Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINE, Tech Stories
Best of 2019: This Awesome Chart From COMP Cams Compares Valvetrain Life Cycles In Different Applications
Hot rodding is a numbers game, right? Whether we are talking horsepower, drag strip numbers, heck, even the price of parts. Numbers rule our lives when it comes to cars. But there are some numbers we...
Project Car Update: The Mongrel Is Getting Much Closer To Done And It Is Awesome!
What else can be salvaged from the donor Mazda Miata, and what to do with the header and exhaust to make it look as good as it performs? These are the questions answered in the latest installments on...
Composite Series: How To Fix Stress Cracks In Carbon Fiber Body Panels And Pieces
Race cars are under an insane amount of stress. But when those race cars have bodies made of carbon fiber or fiberglass, they tend to take an even greater hit. Tire shake, sheelstands, and just the...
Composite Series Continued: How To Repair Holes In Carbon Fiber Panels
Parts on race cars wear out and get beat up. It is just part of the deal. And sometimes parts just have to be replaced when they get worn or beat up. But some parts can be repaired or reconditioned...
The Mongrel Just Doesn’t Stop! This Ford 100E Is An Amazing Ride And Awesome Chassis Swap
The Mongrel continues! In this episode you get a little simple, but trick, tech on how to make Taco Gussetts for your roll cage as Urch installs them in the Mongrel. The cage work, gussets, and punch...
Here’s How to Cut, Drill, And Bend Carbon Fiber Panels For Your Next Build
Carbon fiber is expensive. Too expensive for me to screw up and have to throw it away! At $25-30 a square foot, this stuff is pricey. And besides being expensive, it can be challenging to work with...
Putting A Ford 100E Body On A Miata Is Lots Of Work! Meet The Mongrel. Part 6-9 Are Right Here.
Matt Urch, the owner of Urchfab is known for building some pretty cool and weird things. He’s a welder, fabricator, and gearhead that sees things just a little askew from the norm and that makes us...
This Ford 100E Is Going To Be A Bad Ass On This Miata Chassis: Mongrel Parts 1-5
Matt Urch, the owner of Urchfab is known for building some pretty cool and weird things. He’s a welder, fabricator, and gearhead that sees things just a little askew from the norm and that makes us...
Driveway Tech: How To Create A Simple, And Racing Legal, Battery Hold Down On The Cheap!
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Anyone who has ever raced in a NHRA sanctioned event knows one of the most basic rules is a proper battery down is necessary to pass tech in any class. Beyond the...
AutoMeter Video: The Install of AutoMeter Extreme Environment Gauges In A Dirt Late Model Is Cool
We have been talking at you about the importance of proper instruments in your street and race car since, oh, the second day BangShift existed we think. This video which highlights the install of...
The Hoonigan Boys Make Office Antics Even More Fun! Crazy Cart XL Mods!
You know how guys like the Hoonigan crew are always posting videos of themselves having fun at work? You know, doing stupid stuff on Crazy Carts, or golf carts, or forklifts or whatever? We’re...
Edelbrock Tech Video: Here’s How To Adjust The Pushrod Guide Plates On A Small Block Chevy Head
Knowledge is power, right? Hell knowledge when it comes to engines, makes power so that means we should all try to be as smart about this junk as possible In this case we’re talking about the...
MAHLE Piston Tech Video: Checking Out Skirt Wear and What It Can Tell You About Your Engine
Engines tell stories. They tell stories by how they run and what type of wear that they have. That being said, you need to be able to read the story to understand what the engine is telling you and...
