Cool Old Press Photos: 1957 Buick Century
Apr 16, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
When we hear the words Buick Century we think, 84 year-old woman. They weren’t always Q-tip cars, though. In fact, the Century was a pretty hot number back in the day and it was drop-dead...
Cyclekarts: We Want One!
Apr 16, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift.com forum member Mr4Speed sent us along a link to this website about cyclekarts. What the hell is a cyclekart, you ask? Picture a tiny version of a 1920s race car and you’re getting...
Gearhead Destination: Woodward Dream Cruise
Apr 16, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
With all the junk going on with the domestic car makers, Detroit needs a lift. The good news is that they’ll get a good one on August 15th, 2009, in the form of the 15th Annual Woodward Dream...
Video of the Week: How Not to Pull Out a Stuck Jeep
Apr 16, 2009Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
With the news that our pals at StreetFire and CarDomain recently joined forces, we realized that we were relying way to heavily on YouTube for our Video of the Week selections. After all, if...
Yet Another Fast and Furious F-Bomb Camaro Clone on eBay
Apr 16, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
All of a sudden, clones of Freiburger’s F-Bomb Camaro are showing up everywhere like they are the next Eleanor or something. Earlier this week one of the former movie cars from Fast and Furious...
Ford C6 Trans Brake from TCI
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesNew Products
We know lots of Ford racers running C6 transmissions in their bracket bombers and hot street cars. TCI has developed a new trans-brake setup to allow those racers to be more consistent at the tree...
Ecoboost to be used on 90 Percent of Fords by 2013
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Ford’s twin-turbo Ecoboost system will be used on 90 percent of the company’s engines by the year 2013, claims Ford in a slightly aged story in the Detroit Free Press newspaper. The story...
More of Our Videos, Now at MSDVideos.com
Apr 15, 2009Chad ReynoldsENGINES, Videos
Several months ago, David Freiburger and I made a bunch of videos for MSD Ignition. The one called Set Your Timing has been posted for a while now, but more recently, they put up vids on how to know...
New Wide-Band Air/Fuel Gauge from FAST
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesNew Products
On the heels of announcing the new self-tuning EFI setup, FAST has crammed our inbox again with the news of its new Wide-Band A/F Gauge kit. The days are over of tuning your junk by having your buddy...
Shocker: Tiny Cars Cannot Defeat the Laws of Physics
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
File this one under, “Thank you, Captain Obvious.” NBC news ran a report telling America that tiny cars, like the Smart, Yaris, and Honda Fit, may put you at a disadvantage in a wreck...
AHRA Back from the Dead?
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
The American Hot Rod Association was drag racing’s great second/third sanctioning body during the ‘60s and ‘70s. It did the things that the NHRA was afraid to do and leader Jim Tice...
Fast and Furious 5. Yes, 5.
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
We just read on CarDomain via Jalopnik that the fifth Fast and Furious movie is in the works, starring your heroes Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. It’s supposed to be set in Brazil. Engage hype...
Castroneves Tax Trial: Day Three of Deliberations
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Helio Castroneves, the two-time Indy 500 champ and IndyCar racing standout, is on trial for allegedly hiding more than $5 million and not paying any taxes on it. It’s the third day of...
Site of the Week: Not Your Average Old Drag Racing Photos
Apr 15, 2009Brian LohnesBangShift News
Some collections of old racing photos rehash all the same old junk. Been there, done that, about 100 times. This one, however, brings it home hard for East Coast Super Stock and early Funny Car fans....
