KHALID AL BALOOSHI NAMED SECOND DRIVER FOR ALAN JOHNSON – AL ANABI TOP FUEL TEAM
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
After a couple months of awful rumor mongering, speculation, blind guesses, and sheer misinformation, Alan Johnson and Al Anabi racing have announced the second half of their Top Fuel tandem for...
QUICK TECH VIDEO: PROPER FLAT TAPPET CAM BREAK IN PROCEDURE FROM COMP CAMS
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos
While we know that this video is not advanced science, people screw up and wipe out flat tappet cams all the time. Incorrectly, people often cite the cam manufacturer for selling them a defective...
COOL OR NOT: SMALL DISPLACEMENT HIGH PERFORMANCE DIESELS
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
While making my obligatory lap of the internet the other day, I stumbled up a story about the newest offering from Vauxhall, the British wing of General Motors. The story was about the Vauxhall...
BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: COBRA JET, CHALLENGER DRAG PACK, OR COPO CAMARO?
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
With all three of the American car manufacturers offering a high performance drag race package car these days (yeah, the COPO is a “concept” officially, but c’amon people!)...
PRI 2011: LUNATI ROLLS OUT NEW ROCKERS, CAMS, AND CRANKS
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, New Products
Lunati is one of the high performance aftermarket’s true feel good stories. Things were looking grim for the brand a few years ago but they have boot strapped themselves back to great health by...
EBAY FIND: A BLOWN LS2 POWERED 1994 GEO TRACKER – SERIOUSLY
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
to ourselves. Under normal circumstances, the only place we would want to see a 1994 GEO Tracker is under the wheels of a monster truck. In this case, we want to own it. Supercharged LS2 engine,...
PLAN B: FREIBUGER AND FINNEGAN CANCEL ALASKAN TRIP – ARE CURRENTLY ON ANOTHER MYSTERY ADVENTURE – UPDATES TO FOLLOW
Dec 14, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Yesterday afternoon, Freiburger and Finnegan evaluated their situation after a bunch of delays and determined that at the pace they were on, the ice races they were planning on competing in would be...
EBAY FIND: OWN THE DUESENBERG OF DIESELS FOR 95K – 1953 MACK GREATNESS!
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohneseBay Find
It has been too long since I last ran some large and lovely big rig content and when I laid eyes on this handsome brute on the electronic pages of eBay there was no way to keep my glee under wraps....
BREAKING NEWS: CLOSED BIDS FILED FOR THE PURCHASE OF TORONTO MOTORSPORTS PARK
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
The months long rumors and debate regarding the sale of Toronto Motorsports Parkwere apparently true as BangShift has learned that closed bids were handed in for the purchase of the 375 acre...
PRI PHOTO EXTRA: KILLER OLD SCHOOL CIRCLE TRACK CARS FROM MIDGETS TO MODIFIEDS!
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Trade Shows, Uncategorized
To me, one of the coolest parts of the PRI show was checking out stuff from the world of circle track racing that I am not nearly as familiar with as I am drag racing stuff. There were lots of...
VIPER UNDEAD! WILL RETURN AS 2012 OR 2013 MODEL BUT WILL NO LONGER BE CALLED A DODGE
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
Some good news from Detroit today as Chrysler officially announced that the Viper will be back and it will be manufactured in the same Detroit plant as the previous models were. The plant will be...
HELP A DESERVING HOT ROD FAMILY THIS CHRISTMAS! BUY OR DONATE PLEASE!
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
By Chad Reynolds — Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, the holiday season is about spending time with family, eating too much, and celebrating the season of giving....
EVAN KNOLL UPDATE: PSYCHOLOGIST CLAIMS KNOLL FAKED MENTAL RETARDATION ON EVALUATION TESTS
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
In our fury of blog items last week, we missed a good one regarding our coverage of the Evan Knoll trial. If you remember, he spent the summer being evaluated by psychological experts to determine...
NEW BS SHIRTS FOR SALE – JUST IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
Dec 13, 2011Brian LohnesBangShift News
After muddling along for a couple of years with our standard “logo” shirts, Chad and I hooked up with proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s and enlisted their services in coming up with...
