Category Archive: BangShift XL, DRIVETRAIN, ENGINE, FORD, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories

This $700 1978 Ford F250 4X4 Is Getting A Budget Friendly Transformation! What Does Mortske Have In Store For This Thing?

Sometimes I wonder where Mortske finds some of these projects and cheap finds, but I always appreciate the fun stuff that he does with them after. This F250 4×4 is a great example of how cool a...

Compact Air Compressor Shootout: Which One Of These Is The Quietest And Fastest Compressor Project Farm Has Ever Tested?

Whether you are a drag and drive competitor, in the construction trades, or just don’t have much need or room for a larger air compressor in your garage, then one of these compact and quiet air...

Dave Chappelle’s Off-Road Games Jeep Project Starts Right Here. @MattsOffRoadRecovery‬ Off-Road Games Competition Starts Now!!

Dave was invited to compete in the Matt’s OffRoad Recovery Off-Road Games, where building a rig on the cheap and going up against a bunch of others who are doing the same will results in many...

Is DIESEL Oil Actually WORSE for Gas Engines? Here’s The Truth About What You Shouldn’t Be Running In Your Engine

If diesel oil is bad for gasoline engines, I’m guilty of that one. I haven’t done it in years, but back when engine oil dropped the high zinc load, everyone was scrambling for oil that...

The Grind Hard Giant Trike Project: Part 2 – Building a 3WD Trike with Two Motors! What Could Possibly Go Wrong Here?

We shared Part 1 of this build and everyone was talking about it. This is a full on project that is not for the weak of heart. This is going to be something truly special. Part 2 is below, and if you...

TIJUANA TO TACOMA! Will This BIG BLOCK Square Body RUN AND DRIVE After 20 Years? Derek Sure Hopes So! Part 1/3

Family road trips are what cars used to be about. In the days of our favorite cars and trucks, Americans did road trip family vacations. People don’t do that much anymore. But that’s...

Rebeldryver’s Garage Drivetrain Swap: 4.10 Gears For the 1965 Impala SS’s 12 Bolt Differential.

After doing a close ratio 6-speed Magnum swap from American Powertrain in his 1965 Impala, Scott Liggett decided that the car could use more rear gear since it’s got so much overdrive, and I...

JUNKYARD LS BATTLE. L33 5.3L vs LQ4 6.0L WHO YOU GOT? ALUMINUM 5.3L VS IRON 6.0L NA CAM & BOOST!

Which junkyard LS is the best? Can a 5.3 compete with a 6.0? Which 5.3? And which 6.0? Richard Holdener is comparing two different junkyard 5.3 LS engines to two different 6.0 LS engines to see which...

Cordless Ratchet Comparison Tests: DeWALT’s ONLY High Speed Ratchet, New Harbor Freight & Kobalt vs M12

More cordless tool testing baby! It’s time for another cordless ratchet comparison as there are some new ones on the market. If you don’t have a cordless ratchet, you are missing out. I...

EXPOSED: The TRUTH About Diesel Additives. What You Need To Know About Diesel Fuel Additives. Good? Bad? Necessary?

The Motor Oil Geek is back at it with another video on additives, but this time it’s Diesel Fuel additives that he’ll be testing. It’s funny because gasoline and diesel fuel...

LOG STYLE VS TUBE HEADER FOR A JUNKYARD TURBO LS. WHICH ONE IS MORE RESPONSIVE? FIRST EVER ASYMMETRICAL TURBO LS?

Do you need headers on the hot side of your turbo kit, or do log manifolds work just as well? And do shorty headers work fine or do you need longer equal length primaries? Richard Holdener is about...

LS Swapped S-10. CHEAP CAM SHAFT. How much power can it make?? Cam, X pipe, And More!

Who would have thought that the 5.3 LS would become so popular that you would eventually be able to buy hundreds of different camshafts for them, or that some of them would be so cheap that just...

GTX3584RS-THE ULTIMATE 800+HP LOW BUCK LS TURBO! HOW MUCH HP WILL A GTX3584RS TURBO MAKE ON A 5.3L?

Richard is back at it, testing turbos and telling us all just how to make real power with a Chevrolet 5.3 race, I mean junkyard, engine. After all, every junkyard LS is a race engine in waiting...

Tim McAmis Shows How Using a Shrinker Stretcher Makes It Possible To Flush Mount Rear Windows The Easy Way

A shrinker stretcher is one of the simplest tools, easy and cheap to acquire, and insanely useful. In the video below, Tim McAmis is going to show you how to use one to flush mount a rear window in...