Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Chuffing Freakshow: This Steam Powered Dragster Is Small, Quick, and Weirdly Awesome
Apr 29, 2020Brian Lohnes3
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 McTaggart2
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...
Video Proof That Awesomeness Has No Borders: Ride In A Finnish Built 1966 Dodge Dart Road Racer As It Burns Corners!
Apr 29, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Proof That Awesomeness Has No Borders: Ride In A Finnish Built 1966 Dodge Dart Road Racer As It Burns Corners!
Horsepower, thumping engines, lateral g-forces, the smell of burning rubber, hot brakes, and spent race fuel are all internationally recognized as being awesome. During a time when hot rodders around...
Ludicrous Speed Video: Ride In A Legit DN4 Can-Am Car At Road America – These Things Are MONSTERS!
Apr 28, 2020Brian Lohnes1
While the 1970s-spec film that exists around the famed Can-Am series if good, none of it really does a fantastic job of relaying the sheer brutality of the cars involved. These things were flyweight,...
Which LS Intake Manifold Is Right For You? Here Is The Biggest Intake Test In LS History. Check Out All The Testing Results
Apr 25, 2020Chad Reynolds2
Normal people can’t get a handful of intake manifolds and bolt them to their engine to test and see which one is best for their project. But if you could, you certainly would. And when Richard...
Here’s What It Really Takes To Put Together An Aftermarket Mustang Body
Apr 24, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Here’s What It Really Takes To Put Together An Aftermarket Mustang Body
With all the reproduction parts available for your favorite muscle cars and trucks, you can fix just about anything. But what about folks that are going crazy with a build or have something that is...
Bridge Tables and Cigarettes: How To Sell A Car To The 1973 American Buying Public
Apr 23, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The recent release of all these 1970s Chrysler sales training videos has been awesome to check out. This time we have a video that was released in 1972 to help salesmen get into gear about the 1973...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This 1976 Documentary About Mario Andretti Is Absolutely Awesome
Apr 23, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on QuarantinePiece Theater: This 1976 Documentary About Mario Andretti Is Absolutely Awesome
“Sometimes he tries too hard,” are the words said in about the only critical sentence this documentary has to offer. A 1976 film that follows Mario Andretti through various different...
Watch This 427FE Powered ‘Stang Destroy The Field At A Road Race
Apr 21, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This 427FE Powered ‘Stang Destroy The Field At A Road Race
The Mustang was an incredibly important car, not just for Ford but for the entire aftermarket performance industry…twice. In the 1960s it was a widely used platform for all kinds of racing...
The Race To Death: This Is The Twisted, Crazy, Macabre, and True Tale Of The 1903 Paris To Madrid Race Disaster
Apr 21, 2020Brian Lohnes1
It seems incredible by the standards of 2020, but the 1903 Paris to Madrid Race was such an incalculable calamity and had amassed such a loss of life that it was cancelled after the first day. In an...
QuarantinePiece Theater: The Entire 1971 Watkins Glen Can-Am Race Broadcast – Awesome Cars, Racing, and People!
Apr 21, 2020Brian Lohnes2
It is Friday. It isn’t but in Quarantine-ville it is Friday afternoon. Let’s be honest with each other. You don’t want to be at the home office any more. Leaving isn’t an...
Romping A Jaguar XJS Around During Targa Tasmania Has To Be A Riot! Listen To That V12 Sing!
Apr 21, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
They appeared at the end of the first gas crisis, had a transmission borrowed from GM (the TH400 automatic was used after 1977) and because of the funky buttress shape of the rear glass area, Germany...
Screaming Mimi: Watch And Listen To This 2.0L Vauxhall Four Banger Make 284 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno
Apr 20, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Screaming Mimi: Watch And Listen To This 2.0L Vauxhall Four Banger Make 284 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno
Normally when we showcase engine dyno videos here at BangShift, there’s big horsepower involved. Today the horsepower is more modest but the engine is really neat. This is not an engine that we...
The Mongrel Project Gets Paint!!! The Color Is On And Awesome Even If It Isn’t Perfect
Apr 18, 2020Chad Reynolds4
When Matt from Urchfab had issues with a body shop that was going to paint his Mongrel project, he was mad but ultimately got over it and decided to jump head first into the “paint your own...