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The Alfarrari Project: New Intake For The Ferrari Engine, Making Things Symmetrical, And A Better Hood Bulge.
The Alfarrari project is coming along great, but it needs some enhancements and Jeff wanted a different intake manifold and just found one. This intake is going to allow for more symmetry under the...
Finnegan Got His CSI On And Sherlock’d His Dead Big Block Chevy and Found Out Why It Broke!
Finnegan is back at it, in the garage and tearing stuff apart. This time it’s the 632 cubic inch Big Block Chevrolet that he broke. But what broke? Sometimes you tear up something so bad that...
CARBURETED M90 LS TEST-HOW TO: RUN A CARB ON A CHEAP M90 SUPERCHARGER! JUST CUT A HOLE IN THE TOP!
Richard has been testing these low buck M90 Superchargers like a mad man and has found the limits of their performance, along with simple ways to run them on just about anything. It’s awesome...
Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 4 – Honing The Block After Boring. You Can’t Make Power Without It! Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step
Here’s Part 4 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first three videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...
Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 3 – Boring The Block. Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!
Here’s Part 3 of the Facebook 5.3 LS build that Powell is doing. If you missed the first two videos in this build, use the link below to check them out too. We’ve talked about Powell...
DIRT CHEAP, EBAY, AMAZON, SLOPPY LS CAM TEST…SLOPPY STAGE 1 VS STAGE 1.5 VS STAGE 2 VS STAGE 3
It’s time for another LS Camshaft Test with Richard Holdener. No matter how many he tests, folks always want to see back to back to back testing of camshafts on one engine and that is exactly...
CHEAP 614-HP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER DUEL! SBE 4.8L VS SBE 5.3L-DOES MORE NA HP EQUAL MORE BOOSTED HP?
Richard has tested just about everything with the M90 supercharger and people have asked about the ultimate Stock Bottom End, SBE, LS test with one to find out if this sucker will make real power...
Stanceworks 1931 Ford Race Truck Revival! The scariest thing ever driven is BACK!
The Stanceworks Model A Ford is one scary beast and Mike has repeatedly said it is the scariest thing he’s ever driven. It’s also a fan favorite and one of the most obnoxious things you...
7700-RPM JUNKYARD 5.3L LS INTAKE TEST. HI RAM VS LOW RAM-WHICH HOLLEY LS INTAKE MAKES THE MOST HP?
So, you’ve got yourself a full race junkyard 5.3 and you make it into a 7,700 rpm screamer. What intake do you choose for it? I mean clearly the stock truck intake isn’t the right choice,...
HOW MUCH HP IS AN INTERCOOLER WORTH? CHEAP, JUNKYARD M90 BLOWER GETS A TICK PERFORMANCE INTERCOOLER.
To intercool or not to intercool, that is the question. For years folks have debated no intercooler, an intercooler, which kind of intercooler, etc. for their supercharged or turbocharged...
FULL DYNO RESULTS ON THE L78 396, OVERRATED AT 425 HP OR UNDERRATED AT 375 HP? WHAT DID IT MAKE?
Everyone always thinks that the engines of the muscle car era were the most powerful to ever come out of the big three. The truth is that newer engines make the same rated power, or more, with a much...
Facebook 5.3 LS Build: Part 1- 2. Line Honing And Decking! Powell Machine Builds A High Performance 5.3 Step By Step For You!
We’ve talked about Powell Machine’s videos here on BANGshift before, and I find them to be really informative and easy to follow. Now I’m a nut for engines, both naturally aspirated...
CHEAP JUNKYARD M90 MAKES OVER 600 HP! IS IT A WORLD RECORD FOR THE 3800 V6 M90? 5.3L + M90=600+ HP!
Richard Holdener has been playing around with a junkyard find M90 supercharger for the past few videos, making an adapter to connect it to a 4.8L LS and then modifying the 4.8 for more and more...
