Category Archive: 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Fun Video: This Time Lapse Of A DSR Top Fuel Hemi Getting Fully Serviced Rules
Oct 18, 2018Brian Lohnes1
This is a great video. Hagerty has done a series of time lapse engine rebuilds that we’ve loved. There have been small blocks, VW engines, and other iconic power plants but this one takes the...
This Ranger Gets Down The Strip With A Duratec 2.3L Four Making The Power!
Oct 17, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
The old 2.3L “Lima” four-cylinder engine, when turbocharged properly, are eye-opening little monsters that can take stunning amounts of boost and stay together under pressure....
Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...
There’s Hope For Any Car When A Ford Taurus Needs A Parachute At A Drag Strip
Oct 16, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Years ago, Brian Lohnes gave me a title in the Forums: “the Patron Saint of Automotive Lost Causes”. You can’t blame him…ask anyone here if you don’t know about my thing...
Little Demon: Happiness Is A Supercharged Pontiac Solstice GXP
Oct 15, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
Now here’s a car we don’t think about often, the Pontiac Solstice. The little Kappa sports car that was one of the final hits from the Excitement Division before Pontiac caught the wrong...
You Want To See Some Suspension Move? Watch This Trophy Truck Video On Some Insane Whoops!
Oct 14, 2018Chad Reynolds3
We can guarantee that if this trophy truck was to stop right after hauling ass across these whoops, you couldn’t touch the shock bodies. We’re talking massive heat from massive rate of...
Winter Is Coming, So Here’s Some Snow And Ice Fun To Watch…Police Included!
Oct 14, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Have you noticed a chill in the air yet? Here at BangShift Mid-West, we sure have. Apparently we’re skipping that pleasant, still-kinda-warm Autumn weather and in it’s place, we’re...
Quick Clip: Grandpa’s Mercury Has Got A Brand New Bag!
Oct 14, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Quick Clip: Grandpa’s Mercury Has Got A Brand New Bag!
If we had cash that we could burn like there was no tomorrow, believe me, the BangShift garages would be even more wild than they are now. For every car we have going, there’s a hundred...
Morning Symphony: Putting The “Muscle” Back Into Muscle Car With This AMC Javelin Puller!
Oct 14, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Putting The “Muscle” Back Into Muscle Car With This AMC Javelin Puller!
Muscle car. The name lends itself nicely to the ear and invokes images that many look back on in wistful nostalgia. Cars that were so hairy, so loaded with power that you had to have bravado by the...
Morning Symphony: Light A Fire Under Your Butt And Get Going!
Oct 13, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Light A Fire Under Your Butt And Get Going!
I am the world’s worst about getting out of bed when it’s time to wake up. Doesn’t matter what time the alarm is set, doesn’t matter what I’ve got planned to get done...
The Ultimate Power Move: Formula Offroad Water Skimming Is Brilliant!
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
A simple lesson: deep water plus a four-cycle engine equals bad time and lots of money lost. It’s called hydrolocking and it’s calling card is a bent connecting rod or other major...
Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966
Oct 12, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966
It rises west of Manitou Springs and climbs into the heavens. When you stand on the summit on a clear day, you can see five states’ worth of land and if you look carefully, some of the...
Incredible Video: Watch A Guy Survive A Street Racing Wreck And Climb Out Of A Decimated Mustang
Oct 11, 2018Brian Lohnes29
This is by far the most improbable, incredible, and utterly stupefying video we have ever showed you here on BangShift. The scene is simple. A dewy night down south where a pair of Mustangs have...
How It Should Be: A C1 Corvette Gasser That Anyone Should Be Proud To Own
Oct 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Work backwards in the Corvette lineage for a moment. The current generation is technologically advanced, surgical on a track and can knock down 30-ish MPG if you keep your foot out of it. The C6 had...