Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, CRASH & BURN, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos
NHRA Shop Talk: Why Stuff Blows Up – We Talk Carnage In Pro Stock, Pro Mod, and The Nitro Classes
Why does stuff blow up? That’s the topic of this week’s NHRA Shop Talk Live where Alan Reinhart and I talk drag racing and engine tech for your viewing pleasure. Using footage from the...
Richard Holdener Dyno Tests Ford’s Highest Horsepower Small Block, And Then Makes It Make Even More!
When Richard Holdener decided he was going to be testing what he refers to as “The Other Guys”, meaning engines that aren’t GM LS or Big and Small Block Chevrolets and Windsor...
Project Isolation Restoration: Time To Tackle The Walbro LME Carb Rebuild! Small Fuel Mixers Are Fun
Project Isolation Restoration has turned a fun corner. I’m now in the mode of actually putting stuff back together and making it nice rather than taking stuff apart, cleaning it, and mending...
Can’t Keep A Good Mouse Down: Watch This Twin Dominator Equipped Small Block Make 970+ Horsepower!
We love the fact that the small block Chevy and engine builders keep reminding us that there’s still decades of fight left in the little engine that was displaced from its lofty perch by the...
A Critical Review: Gale Banks Watches The Hoonigan Diesel Dyno Video And Has Plenty To Say
Several years ago I read Al Michaels’ book. It was filled with colorful and fun stories of his career and life as a sports broadcaster. Many of them from his early career were centered around...
Isolation Restoration Video Update: Take A Quick Tour Of The Tecumseh On The Operating Table
It’s a funny thing. There’s so many downsides to this period of “life pause” we’re living in and may be coming out of now but there are a couple of benefits. It has been...
Beast of Burden: Watch And Listen To This 427-based Ford Big Block Make 700+ Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno!
Sometimes you just have to do it the hard way and that’s why we love the sound and the fury of a true max-effort naturally aspirated engine. This is so cool we can hardly stand it. Our man...
Engine Building Zen Video: Watching This 500hp, 12.7L Detroit Diesel Come Together Is Awesome
There are engine building videos that strike us as cool because of how they are shot, maybe some creative angle about the content, or a gimmick that we love. This is a totally different deal. This...
Project Isolation Restoration Part 4: Making Repairs And Improvements As We Wait For Parts To Show Up
After tearing down and inspecting our 1960s Tecumseh HH120 engine, it as time to assess what we needed for parts and pieces to get it all back together again and to perhaps figure out why the thing...
Which LS Intake Manifold Is Right For You? Here Is The Biggest Intake Test In LS History. Check Out All The Testing Results
Normal people can’t get a handful of intake manifolds and bolt them to their engine to test and see which one is best for their project. But if you could, you certainly would. And when Richard...
Engine Tech Video: How To Properly Degree In Your Camshaft – Take Your Time And Follow This Process For Success
Perhaps you have been used to needing to get jobs done in a rush. Time has been of the essence in your wrenching life because you’re thrashing after work, between your kid’s games, or in...
Project Isolation Restoration: Our 1960s Single Cylinder Engine Gets Cleaned Up And We Learn More
When last we left you, Project Isolation Restoration had been torn down and we were pleased to find that there were no real Boogey men waiting for us inside the engine. As an early teaser for the...
Gen 3 HEMI Dyno Testing: Long VS Short Headers, Single Plane VS Stack Injection, And DIY Adjustable Stacks! Which One Makes The Most Power?
If you are going through the trouble of bolting an engine to an engine dyno, you really should be taking advantage of all the time you have to test as many things as possible. This is exactly what...
