Buford T Justice Hits the Strip Tomorrow – Guess the ET and Win a Shirt!
Posted in CHEVY April 27, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Tomorrow is a big day in the history of BangShift’s project Buford T Justice. Our 1987 Caprice 9C1 will be running down the quarter mile asphalt aisle at New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the first time. The car is 100% stock aside from the dual exhaust from the manifolds back. It has about [...]
BangShift Project: Introducing the $200 Hauler…A Tow Rig on a BangShift Budget!
Posted in CHEVY May 24, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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Although the economy is looking up, regular Joes like us are still hurting, and there are plenty of folks, like us, who just can’t afford a new tow rig. So, when the opportunity came for us to pick up a 2000 3/4 ton Suburban for $200 we jumped at it. With an LQ4 6 liter, [...]
Buford T Justice Hits the Chassis Dyno Today…Guess the Rear Wheel HP!
Posted in CHEVY May 7, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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So color us obsessed if you want, but after our 15-second stock drag romp with Buford a little more than a week ago, we were really interested in putting this car on a dyno to get a rear wheel hp number. Dave Nutting was foaming at the mouth to see it happen and after poo [...]
Project Buford T Justice Hits the Dyno and Goes KABLOOEY! CARNAGE VIDEO INSIDE!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice May 8, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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After we ran Buford T Justice at the strip and the 4,000lb tank shocked us with elapsed times in the 15-second range, we were immediately intrigued as to the actual power output of the 185,000 mile 350ci engine in the car. We were expecting far less in the performance department from the car and although it [...]
Buford T Justice Update: A Very Frustrating Day On The Dyno And How We’re Planning To Fix It
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice February 18, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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So first, I’ll lead with an apology. This update was supposed to run last week but a blizzard and a bunch of other stuff jumped up and caused the delay. With the amount of email, text, forum, and other messages I got from fans of the Buford T Justice 1987 9C1 Caprice I knew that [...]
Project Buford T Justice Hits the Strip with Some Pretty Shocking Results!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice May 1, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting/Words by Brian Lohnes) – When we asked BangShift nation to guess the ET that our 1987 Caprice 9C1 called Buford T Justice would run in the quarter mile, the guesses were all over the board. From guys who thought the thing would blow up before the finish line to those who [...]
Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice January 14, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the chassis dyno with a pile of parts in full attack mode to do a one day total make over [...]
Insane Project Introduction: The Chicken Coupe – The Yin To Buford T Justice’s Yang
Posted in CHEVY August 17, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Matt Graves and Jon Clark) – (Editor’s Note – We got some flack when we decided to call our Caprice “Buford T Justice” because Buford drove Pontiacs in the movies. We had an ace in the hole as you’ll find out when you read this piece. When both Buford and the [...]
Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice January 22, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp at the tires with ignition upgrades, a new intake, and a new carb. Returning home from the dyno, we [...]
Buford Update: We Flog The Suspension, Unveil a Mountain of Speed Parts, Spill Our Wild Drag Strip Plan
Posted in BangShift Projects October 25, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting and the author) – So last we left you, Buford T Justice had quit running on us twice during some mundane cruising action around town. The first time the car shut down we determined that the ignition coil had walked off the job. Enlisting the help of local pal Jon Wall [...]
Project Buford T Justice Our 1987 9C1 Caprice Hits The SCCA Autocross – Photos And Video!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice May 14, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting) – I spend lots of time telling you to get out there and do stuff with your car. Whether it be the drags, cruising, the road course, or autocrossing, I’m constantly harping on you to ditch the couch and burn some tire. Unlike other places that like to talk and talk [...]
Introducing Project Buford T Justice – Our 1987 9C1 Chevy Caprice – The Adventure Begins!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice March 14, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Just like the title says, this is the official introduction for the first real deal project car we have done here at BangShift. I am calling this 1987 9C1 Caprice, “Buford T Justice” in honor of the man who relentlessly chased the Bandit through all three films of the Smokey and the Bandit triology. All [...]
Project Buford T Justice Update: Drag Strip Thrash Squashed By Ma Nature – We Learn Stuff – Plan B!
Posted in BangShift Projects November 9, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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We had the parts, the car, the tools, and the rough plan. Mother Nature had the upper hand. A couple of Sundays back we left well before daylight broke with Buford T Justice on the trailer, heading for New England Dragway in Epping, NH for our parts install drag strip flog-a-palooza. We got the strip, [...]
Buford T Justice Update: A TCI 700R4 And Breakaway Torque Converter Get Our 9C1 Caprice Shifty!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice February 5, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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Last week I installed the cylinder heads, COMP lifters, rockers, pushrods,and LS lifter guides into Buford’s small block mill. While all that was nice, we still had a massive problem on our hands with the discovery of the huge crack in the bell housing of the TH350 that had been in the car since the [...]
Buford Update: Our 9C1 Caprice Gets Real With Mickey Thompson Tires and Cragar Wheels
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice October 17, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Dave Nutting and the author) – Last we left you, Project Buford T Justice was sitting on all four tires suspended by a complete Hotchkis Sport Suspension system and some hardcore solid steel AFCO bushings. While that was cool and all, we still had work to do and pieces to add to the [...]
Project Update: The Chicken Coupe Cadillac Gets A Revealing Roof Peel and The Work Mounts
Posted in OTHER October 24, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The Chicken Coupe Project Intro The Chicken Coupe Tear Down (Words and Photos by Matt Graves) - Meanwhile back at Chicken Coupe HQ… Last time we ripped out the pimp-tackular interior so we could get the trans tunnel work done. Next we are finished removing the rest of the interior and took the 2000lbs worth of [...]
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