Category Archive: ENGINES, MOPAR, Videos
Hemi Starion, Part Two: Making A Hole For The New Engine To Sit In!
One of the problems with cramming a large engine into a car that never came with one is that you have to re-engineer the whole car to make it fit. Think back to all of those rear-drive swapped...
Money No Object: 1970 Plymouth Superbird In Quad Black
So we recently welcomed AllCollectorCars.com into the BangShift.com sponsor fold a few days ago, and Chad suggested that I poke my head in and have a look-see, since I do a lot of Craigslist and eBay...
Get Your 1966-72 Chrysler B-body Moving With Modern Power! Holley Now Has Gen III Hemi Swap Kits!
From a Mopar fan’s perspective, it’s about time that someone started encouraging third-gen Hemi swaps. With nearly twenty years of 3G Hemi production (2003, folks) there’s a ton of...
More In-Depth 3rd Gen Hemi Details From Uncle Tony, With A Focus On The Camshaft
If you remember back a few years, we made it to 126,xxx miles on our 2006 Chrysler 300C’s stock 5.7 Hemi before we pulled it out and did an upper-end build on the engine. I was very intrigued...
Hellcat Hauler: Tell Me You Wouldn’t Swap A Third-Gen Hemi Into This 1992 Dodge D350!
With Holley unloading the swap kit program for 1972-1993 Dodge trucks, it was a given that I would be foaming at the mouth to try that plan out. Nothing against Angry Grandpa, but in the end...
Rest In Peace: The Dodge Caravan Is Dead. No, Really, Fourth Time’s The Charm!
It was the home run that Chrysler so badly needed after coming so close to death. The Omni was the proof that Chrysler really was going after smaller, efficient cars that gave the government the...
Rough Start: 1978 Dodge Magnum XE – The Last Gasp Of The Muscle Charger
Looking at the title, I’m sure that many of you quickly got that look on your face that precludes you diving into the comments section with, “What in the hell are you talking...
Rough Start: Go Big With A 1974 Dodge D-500 And Give The Old Farm Truck A Fair Shake
The Mopar itch is never too far from this soul, it seems. I might be up to the elbows in Ford products right now but there’s still a part of me that is dying inside for an older Chrysler ride...
Money No Object: The Period-Correct Pro Stock Dodge Challenger
With every barn I get invited to scope out, every garage I’m invited into, every story of “you gotta go check out what this guy has” that I hear, I always pray for a scene like...
Unhinged: The Dark Side Of Being A Mopar Fan Is Limiting Yourself
Uncle Tony recently put out a video that calls out the problems with being a Mopar fan in modern times. You can watch the video below, I recommend that you do, but I’ll give you the Cliff Notes...
Random Car Review: The Dodge Magnums of Mexico
Say “Dodge Magnum” in the United States and you get one of three ideas in your head: either the engine series (which are slightly tweaked versions of the 318ci V8 and the 360ci V8 that we...
Historical Footage: Henri Toivonen Running The RAC Rally In A Talbot Sunbeam
Henri Toivonen’s fame may lie as the man whose death signaled the death of Group B Rally when his Lancia Delta plunged over the side of a cliff at Corsica in 1986, but it wasn’t due to...
Classic YouTube: When The Boost Kicks In On This Wild Jeep SRT-8, The Red Mist Appears…Literally
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...
It’s Back! Just As Big, Just As Bold…The 440/4-speed 1976 Chrysler New Yorker Is For Sale!
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...