Driveway Tech: Battling the Oil Burning Monte Carlo – Part 3- Death Match!
Feb 23, 2012Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
(Words, Photos, Bleeding and Struggle by Scott Liggett) – As we continued to fight this darn car’s oil burning 350 we transitioned from frustration to inspiration, back to frustration,...
Racing Junk Find: A Super Rare Original AMX Flopper With Killer Drag History
Feb 23, 2012Brian LohnesRacing Junk Find
Today’s world of blobby funny cars is the result of the march of technology and competition over the decades. It is almost impossible for the casual drag racing fan to believe that there were...
Carb Tech Video: Holley Shows You How to Choose the Right Power Valve For Your Application
Feb 23, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News, TECH, Videos
While EFI is on the end of everyone’s tongue these days, there is still a booming marketplace for carbs and for guys and girls who like to tinker, tune, and experiment, they are devilish fun....
Florida Man Crashes His Mustang Into a Neighboring House…For the Second Time
Feb 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
83 year-old Bob Johnson was on the other side of his house when he felt a quake, heard some items fall down and wondered what the heck had just happened. The WWII vet shrugged it off and went back to...
Sold Out! ECTA’s Ohio Mile April Event Reaches 175-Car Limit
Feb 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
We thought that the ECTA’s move to Wilmington, Ohio would increase their car counts and popularity. It looks like we were right because the ECTA’s Tonya Turk announced on Facebook...
Watch a Merlin Tank Engine Powered Street Rod Tool Around!
Feb 22, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
Since I am hung up on engines today, here’s a video highlighting a street rod project that is using a massive Merlin tank engine for power.The build, as you would expect, seems to be totally...
Question of the Day: What is the Ugliest Engine Ever?
Feb 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Engines are typically judged on their efficiency, their power ratings, and their ability to make noise and thrust a hot rod down the road. That being said, there is a definite aesthetic appeal to...
MSD Launches AtomicEFI.com – The Go to Spot For All Atomic EFI Info
Feb 22, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
MSD has had a great response since launching their revolutionary Atomic EFI system at the 2011 SEMA show. In their on-going quest to provide as much information about the system as possible and...
ADRL Releases the Rules to the New Supercar Showdown Class! Read them HERE!
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
When the ADRL announced the creation of their new Supercar Showdown class we were excited and more than a little interested to read the rules. As of today, our interest has been satisfied because the...
This is the Most Insane Race Car Fire Video We Have Ever Seen
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
We have seen and featured hundreds, perhaps thousands of crash videos here on BangShift over the years, but we’ve never seen anything like this. Aussie V8 Supercar racer David Besnard suffered...
More Charges Levied Against Jeremy Mayfield
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The hits just keep on coming for Jeremy Mayfield. He has now been charged with possession of stolen property and a fourth count of obtaining property by false pretense. These charges are in...
Wild Barn Find: One of the Only Tucker Car Engines Left in the World
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
We all know the basic story of the Tucker car company, right? They produced 51 cars in 1948 before folding up and liquidating. The cars happened to be miles ahead of anything else on the road during...
Watch a Driver Lose the Handle on His Late Model GTO and Wipe Out Two Motorcycles
Feb 21, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
There’s not a BangShifter among us who has not lost the handle on their car at least once. Maybe it was on a snowy road, a wet highway, or on a race track where you dipped a toe over that fine...
Watch Mike Maier Horse Wrangle His Awesome Mustang Around the Road Course at the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Feb 20, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Earlier today we showed you some crazy video of Bill Maier wrecking in spectacular fashion during a 1982 Trans Am event at Laguna Seca Raceway in California. As it turns out, those racing genes were...
