HOW TO DIY TURBOCHARGE A JUNKYARD BIG BLOCK CHEVY-8.1L GEN 7 496 TURBO-HOW TO MAKE BIG TORQUE GAINS!
This 8.1L junkyard big block series is really intriguing to me because I am currently trying to decide what to put in my 1987 1-Ton Dually and a turbocharged big block is one of the thoughts...
Liggett Bought A Wrecked 1999 Tahoe K1500 For $600! What’s The Plan?
Sometimes the smart move is buying just the parts you need for a project, but sometimes the smarter move is buying a whole donor vehicle. The latter is riskier sometimes, and has been known to cause...
No Big Mountains: This Film Celebrating The Life and Genius Of RG LeTourneau Is Awesome – An American Original
When it comes to people who have literally helped shape the world we live in, RG LeTourneau may loom as the largest figure in the story. An Earth-moving contractor with a genius mind for developing...
American Export: This Early 1960s Video About Proler Automated Car Dismantling Plants Is Awesome!
Up until Hymie, Izzy, Jackie, and Izzy Proler came up with the idea of creating a massive plant that would take junk cars back down to their base elements, the process was draconian. Junkyards would...
Ridetech Adds Bolt In Subframe Connectors For 1962-1967 and 1968-1974 Novas!
Chassis stiffness is something that virtually everyone racing a car wants and needs to some degree. If you go drag racing you do not what the chassis flexing and preventing an even plant of both rear...
Short Block Build: Watch The 4.6L Hagerty Jeep Stroker Get The Foundation Built
When you build a house, you start with the foundation. When you build an engine, you start with the short block. Building the short block correctly, accurately, and with a high level of care and...
He Loves Drums More Than Ringo: Uncle Tony Gives A Class In Drum Brake Service and Performance
This is another fun watch from our pal uncle Tony. This time he’s giving a great and basic education on the assembly of drum brakes. Why is that cool? Mainly because there are a lot of young...
HOW TO IMPROVE 8.1L POWER. STOCK MANIFOLDS VS HEADERS. ARE SMALLER HEADERS BETTER? THE OTHER GUYS
When the 8.1L Vortec came out it was weird because while it was 496 cubic inches, a very common 454 stroker combo size, it was easy to think that this was just a bigger version of the big block we...
Gearhead Americana: Amazing Photos Of Junkyards And Car Crashes 1930-1942 From The Library Of Congress Archive
As you know, we’re absolute suckers for Americana and historic photos here in the halls of BangShift. I have recently been spending lots of time trolling the Library of Congress’s...
Holley EFI’s Smart Coil Kits for Coyote and Gen III Hemi Will Support Up To 3,000 Horsepower
Holley EFI’s Smart Coils for Ford Coyote and Mopar Gen III Hemi applications have what it takes to power engines running big boost or high-RPM conditions. The coils are designed to work with...
Building A Lightweight Flatbed Out Of ALUMINUM! MIG Welding The Whole Thing Without A Spool Gun
Welding aluminum can be done with a gas welding torch setup, a TIG welder, or a MIG welder. Usually, the latter involves a Spool Gun which houses a small spool of aluminum welding wire that is right...
The 2022 ARP Catalog and Tech Guide Is Out – Electronic Version and Printed Available
You know what we think of ARP around here. They are the industry standard for high performance fasteners and they continually up their game year after year. Good enough is not good enough for these...
Iron Trap Shop Truck Build Part 4: Replacing The Wood In The ’28 Ford Roadster Pickup With Box Tubing
Here is the fourth installment of the shop truck build, and as rough as this thing looks the sheet metal work needed is really pretty minor. In this video you’ll see a bunch of reinforcements in...
