That’s Different: This Toyota 86 And It’s Supercharged 2JZ Hit Summernats 33 Like A Bomb!
Jan 13, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
One of the best known Japanese-based speed combinations is rooted around the Toyota 2JZ inline-six from the 1990s. You boost the thing to the moon and make sure that the head is tied down enough so...
Rough Start: 1985 Toyota Supra – Upgraded Engine, Manual Trans, Classic Looks
Jan 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
I’m all about balance in life. I want something sweet for breakfast and savory for dinner. I want loud rock music first thing in the morning and some easier listening electro kind of stuff on...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Next Expensive Auction Car?
Jan 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart15
The 1967 Ford Mustang GT 390 that was in hiding for decades, the car that was the subject of mythos and legend for years, and only appeared just a couple of years ago for the 50th anniversary of the...
The Original Bullit Mustang Sells For $3.4 Million Dollars! Watch It Go Across The Auction Block Here.
Jan 12, 2020Chad Reynolds1
There is no doubt that every car guy on earth has seen Bullit and thought “I can totally do that!” Well you might very well be able to pull it off if you had the original Bullit Mustang...
Want To Go Nostalgia Drag Racing? Buy The Man-O-War Nitro Funny Car For Only $38,000
Jan 12, 2020Chad Reynolds2
Actually you can probably get it cheaper than that! They are asking $38,500 for this beast that set the world on its ear when Paul Romine brought it out for NHRA’s Heritage Series and the March...
The Latest Project From Urchfab Has Only Two Wheels. Can This One Be As Much Fun As A 4-Wheeled Monster?
Jan 12, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Latest Project From Urchfab Has Only Two Wheels. Can This One Be As Much Fun As A 4-Wheeled Monster?
I’ve been wanting to put together an old small to medium sized motorcycle for some time. Something like a Honday CB350 or CB550, would be fun as hell to cruise around town on, and I have...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: E-Scooters Are Dangerous? No…
Jan 12, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
Welcome to 2020! Another year of mayhem lies before us, but before we get to the fun of cars, fuel, racing, and wrenching, we have to get through the sloppy mess that is early January weather....
The 2020 Dakar Rally Is On And Man Is It A Beast! Saudi Arabia, And It’s Crazy Variety Of Terrain And Sand, Is Home To This Historic Spectacle
Jan 12, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The 2020 Dakar Rally Is On And Man Is It A Beast! Saudi Arabia, And It’s Crazy Variety Of Terrain And Sand, Is Home To This Historic Spectacle
I first started really watching the Dakar Rally back in the late 1990s and couldn’t believe just how cool this race was to watch on TV. For years I looked forward to it and thought it would be...
The Mongrel Project Is Getting Some Paint! Watch How To Paint The Engine Compartment, How Not To Paint A Cage, And Then How To Pain The Cage!
Jan 11, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Mongrel Project Is Getting Some Paint! Watch How To Paint The Engine Compartment, How Not To Paint A Cage, And Then How To Pain The Cage!
Sometimes stuff just doesn’t go right on a project car build. It’s just one of those things when you are talking about building something from scratch and with mostly one off and custom...
The Challenger Revival, Part 8: The Crispy Frame Rail And More Sheetmetal Rot Removal
Jan 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Seeing that the floorboards had rotted out of the Dodge Challenger that Dylan McCool has been grinding on for a while now isn’t a shock. Not that Chrysler products aren’t known for...
Unhinged: Supporting Selfless Service And Saving A Dodge Truck
Jan 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
If you’ve seen any of the Summernats 33 coverage, you probably have a pretty solid idea on just how hellish Australia is right now. If not, here’s a basic layout: on the eastern side of...
4 Teams, 4 Junkyard Trucks, $6,000, And 1 Week To Buy A Truck And Build It Into The Ultimate Off-Road Machine In Pursuit Of The $10,000 Prize.
Jan 11, 2020Chad Reynolds1
The Horsepower Wars Junkyard Challenge presented by K&N is the ultimate test of 4 man teams in an effort to build the ultimate low buck off-road machine. Each team has been given $2,500 to buy a...
Want To Become A Carburetor Guru? Learn From The Guys That Build Them! Holley Announces New Holley Carburetor 101 Classes
Jan 11, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Want To Become A Carburetor Guru? Learn From The Guys That Build Them! Holley Announces New Holley Carburetor 101 Classes
Everyone seems to have EFI the brain in recent years, and we understand and love them for it, but carburetors are still way more plentiful in the hot rod and racing world and we still get asked about...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Red Barchetta” by Rush (Live In Montreal, 1980)
Jan 11, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
Automobiles and music, they go oddly hand-in-hand with each other. Pick a car, understand the feeling that it gives you when you drive it, and the music will eventually line up to what you listen to,...