Category Archive: ENGINES, Videos
Rollin’ Hard: This Street-Driven Holden Commodore Belted Out Nearly 2,500 Horsepower On The Dyno!
Throwing a Doorslammer and a RvW-style car on a dyno and getting big numbers is awesome, but it’s kind of par for the course. You’d expect something running a Hemi on alcohol to produce a...
Let The Dyno Decide: A Turbocharged Versus Blown Big-Power Battle At Summernats 32!
It’s the great automotive lie detector test. You can claim all the numbers you like, you can throw out any race challenge you want, but if you really want to be the one to lay their big brass...
Another One Bit The Dust: The Autopsy Of Project Neighbor’s Built Mill!
Cleetus isn’t having a good run lately. He wounded Leroy the Savage’s engine. He absolutely nuked the turbocharged truck motor in the Auction Mistake C6 Corvette. And then there’s...
Moroso Tech Video: Here’s The Theory And Practice Of Oil Pan Trap Door Baffling
It’s Wednesday so we figure that the collective brain of BangShift nation is firing on all cylinders today and is ready to learn. We came across this killer video from Moroso that explains the...
Project Smokey: The Drowned Pontiac LeMans Is Actually Being Rebuilt!
When Kevin from Junkyard Digs said that he was serious about bringing the 1968 Pontiac LeMans he dragged out of it’s long-term resting spot, I was excited for him. When he said that he was...
Donut Media Tells The Story of The Cummins Engine Company – Good History With A Twist
Donut Media makes some pretty good stuff. Their videos are wide ranging and touch on a load of different automotive areas. The one we have posted below tells the story of the Cummins Engine Company...
Your Machinists’ Nightmare: This Caterpillar D2 Engine Is Beyond Salvation!
I haven’t been playing with the internals of engines long. I’ve done head swaps and stuff like that since I was a kid, but getting into the deep internals of an engine has been a recent...
The Auction Mistake Corvette Is Now Turbocharged And On The Rollers – How Much Power Will Cleetus Make?
The red Corvette that suckered Cleetus out of a few grand has proven to be an interesting watch because it’s the first time I’ve seen a YouTube car build that actually had a real-deal...
Redline Rebuild: The Latest Video In The Series is The Resurrection Of A Dead Tri-Power Pontiac 389!
They’re back! The latest installment of the Redline Rebuild series from Hagerty is the resurrection of a dead Tri-power 389 Pontiac and this one is our favorite yet. Why? The engine really was...
Build Biology: The Hoonigans and Leah Pritchett Give You The Inside Look On Her Championship Challenger Drag Pak
Leah Pritchett captured the 2018 Sam Tech NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship in fine style earlier this year. She won the last race of the season and beat a driving rainstorm along with the...
Feel Good Video: Taking A Blind Veteran On A Ride In A 1,000 Horsepower Trans Am
Between my military time and pretty much about the time I started working for BangShift, I had two main jobs. One was my schoolwork…I spent three years at a university in Arizona getting a...
Science Time! What Happens When You Roll Coal Into A Bucket Of Water?
If there is one corner of the automotive kingdom I have utter contempt for, it’s the coal-rolling bro-dozer diesel crowd. I’m not talking diesel performers in general…there is some...
