Category Archive: 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift Projects, CHEVY, ENGINE, ENGINES, JUNKYARDS, Tech Stories, Videos
He Won The Race But Broke The Hemi. Finnegan Digs Into Blasphemi Again To Find Out Just How Bad The Damage Is.
Finnegan is digging into the Hemi in Blasphemi again because despite winning two drag and drives this year he has also racked up some new carnage in the form of a broken rod in the hemi. This combo...
Get Shafted: How to Measure, Order, and Install a Driveshaft Without Screwing It Up
Get Shafted Like a Pro: The Ultimate Driveshaft Guide for Custom Builds There’s only a few things that most at-home mechanics can’t or won’t tackle. For some it’s paint and...
The Charger, Part 12: Fit-Testing, Installing The Holley Mid-Mount Accessory Drive Kit, And Other Projects
Now that the Charger’s engine bay has been prettied up, thanks to the power of spray paint from the local auto parts store, time for lingering is up. I’ve scrubbed the Hemi down. I have...
The Charger, Part 11: Preparing The Nest For The New Arrival
It has been eight months since I last wrote about the ’76 Charger, and last time, the news wasn’t that great. After two stops on Power Tour 2024, the 360 in the car, the original block to...
The “Budget Bel Air” Build: How Cheap Can We Build A 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air For Cruising Fun?
The first step with any build is simple: determine what you want to build! If you’re a real Gearhead, that list is hundred’s if not thousand’s of cars long. Even within a specific...
Brent at Halfass Kustoms Is Building a 1951 Ford Rat Rod. And He’s Doing It With A Zero Dollar Budget! Can He Pull It Off?
We love Brent’s drive and determination, but it may be his resourcefulness and creativity with used parts that impresses me most. I remember when I first started watching his channel, and he...
The Charger, Part 10: Power Tour Killed The 360. But Fate Stepped In…
June 11th, 2024. That’s the day that the 360 in the ’76 Charger failed. You could’ve boiled an egg on my head, I was so pissed off. I had been thrashing on the car for half a year...
Unhinged: Power Tour 2024, From The Eyes Of A First-Timer
I remember seeing the call-out in Hot Rod magazine: how would you like to take your street machine, 4×4, whatever you’ve got that’s cool, and join the magazine staff on a trip from...
The Charger, Part 9: Shoving A Tremec TKX Where It Truly Belongs
Every six months, it seems, it’s time to provide an update to you, the BangShift reader, on the status of my ’76 Dodge Charger. Let’s be honest: in the entire duration of my...
The Charger, Part 8: Fixing Gauges Once And For All With Classic Instruments
In our last update on my Charger, I had just dragged my heat-soaked hind end from a 1,500-plus mile roadtrip to the Chrysler Carlisle Nats and back home again, with not one hint of trouble from our...
Unhinged: The Charger’s First Major Roadtrip And The Chryslers At Carlisle Experience
In between BangShift Mid-West to the Carlisle Fairgrounds sits 685 miles of open highway. In any modern car, that’s a cakewalk. If you were driving, say, a 1993 Dodge Daytona IROC, you’d...
The Charger, Part 7: The Carlisle Crunch And Death By A Thousand Bushings
It’s been one year since the last update on my ’76 Dodge Charger. And I couldn’t be happier about that, because it means one thing: it lives. Compared to the fun I had with the...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Entering Our OId Rig Into A Car Show? That’s Right!
(Cover Photo Credit: Wayne Deslauriers) Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it...
