Category Archive: 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Project Cars, Angry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift 1320, Project Cars
Project Angry Grandpa: The Hemi Shootout At The NMCA Bluegrass Nationals
At the end of last year, I made a decision: Project Angry Grandpa, our in-house 2006 Chrysler 300C, was going to take an off year after three solid years of use and abuse. With over 50,000...
BangShift Project Files: A 1968 Chevrolet Camaro That’s Destined For Drag Week
Halfway through February, and we’re already starting to see the crop of Drag Week 2018 hopefuls getting their rears in gear and getting their projects sorted so that they can make the call when...
BangShift Project Files: What To Do With A Languishing Thunderbird…
The MN-12 Ford Thunderbird. It’s almost a forgotten car at this point…the few I see still running around are on their fourth or fifth owners or they are rotting behind a building...
BangShift Project Files: The Big-Block Mustang GT Is Being Small-Blocked! Don’t Worry Though, It’ll Still Rule!
One of the more potent cars in the Project forums is the 1983 Ford Mustang GT owned by James Pringle, better known as “BBR”. The nickname stands for his first project, a big-blocked Ford...
Project Malibuuhoo: The International Drag Week Malibu Ate The Engine – UPDATE: IT LIVES AGAIN!
Project Malibuuhoo, the Chevrolet Malibu that Christian Damgaard, Andy Warren, Ben Snodgrass, and Steve and Jacob Weigl have been thrashing on for Drag Week 2017, looked to be ready for tuning. The...
Project Malibuuhoo: Meet The Turbocharged Malibu That Will Run Drag Week 2017!
Andy Warren is many things: he’s a friend to BangShift, he’s a five-time NMCA Nostalgia Muscle Car champion (his 1971 Chevrolet Caprice is a dominant force in the class) and he’s a...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Second Round Of Work At BFNY Performance And Milan
When we last left our in-house project Chrysler action-wise, I had finished up running at ChallengerFest 8 and was pretty content with the performance of the big gold brick. It wasn’t running...
Project Weapon X Update: The Drag Week Project Thrash Advances – Big Progress!
(By Robert Willliams) – With my departure date for Power Tour set for tomorrow as I write this, the Weapon X project is still behind schedule, but ground is being made up. With the rearend...
Road Trippin’: A Quick Return To Watt’s Repair & Auto Salvage Means More Parts, More Photos, And Picking Up A Pick Up
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – I certainly I had not planned to go back to Watt’s Repair & Auto Salvage so quickly, but this past weekend I was being dragged back to that...
BangShift Adoption Services: This 1961 Ford Falcon Is In Need Of A Loving Home!
Whenever I get a text from Jensen Masters at Short Street Rod Shop, I know I’m gonna see some good stuff. From the moment I met the guy three years ago, he has had nothing but some of the most...
Project Angry Grandpa: The Final Race At ATCO – Did Grandpa Redeem Himself?
Let’s not sugarcoat how things were after the last Angry Grandpa update: after parts-bombing our Chrysler 300C with a healthy amount of go-fast goodies, the first trip out to the track proved...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our First Test With The New Setup At Beech Bend – How Close Are We To The 12-Second Goal?
You are damn skippy that I was going to take the new and improved Chrysler out to Beech Bend the first chance I got! After thrashing earlier in the week to give old Gramps a bit more get-up-and-go,...
260ci and 1,000hp – Automotive Specialties Has Built A Very Nasty E-Motor For Bonneville
Keith and Jeff Dorton from Automotive Specialties are known across the country and across the globe as two of the most serious, innovative, and all around bad assed engine guys alive in the world...
