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Clutch Tech: RebelDryver Scott Is Replacing The Clutch On His 515 HP 1965 Impala SS with a T-56 6 speed AGAIN!

Scott is a longtime stick shift guy, who has done tons of stick shift swaps and has daily driven stick cars for years. So when he made a small mistake on the install of his McLeod RXT clutch during a...

How To: Installing a McLeod RXT Street Twin Clutch on RebelDryver’s BluePrint Engines 400 Small Block!

It is incredibly rare to find anyone that daily drives a stick shift car anymore. It’s also rare to find folks that drive classic cars daily. Both in one is almost unheard of, but Scott Liggett...

Derek Still Has To Do The Ford 9″ Rear end, Radiator, and Ignition for Liberty! Can they still make Sick Week?

They are thrashing like mad in this next video in the series, as they try to get ready for Sick Week and they still have much to do! Derek is back at it, with a big block swap that has to happen if...

Fireballs! Finnegan’s Day Of Track Testing Ends With A Car Burning To The Ground, But It Isn’t His Despite Blasphemi’s New Fire Breathing Ways.

Finnegan is back at  with some great testing in Blasphemi. With more power, a newly upgraded and rebuilt transmission, and some other cool upgrades, this sucker should be quicker and more consistent...

It’s A Miracle! Finnegan Got Blasphemi Fixed So Of Course They Did Massive Burnouts. IN THE SHOP!!!

If you missed it a week ago, Finnegan broke the hell out of the T56 Magnum that they run in Blasphemi, after making even more power with this thing and then launching it on a track that had EPIC...

Finnegan’s Garage Track Visit: Testing Doesn’t Go As Planned, Because Blasphemi’s First Test Pass Shuts Down the Dragstrip.

Finnegan is back at it and unfortunately things didn’t go as planned for Blasphemi’s recent dragstrip testing. This beast is making more power than it ever has and unfortunately that...

The Sniper Transmission Controller – Your Plug And Play Solution For Precision Transmission Control For Late Model Electronic Transmission Swaps!

It’s finally here! The new Holley Sniper EFI transmission controller is available! You can buy it to add on to your Sniper 1 or Sniper 2 install, or as a complete stand alone system for those...

How To Index Your Bellhousing At Home: It Is Simple And Easy With Just A Few Tools, And Will Ensure Your Manual Trans Works Flawlessly

You ever fight with a manual transmission that just doesn’t want to slide into the clutch and bellhousing? Or one that just never seems to shift as nicely as you’d like? Or one that makes...

Measuring For Your New Hydraulic Clutch Install: How To Get Perfect Hydraulic Release Bearing Air Gap For an American Powertain Hydramax

Installing an American Powertrain Hydramax system in your hot rod or muscle car is an excellent upgrade. If you are swapping to a modern manual transmission, and why wouldn’t you, then...

Tech Talk: Borgeson Has A Tech Page That Will Knock Your Socks Off – FAQs, Tips, and More Here

We know that you love car stuff because you are reading BangShift right now. You likely love the car stuff more than you love the stuff you are supposed to be doing at the moment, which is a-ok with...

Rebeldryver’s Garage: Rocky Mountain Race Week Prep Of Our 1965 Impala SS, Evil Orchid, Part 2 –

There’s plenty of stuff left to do in order to make sure that Scott’s ’65 Impala is ready to go for Rocky Mountain Race Week. He’s got driveline stuff to sort out, a...

Is Walmart’s ATF Better Than GM’s? Let’s find out! ACDelco vs SuperTech, Mobil & Red Line

Project Farm is back at it, and this time the test is to find out which automatic transmission fluid really is worth buying and to cover a wide range of offerings, he’s testing Walmart’s...

Doug And Crew Changed Everything! Motion’s Pumpkin Spice Mustang Is Track Ready For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting tomorrow actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. But first, it needs a bunch of new parts and that is all happening right here in...

Motion Raceworks “Pumpkin Spice” Mustang Gets A Bunch Of Upgrades And A Polish From Mr. Sam In Preparation For Sick Week!

Sick Week is coming up, starting Monday actually, and Doug Cook is taking a whole “new” car on the adventure. To call it new is funny, because it is the car that started it all at Motion...