Category Archive: ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
How To Install A High Performance Powermaster Starter The Right Way On Your LS
Jan 09, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How To Install A High Performance Powermaster Starter The Right Way On Your LS
Installing a starter is not the hardest job on your hot rod or race car, but given the number of them that sound like hell or don’t survive long, it seems that folks could probably use a few...
This DIY Rotary Welding Table Is Cool And Inspiring. It Would Be Fun To Have One In The Shop
Jan 03, 2021Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This DIY Rotary Welding Table Is Cool And Inspiring. It Would Be Fun To Have One In The Shop
You don’t always need a rotary welding table, but when you do there is nothing like it to make welding all around a part easier or cleaner. You can buy them for a lot of money or a little, but...
Best of 2020: This Guy Built His Own Prosthetic Hand Setup With Aluminum!
Jan 01, 2021Bryan McTaggart2
Call it a toll of war, call it experience by years, but it is just a true, frank statement: I know way too many people who are missing limbs. Many have lost hands, feet, legs, eyesight and in many...
Dyno Shootout Fun: Watch The Most Popular LSx Intake Manifolds On The Market Battle Head To Head!
Dec 30, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Shootout Fun: Watch The Most Popular LSx Intake Manifolds On The Market Battle Head To Head!
The battle for the hearts and minds of aftermarket shoppers is raging, especially in the LSx world. Over the course of a year that saw so many facets of the world really suffer, the high performance...
Project Henry’s Hot Rod Video Update: The World’s Quickest And Easiest Swap Is Complete
Dec 30, 2020Brian Lohnes5
If there was one thing that has been bugging me since taking our little Ford N-series project tractor home it was the stack exhaust that someone had added over the years. Not pleasing to the eye, not...
Best of 2020: Louvers! Watch As This Model T Trunklid Gets Vented!
Dec 29, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
One of the cars that pulled family duty back when I was a teenager was a G-body Chevy Malibu station wagon that my guardian couldn’t trade for fast enough. It was a cool...
Homemade Tools: This Pipe Anvil Will Come In Handy For Lots Of Sheetmetal Projects And Is CHEAP! Make Your Own Trans Tunnels, Driveshaft Tunnels, Rockers, And More!
Dec 27, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Homemade Tools: This Pipe Anvil Will Come In Handy For Lots Of Sheetmetal Projects And Is CHEAP! Make Your Own Trans Tunnels, Driveshaft Tunnels, Rockers, And More!
I love DIY tools. I have a bunch of tools in my toolbox that have been modified or scratch built in order to fulfill a need, or to do a special task. Most of them are small, but when I see a home...
Finnegan Ads Hatervision, AKA A Huge Holley EFI Dash, To His C10 Truck Which Is Getting Put Together!
Dec 26, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan Ads Hatervision, AKA A Huge Holley EFI Dash, To His C10 Truck Which Is Getting Put Together!
Never have there been more choices in gauges and dash clusters for popular hot rods, trucks, muscle cars, and street machines. And whether you want to run traditional round gauges, or one of the...
Best of 2020: Check Out This Fully Functional Remote-Controlled Ekranoplan!
Dec 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
When the KM ekranoplan was discovered by spy photography in 1967, Western countries could not understand quite what they were looking at. The idea of a ground-effect craft, or ekranoplan, was not on...
Incredible: Jack Bally Built A Flying 1/3 Scale B-17 Bomber From Scratch – Video and Info Here!
Dec 24, 2020Brian Lohnes1
(By Scott Liggett) –We at Bangshift.com have such respect for the generation of WWII. Part of that respect includes the machines the men and women used to fight a world war against enemies...
Quick And Dirty: How Can You Make A Rough Rig Look Fairly Presentable?
Dec 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Quick And Dirty: How Can You Make A Rough Rig Look Fairly Presentable?
I know this story, I’ve done it a couple of times on several vehicles, but the one that really stands out to me was the 1979-81 Camaro that was slated to be the replacement for my...
This Ferrari Could Be Worth $400,000, But It Sat Outside Rotting For The Past 12 years. Is This The Ultimate Score Or A Bad Dream?
Dec 20, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This Ferrari Could Be Worth $400,000, But It Sat Outside Rotting For The Past 12 years. Is This The Ultimate Score Or A Bad Dream?
Ferraris are cool and all, but I only know enough about them to be dangerous. But when a dude that is into Ferraris says that this Ferrari 512BBi is a rare bird that could be worth as much as...
Stay In Shape: This Video From QA1 Talks About The Importance Of Off-Season Suspension Maintenance For Drag, Street, and Circle Track Cars
Dec 17, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Stay In Shape: This Video From QA1 Talks About The Importance Of Off-Season Suspension Maintenance For Drag, Street, and Circle Track Cars
If there is one part of racing and really hot rodding in general that does not get the attention that it deserves, it is maintenance. Keeping your parts, pieces, and car working the way it should...
This Welding Table Project Is Great For A Small Shop, And Allows It To Multitask Too
Dec 13, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on This Welding Table Project Is Great For A Small Shop, And Allows It To Multitask Too
I’ve been welding for decades, and whether you weld for fun, for work, or as part of your other hobbies, there is nothing more useful than good tools and machines. But no matter how good your...