Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINES, Videos
If You Thought The Block Was Cool, This CNC Video Showing A Cylinder Head Being Made Is Amazing
Last week we showed you a video of a CNC mill creating and engine block from a billet of aluminum. This week we move up a step both on the engine and in the complexity of work with the video below....
Like Nothing: Dropping A Fiat 126 On An Ax Blade The Size Of A Doghouse!
Do you have a temper in the shop? Come on now, be honest…after stripping out a bolt, after the wrench slipped and it now looks like you went ten rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime, after...
Free Snake: Gifting A 1979 Ford Mustang Cobra That Was Saved From The Junkyard
Antiquing? Um…normally that’s a very, very hard pass from me, thank you much. I know that there can be some cool things to be found on some shelf in some store on any given day. Among the...
Origin Story: How The Tokyo Drift Monte Carlo Came To Exist
It was easy to mock the cars of the Fast and Furious movies early on, wasn’t it? Little buzzbombs painted bright colors, with random-ass graphics, bad bodykits didn’t make a great...
Forest Gems: Digging Through An Overgrown Junkyard In New Jersey
I’ve spent less than a weekend’s worth of time in the state of New Jersey. But after watching this video, there’s a lot that lines up with hunting in western Washington. Namely, the...
The Other Dodge Diesel: Get Close-Up With A Diesel-Powered 1978 Dodge D200!
Say “diesel Dodge” out loud, even at a whisper, and the fan boys come flowing out with yowls of Cummins this, roll coal that, and some absolutely ragged but absolutely brutal square-body...
Midget Of The Corn, Part 2: Putting The Engine In By Hand!
Not so long ago (a couple of weeks, in fact) I said that Kevin from Junkyard Digs is the YouTuber that almost refuses to take the easy way out. Why he does that, I don’t know…it’s...
Classic YouTube: Ronnie Sox’s 1995 Crash At The IHRA Summernationals At U.S. 41 Dragway
Ronnie Sox needs no introduction here. The Sox and Martin cars instantly bring in images of red, white and blue Plymouths fitted with a four-speed manual and the man from North Carolina who could run...
No Means No: The Day That Tom Sykes’s Kawasaki Called It Quits
Ever have the kind of day that you regret waking up for? That was July 21st, 2013 for World Superbike rider Tom Sykes. The event was the eighth round of the World Superbike Championship, and was held...
Upper Class Trash: Vice Grip Garage Wakes Up A 1975 Ford Gran Torino Elite
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: when the special editions start coming out, you know that a manufacturer is desperate to get every last dime they can out of a platform before...
Still Tippin’: The Story Of The Slandering Of The Suzuki Samurai
It’s one of the strangest trends I’ve seen since I moved out to the midwest: just how many people not only appreciate small SUVs like Geo Trackers, Suzuki Vitaras and the like, but how...
Classic YouTube: Say “Nice To Meet You Too” To The Mustang II
“I have a ’65 Mustang and I don’t like what’s happening. They’re blowing them up. Why can’t you just leave a sports car small? I mean, you keep blowing them up and starting with another...
Wreckage Bonanza Video: Four Minutes Of Open Track Day Destruction From Around The World
Street cars are not race cars and most enthusiasts are not race car drivers so when we take those two elements and combine them at open track day events, crazy stuff is bound to happen. This video is...
Childhood Dream Race: A Bunch Of YouTubers Brought Their Toys Out To Play!
I first drove a golf cart that wasn’t on a little asphalt track when I was seven. My younger brother had a friend that had a typical kart…you know, balloon tires and a Briggs and Stratton...