Video Bonanza: Old Engines From the Gearhead Past
Posted in MISC February 9, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Engines are the life force of the gearhead world. We like to think about them in hot rods, trucks, and muscle cars, but there is a much broader scope that needs to be considered. Engines powered far more than cars in the days of old. Often factories would be powered by massive stationary engines used [...]
Cool Video: Watch A Blacksmith Make A Real Version Of Odd Job’s Hat From The James Bond Movies!
As I said earlier, Chad is long gone and hard to find this weekend so you know what I am doing? Whatever the hell I want.This bitchin’ video of a real life blacksmith creating a functional and (literally) killer version of the infamous Jame Bond henchman Odd Job’s hat is fantastic. We get to watch [...]
Cool Video: Brett Voelkel of Air Ride and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Hook Up To Hot Rod A CTS-V
Posted in MISC November 30, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Here’s a video that falls into the “how to make a good thing better” department. When our pal and OG BangShifter Brett Voelkel scooped up a used Cadillac CTS-V we knew that it would not be long before that car was tweak on, messed with, and otherwise hot rodded. Brett did not let us down, [...]
Bitchin’ Video: A Profile of the Bad Ass 1964 Mack B-61 From the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion!
Posted in MISC July 3, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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One of my favorite vehicles in the 2012 Holley NHRR car show was a beautiful 1964 Mack B-61 truck. When I saw that baby roll in and heard the distinctive sound of an old school Thermodyne engine, I hunted the truck and owner down and we talked Mack for a while. My love of old [...]
Watch the Most Hellaciously Bad Ass Brake Test on Earth – Incredible Forces at Work
Posted in MISC April 10, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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We saw lots of hot brakes and clamping forces at work during the 2012 Run to the Shore, but even the big binders on the pro touring cars have nothing on the stoppers air liners use. Hauling all that weight down to a stop in the amount of time you have before running off the [...]
Saturday Movie Day: The Famous “We’ll Have An Automobile Race” Scene From Two Lane Blacktop
Today, I am going to pick my favorite clips and scenes from my favorite car movies of all time, you probably dig these as well. I am leading off with a good one from the cult classic Two Lane Blacktop. This is the scene where Dennis Wilson and James Taylor scope out a drive in [...]
The Parting Shift: In Cab Aerobics Shifting a Twin Stick Kenworth
Posted in MISC February 18, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Truck driving is a tough job. There’s the need to be safe to rack up hundreds of thousands, and even millions of accident free miles, the pressures of living on the road, and the ever inflating price of fuel. One of the things that has advanced nicely is the truck itself. Todays rigs have comfort [...]
Stunning Promo Video: The 1,000-MPH Race Between a Jet and the Bloodhound LSR Car
Posted in MISC December 14, 2009 by Brian Lohnes
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This is one of the best promotional videos ever. It depicts England’s Bloodhound SSC versus a jet fighter plane in the race to 1,000 mph in video-game-like detail. The Bloodhound is being built by the team that broke the sound barrier on land, and they are very serious about hitting 1,000 mph on Earth. We [...]
Top Fuel Interview: Terry McMillan Talks About Making the Full NHRA Full Throttle Tour in 2011
Posted in MISC February 28, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Outside of the Lagana boys, our favorite Top Fuel pilot is Terry McMillan. He’s been sponsored by Amalie Oil for ages, has competed in Alcohol Funny Car and Top Fuel simultaneously in the past, and now will make the full NHRA Full Throttle tour in 2011. That’s a huge leap to make for both Terry [...]
Video: Jay Leno Checks Out the Hand Built Magnolia Special at his Big Dog Garage
Posted in MISC November 10, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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JT Nesbitt is a guy who defines what it means to be a BangShifter. After seeing a video on the Leno’s Garage website years ago, he decided to take up the challenge personally of building a sexy car that ran on compressed natural gas. He literally build this car, including the casting of his own [...]
Watch A Twin Engine Triumph Land Speed Bike Make Dyno Pulls – Awesome Noise From Two Triumph Engines!
Posted in ENGINES August 9, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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The bike you’ll see in the video below is currently on the way to Bonneville for Speed Week 2012. Built by Lowbrow Customs of Ohio, it features not one, but two Triumph engines. The guys at Lowbrow are calling the bike 1955 Triumph, but obviously extensive modifications have been made to the chassis to accommodate the two [...]
Coolest Video Ever: A German Dude Runs a 1970 Challenger At Full Tilt on the Autobahn
Posted in MISC April 23, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Holy friggin’ awesome. This video ranks in the top three of the coolest we’ve ever spied on YouTube. It’s in-car footage of a guy taking his very healthy 1970 Dodge Challenger out on the German Autobahn and twisting the 140-mph speedo right off the end of the scale! Between the sounds the car is making, [...]
The Parting Shift: Modified Production Bliss
Posted in MISC January 29, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Normally our parting shift items focus on in-car video, but this week we’re getting out of the car and listening to screaming exhaust notes from vintage NHRA Modified Production racers at the 1976 SportsNationals. Dave MacClelland is on the mic, and there are dry hopping, gear banging, hot rods running down the strip at Bowling [...]
Cool Video: 101 year old Margaret Dunning Still Cruises Her 1930 Packard!
Posted in MISC August 4, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Margaret Dunning is 101 years old, which is pretty damned impressive in itself. Add the fact that she still cruises her 1930 Packard, changes its oil and spark plugs as well as the other maintenance on the car and you’ve got one inspiring woman! The video was tipped to us by Norwegian BangShift member Blazerteam [...]
Video of the Week: LSX V-8 Motor Swapped Into a Subaru WRX!
Posted in MISC July 30, 2009 by Brian Lohnes
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Well, this is certainly a swap we never saw coming. This Subaru WRX, which formerly was sporting a flat four, is now packing some very healthy sounding GM LSX V8 motorvation. There’s nothing sleeper about this car. It’s loud as hell, but man, showing up to the import drags would be a bucket of fun! [...]
Amazing Video: Watch A Master Metal Worker Literally Hand Form A Rear Quarter Panel From A Flat Piece of Steel
Posted in MISC November 15, 2012 by Brian Lohnes
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There’s bad ass and then there is BAD ASS. Australian Peter Tommasini is a master level metal worker and gearhead who runs a restoration shop down under and his skills are in full display during this video where he turns a piece of sheet metal into the rear quarter panel of a rare version of [...]
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