Double Down: Watch This Naturally Aspirated Jeep Inline Six Make 395hp – Twice The Stock Rating!
Sep 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Double Down: Watch This Naturally Aspirated Jeep Inline Six Make 395hp – Twice The Stock Rating!
It’s one thing to build a hot rodded version of a cool engine. It’s another thing to combine all your skills as a fabricator, engineer, and engine builder to take a platform and double...
Godzilla Roars! Watch This 7.3L Ford V8 Make 789hp Naturally Aspirated As It Awaits A Blower
Sep 15, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Ok, this is really starting to get awesome. Brian Wolfe the legendary Ford engineer, drag racer, and blue oval horsepower maker has really started to stand on his 7.3L Godzilla development engine and...
2020 Performance Racing Industry Show Has Been Cancelled – Hard But Not Shocking News
Sep 15, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Perhaps this isn’t a headline that shocks anyone in the high performance aftermarket or racing world, but it still stings pretty hard nonetheless. Officials with PRI have announced that the...
Pace Car Indeed: Ride Along In This 1979 Ford Mustang IMSA Racer As It Rolls Around Mont Tremblant!
Sep 15, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Pace Car Indeed: Ride Along In This 1979 Ford Mustang IMSA Racer As It Rolls Around Mont Tremblant!
Nobody knew in 1979 that the Fox Mustang would cover over a generation of Ford’s pony car, nor that it would kickstart a horsepower revival that would carry on to present day. All the designers...
Morning Symphony: A Chrysler Valiant Charger E48 Unleashed At Targa Tasmania
Sep 14, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
It’s been a strange week around BangShift Mid-West, with a strong focus on six-cylinder vehicles that didn’t come from the U.S.A. I’m not complaining at all about it,...
203 Miles Per Hour With An RC Car? Kevin Talbot Is Building One Hell Of A Project, That’s For Sure!
Sep 13, 2020Chad Reynolds2
I’ve been into RC cars my whole life at some level or another, but there has never ever been a better time to have one. They are cheaper, faster, and more reliable than ever and there are way...
The 1980s, Summed Up In One Tandem Drift – C4 Corvette Versus A Big-Boy Cadillac!
Sep 13, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
One event that we have yet to check out in person is the Powercruise USA show up at Brainerd International Raceway in Michigan. If “Powercruise” sounds familiar, that’s because you...
Sign Up Now For Holley’s 2020 HEMI Engine Giveaway! You Can Win This Engine Package Worth Nearly $15,000!
Sep 12, 2020Chad Reynolds2
Sign Up Now Folks! You could win this awesome HEMI engine from Holley, that comes with a whole package of other cool parts you are going to need to swap it into your hot rod. We’re talking...
Morning Symphony: A De-Stroked BMW Mill With A Stratospheric Rev Limiter On A Hillclimb Is GOOD!
Sep 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: A De-Stroked BMW Mill With A Stratospheric Rev Limiter On A Hillclimb Is GOOD!
Having the biggest isn’t always the best idea…sometimes, less truly can be more. Take Naoum Oneissy’s BMW hillclimb car here. Nobody is going to knock the E30’s 2,200 pound...
That Sound Tho…. Listen To This Toyota 86 Packing 9,000RPM Worth Of Nissan V8 Engine
Sep 11, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on That Sound Tho…. Listen To This Toyota 86 Packing 9,000RPM Worth Of Nissan V8 Engine
When it comes to engine swaps, the main objective is always to make more power, right? In terms of this Toyota 86 Time Attack car, the idea was to make more horsepower and more torque than the...
Morning Symphony: The Hillclimbing DeTomaso Mangusta Filling The Hills With The Sound Of Ford Power
Sep 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
One of my favorite cars ever filmed by sound aficionado 19Bozzy92 is this DeTomaso Mangusta. One of 401 cars made by DeTomaso and one of only a handful left at all, it’s my favorite because...
Video: That Time The Trailer Park Boys Ran The Targa Newfoundland Rally
Sep 11, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: That Time The Trailer Park Boys Ran The Targa Newfoundland Rally
If you have never watched the television wonder known as The Trailer Park Boys, we feel bad for you. This show is hilarious, raunchy, wrong, and sidesplittingly funny. It is a Canadian export and the...
Progress On The Hagerty Straight Eight Build! The Cam, The Crank, and Plastic Pistons For The Win!
Sep 10, 2020Brian Lohnes2
We have been loyally following the Hagerty build of a classic Buick straight eight engine for a while now. Davin has been working his way through a variety of different issues and setbacks but has...
OPGI Video Bonanza: Here’s A Few Cool Product Videos Featuring Parts For Your Classic GM A-Body From OPGI
Sep 10, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on OPGI Video Bonanza: Here’s A Few Cool Product Videos Featuring Parts For Your Classic GM A-Body From OPGI
The team at OPGI has been cranking out great product videos for a while now and they profile a wide range of the products that the company offers. Today I picked out a few of the things I know my...