Category Archive: 1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, CRASH & BURN, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Flaming Wreckage: Watch Brandon Pesz and Dustin Nesloney Get Into A Spectacular Pro Mod Pile Up At The Gators

As bad as this looks, and it is bad, both people involved walked away. Brandon Pesz and Dustin Nesloney were driving hard to try and qualify for the shoe leather tough Pro Mod field at the 2021...

It’s Day 4 Of The Finnegan C10 Thrash, They Are Confident, And That Is A Bad Sign.

The boys are confident they are going to make it and that scares me. Whenever you set an arbitrary deadline and then start getting close and deliriously think that you are on track to make it all...

B-47 Stratojet: The Birth Of The Modern Jet. Bonus, We Know Someone Who Flew O

Dude, this thing is rad! Okay, when we say we knew someone who flew one, we mean that Scott Liggett, who wrote this piece did. His dad of all people, flew one of these sexy beasts. We know how much...

Building Blocks: Watch The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Short Block Come Together Nicely In This Video

This build is going as smooth as the Cadillac it will power is going to ride down the boulevard. Yesterday we showed you the block being painted and the crank being installed among a few other...

6.7L Of LS To Go! Watch This Katech Built Endurance Racing Engine Get Tortured On The Dyno

As we all know, the LS engine has permeated itself into virtually every type of motorsport imaginable. They are also being built at every level of hot rodding, from junkyard rattle car rebuilds all...

Engine Build Update: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets The Block Painted, Bearings and Crank Installed!

The Hagerty Cadillac 365 build is coming along nicely. In fact, the whole thing is kind of glided along like the Cadillac it’s going to be installed in will, once the job is done. The block...

The Mazda MX-6 Was A Ford Probe By Any Other Name – A Moderately Odd 1990s “Sporty Car”

Back in the late 1990s I worked as a camp counselor for a summer. A girl who lived in my town also worked there so we’d car pool out with a few other kids. At the time I had a 3rd Gen Camaro...

Wrecking Yard Wonders: This Engine Masters Video Shows Off Some Of Their Prime Junkyard Based Builds

There’s a magic to making a junkyard engine a powerhouse. Taking something abandoned, forlorn, and destined to be smelted into a puddle and giving it a vibrant second life. This video...

Autopsy Of A Dyno Mule: Real St Performance Tears Down A Stock Block and Crank 1,850hp 2JZ To Check Its Guts

Engines tell us things when we take them apart after they’re used, right? We look to see how things are wearing, what stuff is wearing and shouldn’t and what we can do better the next...

Watch The 1993 NHRA Gatornationals – Big Speed, Wild Runs, Awesome History

The world of NHRA drag racing is buzzing this week as professional teams have hit the road to go testing in Florida in anticipation of the opening event of the Camping World season at Gainesville...

Playing With Blocks: This Update On The Hagerty Cadillac Build Concentrates on Block Machining, Piston and Rod Assembly, More

The Hagerty Cadillac 365 engine project that we’ve ben following has been updated! This video is all about measuring, boring, and preparing the important basics of any engine for a long life....

Zen Video: Watch A Bentley W12 Get Built With Only The Sounds Of The Factory and Tools – An Engine Nature Film!

The Bentley W12 is an awesome engine. 626hp at 6,000 RPM and torque, quite literally to match at 665 lb-ft. This video shows one of these beastly things being assembled and the coolest part is that...

Fun Stuff: Relive The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals With Ron Capps, JR Todd, and Lohnes – Good Times!

The 1992 NHRA Gatornationals is one of the most awesome races of all time. The top fuel field kept setting records, Kenny Bernstein went 301 mph, and the action in all the classes was hot and heavy....

Rock Party: This Footage From The Unsanctioned Thursday Night Backdoor Shootout at KoH Is Awesome

This is totally awesome. When King of The Hammers organizers and route planners moved the 2021 competition away from the awesome obstacle known as “Backdoor” enthusiasts, fans, and...