Video: Hot Rod Magazine's Vette Hack...The Full Story

Video: Hot Rod Magazine’s Vette Hack…The Full Story

Posted in OTHER October 5, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Weeks ago we gave you a preview of the fun and carnage we experienced while cutting a up a 1985 Corvette with the gang at Hot Rod Magazine. It was a riot like none other, and resulted in some really cool findings on how weight affects a car on the road course. We cut the [...]

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New Tech Series: Inside an A/Fuel Dragster

New Tech Series: Inside an A/Fuel Dragster

Posted in OTHER May 28, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Some of you may know that BangShift.com has joined forces with the A/Fuel Dragster team of Jeff Veale and Ethan Brown Motorsports. Those guys have been cool enough to school us on the ways on injected nitro. We’re now here to share that info with you as a multi-part tech series. BangShift.com will post a [...]

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It Came From the Fab Shop: Tools Even Better Than Hammers

It Came From the Fab Shop: Tools Even Better Than Hammers

Posted in OTHER May 11, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

If you’re anything like me, the first time you took a hammer to a piece of sheetmetal intending to make something out of it you were a little miffed at the result. On one hand you might have been impressed with the way you might get a useful part out of a straight sheet, on [...]

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It Came From the Fab Shop: The Speculative Disc-Brake Shield

It Came From the Fab Shop: The Speculative Disc-Brake Shield

Posted in OTHER March 20, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Many people are familiar with the term “spec house.” When a home builder has extra time or capacity they may, without an order on the books, speculatively construct a residence with the hope it will sell once it’s built. There is often a financial risk which subcontractors may share…all hope for a big win but [...]

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It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers

It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers

Posted in OTHER March 18, 2009  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

I do not work in a state-of-the-art, high-tech shop. I wouldn’t knock it, though, for the purpose of making just one or two of something there are actually only a few advantages to having sophisticated equipment. Even the most advanced manufacturing facilities often still keep a manually-operated Bridgeport or similar mill in the corner for [...]

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New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas

New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas

Posted in OTHER November 25, 2008  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

As a guy who can’t own a shiny car, it’s a little surprising that I snap photos of paint ideas everywhere I go. It’s the editor in me, wanting to share all these car-related thoughts with the world. Besides, it’s not like I can’t appreciate trick paint, it’s just that I can’t maintain it myself. [...]

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