Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Finnegan Got His CSI On And Sherlock’d His Dead Big Block Chevy and Found Out Why It Broke!
Finnegan is back at it, in the garage and tearing stuff apart. This time it’s the 632 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet that he broke. But what broke? Sometimes you tear up something so bad that...
CARBURETED M90 LS TEST-HOW TO: RUN A CARB ON A CHEAP M90 SUPERCHARGER! JUST CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP!
Richard has been testing these low buck M90 Superchargers like a mad man and has found the limits of their performance, along with simple ways to run them on just about anything. It’s awesome...
Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 4 – Honing The Block After Boring. You Can’t Make Power Without It! Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step
Here’s Part 4 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first three videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...
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...
Are Cheap Drill Bits Just Junk? Who Makes The Best Drill Bit Set? $11 vs $200 Drill Bit Sets? Let’s Settle This!
Drill bits are one of those things that people either seem to spend no money on or all the money. I know I’m guilty of buying cheap drill bits and then when I buy that one specialty size, in a...
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...
World’s Worst 1957 Chevrolet: CHEAP And EASY – 1 Day PRO STREET Upgrade For The Worst 1957 Chevy
We’ve been sharing all the build videos on this DD Speed Shop 1957 Chevrolet project and it’s getting close to done after a jillion hours of welding in dozens of free patch panels. But...
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...