Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, RACING & ACTION, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
Peter Harrell, Of Harrell Engine And Dyno, Shows What It Was Like Tuning Cleetus McFarland’s Mullet To A Whole New Level
While Cleetus McFarland has certainly enjoyed some success behind the wheel of his cars, and does a great job tuning most of them, when the new engine went into the El Camino they call Mullett, he...
How To: Restoring An Old Lathe For Your Shop At Home
Old tools and equipment are awesome, but sometimes they need a freshen up to look or perform their best. In the case of old milling machines and lathes, they often work perfect but are cosmetically...
DIY Shop Tools: Building A Hydraulic Lift Table From Scratch
A Hydraulic lift table can be very handy to have in the shop. Whether you are just trying to get something heavy to a more comfortable work height, or are actually needing to raise and lower...
The Alfarrari Project: The Front End Is Going To Need A LOT Of Love!
With the back of the car getting all the attention recently, it is now time for Jeff to hit the front end of this one. Like the rest of this car there is a lot of original sheet metal that looks good...
Single Seat Race Car Build Part 11: A Very Riveting Portion Of The Build Is Underway
In this latest installment of the build, there is a lot going on to make the body and chassis one. The previous few videos have this thing getting lots of metal shaping happening and the body is sexy...
Polishing Turds: Part 12, Final Assembly Before Dynoing This Thing!
In this new episode of the Polishing Turds series from HED you are going to see the final assembly of the engine finally completed! Can you guess how much power it is going to make on the dyno? Pete...
Sheet Metal How To: Shrinking Disc Magic – Making High And Low Spots Disappear With No Filler!
Wray Schelin is a certifiable badass when it comes to metal shaping and belongs to a list of metal shaping masters that we are lucky to have. His YouTube videos, and in person classes, will have you...
BARNFIND OLDS – Will it Run After 23 Years Of Being ABANDONED??
Another bring it back to life video, but this time it is JunkYard Digs who is going after this 1972 Old Cutlass to see if it can live to see another day. I’m a big fan of GM A-Bodies and this...
Can You Grade Stainless Steel With A Magnet? Cheap Stainless Isn’t Necessarily Good Stainless
As Justin explains in this video, there are several grades of stainless steel available on the market. This is important because in our global economy there are parts being made in all these...
Can You Really Build A Welding Fixture Table For Under $50? Watch.
Anyone who visits us here at BANGshift on a regular basis knows that I have a thing for metal fabrication. That means that I not only share videos with you guys that show how to shape and fabricate...
The Make It Kustom Mini 1956 Buick Project: Making It Run And Drive In Both Directions!
It runs and it drives, the body flips up, and Karl has made some ride height adjustments that give it the slightest tail dragger stance and then fitted some awesome fender skirts to it. But it...
Iron Trap Bought The MOTHERLODE Of Oldsmobile Speed Parts!! – Insane Blower Engines!
Matt and the crew are back at it and that means even more killer parts have been found and will live to power more hot rods. These guys bring more parts to the world than you might imagine, and when...
Making A Curvy Bomber Style Seat With Ron Covell: Part 1, Making The Buck
We’ve featured a how-to video on building a bomber seat before, where metal master Ron Covell showed us how to make one pretty simply at home. But in this video, you are going to start seeing...
Halfass Kustoms 1955 Chevrolet NAPCO 4×4 Project: Big Tires, Making Motor Mounts And Test Fitting The Engine And Trans!
In this latest installment of the NAPCO Clone build, Brent is making motor mounts and test fitting the drivetrain! Some of you are going to be mad because it is getting LS Swapped, but those of you...