Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, ENGINE, ENGINES, RACING & ACTION, Tech Stories, Videos
Billet Bad Ass: Watching This 1,500hp 20B 3-Rotor Race Engine Get Assembled Is Really Cool
We’ve never built a rotary engine around here. Not Chad, not me, not McTag. They are insanely popular in certain sectors of the drag racing world and the fact that these things have progressed...
Beast On A Budget: Watch This 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated Big Block Get Built, Dynoed, and Bogged
Before you freak out and question our use of the word “budget” in the title, understand that in every case “budget” means something different. At 18 years old you were on a...
Tech Talk: Talking Aluminum Connecting Rod Pros and Cons With GRP Connecting Rods
Bet you didn’t think you were going learn anything today, did you? Well we’re going to prove that idea wrong here with this awesome video discussion with the guys at GRP Connecting Rods...
Here’s A High Power 408 Stroker Ford You Can Build And Install Before Intergalactic Ford Fest! Hurry Up, You Have No Excuses!
Want a recipe for verifiable horsepower? Want to know what your combo will make on a real engine dyno? Well if you are a Ford dude, or dudette, then this 408 Stroker Ford Small Block should...
It’s Twin Turbo GTO Fab Day! Watch All The Fab Work Go Down To Build Bad Ass Boost And Power On This Sucker!
Hook turbo to exhaust, connect other side of turbo to intake, and repeat. Right? Isn’t that all there is to putting twin turbos on something? Yep, sure. Git R Dun… But for the rest of the...
Tunnel Ram VS The World! Dual Plane, Single Plane, Or Tunnel Ram? Which One Is Right For A Big Block?
Which intake rules them all? Well to make that determination Richard Holdener put together a hot “little” 496 Stroker Big Block Chevrolet to strap to the dyno at Westech Performance Group...
How Much Power Can You Make With A Crate 514 Big Block Ford? A LOT!
GM always owned the factory crate engine world. No matter what make or model, you could go to any car show or race and find dozens of GM Crate engines in everything under the sun. But Ford and Mopar...
Better Engine Building Video: Eliminate Common Lifter Failures – Roller and Flat Tappet!
If there is one thing that can hurt your heart, wallet, and will to live, it is a lifter failure in your high performance engine. Whether we are talking rollers or flat tappers, when a lifter goes,...
Using The Wrong Lube Hurts! Here Is The Straight Truth On What To Use To Properly Torque Your Fasteners
Everyone thinks about the expensive parts of their engines that are sexy, like pistons, rods, crankshafts, cylinder heads, intakes, etc. But what holds all that stuff where it is supposed to be?...
Hunt For Grunt! LS Torque Cams: Do You Know What Really Works?
In this video from Richard Holdener, he lets you in on yet another round of dyno testing Speed Secrets in the never ending Hunt for Grunt. LS Engines aren’t particularly known for being torque...
Twin Blown: This 1,100hp LS Engine Does Not Use Turbos But Rather Two TorqStorm Centrifugal Blowers
This is a really neat engine build video and the best part is that you can win the engine! Seriously Holley is giving this actual engine away and we have been telling you how to enter. If you are...
Back On The Buick: Here’s A Lost Episode Of The Hagerty Straight Eight Redline Rebuild Series
We’ve been jonesing for an update on the Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Redline Rebuild project from Hagerty of late. With the whole social distancing and other junk it’s stopped a lot of...
Control Timing With Holley EFI. Here’s How To Install And Wire A Dual Sync Distributor For Your Sniper
Switching from a carbureted combination to one that uses fuel injection can be a great way to improve drivability, fuel mileage, cold starts, and more for your hot rod or street machine. But as good...
