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Hiding a Dry Sump Tank in My Hemi-Swapped ’55 Chevy Gasser: Can You Find Where Finnegan Put This Thing? Or Is He As Sneaky As He Thinks?
Oct 05, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, Metal Fabrication, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Sometimes building horsepower isn’t as hard as packaging everything into an engine compartment that is needed to make that power. I think that the crazier you get the more you just assume that...
INSANE 1945 TT Diesel RAT ROD + 400 mile TORTURE test (Race Week 2.0 Days 2 & 3 Did Not Disappoint)
Oct 05, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos
It’s the fall drag and drive season and that means it is time for Race Week! Also known as Rocky Mountain Race Week 2.0, or Race Week 2.0, this is the second event of the year for the Rocky...
Cleetus McFarland Puts LeRoy The Savage On The Rollers At Harrell Engine And Dyno To Test Out It’s New H.E.D. engine.
Oct 05, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
We shared the video about LeRoy’s new engine the other day, but if you missed it there is a link below to check it out. Today’s video is strapping LeRoy to the chassis dyno to see just...
Influence and Impact – OBS Trucks Gone Wild, Air Suspension, Custom Paint, and Retro CK Resurgence
Oct 05, 2023Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, XL Spotlight, XL Truck Feature
It’s time for another episode of Influence and Impact, but this time it is all about customized OBS trucks and the extremes they went to in order to create such a strong sport truck market....
Cool Animation: Take A Look At This Comprehensive Layout Of The Triple Expansion Steam Engines On The Titanic
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos, XL Videos
One of my sons is into the Titanic disaster these days and he has been scarfing up books and stories about the ship and the icy end that befell it. One of the things we have been working through are...
Watch Monster Mania: This Is A Fun Look At The Monster Truck World In 1986!
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, Videos
Yes, this is one of those awesome 1980s VHS transfers that we all love so much around here. Before DVDs and streaming, and YouTube (ironically) there were limited channels to air stuff on. That meant...
Innovation In Action Video: How Dodge Stepped Up And Produced The Sperry Gyro-Compass During WWII
Oct 05, 2023Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
The stories of innovation, engineering, and manufacturing heroism during WWII are legend and will be until the end of time. From Ford producing airplanes by the gripload to GM cranking out trucks and...
This Hill Climb Racing Video From Scotland Will Blow Your Mind – Incredible Speed and Skill At The Donue Hill Climb
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
We’ve always loved looking at hill climb footage over the years but this right here makes the majority of the guys we have showed in the past look like they were cruising barcaloungers through...
Underrated Fun Machine: This Period Review Of The 2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4 Is A Reminder That Cheap, Fun Cars Existed
Oct 04, 2023Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
I remember scoffing the first time I saw one of of these cars at the drag strip. It had that wing. It had the semi-goofy looks of a Neon, and it was raspy loud. And then it was clicking off ETs in...
Fun History: This Look Back At The Designer Series Cars Of The 1970s Is Interesting, Gaudy, and Cool
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
If there is one thing that people think of when it comes to the 1970s it’s the aesthetic of the decade. The colors, the overwrought size of stuff, the gilding of otherwise ugly stuff to make it...
Leadoff Act: The 1987 Chevy Beretta Was A Youthful Sporting Shot From A Company Reshaping Itself At The Time
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
For 10 years, if you did not want a Camaro or a Corvette your other option for a coupe from Chevrolet was the Beretta. This two-door version of the Corsica was made in several different models,...
You Hit What?! Cale Yarborough Smacks The Track Fire Truck Head-On At Richmond 1976 – Radio Broadcast Audio and Cale Video!
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
There are fun racing stories and then there are FUN racing stories with historical backup. Lots of the stuff that the “old guys” tell is colorful, wacky, and staunchly believed despite...
Take A Flat Out Ride Inside A Bonkers Fast Chevron B8 Around Goodwood
Oct 04, 2023Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The Chevron B8 may not exactly be a household name in the minds of American racing fans and we can’t blame ’em. Only 44 were built over the span of a couple years in the late 1960s. They...
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4.8L VS THE WORLD! 4.8L (WITH 7 PSI) VS 5.3L VS 6.0L VS 383 VS 408! WHO MAKES THE MOST TORQUE?
Oct 03, 2023Chad Reynolds1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, Apex Video, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
There is no replacement for displacement! This is a truth that has been beat into us since our earliest days as hot rodders. And it is true. If you take like engines with two different displacements,...
