Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, ENGINE, ENGINES, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
LS Turbo Tech: Stock Manifolds, Shorty Headers, Or Dedicated Turbo Headers – What’s The Real Difference?
Here’s the truth. If you connect the exhaust housing of a turbocharger to the exhaust on an LS engine, and the compressor side to the intake manifold, it will make boost and more power than it...
When You Build A Van With Armored Wheel Wells And 500 Horsepower It Must Be A Burnout Machine
I love wagons, vans, and Suburbans, and since I’m such a square body fan I just can’t not like this awesome tire-smoking machine right here. When I first saw it at Holley’s LSFest...
LS Fest West 2021: Meet “Hank” the High-Flying LS-Swapped Ford F100. Rad Doesn’t Begin To Describe This
What’s funny about LS Swaps is the reactions you do, and DON’T get from people with regards to certain swaps. For example, unless you are at an all-Ford event, nobody even gives an LS...
Historic Video: See the “Ball and Chain” Tree Clearing Method at Work! Plus Its Use In Vietnam As Well
One of the most unexpectedly popular stories I have ever penned here on BangShift was the tale of the land clearing operation that made way for the Hungry Horse dam. A pair of enterprising...
$1,000 Build: So Close To Done, And Ready To Be Raffled Off For A New Owner! Who’s Going Home With It?
It’s still “way” under budget, considering that the budget is just $1,000 and we love this thing. Love, love, love it. The idea behind this project is so good and we love Casey for...
Boomski: This Video Compilation Of Violent Nitrous Backfires Is Pretty Wild
Nitrous Oxide has been enhancing the horsepower of piston engines for decades now and by and large it does an awesome job. When we watch pro mods with huge engines snorting the stuff to win races and...
Holy Crap, This Might Be The Baddest Throttle Body Ever Invented! Serious Game Changer. The ICON 102 From Motion Raceworks
Wow, just wow. Throttle bodies aren’t something that is super exciting because of their functionality, but they are usually made out of all kinds of billety goodness and they look awesome so...
$1,000 Build: So Close To Done! The $1,000 F100 Build Is So Close We Can Taste It, But Is Staying On Budget Even Possible?
The closer this truck gets to done the more I want to blow a few hundred dollars on two piles of steaming poo so I can weld them together and make them into something worth driving! Don’t you...
Happy 5/27! Today We Celebrate The 527ci American LaFrance V12 Fire Truck Engine!
We’re sure you have all been wondering why we’ve missed this “displacement day” for years but now the wondering is over. Today we finally give the big 527ci American LaFrance...
Classic Truck Prerunners Are Awesome, And This 1977 Dentside Ford Is No Exception.
If you are a lover of classic Ford trucks and also dig something that can haul ass in the dirt, then this is the Prerunner you just might fall in love with today. And while I dig this thing, it is...
The Gambler: This 1950s Caterpillar Safety Video Pulls No Punches!
There are a million ways to teach a lesson, right? You can teach is as a parable, you can show examples, or you can really lay it on and go for maximum impact. The last strategy is apparently what...
$1,000 Build: This Inspiring, And Legit, F100 Build Is Close To Done And All For Less Than A Grand!
If you aren’t inspired by other folks projects, and especially those done with lots of ingenuity and creativity, then you are not our people. This is a project that definitely inspires us and...
Watch These Incredible Miniature Engines Drive Two Small Variable Pitch Props – BangShifty Zen!
There are few things more interesting to us than miniature engines. Why? For starters they are all handcrafted by their owners and there’s no “store” to get stuff. You want to make...
