WHERE’S THE TORQUE? HOW CAN I MAKE MORE LOW SPEED TORQUE? WHO MAKES THE BEST LOW-SPEED TORQUE CAM?
What’s a torque cam? What do I need to do to get the right cam to make big low end torque in my junkyard ls? The answer might surprise you, because there is no magic science in a camshaft that...
Gearhead Video: The Restoration Of This Weirdly Awesome 100 Year Old Ball Shaped Electric Motor Rules
We all seemed to have loved the recent restoration video about the Maytag gas engine last week so it is only right that we follow it up with something even more interesting and different. The...
ARP Says: Read The Instructions! The Best Fasteners In The World Need Proper Installation
We all know that ARP makes the finest high performance fasteners in the world. We have toured their shop, shared their stories, used their products, and talked to you about why these things are just...
RPM vs TQ-WHAT WORKS BEST? THE 480-HP TEST, HIGH-RPM, LOW TORQUE 5.3L OR LOW-RPM, BIG TORQUE 8.1L?
Here it is, the LS vs Big Block shootout that you guys have been asking for. Richard Holdener is going to show just how these two engines compare given the fact that they make nearly identical...
How To Install Holley’s New Floatless Fuel Level Sending Unit: GAME CHANGING NEW PRODUCT! Replace Your Existing Fuel Sender with Holley’s Revolutionary Easy Level Fuel Sender
Half the time that you install a universal fuel level sending unit it works out perfectly. The other have of the time you are trying to put on into a tank that has a weird shape, or is super shallow,...
THE REMATCH! TRUCK NORRIS VS CHOPACABRA VS PRO LS VS LIL HOT ROD. WHAT IS THE BEST LS TRUCK CAM?
It’s on! Richard Holdener is doing the ultimate truck cam shootout right here with a 5.3 on the dyno at Westech Performance Group and a stack of “Truck Cams”. He’s testing...
Rolling Thunder Video: This Highlight Reel Of Hot Rod Semi Truck Pulling Rigs Is Power Defined
When I took Freiburger to his first ever pull, we were in Northern Maine. He was there with the Turks and they were running the Hot Rod Special Camaro at the Loring Timing Association LSR meet. When...
Big Diesel Power Video: This Massive And Hot Rodded Cummins KTTA19 Engine Grinds Out Impressive Power On The Dyno
There’s just something about a big diesel engine, especially one that has been hot rodded, right? In this case we’re at Pittsburgh Power with their recently KTTA19 Cummins twin...
The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Customizing Custom Parts, Because Well, You Know.
It’s time to tackle the cab on this truck, and by that I mean it is time to make the controls inside it work the right way. The engine, trans, and all the chassis and suspension stuff have been...
Hot Rodding 101: Ford Flathead Ignition Buyers Guide – From Stock To Race Magnetos!!!
The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago that we’ve watched, but we never shared it with you guys until now. They just put up a new one today so we looked...
Victory Lap: This 1960s NASA Video Celebrates the Mercury Program’s Success And Is Awesome
We here at BangShift have never been quiet about our live for the US space program and the incredible magic it produced for decades. The famed Mercury Seven were perhaps the most brave and heroic...
Gallery: Vintage Truck Ads From 1966
America was booming in the middle 1960s. There were massive construction projects going on all over the country, industry was consuming resources that needed to be cut, moved, or mined out of the...
American Powertrain Introduces Complete Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 TREMEC 4050 Transmission Kit for 1973-1987 Pickups
You know that we love our square body, 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks around here, and that’s not only because they look awesome but also because there is so much aftermarket support for them...
