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Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 3 – Boring The Block. Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!

Here’s Part 3 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first two videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...

Finnegan Is Building A 3,000 Horsepower LS Engine! Exclusive Billet Engine Build For a Mystery Project Car!

Finnegan is back at it, this time with another engine build that is something extreme and exciting. I mean who wouldn’t be excited by a billet aluminum LS engine, let alone one that is going to...

DIRT CHEAP, EBAY, AMAZON, SLOPPY LS CAM TEST…SLOPPY STAGE 1 VS STAGE 1.5 VS STAGE 2 VS STAGE 3

It’s time for another LS Camshaft Test with Richard Holdener. No matter how many he tests, folks always want to see back to back to back testing of camshafts on one engine and that is exactly...

CHEAP 614-HP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER DUEL! SBE 4.8L VS SBE 5.3L-DOES MORE NA HP EQUAL MORE BOOSTED HP?

Richard has tested just about everything with the M90 supercharger and people have asked about the ultimate Stock Bottom End, SBE, LS test with one to find out if this sucker will make real power...

7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?

So, you’ve got yourself a full race junkyard 5.3 and you make it into a 7,700 rpm screamer. What intake do you choose for it? I mean clearly the stock truck intake isn’t the right choice,...

HOW MUCH HP IS AN INTERCOOLER WORTH? CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER GETS A TICK PERFORMANCE INTERCOOLER.

To intercool or not to intercool, that is the question. For years folks have debated no intercooler, an intercooler, which kind of intercooler, etc. for their supercharged or turbocharged...

FULL DYNO RESULTS ON THE L78 396, OVERRATED AT 425 HP OR UNDERRATED AT 375 HP? WHAT DID IT MAKE?

Everyone always thinks that the engines of the muscle car era were the most powerful to ever come out of the big three. The truth is that newer engines make the same rated power, or more, with a much...

Wanna See Inside Alex Taylor’s 3,000 Horsepower Big Block Chevrolet? Check Out The New Parts And Build Right Here.

Everyone knows Alex Taylor’s cool 6-second 1955 Chevrolet that she and the Taylor family put together for Drag and Drive events, as this thing has been a beast. Sure it took some time to iron...

Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 1- 2. Line Honing And Decking! Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!

We’ve talked about Powell Machine’s videos here on BANGshift before, and I find them to be really informative and easy to follow. Now I’m a nut for engines, both naturally aspirated...

CHEAP JUNKYARD M90 MAKES OVER 600 HP! IS IT A WORLD RECORD FOR THE 3800 V6 M90? 5.3L + M90=600+ HP!

Richard Holdener has been playing around with a junkyard find M90 supercharger for the past few videos, making an adapter to connect it to a 4.8L LS and then modifying the 4.8 for more and more...

CHEAP E-BAY TURBO VS JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER-4.8L TORQUE FOR TOWING. GT45 TURBO VS M90-WHICH WORKS BEST?

Speed parts have never been easier to find, or cheaper to buy in the grand scheme of things, and everyone is always interested in finding out how much horsepower you can make with a cheap chinese...

JUNKYARD 4.8L M90 LS HEADER, HEAD & CAM TEST. 1 3/4 v 1 7/8, 706 v 799 HEADS, TRUCK NORRIS v HOT ROD

Richard is doing more boosted LS testing and this time it’s the M90 Supercharger again with more mods to the 4.8 in an effort to see just how much power this little blower can support. Check...

Polishing Turds Season 2: Part 6 – Dry Decking Cody’s ProCharged 360 Cubic Inch Small Block. What Is It, Why Do It, And How Is It Done?

In the sixth episode of this new Polishing Turds engine project, Pete is going to be dry decking this little supercharged small-block so it will be able to make big consistent power. He’s also...

CHEAP JUNKYAD M90 BLOWER AIR FUEL DISTRIBUTION! DOES A ROOTS BLOWER FAVOR THE FRONT FOUR CYLINDERS?

This little M90 Supercharger, the one that came on supercharged 3800 V6 GM engines, has been the talk of the town lately as it can actually support some real power on a junkyard LS engine that...