Category Archive: BangShift XL, ENGINES, MISC, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Videos
Finnegan’s C10 Hits The Dyno And Makes Big Power At The Tires Thanks To The Blown LT4
Apr 05, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan’s C10 Hits The Dyno And Makes Big Power At The Tires Thanks To The Blown LT4
The boys made the road trip from MRC with only a couple of hiccups, and nothing they couldn’t overcome with some good old fashioned ingenuity and will to survive. Of course a good dose of humor...
NOS Nitrous Unveils Biggest Nitrous System In History! The Moonshot Is Capable Of 3,500 Horsepower!
Apr 01, 2021Chad Reynolds3
That’s right folks, in a move that follows along with recent Holley firsts, you can now buy ready to install NOS nitrous systems that are capable of supporting unreal power levels. To get...
Size Matters: But How Big Is Too Big? Or Big Enough? Sizing Fuel Injectors For Any Power Level
Mar 31, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Size Matters: But How Big Is Too Big? Or Big Enough? Sizing Fuel Injectors For Any Power Level
Sizing fuel injectors for your latest hot rod or racing powerplant isn’t terribly difficult, after all there are plenty of suppliers who will tell you what to buy and why, and yet somehow folks...
Redline Rebuild: Here Is The Long Awaited Cadillac V8 Time Lapse Video!
Mar 30, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Redline Rebuild: Here Is The Long Awaited Cadillac V8 Time Lapse Video!
We have been giving you the blow by blow video series installments of the latest Redline Rebuild from Hagerty. The engine is a vintage 365ci Cadillac V8 and it has been a fun thing to watch it get...
Nitro, Turbo, Or Gasoline? All Three Are Tried On This Briggs and Stratton With Fun Results
Mar 26, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Nitro, Turbo, Or Gasoline? All Three Are Tried On This Briggs and Stratton With Fun Results
Here’s one of the weirdest and coolest engine power adder comparisons we have er seen. The guy with the famed Briggs and Stratton that runs a clear head decided to really put his little engine...
Cool Video: Travel The Same Path Air Does Through A Rolls Royce Locomotive Diesel Engine
Mar 25, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: Travel The Same Path Air Does Through A Rolls Royce Locomotive Diesel Engine
It is pretty incredible what people can do with animations these days. In this video we get to travel as air through a Rolls Royce locomotive diesel engine and it’s pretty great. While there is...
Dyno Music: Watch A 378ci Naturally Aspirated Cleveland Ford Crank Out 780+ HP At 8,000+ RPM
Mar 24, 2021Brian Lohnes5
Our recent dyno videos have been Chevy-centric. That’s not because we were digging for Chevy videos, but more because those clips had jumped off the page at us. Today we’re going to the...
Hagerty Cadillac 365 Build: It Is Time For Final Assembly – Watch This Classic 365ci Cadillac V8 Get Screwed Together
Mar 23, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Hagerty Cadillac 365 Build: It Is Time For Final Assembly – Watch This Classic 365ci Cadillac V8 Get Screwed Together
It has been a fun process to see this really cool classic Cadillac engine get torn down, machined, and now put back into its beautiful final form. This has been a cool process because the engine is...
Engine Autopsy: This Detailed Disassembly And Analysis Of A Blown UP Twin Turbo LS Engine Is Awesome
Mar 22, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Autopsy: This Detailed Disassembly And Analysis Of A Blown UP Twin Turbo LS Engine Is Awesome
We have seen many engines broken and torn down here at Banghift but this video from Australia is pretty great. Why? Not only do we see the engine pulled down but we also see the data acquisition...
Repairing a 10,000hp Top Fuel Billet Engine Block – Not Horribly Hard, But Easy To Do Wrong
Mar 21, 2021Chad Reynolds3
Aluminum top fuel blocks from Alan Johnson Performance Engineering, Brad Anderson Enterprises, and the like are all machined with “windows” that are thinner areas of the block that are...
Richard Is On The Hunt For More Wrecking Yard Engines. Will He Find The Elusive Ameri-Barra?
Mar 21, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Richard Is On The Hunt For More Wrecking Yard Engines. Will He Find The Elusive Ameri-Barra?
Nobody does a better job of finding engines in the wrecking yard than Richard Holdener. He’s got a nose for it. Of course our very favorite late model wrecking yard helps because they have a...
Building Blocks: Watch The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Short Block Come Together Nicely In This Video
Mar 17, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on Building Blocks: Watch The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Short Block Come Together Nicely In This Video
This build is going as smooth as the Cadillac it will power is going to ride down the boulevard. Yesterday we showed you the block being painted and the crank being installed among a few other...
6.7L Of LS To Go! Watch This Katech Built Endurance Racing Engine Get Tortured On The Dyno
Mar 17, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on 6.7L Of LS To Go! Watch This Katech Built Endurance Racing Engine Get Tortured On The Dyno
As we all know, the LS engine has permeated itself into virtually every type of motorsport imaginable. They are also being built at every level of hot rodding, from junkyard rattle car rebuilds all...
Dirt Cheap Boost! GT3582 TURBOS FOR ONLY $125!
Mar 17, 2021Chad Reynolds5
Cheap turbos have been around for a long time, but never this cheap and never with this many options! It’s amazing how many cheap turbos there are out there right now on eBay, Amazon, through...