Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, TECH, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Videos
V8 Towing Drag Race: Ford vs Chevy vs Ram – Which Of The Big 3 Is the Fastest Half-Ton Towing Truck!
We live in a world where everyone that tows, even occasionally, seems to think that they need a 2500 or 3500 truck to do their towing, when in reality most folks never town anything that comes close...
DIY Electric Power Steering, The Easy Way, With Mike Cotten. No Engine Driven Power Steering Pump Makes This Clean And Simple.
Electric power steering is incredibly common in new cars nowadays, and has been available from the aftermarket for several years as well. There are lots of factory components that have been used over...
Engine How To Video: Here’s How To Install A Distributor And Set Timing. You Can Do This At Home With Simple Tools.
Blueprint Engines asked me to come by the shop a few months ago so they could film some tech videos on a bunch of topics that are typical tech calls they get each and every week. The thought being...
Garage Sale Score Or Fail? Bought A Broken Harbor Freight Floor Jack For $20. Can It Be Fixed At Home?
I love buying old tools at garage sales and swap meets, but jacks that don’t work are often a hard pass for me. Not because I don’t want to have to repair one, but because newer stuff is...
Get This WRONG, Say GOODBYE To Your Engine! Filter Tech That Matters! Oil, Air, or Fuel, Filtration Is Not All The Same.
Our friend Lake Speed Jr. is back at it with more awesome tech on the Motor Oil Geek channel, but this time he’s gone to visit some industry experts in the filtration world to find out what we...
Strongest Oil Filter Tools vs Hand Grip: Which Of These Tools Stands Up To Someone With The Kung Fu Grip? Can Any Of Them Beat The Grip?
If you haven’t had an oil filter that you couldn’t remove, you’ve been one of the lucky ones. I’ve had a few that I thought were going to require cutting tools before they...
Tool Testing Video: How Does The Cheap $78 Torque Wrench Compare To The $790 Snap On & ICON?
I remember the first time I saw the results from a test of a cheap torque wrench vs an expensive one, but I can’t remember which Harbor Freight brand it was that was going up against Snap-On. I...
CHEAP CAR BATTLE! Who Has the Best Car Under $1000? Part 1 – Who Spent Their Money Wisely?
Unfortunately, the number of car folks who actually participate in a cheap car battle with their friends is relatively low, but it is one of the more talked about hair brained schemes during drinking...
Every Blueprint Engine Comes With An Incredibly Valuable Info Packet! Here’s What’s Inside, And Why You Should Open It!
A few months ago, the guys and gals at Blueprint Engines asked me to come visit them so we could shoot some informative videos on some of their engines and common tech questions. Of course I was...
Which Snow Foam Car Wash Is Best: He’s Never Seen A Snow Foam Car Wash This Good! Testing And Reviewing Some Big Names!
I just bought an OBS Suburban recently that has nice paint. I am not normally the nice paint guy, and this thing is making me so nervous all the time because I don’t want to mess up the paint....
Westen Champlin Built a Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce. Why Doesn’t This Shock Us Even A Little Bit?
If you have never watched a Westen Champlin video, or been lucky enough to meet him in person, you are missing out. This kid is nuts, in mostly all the right ways, and it is hard not to laugh and...
FREIBURGER’S JEEP HATES HIM. Can YOU Figure Out What Went Wrong? Has He Freiburgered It Good, Or What?
Freiburger has a few vehicles that seem to hate him lately, but this Jeep seems to be at a different level. On the surface, this survivor Jeep Cherokee looks like a project that should really...
Newbern And The Boys Are Finishing Up The Street Freak 1957 Chevrolet! It’s Not A Gasser, It’s A Freak Of Nature!
If you aren’t familiar with the street freaks that roamed Southern California in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s then you are missing out! These hot rods and muscle cars took cues...
