Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, MOPAR, Project Power Laggin', Tech Stories, XL Project Trucks
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Prepping Our Junkyard Magnum 360 For Swap Day!
Jun 16, 2022Tony Sestito4
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
The Charger: New Shoes, New Attitude, And The First Trip Onto The Strip
May 05, 2022Bryan McTaggart7
It’s pushing close to the one-year anniversary of the day I decided that a 1976 Dodge Charger was going to become my long-term project car, and judging by the relative lack of posts about the...
FINNEGAN’S FIRST DRIVE: THE TURBO 2JZ-SWAPPED CHARGER IS FIRE!!!! THEY DID IT.
Apr 25, 2022Chad Reynolds1
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or reliable....
Finnegan’s Garage: FINALLY FIXING THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST 2JZ-SWAPPED DODGE CHARGER!!!
Apr 20, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Finnegan’s Garage: FINALLY FIXING THE WORLD’S DEADLIEST 2JZ-SWAPPED DODGE CHARGER!!!
Finnegan’s Death Metal Charger is arguably the scariest car that he and Newbern have in the fleet of fun. It is cool as hell, but it certainly isn’t easy to drive, comfortable, or...
Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 2 – Remove “Simple” From The Vocabulary
Apr 10, 2022Bryan McTaggart1
Ed. note: This is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series. Click here if you missed the first chapter in this series! We had the Plymouth dragged to my house. We had...
Are You Poor But Want A Classic Car? The Hot Rod Hoarder Says This Is The PERFECT Entry-Level Classic Car that ANYONE Can Afford
Mar 27, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Are You Poor But Want A Classic Car? The Hot Rod Hoarder Says This Is The PERFECT Entry-Level Classic Car that ANYONE Can Afford
I’ve collected several old cars over the years and while they never all run at the same time, I do enjoy having them. But it is not at all unusual for people to ask me how they can get into the...
Unhinged: Reviving A Fury Sport, Part 1 – Acquiring Another Land Barge Mopar
Mar 25, 2022Bryan McTaggart3
Ed. note: this is your language warning. I’m going to have fun with this series. In 2009, Brian Lohnes dubbed me “The Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes” after he started...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Let’s Go Engine Shopping At The Local Junkyard!
Mar 16, 2022Tony Sestito3
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Is It Scrap Or Salvage For Our Broken Chrysler 318 V8?
Jan 19, 2022Tony Sestito8
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Checking In After Our MSD Atomic EFI 2 Swap!
Dec 06, 2021Tony Sestito1
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Wrapping Up The Install Of Our MSD Atomic EFI 2 System!
Oct 12, 2021Tony Sestito4
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Updating Our Ignition With Holley HyperSpark Components!
Sep 14, 2021Tony SestitoComments Off on BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Updating Our Ignition With Holley HyperSpark Components!
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
BangShift Project Power Laggin’ Update: Installing A Weiand Stealth Intake On The Ol’ 318!
Aug 22, 2021Tony Sestito3
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 from a derelict roadside attraction to...
The Charger – Electrical Chasing And Fuel Tank Modifications
Aug 19, 2021Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Charger – Electrical Chasing And Fuel Tank Modifications
A few months into owning the final project car, and wouldn’t you know it, it’s been in the garage for a good part of it. Yeah, yeah, line your jokes up. Nothing too major, but let’s...






