Ever Wonder How A Lenco Transmission Goes Together? This Video Of One Being Rebuilt Is Cool
Aug 29, 2023Brian Lohnes1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Lenco Transmission has been a staple in the brutal world of motorsports since the 1970s. The design has been refined some over the years but the basic mechanical principle remains the same. A...
Four Into Six: Watch How Allen Millyard Made His Own Kawasaki Z1 Six Cylinder Block At Home
Aug 29, 2023Brian LohnesApex Engine Tech, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINES, MISC, Videos
It’s purely amazing what the right mind with the right hands and the right tools can make. This video follows yesterday’s where Allen Millyard showed us how he made the cylinder jugs for...
Going BIG: This Profile Of The Komatsu D575A-3 Super Dozer Shows Off The World’s Largest Bulldozer
Aug 29, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
This thing may have the worst power to weight ratio we have ever featured on BangShift but that’s not a really relevant stat. Why? When a machine makes more than 1,100hp it is impressive. When...
How To Build A Suqare Tubing Bender For $20 In 20 Minutes In Your Garage.
Aug 28, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Tech Story, Apex Tech Stories, Metal Fabrication, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos, XL Tech Stories
This is a pretty cool tool, that you can build in a matter of minutes with some scrap, a couple bearings, and one item you have to pick up at Walmart or the nearest sporting goods store. It’s a...
HORSEPOWER FROM AN OIL PAN? CHEAP AND STOCK SBF PANS VS MILODON OIL PAN UPGRADES. RESULTS FOR A 347 & 427 ON THE DYNO!
Aug 28, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Can an oil pan make horsepower? Hell yes it can! Controlling oil is key in keeping a high-performance engine alive, and to making maximum power. There are multiple ways to control oil, but the two...
Zephyr Chop Part 1: How To CHOP & WELD A- PILLARS On A 1939 Lincoln ZEPHYR Coupe Conversion From 4 Door
Aug 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsFORD, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Karl from Make It Kustom is working on his awesome Lincoln Zephyr project again and we love it. We’ve shared several videos on metal shaping that have to do with this project, but in this one...
Cool Drag Video: A Look Back At Detroit Dragway On The Last Weekend Of The 1989 Season
Aug 28, 2023Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are few dead drag strips with more mythology surrounding them than Detroit Dragway. Unlike places on the west coast that got famous for match racing and all that other stuff, Detroit Dragway...
Gearhead Americana: Another Great Load Of Vintage Gas Station Photos From Decades Past – So Cool
Aug 28, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift News
Being that this is Labor Day weekend and I’m in a nostalgia mood, I decided to crank up the way back machine again and show you another load of photos that feature cool old stations from...
Dyno Video: Watch A 410ci Sprint Car Engine Get Repeatedly Pulled To 8500 RPM — Brutality!
Aug 28, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
If you like your dyno video action filled with high RPM wailing fury, than this video could be the best thing you have ever seen. The footage shows a 410ci sprint car engine being run on a dyno up to...
Dozin’ Off: This 1950s Promotional Film For The Then New Caterpillar D9 Is Awesome
Aug 28, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift News
When the Caterpillar D9 was introduced in 1954, it represented the biggest, baddest thing the company had built to date. The machine was designed to compete with the epic Euclid TC-12 bulldozer which...
Gap Jumper: Watch The Spark From An MSD ProMag 44 Clear 2-inches Of Distance And Even Beat The Wind
Aug 28, 2023Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Of all the ridiculous parts of a top fuel dragster, the ignition is right there at the top. With massive fuel volumes cursing through the engine, the spark plugs are working in an environment where...
FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: U.S. 13 Dragway In Delaware Is Celebrating It’s 60th Anniversary This Weekend!
Aug 27, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It’s time for more live drag racing this weekend, with this one coming to you from the 60th Anniversary Celebration at U.S. 13 Dragway in Delmar, Delaware. It may not be on the most famous...
The Capable Sloth: This Review Of The 1994 Land Rover Discovery Is Heavy On Praise And Glossy Over Shortcomings
Aug 27, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Truck News, XL Videos
Back in the 1994 Land Rover was still a fully British concern and the name had some real cache here in the USA. They had the hardcore Defender which was expensive and designed to be lacking in frills...
