The Parting Shift: Three Minutes of Cruising a Jeffco Planetary Transmission on the Street
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
We’ve made it clear in the past that we find few things more awesome than street driven cars with planetary transmissions like Lencos and Jeffcos. We’d be lying if we knew the intricate...
BangShift Question of the Day: Are you doing any car stuff this weekend?
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
While the weather has sucked for large portions of the country over the last couple weeks, things appear to be making a gradual turn for the better. It won’t be chamber of commerce weather, but...
Bill Caswell Video: Hauling Ass and Grabbing Air During the 2011 WRC Mexico
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
During our recent dinner with Bill Caswell, BangShift’s adopted bucks down rally hero, Bill told us the tales of his adventure to the 2011 WRC (World Rally Championship) Mexico. It was his...
Massive Junkyard Auction in Nebraska Coming in July!
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
We were recently tipped off to a huge by large auction happening in Maxwell, Nebraska during the mid-July time frame. The entire contents of a junkyard are being sold off piece by piece. The cars and...
Caption this Photo: Chad’s Deluxe Accommodations During the 48hr Camaro Build
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The 48 Hour Camaro build was a huge success this week. Between the live broadcast, the collaboration from virtually every heavy hitter in the performance aftermarket, and the parking lot burnouts...
Racing Junk Find: A Restored Fuelie 1957 Chevy
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
Back in 1957, if you were a forward thinking BangShifter, you would have headed into your local Chevy dealer and thrown cash down for one of the hot Chevrolets with fuel injection. Since we’re...
BangShift Exclusive: Guidelines Established for Restored/Recreated Drag Cars
May 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
With the explosion in popularity of nostalgia and historic drag racing over the last two decades, many historic drag racing cars have been restored, recreated, or been honored with so-called...
Wreckage Video: The Hardest Wreck in the History of Autocrossing
May 19, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This video proves two things. The first is that the Nissan VQ engine that powers virtually everything in their product line up, in one form or another, is the most awful sounding engine in the world....
Project FatCad: The Pleasure (and mostly) Pain of Acquiring Project FatCad
May 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Click here to read the introduction of Project FatCad I decided I wanted a new Cadillac because I met all of their requirements. I just turned 50. Hey, that’s young by Cadillac...
Great App: New MSD App for iPhones Provides Wiring Diagrams and Tech Guide to Your Phone!
May 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
MSD has come up with an awesome new app for iPhone users that places all of the company’s wiring diagrams and the Tech Guide book right in the palm of your hand. Stuck in the shop and stumped...
Spectre 341 Challenge Registration Nearly Full – Register Now!!
May 19, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Spectre 341 Challenge is one of the most challenging, thrilling, and daring open road races in the world. Set in Virginia City, NV on Nevada Highway 341, the course is a 5.2-mile, 22 turn ribbon...
Tune In: The 48 Hour Camaro Build is LIVE on BangShift.com NOW!
May 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift.com, Route2Media, and the crew from Ridetech, Lingenfelter, Holley, Gearvendors, Comp Cams, and more, will be LIVE! Monday May 16th to start the build of the 48 Hour Camaro. We will be...
Car Show Gallery: The Frontier Days Car Show – Alvin, Texas
May 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, BangShift News, Car Shows
The 35th annual Frontier Days celebration in Alvin, Texas was a smashing success with chamber of commerce weather. Our own Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the car show end of the event and...
Dumbass in Georgia Stabs Man Over Ford VS Chevy Argument
May 18, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The immortal Roger Alan Wade is credited with one of the best titled songs of all time with, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough”. Two morons in Georgia are the...
