Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Big Boxes Are Coming Out To Test! The Boost Doctor Turbo Caprice Is Ready To Go!
Jan 31, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
We all know here that a big GM can be made to dance with the proper amount of vitamins and minerals shoved underneath the hood. From Lohnes’ Buford through that LSA-powered beast we showed you...
Check Out The Story Of The Plymouth VIP And The Finns, Drag Week 2017’s Hard-Luck, Hard Fighting Team!
Jan 30, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
It’s always easy to remember the strangest thing you saw in any location. At Hot Rod’s Drag Week 2o17, that answer was easy: it was blue and was the biggest car racing. The 1967 Plymouth...
30 Years Back: Watch The 1988 NHRA Winternationals TV Broadcast Right Here
Jan 30, 2018Brian Lohnes4
About this time next week I’ll be heading to Pomona for the 2018 NHRA Winternationals, starting the 24-race (yes twenty four race) NHRA season. It’s a historic event and it is an awesome...
Morning Symphony: Big-Block El Camino Vs. Big-Block B-Body, Both On Spray
Jan 29, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Last I looked, it’s still winter for another two months. Two more months of questionable weather. Two more months of quiet race tracks around BangShift Mid-West. Two months of garage time in...
Quiet Riot 2.0: This Hemi-Headed Four-Eye Fox Mustang Is Ready To Hunt
Jan 24, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Quiet Riot 2.0: This Hemi-Headed Four-Eye Fox Mustang Is Ready To Hunt
If you squint at the front fenders, you’ll spot a tiny, easy-to-miss badge just behind the tire: “Hemi”. You might get a chuckle for a moment…there’s enough LS-powered...
Now That’s An Attention-Grabber: Watch This Pro Mod Camaro’s Engine Go Boom At Tulsa!
Jan 23, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
I’ll let you in on a little view of what it’s like being behind the camera on the Livestream, at least from my perspective. I work “deaf”…meaning, I always have...
Inside The Pressure Cooker: Ride Along With Stevie Fast During His Epic Final Round Staging Duel With Jonathan Gray
Jan 22, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Inside The Pressure Cooker: Ride Along With Stevie Fast During His Epic Final Round Staging Duel With Jonathan Gray
We’ve been showing you the Stevie Fast autobiography stuff this week but we’re switching gears a little today with this most recently posted video. You are going to ride along with...
730 Wheel Horsepower In A Minivan! This Honda Odyssey Took On YouTube Gearheads At The Half-Mile!
Jan 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
You might remember this Honda Odyssey…about a month ago, we ran a somewhat tongue-in-cheek video where a lawnmower engine was powering the people-mover. Yeah…that was a joke, and a good...
Wheels-Up Launches On Twenty-Twos: This Green Regal Has Torque!
Jan 22, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
I’ve been trying to wrap my brain around what is going on with this G-body Regal all day, and as I type this all I can come up with is, “torque and nitrous, every time.” The...
Morning Symphony: Test And Tune Action From Heathcote Raceway
Jan 21, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Test And Tune Action From Heathcote Raceway
There are two modes to winter: that brief moment when the snow is fresh, the holidays are upon us and you welcome a bit of bite in the air. Then, winter sours quickly as everything becomes a cold,...
Morning Symphony: A 1973 Olds Cutlass On A Mission
Jan 20, 2018Bryan McTaggart7
“Never race anything that you are afraid to push off of a cliff.” That bite of wisdom was given to me shortly after the only time I took my Dodge Mirada to an autocross and proceeded to...
It’s Moving…It’s Alive: The Frankenstein Monte Carlo Is Ready To Terrorize!
Jan 17, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
How do you do? Mr. Justin Malcom feels that it would be a little unkind to the competition to not provide just a word of friendly warning about the vehicle you are about to watch. We are about to...
Big Wheels, Big Power, Big Body: A Look Back At The “Kut Da Check” Chevrolet Caprice
Jan 16, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Building a monster out of a 1977-90 Chevrolet Caprice isn’t anything new. It seems like it, but it isn’t. Lohnes has had Buford T. Justice for six years now, and those in the know have...
Stevie Fast Video Autobiography Part 2: Jackson Tells Of His Trials and Tribulations In The Early 2000s
Jan 16, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Stevie Fast Video Autobiography Part 2: Jackson Tells Of His Trials and Tribulations In The Early 2000s
We’re back with part two of the Stevie Fast video autobiography and this one covers the years of 2001 through 2010. This time period was when Jackson really started to feel his oats and grow in...