Category Archive: BangShift XL, CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories

V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!

Mortske is back at it! This time he’s taking a 6 cylinder square body and doing a swap, but it isn’t getting an LS! It’s been a running and driving truck like lots of folks have,...

Will Demolition Ranch And Vice Grip Garage Save This ABANDONED El Camino With A Seized Engine So They Can Give It Away?- Will it RUN AND DRIVE? Or Will This One Need Too Much?

If they are giving it away, it has to run right? I mean the gods are on their sides! Okay, so maybe the locked up engine is a problem. Are they going to pickle it to get it to move? Force it? Or just...

WASTED MONEY – 1956 Chevrolet 2 Door Conversion With Twin Turbos? DD Speed Shop Doing Burnout Things Because Burnouts Matter

With all the technology available to make real power, and on the cheap, it has never been easier to throw some cheap parts at your beater so it makes lots of big smoke. It’s funny, because...

Will This Corvette RUN AND DRIVE 750 Miles After Being Forgotten For 20 Years? Derek Thinks He Can Make It Happen.

Derek is back at it, and he’s buying nothing but hard to start and drive cars and trucks that are far away from home. Because buying things close to home would be too easy and nowhere near as...

Can Mortske Make This 1955 Chevrolet Run After It Was Abandoned 50 Years Ago?! Will It Run And Drive?

Mortske is always bringing something cool back to life, and finds some really special rides that we are always amazed at. In his latest “will it run” video he’s taking this bitchin...

Hot Rod Hoarder’s 1973 Nova Grandma 4 Door Project: Will It RUN and DRIVE After 32 Years Parked?

Tommy Lee Byrd is back at it, with more from his Hot Rod Hoarder YouTube channel and this time is a pretty cool one. Tommy is sort of known for resurrecting “wrong year” Nova’s and...

ABANDONED 1955 Chevy Nomad Update: Nomad Gets A SUPERCHARGER! The Blower Whine Sounds So Sweet!

The Nomad has been a fun build, and now it is even funner! This is DD’s Speed Shop’s first time to install a supercharger and decided that it was going to be on the Nomad. And we approve!...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova: Gasser’s Are Fun Right? Driving from Canada to Mississippi-Problem, After Problem.

Driving a gasser is a whole different experience than driving a regular muscle car, but who in their right mind makes one test drive and then heads for Mississippi in one? Oh and especially when that...

Hiding a Dry Sump Tank in My Hemi-Swapped ’55 Chevy Gasser: Can You Find Where Finnegan Put This Thing? Or Is He As Sneaky As He Thinks?

Sometimes building horsepower isn’t as hard as packaging everything into an engine compartment that is needed to make that power. I think that the crazier you get the more you just assume that...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova: Girlfriend Drives HER GASSER For the FIRST TIME! Nose High 1964 Chevy II

Driving a gasser is a whole different experience than driving a regular muscle car, but what happens when you build one for your girl and she drives it but hates it? Do we just hide the sharp objects...

Engine Swap! Father & Son Budget Squarebody Truck Build With Vice Grip Garage- Part 1 Not What You Think!

It’s father and son project time on Vice Grip Garage and that means this fun Squarebody GM truck is getting an engine swap! I love squarebody Chevrolet and GMC trucks and so does Derek, so it...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova: FIRST DRIVE! – Trouble Free?… I Thought This Was DD Speed Shop.

Well folks, if you have been paying attention over the last week or so you’ve seen all the cool updates on this Chevy II Nova Gasser project from DD Speed Shop. This thing is legit cool, and all...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova Project Is Ready For The Street! This Bad Boy Has Really Come Together Into Something Rad.

Well folks, if you have been paying attention over the last week or so you’ve seen all the cool updates on this Chevy II Nova Gasser project from DD Speed Shop. This thing is legit cool, and...

The DD Speed Shop Gasser 1964 Nova Project Gets A FIRE Breathing Small Block! Gasser Heart Transplant Was Successful!

The DD Speed Shop gasser Nova is coming right along, and with the suspension and rear axle all scienced out and installed, it’s time for an engine! They went with a period correct 327 that will...