pasted it below, but you can download your own at the MSD site here. Read More >
It Came From the Forums: Turbo 400 Rebuild, Step by Step PhotosBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/29/2009
BangShift.com member Jeff Bradley, a professional transmission guy by trade, is currently rebuilding a Turbo 400 transmission for another of our forum members. Jeff has been cool enough to take photos and detail every single aspect of the tear down and rebuild of an automatic transmission, a feat that many of us consider out of our reach. Jeff's details and photos are great. You'll learn stuff. Read it! Read More >
It Came From the Forums: Turbo 400 Rebuilding TechBy Brian Lohnes Posted 08/25/2009
Jeff Bradley is the owner of Bradley's Transmission in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a guy who knows his way around a slushbox. He happens to be servicing a Turbo 400 for another BangShift.com forum member and took photos of the whole teardown and reassembly process. He makes it look easy but we know that to the average dude, an automatic transmision is black science voodoo magic. Read More >
Video: Nascar Dodge R5/P7 Race Engine Lucas Oil TestBy Chad Posted 07/23/2009
The name Lucas Oil can be found in conjunction with every kind of motorsport imaginable, and in order to provide lubricants for all these applications, the company has to do a lot of testing. At BangShift.com, we're lucky enough to have a great relationship with the gang over at Lucas, so they let us hang out at Westech Performance Group while they test oil in race and street engines of all kinds. This week, we were there while a Dodge R5/P7 NASCAR Sprint Cup engine was being tested. How does 800-plus horsepower and 9,000-plus rpm sound to you? It sounds real good to us. Read More >
Attila the Jav: New Parts SpotlightBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/18/2009
We're making plodding progress with our project 1968 Javelin that we've named Attila after the legendary warrior that scared the pants off the Romans way back in the day. Attila was kinda ugly, crude, and by all accounts, one mean dude. The Jav fits all those traits to the letter. Read More >
Attila the Jav: Quick Bore CheckBy Brian Lohnes Posted 07/14/2009
A couple weeks back we tore our AMC 360 project motor down to the block in anticipation of its trip to the machine shop where magic will be performed and the true seeds of horespower will be sown. In order to have the most accurate info possible in our conversations with the machinist, we needed to check our bores, here's how we did it. Read More >
Attila the Jav: We Tear Down Our AMC 360By Brian Lohnes Posted 06/26/2009
Being an eternal optimist has its pitfalls. Mainly it's the times when you've talked yourself into thinking something is a lock when it really isn't. Such is the case with our smog-era AMC 360 that will find its way into the gullet of Attilla the Jav, BangShift.com's former dirt-track stock car 1968 AMC Javelin. Read More >
Video: Lucas Oil's 800 Horsepower, 515ci Test EngineBy Chad Posted 06/18/2009
The crew over at Lucas Oil, including BangShift.com friend Tom Bogner, is always trying to keep ahead of the competition, which means lots of oil testing. "Oil testing" means horsepower and torque, and lots of time spent on the dyno at Westech Performance Group. Read More >
A/Fuel Tech Part 2: The $13,000 Intake ManifoldBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/1/2009
Last week we announced that BangShift.com will deliver a weekly tech series that looks inside an NHRA A/Fuel, nitro-burning, 5-second dragster, and the first installment included some basics of what these cars are all about. This second part is a short installment, taking a look at the intake manifold that sits atop the injected nitro Hemi that powers the Veale and Brown A/Fueler that Scott Darrow and Ethan Brown tune. Read More >
A/Fuel Tech Part 2: The $13,000 Intake ManifoldBy Brian Lohnes Posted 06/1/2009
Last week we announced that BangShift.com will deliver a weekly tech series that looks inside an NHRA A/Fuel, nitro-burning, 5-second dragster, and the first installment included some basics of what these cars are all about. This second part is a short installment, taking a look at the intake manifold that sits atop the injected nitro Hemi that powers the Veale and Brown A/Fueler that Scott Darrow and Ethan Brown tune. Read More >
New Tech Series: Inside an A/Fuel DragsterBy Brian Lohnes Posted 05/28/2009
Some of you may know that BangShift.com has joined forces with the A/Fuel Dragster team of Jeff Veale and Ethan Brown Motorsports. Those guys have been cool enough to school us on the ways on injected nitro. We're now here to share that info with you as a multi-part tech series. Read More >
