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Category Archive: ENGINES, MISC, Videos

Video Of BangShift Approved Zen: Watch And Listen To A Blown Hemi Powered Volvo Amazon Fire Up!

If you don’t check out Speed Hunters either on their site or their FB page, you are cheating yourself. Those guys do some killer work and profile bad ass cars from all over the world. This...

Video: Is This The Most Powerful Ford Crown Vic In The World? The Rocket Couch Lives Again With Tons More Power!

You may remember our buddy Chris Adams’ 1992 Crown Vic from the pages of Car Craft a couple years ago where it starred in a story called The Rocket Couch. With a supercharged two-valve Ford...

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BangShift Exclusive Video: Accufab Racing 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine Makes 1600 Horsepower!

We happened to stroll into Westech Performance Group the other day, and John Mihovetz and the Accufab crew were there testing a 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine. After exchanging the normal “They’ll...

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Turbo Video: A Cool Explanation Of How Wild Pulling Tractors Run 4-Turbo Compound Setups For Huge Boost And Power

While we all like to marvel at cool twin turbo setups on drag cars and stuff, the guys who run professional level pulling tractors have been doing insane things with turbos for decades before the...

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Dyno Video: A Screaming 10,000-RPM Ripsaw Motor From Hell – Chevy SB2 Goodness!

While the 9,000 rev dyno pull we showed you the other day was really neat, this 10,000 rpm scream to the horsepower heavens is even cooler. The engine on the pump is a 355ci SB2 style Chevy and it...

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Video: Watch A 354ci Hemi With A Crank Mounted Blower Fire Up And Cackle On Nitro!! Historic Rail

Of all the cool old drag cars around the world, there is only one that can be officially pin pointed as being the singular vehicle that launched the sport of drag racing in an entire country. That...

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Watch A 1936 Chevy Pickup With A Turbocharged Chevy 292 Inline Six Make Nearly 900-HP At The Tire And Run 160-MPH At The Drags!

This is one hot little ’36! The classic Chevy pickup you see below is powered by one of the strongest Chevy inline six engines we’ve ever heard of. It is built to the hilt with a lot of...

Video: Watch A Late Model Aussie Ford Falcon With A Turbocharged Straight Six Make 1,000hp At The Tires – Aeromotive Products On Board!

GM got the memo that the Aussies get some cool RWD cars and that we should get them too, hence the G8 and the upcoming Chevy SS. Ford still has not answered the pained cries of its fans to bring over...

Watch A Totally Pissed Off Duramax Diesel Break Itself Off Of The Dyno – Torque MONSTER!

Know what happens when the dudes from Keeter Performance and Nitrous Express get together? They build a pissed off Duramax so bad ass that it literally breaks itself off of a dyno. The capability of...

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Video: 307 Screaming Cubic Inches Of Small Block Chevrolet. Comp Eliminator Motor Love At 9800 RPM.

There is nothing sexier than the sound of an engine at close to 10,000 rpm. In fact, yesterday we were talking with Steve Brule at Westech about some of their recent tests with Lucas Oil’s...

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Dyno-gasm Videos: Watch A 400ci V8 AND A 500ci V8 Both Spin To 10,000 RPM — Indescribable Sounds!!!

When most normal people think of angels playing trumpets in the heavens they picture symphonic, musical noises. On the other hand, we picture the sounds generated by the two engines featured in the...

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Video: A Cool Peek A Mike Moran’s Monstrous 4400hp All Billet Hemi – 637ci Of Hell’s Fury!

Of all the cool stuff we have laid eyes on at SEMA, PRI, and the events we have hit so far, nothing has totally taken our breath away like Mike Moran’s newest engine creation. Moran’s...

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Dyno Video: Watch 173ci Make 963hp — Seriously

Let’s face it, most of us won’t ever own an engine that makes more than 960hp on the dyno. It is a simple fact and it makes those engines something pretty special to check out. What makes...

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Video: Watch A Hairy 565ci, Blown, Alky Burning, Big Block Chevy Make 2,000hp With Holley EFI

This is the type of motor that makes us look at the computer screen and yell OOGA BOOGA after seeing it make a dyno pull. It is 565ci of 10-71 blown, alcohol burning, Pro-Filer headed, and Holley...

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