Category Archive: ENGINE, Tech Stories
Attila the Jav: We Tear Down Our AMC 360
Jun 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Attila the Jav: We Tear Down Our AMC 360
Being an eternal optimist has its pitfalls. Mainly it’s the times when you’ve talked youself into thinking something is a lock when it really isn’t. Such is the case with our...
Video: Lucas Oil’s 800 Horsepower, 515ci Test Engine
Jun 18, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Lucas Oil’s 800 Horsepower, 515ci Test Engine
The crew over at Lucas Oil, including BangShift.com friend Tom Bogner, is always trying to keep ahead of the competition, which means lots of oil testing. “Oil testing” means horsepower...
A/Fuel Tech Part 2: The $13,000 Intake Manifold
Jun 01, 2009Brian Lohnes1
Last week we announced that BangShift.com will deliver a weekly tech series that looks inside an NHRA A/Fuel, nitro-burning, 5-second dragster, and the first installment included some basics of what...
Video: 1,400 Horsepower 565ci Rat Motor on Nitrous!
May 22, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: 1,400 Horsepower 565ci Rat Motor on Nitrous!
You want to see some real big-boy power? Check out this 565ci big-block Chevy with Big Chief heads, twin Dominators on a sheetmetal intake, dry-sump oiling, and something like 650 hp worth of...
Video: 1,000-Plus Horsepower Blown Big-Block Chevy
May 19, 2009Chad Reynolds1
Here at BangShift.com, we’re tuning up our video skills to bring you more action more often. One of the things we’ve been doing is hanging out more often at the Westech Performance Group...
Video: Check Us Out on SetYourTiming.com
Mar 16, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Check Us Out on SetYourTiming.com
One of the businesses I’ve got going on is called Boondoggle Media, a video production company for gearheads using the old AV Kids who you may remember from CarJunkieTV. So far we’ve done...
Deep Inside Darren Tedder’s 654ci, E85-Burning, 1,261HP Hemi!
Feb 02, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Deep Inside Darren Tedder’s 654ci, E85-Burning, 1,261HP Hemi!
Darren Tedder owns what’s probably the cleanest 8-second ’71 Cuda ever. He was a Top 10 finisher in the 2006 Hot Rod Pump Gas Drags, where we got to know him a little, and had his car...