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Pro Touring Truck: This Profile Of The QA1 New Blue 1972 Ford F100 Will Make You Want A Corner Burning Rig
Jan 12, 2021Brian Lohnes1
There was a time a few years back when someone building a pro touring pickup truck was kind of a fun anomaly. The world of hardcore pro touring cars was dominated by traditional machines like...
Moroso Tech Video: Here’s The Theory And Practice Of Oil Pan Trap Door Baffling
Dec 26, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Moroso Tech Video: Here’s The Theory And Practice Of Oil Pan Trap Door Baffling
It’s Wednesday so we figure that the collective brain of BangShift nation is firing on all cylinders today and is ready to learn. We came across this killer video from Moroso that explains the...
BangShift Tech: Here’s How To Install A Tremec T56 Into A G-Body
Sep 04, 2017Brian Lohnes2
(Words and photos by Scott Parker) – As anyone that has perused a G-body or Pro-Touring forum can tell you, there is an easy and established way to transplant a Tremec T56 into a G-body. In...
In The Shop With Emily Video: Watch The Roxy GTO Get A New Mantic Twin Disc Clutch
Apr 13, 2016Brian Lohnes2
It has been a while since we’ve heard from our pal Emily Williams who is the woman behind “In the shop with Emily” a web series that follows her adventures of wrenching on and...
Transmission Tech: We Take Two Junk T56 Transmissions, Spare Parts, And New Pieces From American Powertrain To Make One!
Oct 21, 2015Brian Lohnes2
(Words and photos by Scott Parker) – There’s just something about taking what other people consider junk, and making something beautiful out of it. We shared this sentiment with Greg Lovell...
Project Possum Update: Wilwood Brakes Get Added – Out With The Drums And In With The Discs!
May 29, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Possum Update: Wilwood Brakes Get Added – Out With The Drums And In With The Discs!
(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – I know it has been awhile since I’ve given everybody an update on my 1973 Plymouth Scamp, A.K.A. Project Possum. Life kind of got in the way as it...
G-body 8.8 Swap: Something Strange is Happening in Our Rear and We Like It – Axle Tech You Can Use!
Mar 02, 2015Brian Lohnes5
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY SCOTT PARKER) – If you didn’t know it already, the bad news about your G-body is that most likely it has one of the worst rear ends GM ever built. Only the Grand...
Crazy Photos: The Most Insanely Used Up Brake Rotor in the History of Mankind
May 31, 2014Brian Lohnes10
(Photos by Jay Spinella) – Admittedly, when I got these photos from Jay Spinella on Saturday, I had imbibed a few adult beverages, so you’ll understand when I was wondering what in the...
The BangShift C7 Corvette Dissection: Into The Mortally Wounded LT Engine
May 13, 2014Brian Lohnes9
(Words and photos by Dave Matyjasik) – (Editor’s note – Yesterday we started what will be a multi-part series on the dissection and reassembly of a C7 Corvette...