TECH VIDEO: AMERICAN POWERTRAIN INSTALLS A 6-SPEED INTO THE 48 HOUR CAMARO
Jan 10, 2012Brian LohnesTECH, Videos
Our pals at American Powertrain are the true zen masters with five and six speed manual transmissions. If you have an application that you want a hard core stick box in, these are the guys to call....
FAMOUS HOT ROD 1 CAMARO TO HIT AUCTION BLOCK – FIRST EVER COMPLETED DYNACORN BODIED CAMARO
Jan 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the coolest and most significant magazine project cars of the last decade is hitting the auction block. Hot Rod Magazine’s “Hot Rod 1” 1969 Camaro was the first car ever...
EBAY FIND: A FACTORY 409 – 4 SPEED – 1965 BISCAYNE COUPE!
Jan 10, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, eBay Find
Chevy fans, sit down before proceeding. It appears that someone is selling the holy grail of factory Chevy sleepers, a 409, 4-speed, 1965 Biscayne. This car has been restored to what looks to be...
GREAT VIDEO: CRAZY WHEELIES, CLOSE CALLS, AND WALL SLAPPERS FROM THE FASTEST SMALL TIRE DRAG CARS IN THE COUNTRY!
Jan 09, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN
Our pal Kevin is the dude behind the lens at Nitro Art Video. He travels the country capturing footage from some of the wildest drag races that happen each season. Each year he releases a compilation...
VOTE FOR BANGSHIFTER ROCKY PHILLIPS AND HIS HOME BUILT TWIN ENGINE DRAGSTER HERE!
Jan 09, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
BangShift member Rocky Phillips goes by the screen name Toymaker and for good reason. The dude scratch built a twin engine slingshot dragster called, “The Evil Twin” in his home shop....
WANT TO KNOW WHAT SAFETY EQUIPMENT YOU’LL NEED TO GO LAND SPEED RACING IN YOUR CAR? CLICK HERE!
Jan 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Due to a ton of requests and excitement over the opening of the Ohio Mile, the ECTA has published a rough guideline that can be used by potential racers to review what safety requirements are...
DRAG RACING INNOVATOR JIM LYTLE PASSES – INCREDIBLE ALLISON POWERED CREATIONS WILL LIVE FOREVER IN DRAG RACING LORE
Jan 08, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Jim Lytle, the creative genius behind the wild “Big Al” Allison powered 1934 Ford and the man who introduced drag racing to the one piece fiberglass body has died. Lytle passed in Hawaii,...
WE WON! THANK YOU BANGSHIFTERS – WE WON FACEBOOK PAGE OF THE YEAR!
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Holy cow, we won! Thanks to your help and support, BangShift was the first ever winner of the CompetitonPlus Dot Com award for Facebook Page of the Year. We don’t know what the actual numbers...
VIDEO: (NOT AN) ICE ROAD TRUCKER
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
You thought today was Friday when it fact it is “wacky mishap day”! Didn’t get the memo? Neither did we, but the weirdo news keeps flowing into the BS news bunker today! A 35-year...
FUNNY NEWS: CAR REPORTED STOLEN IN AUSTRALIA ACTUALLY ROLLED AWAY AND PARKED ITSELF IN A GARAGE
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Police in Adelaide, Australia responded to a call of a suspected burglary and instead discovered a car that was reported stolen from a market two weeks ago. In one of the most epic, “that...
WHERE ARE THEY NOW VIDEO: FORMER PRO MOD CHAMPION MITCH STOTT IS BUILDING RC PLANE LANDING GEAR?
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, MISC
door slammer in the five second zone. He turned the trick back in 2003 at Darlington Dragway. He was a big force in the Pro Mod ranks through the 1990s and early into the 2000s. Then, like lots of...
BS TECH: PRO TUNING SECRETS PART 1 – FINDING POWER RIGHT IN YOUR DISTRIBUTOR
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
Those Bangshifters who are old enough to have owned muscle cars when they were new, or nearly new, remember taking their rides to a performance oriented dealership to get a super tune that was good...
WEIRD WRECK VIDEO: A HONDA MOUNTS A CADDY INSIDE A PARKING GARAGE!
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN
You’ve got to feel bad to the owner of the Caddy that was totaled in this strange Massachusetts crash. It was reported the woman drove her 2011 STS to the office, parked in a garage she never...
BANGSHIFT QUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT’S THE WORST THING THAT YOU’VE EVER DONE TO AN ENGINE?
Jan 06, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
After seeing the photo of that nuked Hemi, it naturally made us think of crap that we have blown up or been directly involved with the destruction of. Back in college when running the VW road racing...
