Category Archive: Angry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects, MOPAR
Project Angry Grandpa: Helping The Old Man Breathe Better With A Spectre Cold Air Intake
Feb 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart6
In order for the 5.7 inside of our Chrysler 300C to make noise and tire smoke, the engine has to breathe, simple as that. We first started by letting it exhale better with the Magnaflow exhaust, and...
Project Angry Grandpa: We Take Our 300C To The NCM Motorsports Park For Some Exercise!
Feb 03, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
(Track photos of the car courtesy of JRP Photos) Testing a two-ton RWD car on a racetrack on a cold morning in late January sounds like the dumbest idea in the world. Tires won’t be up to...
BangShift Project Files: Hemi Joel’s 1932 Plymouth Is An Exercise In Having It All In One Package
Jan 09, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
“Hemi Joel” Nystrom is one of BangShift’s more well-heeled forum members. That’s not a dig at him either, as he is a through-and-through gearhead: as far as I am aware of, he...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our 300C Gets A New Fuel Tank – If You Have A Late-Model Hemi Mopar, You Might Want To Check This Out
Jan 08, 2015Bryan McTaggart9
At first I thought I managed to miss a shift with a manu-matic. Leaving a gas station a week ago, I had our project 300C in the “shift-it-youself” mode with the traction control off, ready to go...
Project Raven: Open-Heart Surgery, Part 1…We Open Up Our Imperial’s Engine
Jan 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart15
So the Imperial’s engine is out, separated from the without-a-doubt destroyed A904 automatic, and on the stand. With nothing to lose, I grabbed the tools and tore into the LA motor. There had...
Project Raven: Pulling The Weak Engine And Dead Trans From Our Imperial
Dec 14, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
It’s been three months since the Project Raven Imperial unceremoniously blew the transmission at Beech Bend, and it’s been just a touch longer since the engine put up some seriously...
Place Your Bets For A BangShift Shirt! Buford T Justice Is Hitting The Dyno With This Engine One Last Time – Guess The Power And Win
Dec 04, 2014Brian Lohnes122
That’s right kids, we’re tempting fate one last time with this whale of a car known as Buford T Justice before the current mongrel engine comes out for a creation that we’re going...
Project Raven: The Prelude To The Stage 2 Build
Oct 21, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
The last time the Project Raven Imperial was seen, it was limping home from Beech Bend with a transmission that was making a lot of odd and angry noises. Since then there has been a lot of...
Introducing Project Scamp: Kaleb Kelley’s 1973 Plymouth Scamp
Oct 03, 2014Chad Reynolds7
(Text and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) I was already excited to become a contributor to BangShift, but when Chad told me that my car could be added to the BangShift project cars I was ecstatic. In April...
Two Cars, One Strip: Projects Raven And Angry Grandpa Hit Beech Bend!
Sep 22, 2014Bryan McTaggart19
Summer is winding down and so is the action. As the air gets cooler and the first few leaves start to change color, I found myself restless: Brian and Chad are fresh off of the crazy train that was...
Project Raven: Ignorance Is Truly Bliss
Sep 06, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
It was destiny that a dyno was sitting at LS Fest. Ever since the 323ci motor was built, I have found myself wondering if the engine builder’s claim of 300hp at the crank was legit or not. The...
Bottom Dollar Blazer: Episode 8 – Rolling on the Rustoleum
Aug 26, 2014Craig Fitzgerald11
Hey, kids, it’s been a while since I’ve provided an update, but the Blazer project is coming along nicely. Using the techniques I picked up from Hot Rod, from the...
Project Raven: Interior Work, New(ish) Seats And More
Aug 26, 2014Bryan McTaggart11
If there is one thing the J-body Imperial did right, it was luxury. Forget the sad affairs under the hood and sit on those seats! Chrysler knew how to make a comfortable seat in the 1980’s....
Nut Driver: First Autocross After Driving School, But Was I Paying Attention In Class?
Aug 11, 2014Dave Nutting3
[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s daily driver 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] Before continuing on, if you want to catch up on the other installments click HERE. (Photos by Bryan...