Driveway Tech: Bodywork on Buford T Justice – We Close Our Roof Hole For Fun and (NO) Profit!
Posted in Buford - 9C1 Caprice April 16, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Few jobs will give you the self-satisfaction of repairing the outside of your hot rod, project, or racer. Yes, screwing together a fire breathing engine will give you levels of joy that will make you want to crush Busch Light cans on your face, but making the thing look better by mending sheet metal is [...]
Best of BangShift: Blizzard Preparedness- Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!
Posted in OTHER February 8, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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While weiner, clean-handed automotive bloggers were preparing breathless items about the new Kia Rio, sipping a Mochachino and working up a semi to Ken Block videos, we were laying in the snow, snorting exhaust from a 1970s era John Deere snowmobile that hadn’t run in two years. Earlier this week, word spread that a massive [...]
Tech: How to Swap a Junkyard Hyrdoboost on Your Classic GM Muscle Car or Truck
Posted in OTHER April 25, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – In this episode, we’ll show you how stupid easy it is to take a $30 junkyard hydroboost and transplant it into your classic Chevy’s brake setup. What the hell is hydroboost? Simply put, it’s using hydraulic pressure from the power steering pump as a power assist for the [...]
Video: We Test Snow Tires At Miller Motorsports Park With NITTO! Pants Mandatory.
Posted in FUNNY STUFF March 4, 2013 by Chad Reynolds
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Last week when I left town for Salt Lake City to attend the Nitto Winter Ride N Drive media event, I was wearing my typical Dickies shorts, flip flops and a BangShift.com shirt. I had an extra change of clothes, toiletries, and my helmet along with my camera and laptop. And… I wasn’t really expecting [...]
$200 Hauler Project Update: Our 2000 Suburban Gets Wrapped! 24 Hour Makeover
Posted in OTHER July 18, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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Vinyl wraps on vehicles are nothing new. Every plumber, Vegas taxi cab, and city bus has got something, or someone, in vinyl down their sides. And when we repaired the quarter panel on our $200 Hauler project we knew we would have to paint it or “something”. Well that something turned out to be a [...]
$200 Hauler Project Update: Oh What A Difference Some LMC Truck Billet, Grille, and Lower Valance Make!
Posted in OTHER August 8, 2012 by Chad Reynolds
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When we first started the $200 Hauler Project, we knew right away that the mildly bashed grille and completely tweaked rear bumper were going to have to go. We also knew that LMC Truck was the place for parts. Nobody has a better selection of stock replacement and custom parts for your Big Three truck, [...]
Brake Tech From Baer: How To Properly Season Your Rotors and Bed Your Brake Pads
Posted in OTHER December 17, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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High performance brakes are a great upgrade to your street machine, pro touring style car, autocross warrior, or even your daily driver. Most of us start building horsepower before setting the proper foundation to get it all dragged to a halt, which is doing it wrong. Starting from the ground up with products from a [...]
BangShift Quick Tech Tip: Chassis and Body Grounds. They Are Your Electrical Friends.
Posted in OTHER February 5, 2013 by Chad Reynolds
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Our pal Todd Ryden, sent us this quick tech tip last week, along with a great new kit from Painless Performance that gives you all the grounds and fasteners you need to make sure your car or truck has the proper ground connections that are required with all the electronics on your ride. And don’t [...]
Driveway Tech: Patching Your Rotted Floors – A First Hand Account From A Welding Newbie
Posted in OTHER December 20, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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At some point or another, we all have to take the next step in our skill set while working on our junk heaps. It’s either that, or we continue paying others to do certain repairs and upgrades for us. For us, the next step was learning how to weld. The reason was more for rust [...]
Quick Tech: How To Use Steel Braided Hose As A Tool To Remove Burrs From Cut Pipe
Posted in OTHER January 23, 2013 by Brian Lohnes
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(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – Those who work on cars for a living often find time saving ways of getting the job faster and easier. Our friend, Yannick Sire of Sire Custom Performance, is no different. He’s been building and racing cars for twenty years. While we were hanging out at his shop [...]
Tech Gallery: A Detailed Look at How a 25.5 Cage Goes into a 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang
Posted in Gallery February 6, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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(Photos by Jon Sandahl) – With lots of Ford Mustang Cobra Jet racers pushing their cars to speeds and elapsed times no one would have thought about just a couple years ago, the factory installed roll cages are becoming obsolete . Guys looking to upgrade their cars have been going the route of installing SFI [...]
BangShift Quick Tech: How to install window seals in your muscle car
Posted in OTHER August 2, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Sometimes it’s the little things can be intimidating when building your hot rod, and window seals and weather stripping seem to be one of those projects that people dread. The truth is they are pretty easy, and a perfect Quick Tech project for you to concour on a Saturday morning. In this BangShift Quick Tech [...]
Wheel Tech: The Science and Specifications Behind a Top Fuel/Funny Car Drive Wheel From The Guys at Weld Racing
Posted in OTHER February 13, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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Of all the parts that take incredible abuse on a Top Fuel Dragster or Nitro Funny Car, the drive wheels are right there at the top of the list. In the blink of an eye they go from being at rest to having the full fury of the 8,000hp motor forced upon them and then [...]
New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas
Posted in OTHER November 25, 2008 by Chad Reynolds
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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. [...]
It Came from the Fab Shop: Homemade Wheel Spacers
Posted in OTHER March 18, 2009 by Brian Lohnes
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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 [...]
It Came From the Fab Shop: The Speculative Disc-Brake Shield
Posted in OTHER March 20, 2009 by Brian Lohnes
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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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