Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Check Out This Awesome, Ultra-Rare, Chevy Small Block 5-Cam, 4-Valve, Overhead Cam Beast From 1971!
There were plenty of overhead cam engines that existed in 1971, including some cool V8s like the SOHC Fords, but there were NOT overhead cam Small Block Chevrolets. Well, not from the factory that...
Tony Bought A BROKEN LS Swapped Nova, Fixed It For Almost Nothing, and Ripped it Across the Desert to DUCT TAPE DRAGS!
Why? Because that’s what Tony does! He’s nuts, which is why I love this guy. He does the same dumb stuff I would do so it is probably a good thing we don’t live closer to each...
Pat And Frankie Put A Godzilla Through It’s Paces: 600 Plus Horsepower Without Even Working Hard. Check Out The Easy Upgrades Right Here!
When Ford announced the Godzilla engine a few years ago, everyone was super excited about it, but then it seemed like it took forever for people to actually get their hands on them. That is NOT an...
The Accuracy of OIL LIFE Indicators REVEALED! How The Hell Can These Things Possibly Know? Oil Experts Tell Us If They Are Close To Right?
Oil change places hate them, dealerships love them, and yet the same people ignore them that used to ignore the sticker on their windshield that said an oil change was due at some future odometer...
Finnegan’s One Day Engine Transformation! He Installs a Blower on his OBS Truck For More Power And More Burnout Grins.
Finnegan’s OBS GMC is going to be one sweet ride. Hell, it was awesome stock since it has almost no miles on it and was relatively untouched. There is no way I could have left it alone and not...
Dylan McCool’s ABANDONED Mercury Capri TURBO Gets Some Love! Will It Run And Drive After Sitting For 23 Years?
Dylan is back at it, with another Ford project. Well Mercury to be exact, but same same. What’s weird is that Dylan really is mostly a Mopar guy but he dabbles in a little bit of everything and...
David Newbern Helps Make Bert’s Junkyard 1957 Chevy A Driver With A Blown Small Block! First Drive Before Cruisin’ The Coast.
When Newbern and the gang got a bunch of Tri-Five Chevrolet’s out of Texas a couple years ago, they ended up in the hands of several folks who were intent on building cool rides. Some are going...
Make It Kustom And HalfAss Kustoms Cab Over Ramp Truck: First Ticket In The 1971 GMC Cabover Ramp Truck? Sorry Officer, We Were Just Going For A Test Drive…
It’s moving along, and it’s time for a first real drive! This project has been a fun one to watch, it started when Brent from Halfass Kustoms and Karl from Make It Kustom got together to make...
JUNKYARD TURBO LS-A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO BOOST. HOW TO PICK A MOTOR, A TURBO, HEADS, CAM AND INTAKE!
No matter how much info is out there on the web there still seem to a be lot of folks who are unsure about combinations for their rides. That is especially true when it comes to turbo LS combos as...
DO GM 427 LSX CRATE MOTORS REALLY WORK? THIS 427 LS7 STROKER IS RATED AT 570 HP-WHAT DOES IT MAKE?
Once upon a time, when crate engines first became a thing, everyone was thrilled to be able to get engines that made real power with a warranty. And when they started being tested by all the...
1930 Model A hotrod is DONE! Finishing The Wiring, Gauges, And More. SHAKE DOWN MILES NOW!
Puddin’s Model A is getting so close to being a driver! In the last two episodes of the build you are going to see this bad boy get ready to go for it’s first real drive! Check it out, and if...
The Iron Trap Garage Crew Are Unpacking Their New Parts Delivery Vehicle! Will The 1934 Ford Sedan Delivery Run And Drive?
When the guys over at Iron Trap Garage got ahold of this super awesome 1934 Ford Sedan Delivery, we were pretty excited. They are planning to make it into one of their parts haulers, which sounds...
CHASSIS DYNO VS ENGINE DYNO RESULTS. WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR TRUCK NORRIS CAM SWAP DOESN’T ADD POWER!
It used to be that if you were serious about making power and doing real tuning, you took your engine to the dyno shop and bolted it to the engine dyno. It wasn’t cheap, but well worth it...
