Category Archive: BangShift XL, CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, Project Cars, TECH, TRUCKS, Videos, XL Engine Tech, XL Project Trucks, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories
V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!
Oct 31, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on V8 Squarebody Swap in a Weekend!! Out with the old V6 and in with a new Small Block! Power Upgrades!
Mortske is back at it! This time he’s taking a 6 cylinder square body and doing a swap, but it isn’t getting an LS! It’s been a running and driving truck like lots of folks have,...
Influence and Impact Episode 7: Import Car Origins, Datsun Racing, Drift King, Fast and Furious, And More!
Oct 30, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Influence and Impact Episode 7: Import Car Origins, Datsun Racing, Drift King, Fast and Furious, And More!
Custom cars and trucks go hand in hand, and while some folks think of Imports and Domestics as hardened enemies, I find that they are more intertwined and understood that you might expect. In fact, I...
Legless Tool Stand System For Your Garage! Want To Have Secure Stands For Your Grinder, Shrinker, Vice, Bender, And More? Check This DIY Space Saver Out!
Oct 30, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Legless Tool Stand System For Your Garage! Want To Have Secure Stands For Your Grinder, Shrinker, Vice, Bender, And More? Check This DIY Space Saver Out!
We’re huge fans of DIY tools and garage hacks around here, so this cool DIY system from the Garage Fab channel on YouTube does it for us. Aaaron does all his work in a two car garage in a...
Finnegan Made Massive Changes To His Car. We Hope This New 528 Inch Hemi Is Happy In Blasphemi!
Oct 30, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan Made Massive Changes To His Car. We Hope This New 528 Inch Hemi Is Happy In Blasphemi!
Finnegan is back at it again, after having spent some time at Peter Harrell’s HED getting his Hemi back in prime shape. Now it’s up to him to get this bad boy in the car and setup so that...
The Torque Test Channel Puts The Latest Walmart Hyper Tough Tools Up Against M12, DeWalt, And Bosch: Are They Too Cheap to Pass Up?
Oct 29, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Torque Test Channel Puts The Latest Walmart Hyper Tough Tools Up Against M12, DeWalt, And Bosch: Are They Too Cheap to Pass Up?
It’s time for another ultra cheap tool shootout where the Torque Test Channel puts the cheapo brand up against the big dogs, and in this case that means Hyper Tough tools from Walmart up...
ABANDONED Mustang Cobra Rescued After 27 Years – Will Dylan McCool Get It Ready To Race On Nitrous?
Oct 29, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on ABANDONED Mustang Cobra Rescued After 27 Years – Will Dylan McCool Get It Ready To Race On Nitrous?
Dylan is back at it, this time with his Mustang Cobra II that he got running last year for Fordfest in Bowling Green. This thing looks like you drug it out of a field this morning, which is a look we...
Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms Puts A 1939 Zephyr Bumper On The 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 4: This Isn’t Just A Bolt On Either!
Oct 29, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Customs 101: Bello’s Kustoms Puts A 1939 Zephyr Bumper On The 1936 Ford With A La Salle Grille – Part 4: This Isn’t Just A Bolt On Either!
Here’s Part 4 of the La Salle grille swap, where it gets a Lincoln Zephyr bumper, but if you missed Part 1-3 just use the link below to check it out too. This is one cool custom that the gang at...
1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!
Oct 29, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 1320Video Feature: This Volkswagen Bus is Faster than 99% of Cars on the Streets! Imagine What It Must Be Like Riding Up Front In This Thing!
Sometimes we forget that drag racing goes on all over the world, and that folks are ate up with it just as much as we are around here in some of those places. One such place is in the UK where Santa...
A Coyote Swapped VW Bus? Yeah, It’s Everything You Would Hope It Was And More! Check Out This Awesome Feature Video
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on A Coyote Swapped VW Bus? Yeah, It’s Everything You Would Hope It Was And More! Check Out This Awesome Feature Video
When John Henns, a lifelong VW guy, decided he wanted to build another VW Bus, he decided he wanted to do it differently. And he certainly accomplished that one! This thing is awesome, not only...
Will Demolition Ranch And Vice Grip Garage Save This ABANDONED El Camino With A Seized Engine So They Can Give It Away?- Will it RUN AND DRIVE? Or Will This One Need Too Much?
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Will Demolition Ranch And Vice Grip Garage Save This ABANDONED El Camino With A Seized Engine So They Can Give It Away?- Will it RUN AND DRIVE? Or Will This One Need Too Much?
If they are giving it away, it has to run right? I mean the gods are on their sides! Okay, so maybe the locked up engine is a problem. Are they going to pickle it to get it to move? Force it? Or just...
Ultimate Adventure 2023 With The Dirthead Shed! Watch Dave Take Us Through The Rest Of His Week Of Hell, I Mean Wheeling.
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ultimate Adventure 2023 With The Dirthead Shed! Watch Dave Take Us Through The Rest Of His Week Of Hell, I Mean Wheeling.
When Dave says he beat the hell out of himself and this truck on Ultimate Adventure 2023, he means it! This project is pretty cool, and we knew there would be some carnage, but this might be one of...
THE 400-HP QUESTION-4.6L 2V MOD FORD-ALL MOTOR VS SUPERCHARGED-WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR HP? BOTH?
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on THE 400-HP QUESTION-4.6L 2V MOD FORD-ALL MOTOR VS SUPERCHARGED-WHAT IS THE BEST ROUTE FOR HP? BOTH?
Looking for Mod Motor horsepower recipes? Want to make a lot more power with the one you have? Wonder which way to go on your own build? You aren’t alone, and that’s okay because Richard...
TIM CAMERON’S NEW BUGGY, 100 SHOT, DOMINATES SOUTHERN ROCK RACING SERIES FINALS 2023
Oct 28, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on TIM CAMERON’S NEW BUGGY, 100 SHOT, DOMINATES SOUTHERN ROCK RACING SERIES FINALS 2023
Tim Cameron is a bad bad man. When he decides he’s going to build an off-road buggy that climbs things even goats won’t try, he usually succeeds and does so with lots of flurry. This...
WASTED MONEY – 1956 Chevrolet 2 Door Conversion With Twin Turbos? DD Speed Shop Doing Burnout Things Because Burnouts Matter
Oct 27, 2023Chad ReynoldsComments Off on WASTED MONEY – 1956 Chevrolet 2 Door Conversion With Twin Turbos? DD Speed Shop Doing Burnout Things Because Burnouts Matter
With all the technology available to make real power, and on the cheap, it has never been easier to throw some cheap parts at your beater so it makes lots of big smoke. It’s funny, because...






