Category Archive: BangShift XL, ENGINES, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
The Big Fix: Watch This Welder Perform A Repair On A Massive Lanz Bulldog Piston
Ok, now this is neat. You are about to watch a welder perform a piston repair on a massive Lanz Bulldog piston. So a Lanz Bulldog is a tugboat engine? No. A locomotive engine? Negatory. How about a...
Muscle Bike Video: Check Out A Restored, Turbocharged 1974 Kawasaki Z1 Motorcycle!
It is not an uncommon thing to see old cars and motorcycle restored, right? Happens every day. Even the rare machines that history seems to have lost can be brought back to their gleaming, original...
Will It RUN AND DRIVE? Is There Any Chance For This Old C10 Truck That’s Been Parked For Decades?
Derek at Vice Grip Garage is back at it and this time he’s found himself an old C10 pickup that has apparently been sitting for decades. Will it run and drive, or is this going to be one of...
No Small Task: Machining Tiny Connecting Rods For A Miniature LS Engine Is Quite The Process
The world of miniature engine building, like the world of full-size engine building has been forever morphed and changed by the introduction and proliferation of advanced machine tools. What was once...
Newbern and Friends Do Three Engine Swaps In Two Days… But Not Because They Wanted To! Did They Get Them All Running For Cruising The Coast?
I’ve done several crazy builds that most people think are not possible. Engine swaps in hours, full car builds in just two days, etc, etc, etc. But doing three engine swaps in two days is...
Finnegan’s OBS GMC Pickup Is Under The Gun To Get Ready For The SEMA Show! Next Up: Installing A $669 Fuel System That Will Make Real Power And Keep The 1,000HP LS Engine From Blowing Up
Finnegan’s OBS GMC is going to be one sweet ride. Hell, it was awesome stock since it has almost no miles on it and was relatively untouched. There is no way I could have left it alone and not...
DIRT CHEAP TURBO LS CAMS-DO THEY WORK? HOW MUCH POWER ARE THE LOW $ LS CAMS WORTH? $179 LS CAM TEST!
Are cheap cams good cams? Well maybe not all of them, but how about this $179 cam that Richard Holdener got to do some testing with. He put it up against a known camshaft for testing, and not only...
Check Out This Awesome, Ultra-Rare, Chevy Small Block 5-Cam, 4-Valve, Overhead Cam Beast From 1971!
There were plenty of overhead cam engines that existed in 1971, including some cool V8s like the SOHC Fords, but there were NOT overhead cam Small Block Chevrolets. Well, not from the factory that...
Video: This Freaky Straight Eight Is Blown And Beyond Comprehension On Some Level
We were looking for information and videos on a particularly old straight eight engine the other day and what we found was this! You are looking at a pretty old video by modern standards. This one...
This 1980s Caterpillar Promotional Video For The 785 Off-Highway Haul Truck Is EPIC – From Engine Building On Up!
My love for promotional sales videos is well known here. They provide a cool look inside different companies and products from the past and to me, they are fun to watch. None of them has been as fun...
Pat And Frankie Put A Godzilla Through It’s Paces: 600 Plus Horsepower Without Even Working Hard. Check Out The Easy Upgrades Right Here!
When Ford announced the Godzilla engine a few years ago, everyone was super excited about it, but then it seemed like it took forever for people to actually get their hands on them. That is NOT an...
The Accuracy of OIL LIFE Indicators REVEALED! How The Hell Can These Things Possibly Know? Oil Experts Tell Us If They Are Close To Right?
Oil change places hate them, dealerships love them, and yet the same people ignore them that used to ignore the sticker on their windshield that said an oil change was due at some future odometer...
Finnegan’s One Day Engine Transformation! He Installs a Blower on his OBS Truck For More Power And More Burnout Grins.
Finnegan’s OBS GMC is going to be one sweet ride. Hell, it was awesome stock since it has almost no miles on it and was relatively untouched. There is no way I could have left it alone and not...
