Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, Tech Stories, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories
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...
Project Isolation Restoration: The Teardown Continues and We Get Our Block Squeaky Clean
In part one of Project Isolation Restoration, we told you about the vintage engine that we scooped up to rebuild for fun during this downtime when there’ not much else to do. The mill, if you...
Project Isolation Restoration: Bringing A Cool Old Engine Back To Life For The Fun Of It – Part 1
Idle hands are the devil’s playthings, right? After spending more than couple weeks home from the world of motorsports, it was time to put my money where my mouth was. Hell, I’ve been...
Basically Brutal: Watch This Paxton Supercharged, Holley EFI Equipped, Stock Bottom End 302 Mustang Make Power On The Dyno
This right here is BangShifty as hell. It has been a long time since we saw someone doing some stuff stuff with a stock bottom end 302ci Ford in a Fox Mustang and when we stumbled upon this video we...
Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
It’s kind of funny. Lots of our lives are spent in a rush, right? Trying to make time for the stuff we want to do after finishing the stuff we have to do. If there is one thing we know...
How To Build A Basic Chassis Jig, And How To Use It. The Fabrication Series Is Building Something Cool!
I’ve dreamed of having a big fancy chassis table for many years. You know, the kind you see in full blown chassis shops? Yeah, I want one of those, with all the fixtures and all the clamps and...
What Makes A Blow Through Carburetor Different? Here’s What’s Inside And Why!
Electronic Fuel Injection, EFI, seems to be the rage with anyone adding boost nowadays, but the truth is there have been jillions of hot rods and race cars built with carburetors designed for boost....
Engine Tech Video: Watch This Little 302 Receive A Trick Flow 11R Top End Kit – Installing The Upper End Of The Valevtrain
One of the neatest things to happen for people who love making horsepower over the last ten years has been the emergence, explosion, and acceptance of the “top end kit”. It was a...
Cylinder Head Tech Video: Watch Five Different Heads Get Dyno Tested On A Stroker Jeep Inline Six!
A couple of weeks ago we showed you a great video that explored the question of roller rockers making horsepower on a modified engine. This time we’re back with the same Jeep stroker inline six...
Piston Tech Video: Learn All You Ever Wanted To Know About Piston Coatings With MAHLE Motorsport
When it comes to piston coatings, there’s lots of stuff that people think they know and lots of stuff that’s just flat out wrong. In this video you are going to learn all you ever wanted...
Stupid Gearhead Storytime: Doing The Most With The Least At The Junkyard!
With all the “social distancing” and “stay-at-homing” going on right now, some of us have been fortunate enough to have been given a time out from the typical daily rat race....
The CNC Plasma Cut Plate Steel Motorcycle Is Coming Along! This Is One Fun Project.
The plate steel motorcycle frame is welded up and rolling on its own two wheels! This thing is definitely going to turn some heads with the unique shape and fabrication. We love it, and only wish...
