Beating Yourself Up: Is The Kia Stinger Doomed Due To Competition From…Itself?
Apr 30, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Kia Stinger and its hot GT variant are for sure significant cars of the 2010 decade. Kia, the company known for making downmarket cars lead a brand revitalization with the...
Project Isolation Restoration Part 4: Making Repairs And Improvements As We Wait For Parts To Show Up
Apr 30, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, Tech Stories, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories
After tearing down and inspecting our 1960s Tecumseh HH120 engine, it as time to assess what we needed for parts and pieces to get it all back together again and to perhaps figure out why the thing...
Classic YouTube: When The Boost Kicks In On This Wild Jeep SRT-8, The Red Mist Appears…Literally
Apr 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR
OST Dyno’s 2006 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is one sincerely wicked piece just sitting still. With drag radials on all four corners, a seriously pressurized 6.1-based 426ci third-gen Hemi under...
NHRA Rewind LIVE: Relive The 2019 NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals With Stevie Fast Jackson, Clay Millican, and Andrew Hines!
Apr 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
One of the things we have done a couple of times during this break from NHRA drag racing action is to make these NHRA Rewind LIVE shows. The first time it was members of the FOX Sports broadcast team...
Mark Williams Has Parts Ready For Action And Axles With A 10 Year Warranty – Seriously!
Apr 30, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, Sponsor News
Mark Williams has been a racer his whole life. That’s one of the reasons that his company is so bad ass. The guy understands the racer like few others in the industry and his leadership in that...
It’s Back! Just As Big, Just As Bold…The 440/4-speed 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Is For Sale!
Apr 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
This car makes the rounds every few years and every time I see it, I twitch, because this would shut up my Mopar freak show itch permanently…If I could ever afford the damn thing when...
The Starting Point Of Stealth: The History Of The “HAVE BLUE” Stealth Fighter Project
Apr 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
Growing up in the 1990s, it’s easy to think that the F-117A “Nighthawk” as being a modern take on what a fighter aircraft could be and would be. Truth be told, it wasn’t, not...
Get It Up There: Viagra Hill Attempts From The Busted Knuckle Vault!
Apr 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
Whoever decided to name the obstacle at Disney, Oklahoma “Viagra Hill” is one warped puppy. The obstacle, a rock wall with a water feature at the starting point, was for a long time...
Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: Getting The Wheel And Rack To Talk With Borgeson Parts!
Apr 30, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Projects, Raven Imperial, Sponsor News
On the positive side, I’m finally seeing light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to the SN-95 five-lug conversion of the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Ford Mustang Ghia. The rear axle is...
Is There Another High Performance Long Roof Cadillac In The Works? We Sure Think So!
Apr 29, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Cadillac CTS Sportwagon along with its mental supercharged V8 brother with a V badge, is a cool car and will remain that way for a while. But with the arrival of the new...
1320 Sponsor News, 1320 Videos, Apex Sponsor News, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Videos
More Shop Tips and Tricks From QA1: Quick and Easy Ways To Make Your Project Cooler and Wrenching More Fun
Apr 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, 1320 Videos, Apex Sponsor News, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, MISC, OTHER, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Videos
The last time we checked in with the crew at QA1 they were passing long helpful shop tips to help with your wrenching enterprises. That video was cool and successful so they’re back again with...
On The Farm and In The Shop: Catching Up With Matt Hagan and Scott Palmer
Apr 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 NHRA News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
As everyone and their brother has a different way that they are getting through this time of no racing it’s interesting to catch up with the people in the sport to see what they’re up to....
Chuffing Freakshow: This Steam Powered Dragster Is Small, Quick, and Weirdly Awesome
Apr 29, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
For starters, we know absolutely nothing about this car but we do know that we’re very interested by it. You are going to watch it run down a makeshift drag strip in the middle of nowhere and...
It’s Always A Gold Grand Marquis! Maybe Not On A Racetrack, But Still…
Apr 29, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX, FORD
You know how this goes…you’re cruising along a nice, winding backroad heading towards a decent little town. Sunny day, good temperature outside, perfect weather to go have a nice blast...
