Racing Junk Find: The Quickest and Fastest Drag Radial Car in the World
Jul 14, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
We never set our sights low around here, so when we went searching RacingJunk.com for a drag car, we found David Hance’s ass-kicking Mustang. This is the ET and MPH record holder for cars...
We attend FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training
Jul 13, 2010Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
We were recently invited to participate in a FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training class at Westech Performance Group. Our class was held at Westech Performance Group, the Unofficial Official Dyno Shop of...
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part 2
Jul 13, 2010Brian LohnesDRIVETRAIN, Tech Stories
In our first installment of this tech series, Indianapolis-based transmission master Jeff bradley pulled apart a 700-R4 transmission that he is overhauling for a fellow BangShift.com member. We were...
Historic Drag Video: Hot Action on the Strip in Montana Circa 1959
Jul 13, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
The late 1950’s were a very exciting time in the worlds of hot rodding and drag racing. The veritable small block Chevy was really gaining traction in the gearhead culture, companies like...
A BangShift.com Photo Tour of the Henry Ford Museum Vehicle Collection
Jul 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Museums, OTHER
Located in Dearborn, Michigan, the Henry Ford Museum is a true national treasure. Filled with a host of things that define the history and evolution of the American gearhead, we compiled a bunch of...
Carnage Video: A Blow Over at the Mud Bogs
Jul 13, 2010Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
Ever seen a guy dead hook in a mud pit before? Neither had we until we saw this video that we first heard about over at YellowBullet.com. This rear-engine machine has a blown, alky-burning motor,...
Craigslist Find: A Historic Ridler Award Winning Fuel Altered
Jul 13, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
As wild and crazy as it may sound, there was actually time that a race car was capable of winning the vaunted Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama. Before the days of “rolling art” street...
Project Car Spotlight: Red Hot Racing’s LSR 1998 Camaro
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesCHEVY, Project Cars
When a bunch of BangShift.com forum members got together in 2008 and decided to transform one of their cars into a team LSR race machine, we watched with interest. This was a bold project with lofty...
Auto Trader Classics Event Coverage: Minnesota’s Back to the ’50s Car Show
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
A few years back we attended the Car Craft Summernationals at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. That was an epic event but everyone kept telling us about the “Back to the ’50s” show....
Hydrocar Video: On Land and in the Water for the First Time
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Here’s some video of Rick Dobbertin’s Hydrocar both on the land and running around in the water. Seeing it in action is pretty cool and we really think this car could have been/should...
Bizarro eBay Find: Rick Dobbertin’s Hydrocar is For Sale
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Rick Dobbertin, the man behind some of the wildest automotive creations of the last 30 years is selling his swan song, the Hydrocar on eBay for $595,000. This amphibious hot rod weighs in a 8500lbs,...
Killer Historic Video: Dan Gurney’s 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda Trans Am Announcement
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
The 1970 season is seen by most to be the seminal year for the Trans-Am series. We found this kick ass video of American racing legend Dan Gurney’s press conference announcing that he’d...
Horsepower is the Universal Language: New Chapter of the Cafe Racers Starts in Tehran, Iran
Jul 12, 2010Brian LohnesBangShift News
While it’s no secret that international relations between the USA and Iran are not exactly chummy, we were tipped off to a story that proves horsepower is the international language. Pal of...
