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Camshaft Fun Video: What’s The Value Of A Cam Swap With and Without Boost On A 2V Ford Mod Engine?
The 4.6L Ford 2V engine is one of the most overlooked and nearly forgotten V8 engines of the last 50 years when it comes to performance potential. No, it may not have the deep breathing potential of...
Get A Look At How Things Work Via A See-Through Catalytic Converter!
As the interior was being ripped out of the Catalina, the sawzall was broken out and two cuts were made, then a large lump that looked kind of like a muffler was chucked out to the side. A much...
Snowmaro: Adding Tracks And Skis To A Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Is Too Much!
You almost wonder if the guys behind Grind Hard Plumbing Co. just sit around dreaming up wilder and wilder ideas. You have to…look at what they’ve come up with in a short amount of time:...
The Fiero Revival: The Sum Of Many Months Of Detailed Labor
Watching how far Ronnie Finger has come with this Pontiac Fiero is amazing mainly because, in all seriousness, this guy isn’t a car guy. This isn’t somebody flexing knowledge and skill on...
Best of 2019: Check Out This LS4-Swapped Pontiac Montana!
The GM U-vans came in three generations: Dustbuster, Dustbuster II, and “Crossover Sport Vans”. Yeah…that was GM’s own term for the revised third generation that were intended...
Best of 2019: Removing A Pilot Bearing With Bread
Face some facts: you don’t have all of the answers, you don’t know all of the tricks, and you will spend your lifetime learning them so that you can (hopefully) pass on some lessons to a...
Best of 2019: This 1/6 Scale 1961 Dodge R/C Build Is Jaw-Dropping!
It’s been a bit since I’ve built a model car of any kind. The last one I put together, a 1980 Plymouth Road Runner, came out ten times better than any I built as a kid, due to my improved...
Lo Car VS Hi Car: Can A $450 Brake Upgrade Hang With A $4,500 Brake Upgrade?
There are certain truths that we hold to be self evident here at BangShift. The first is that physics and the laws therein are pretty damned accurate. The second is that hot rodders always want to...
Practical Application: Can the EcoVette Actually Meet The 40MPG Goal In Traffic?
A little while ago, we tipped you off to a project involving a C5 Corvette with a six-speed and the promise of this car making the 40 miles per gallon mark. For comparison, that would equal the same...
Squeezing The Six: More In-Depth Work With Uncle Tony’s Slant Six Build!
It’s a Friday night, you’re standing around the car that’s got something torn down to be fixed, you’re probably enjoying a nice sip of something, and the BS is starting to get...
Snow-Romp: The Power Wheels Camaro Gets Finished Up!
I’ve been personally waiting for this video since SEMA. When I talked with Ethan at the show, he was musing about how he needed to finish up some of the work on the Power Wheels Camaro build...
Leroy Meets The Windtunnel: How Aerodynamic Is Cleetus’ Race Car?
“Leroy the Savage” is a very appropriate name for Cleetus McFarland’s stripped C5 Corvette. We’ve seen this tube-framed wonder machine rip down the strip and it’s...
Cheaper Than The Real Thing: Restoring A Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Toy
Back in 1992, while combing the Sears Christmas catalog for items I was going to request for the holiday season, I stumbled across 1:24 scale model vehicles for the first time. I remember it clearly:...
Watch How This Dude Made His Own Triple Engine Outboard Boat – This Is Going To Make This Little Bastard A Riot!
In recent years there have been more and more bad ass outboard engines coming out, including GM LS Based stuff that makes stupid power, but what we’ve been most impressed by are the number of...