Driveway Tech: Attempt One at Freeing Stuck Piston Rings – Did We Succceed?
Nov 30, 2011Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
Everyone says that buying a ganny fresh old car is the best. They are one owner, low mileage gems that granny ony drove to bingo and her Wednesday hair appointment. There can be a problem with...
Cool Video: Brett Voelkel of Air Ride and Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Hook Up To Hot Rod A CTS-V
Nov 30, 2011Brian LohnesMISC, Videos
Here’s a video that falls into the “how to make a good thing better” department. When our pal and OG BangShifter Brett Voelkel scooped up a used Cadillac CTS-V we knew that it would...
BangShift Question of the Day: What is the Most Important Race in the World?
Nov 30, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
By the time you read this, I’ll be in the sky, on my way to the 24th annual Performance Racing Industry show in Orlando, Florida. For the rest of the week the blog will be filled with racing...
Racing Junk Find: More Pro Street Mini-Van Love – A Yellow Dodge With a Bowtie Heart
Nov 30, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, Racing Junk Find
After yesterday’s peek at the street/strip Astro van we thought we had found the pinnacle of mini-van bad-assery. By complete chance a couple of key strokes on RacingJunk.com netted us...
Aeromotive Hires Chuck Samuel as Crew Chief of the Aeromotive Ford Mustang Pro Mod
Nov 30, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Big news from our friends at Aeromotive fuel systems today as they have hired Chuck Samuel, one of the great door slammer racers and engine builders of the last 20 years to be the crew chief on the...
BangShift Question of the Day: What are you interested in seeing from the 2011 PRI Show?
Nov 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
Tomorrow I’m hopping a plane for sunny Orlando to spend the remainder of the week at the 2011 Performance Racing Industry (PRI) show. The show has been running for 24 years and in simple terms...
Historic Video: The Story of the Hogslayer – The Greatest Twin Engine Top Fuel Motorcycle of All Time
Nov 29, 2011Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
The early and mid-1970s were the pinnacle of the twin engine Top Fuel motorcycle. The bike that ruled the roost during that time was not a Harley powered contraption. Instead it was a Kenosha,...
Slogging Insanity Video: The Lawless Muck Filled Start to the 2011 Baja 1000
Nov 29, 2011Brian LohnesRACING & ACTION, Videos
While I have never personally been to the Baja 1000, Chad has and the stories are pretty amazing. The beginning stages of the race are normally crowded with people all hoping to get a first hand look...
eBay Find: A Caged Street-Strip Astro Van From the Shop of Ken Herring
Nov 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Well this is sure the BangShiftiest family hot rod we have seen in a while! Built at the shop of Pinks and Pass Time star Ken Herring (Texas Chassisworks) it has a snotty V8 stuck in it’s...
Cool Photos: Garlits Still Has It – Photos of Big Daddy Wrenching on a Flathead Ford
Nov 29, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Don Garlits’ Museum in Ocala, Florida is one of the greatest drag racing attractions in the world. Many of Big Daddy’s old cars are in there along with dozens of other historically...
Ridetech Names the 2011 Ridetech Renegade Award Winner
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Terry Neuville has been named the winner of the first ever “Ridetech Renegade” award. This honor will be bestowed on a competitor at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational each year...
Cool or Not: The Invader TC-3 Reverse Trike
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Let’s take a walk on the weird side for a minute and examine the Invader TC-3, a “reverse trike” that seems to blend high performance super bikes with sports cars. The...
Neat Video: A Plastic Visible V8 Model Gets Spun to Seven Thousand RPM!
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
Having just ordered one of the classic gearhead toys of all time for my kids, a Revell Visible V8 engine, I went trolling the web for a good video of someone abusing one. Being made completely of...
Stupidity Video: Two Morons Wreck Late Model Corvettes While Street Racing
Nov 28, 2011Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We do nothing to glorify street racing here at BangShift because it often ends up like this video does. Most people that do stupid crap like this run out of talent before they grab fourth gear, just...
