Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, Apex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
Turbo Twin Tuesday: Yamaha Files For Patents On Turbocharged Engine Designs – 1980s Part 2?
Ok, for starters, let’s hope it is not the 1980s again because we’d loose loads of awesome technology and performance, but the question in the title is valid. Why? If you dig motorcycles...
RacingJunk: This Ford Is Rough And (Almost) Ready To Hook Up To The Sled Again – Just Add Power
Now this is BangShifty goodness! You are looking at a 1972 Ford truck that is set up to be a super stock class style pulling combatant. The truck has been beefed up in the suspension and frame, the...
Two Wheels And One Cylinder: Time Lapse Rebuild Of A Kawasaki KE100 Engine Is Awesome To Watch
The ring-a-ting-ting of a two stroke engine is really something that fires the synapses of any gearhead’s brain. It is the sound of fun, really. Go karts, dirt bikes, and weird homebuilt...
Buyer Beware Video: This Duster Looked Like A Good Buy…Until Tony DeFeo Actually Looked At It In Person
We’ve literally all been there. The car we wanted for (close to) the price we wanted to pay for it. It’s exciting and exhilarating to go and see this thing that’s been the object of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Really Need Power To Enjoy Driving?
I never owned a Dodge Ram 50, but I used one for one of my first paying jobs, well before I was legal to actually drive. It more or less looked like the pictured vehicle, though it wasn’t as...
The Good Old Days: Working In A Sulzer Plant Back In The 1930s
When Kevin Brown sent me the link to this video, I noted gigantic metal parts and instantly had to click. So what if the footage is in black-and-white, if there’s large-scale engines and...
Rough Start: The Boat-Tail Bomber! A Buick Riviera That Could Either Get It’s Old Engine Back, Or…
Ahhh, dammit, my weakness: cars that look like race car extras from any Dukes of Hazzard episode! Inappropriate vehicles give the semi-stock car look encourages violent driving in my book. It’s...
The Honda Trail 70 Revival: Can’t Run Well If It Can’t Get Any Fuel!
Welcome back to my latest obsession, the revival of this 1972 Honda CT-70 minibike. I’m all about this semi restoration project because I bombed around fire roads and trails in the Pacific...
WTF IS THAT: The Bad, Worse And Just Plain Disgusting Sides Of Maintaining Old Buses
The closest thing I have to compare working on buses made shortly after World War II, like the guy behind Bus Grease Monkey does on a regular basis, is Army motorpool work, where pretty much...
The V8 Lada Swap: The Russian Freakshow Is Now A Twin-Stick!
The last time we saw this Lada, the one that has had a V8 engine from a ZiL work truck dumped into the engine bay, we got to see torque on display, and not much else. The 7.0L engine is not a rev...
Build, Break, Now Repair: Fixing Problems In A 1955 Chevy With Hoonigan (And Daughter!)
It’s been a minute since the infamous race at the Winternationals between Jon Chase and Mike Finnegan. Both sides had serious problems with their 1955 Chevrolets, but ultimately it was Chase...
BangShift Test Drive: 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye: It’s Overkill! Glorious Overkill!
I own a Chrysler 300C, which is the equivalent of a Dodge Challenger R/T. The 5.7L Hemi makes decent power and the right noises, and gets the job done. Or does it? Maybe not. You can step down to the...
Monday Shopper: Keep Your Numbers-Matching Ride, This Gen III Hemi-Powered 1971 Dodge Challenger R/T Suits Us Fine!
Statement of fact: Chrysler E-bodies are expensive with a capital “F”. Want to pay less than ten grand? Hope you aren’t scared of rust and have literally everything other than a...
