Category Archive: TECH, Tech Stories
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!
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!
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!
(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?
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?
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
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
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...
Might As Well Make It Pretty: Painting The Engine Donor Mustang Up
The original plan for this mid-’00s Mustang was simple: rip the Boss 302 engine out of the car and shove it into the best big-boy Bronco that the Deboss Garage guys could find. And like every...
How To Convert A 4-Door Tri-Five Chevy Into A 2 Door In Your Garage.
I didn’t grow up as a Tri-Five Chevrolet guy. I always thought they were cool, but they were never “Me” until I stumbled upon a ’56 Wagon a jillion years ago now and ended up...
Cheap Turbo Combos! Is This Ebay GT45 Clone The Best Turbo Ever?
If a $163 turbocharger sounds awesome to some of you, and scary as hell to others, that’s okay. You are our people. On the one hand getting something like this that cheap just makes you giggle...
The Fiero Revival: Rebuilding The Shifter Because…Well, Why Not?
How technical will you get on an afternoon project? If you’re deep in the guts of an engine, trans or axle, you’re going to be in deep, that’s just the nature of the beast. But what...
How Do I Know How Big My Fuel Injectors Need To Be? Richard Holdener Gives You The Simple Math Lesson So You Can Figure It Out Yourself!
Sizing injectors for your engine is NOT rocket science, but it is crazy how many people question and argue and worry about injector sizing for their combinations. The math is pretty simple actually....
