Category Archive: BangShift Projects, Raven Imperial
Raven Imperial: Cleanup And Early Wiring Work, Because Masochism Is Easy
With the 360 sitting at a machine shop waiting in line to get it’s camshaft bearings installed, there was absolutely no reason to not get to work on the other sections of the 1983 Imperial...
Unhinged: There’s Always A First Time For Everything, And You’re About To See A Lot Of “Firsts”…
The tone of voice that came through the phone was absolutely incredulous. “You’re telling me you’ve never rebuilt a carb before?!” Chad couldn’t believe his ears, but...
The 2017 Summary From BS Mid-West: Where Do Our Project Cars Stand?
It’s about time to start taking stock in what we’ve managed to accomplish this year with the project cars in the stable here in Kentucky. This year has been…well, I guess you could...
Project Raven Imperial: We Have A Powertrain! Now, If It Will Just Quit Fighting Us…
Finally, after years of issues, our project 1983 Imperial has some good news: there is an engine and transmission waiting to be put into the engine bay! Given the luck the Imperial has had with...
Project Raven Imperial: A Re-Assessment Of Sorts For Our J-body
It’s been over a year since we’ve done anything with Project Raven, the 1983 Imperial coupe that I’ve had for five years now. The last update wasn’t good news: after taking a...
Project Raven: We Assess The Health Of Our 400 Chrysler Big Block With The Help Of Knieriem Racing Engines
It’s been a little less than a year since our last substantial update involving Project Raven, our 1983 Imperial coupe, and we wish we could say we’ve been doing tons of work on the big...
2015 Year In Review: We Take A Look At Our Two In-House Mopar Projects And The Progress…And Lack Thereof…We Have Made!
The sun is setting on 2015, and what a year it has been. From the moment the weather hinted at warming up…and the second Lohnes finally dug himself out of ass-deep snow…we have been...
Unhinged: How R&R Can Get You Back Into Gear In Ways You’d Never Expect
Have you ever gotten to a point with your project that it seems that you’re running around in circles? You want to work on something, so you walk out to the car. Let’s see…I could...
Project Raven: We Tear Into The Big-Block And Learn That All Is Not Well
After dragging home the $400 400ci Chrysler big-block for our 1983 Imperial, we knew without a doubt that we were in for a big engine build…not the blower-and-power type of big build, but the...
Project Raven: Things Just Got Serious – Our Imperial Is Getting A Big-Block Swap!
Project Raven, our 1983 Imperial coupe, has had a nice winter slumber. A combination of winter weather, holiday season fun and anger at what was found when the 323ci V8 was disassembled combined to...
Project Raven: Open-Heart Surgery, Part 1…We Open Up Our Imperial’s Engine
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
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...
Project Raven: The Prelude To The Stage 2 Build
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...
