The Parting Shift: How to Scare Your Wife With a Four Speed
Posted in MISC October 29, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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With Halloween just a couple days away we have the ultimate stick shift fright video. The driver of this blown Mustang decided that he was going to scare his wife and tape it. To say that she wasn’t pleased would be an incredible understatement, especially after hearing the last line she hurls at him. We’re [...]
Video: Hanging with Paul Romine and the Man o War Funny Car Crew at the California Hot Rod Reunion
Posted in ENGINES October 28, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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Along with sponsoring our live broadcast of the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion, Aeromotive Fuel Systems also helped three time IHRA Top Fuel Champion Paul Romine and the Man O War Nostalgia Funny Car team for the weekend. The BangShift crew was lucky enough to get a few moments to hang out with the crew [...]
Video Burnoutapalooza! ! ! ! ! ! ! Have the Aussies perfected the Burnout?
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 28, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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Burnouts rule. Let’s face it, if you are into cars, you like tire smoke. Granted, some of us enjoy blazing the tires more than others, but nothing stirs a crowd of car lovers up more than the sights, sounds, and smells of burnt rubber. And while many folks would like to think that hot rodding [...]
Cool Promo Video: Jon Lundberg Introduces Project 1320
Posted in MISC October 28, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Project 1320 is a bold effort to record the entire history of the sport of drag racing in serial documentary form, like Ken Burn’s Jazz or Baseball works. The work is being backed and supported by some of the greats in the annals of the sport including BangShifter Jon Lundberg, Dave McClelland, and hordes more. [...]
Nelson Racing unveils 2000 Horsepower Twin Turbo Supercar #004
Posted in ENGINES October 27, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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If 572 cubic inches of twin-turbo Big Block Chevrolet making 2000 horsepower doesn’t excite you, you should be checked for a pulse. And if having all that power stuffed into a sinister black 1969 Camaro seems wrong to you, you should probably think about being committed. Lucky Ben Abrams, the owner of Nelson Supercar #004, [...]
SEMA Sneak Peek Video of GM’s SEMA 2010 Display Vehicles
Posted in SHOWS & EVENTS October 27, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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GM has let us have a sneak peek at some of the cars and trucks debuting at SEMA 2010 in Las Vegas next week, and lucky for us it’s on video. BangShift.com will be at SEMA all week to bring you the latest and greatest from the Big Three and the aftermarket. Once we get [...]
Detroit Speed Open House this Weekend: Plus their Chevy II Test Car Video
Posted in MISC October 27, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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If you are going to be in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area this weekend, you are going to want to keep your Friday night open for the Detroit Speed Open House and BBQ. Just a hop, skip, and a jump away from Charlotte Motor Speedway and this weekend’s Good Guys Southeastern Nationals, Detroit Speed’s headquarters [...]
Video: The Winged Express pulls off its craziest burnout yet!
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 25, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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Wild Willie Borsch and his famed Winged Express Fuel Altered were always known for smokey, sidewall deflecting, sideways burnouts, so it’s only fitting that the legend continues today. At this years 19th NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, BangShift.com was lucky enough to bring the Winged Express and all its antics to you live. For those [...]
Video: Bill Caswell to Build Baja BMW at SEMA, We Help
Posted in MISC October 25, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Our rally pal Bill Caswell, of BMW jumping, crashing, and hooning fame will be at the 2010 SEMA show in the Miller booth. Caswell will be transforming a BMW into a Baja 1000 competition vehicle which he will race at the off road contest in November. Since we’re chummy, Bill invited us to give him [...]
The Parting Shift: Bangin’ Gears on the Bottle!
Posted in MISC October 22, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We got tipped off to this video of a guy running down the strip, pulling through the gears, and at the same time spraying it with nitrous, and found it pretty interesting. As you watch the video, pay close attention the driver’s thumb on the steering wheel mounted nitrous button. He’s on and off that [...]
Vintage Petty Video: A TV Ad For the 1972 Richard Petty Special Lawn Mower at Lowe’s
Posted in HISTORIC October 22, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Long before life and NASCAR got very complicated for Richard Petty, he was living the dream. Racking up wins and earning sums of money that few if any other drivers in the world of motorsports could match. Petty was a pitch man for STP and starting in the early 1970s he was working for Lowe’s, [...]
More Diesel Death Video: A Land Rover Smoke Machine
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We can’t help ourselves. After seeing the Toyota van run itself to death we kept on searching for videos and found one featuring a Land Rover that had just been started for the first time after a restoration. Let’s just say that the party was short lived as the engine immediately began to run out [...]
Not Green: A Runaway Toyota Diesel Dies In a Massive Cloud of Smoke
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The runaway diesel engine is an interesting thing. The condition can be brought on by a number of factors. In this case it was apparently caused by overfilling the engine with oil. With no throttle to vary engine speed and a motor literally consuming its own oil, death is imminent. This poor van’s engine most [...]
Video Update: Spectre Speedliner goes 415 mph at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout
Posted in Event Coverage October 21, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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A few weeks ago we posted this item, but now there’s some cool video (below) to see. Already the fastest Cadillac powered vehicle in history, the Spectre Speedliner just went 415.7 miles per hour at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout, presented by Loctite, at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Mike Cook Sr. and Jr. have been keeping [...]
CackleFest Video from the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion at AutoClub Famoso Raceway
Posted in CAR SHOWS October 21, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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If you saw our live broadcast of all the racing action at the 19th Annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Auto Club of Southern California, and Justice Brothers, you know that Nostalgia Drag Racing is alive and well. And while watching Top Fuel and Funny Cars run is an amazing blow to the [...]
Vintage Flopper Video Bonanza: 1980s Funny Car Racing From Englishtown and New England Dragway
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 20, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Dean Papadeas is a name that many avid drag racing fans don’t know but they should. Papadeas was the man who single-handedly changed the way that drag races were filmed and presented on television. He, through his Main Event Entertainment company, invented the swoopy camera moves, in your face techniques and frenetic editing cuts that [...]
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