American Powertrain’s New X-Factor Bolt-in Crossmember for Fox Bodies Makes TKO, AOD, and Tremec 6-Speed Installs a Breeze
Mar 26, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
The guys and girls in the skunk-works over at American Powertrain have come up with yet another great new product. This time they have added a piece to their very popular X-Factor crossmember line...
Caption This Photo: A Perfect Summation of the Electric Car Scene
Mar 26, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Well if this one doesn’t make you chuckle on a Monday morning, not much will. A friend of ours posted this photo yesterday and it is simply too good not to share. The little red car on the left...
Driveway Tech: We Install at K&N Cold Air Intake on a 2007 F250 Powerstroke for Performance and Economy Gains
Mar 26, 2012Brian LohnesENGINE, Tech Stories
With diesel fuel well over $4.00 per gallon in most parts of the country, BangShifters have to do what they can do to get the most bang for their buck at the pump. While good maintenance will help to...
Breaking News: Hot Rod Drag Week 2012 SOLD OUT! Entry Waiting List to be Started
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Some quick news on this Friday night. Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week has sold out for the first time in its history and it did so in a week! This is certainly a testament to the popularity of...
Breaking news: Irwindale drag strip reopening confirmed – exact date of reopen not known yet
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
Some breaking news this afternoon that confirms the drag strip at Irwindale Speedway will be reopening. The guys on the Ultimate Air Cooled message board have gotten confirmation that their Bug-In...
Watch a Stock Car Driver Plow Into Another Crashed Competitor and then Burst Into Flames
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
This has to be every stock car racer’s nightmare. Racing at night, powering off of a corner and then looking up to see a competitor dead in the water, sitting right in your line. With nowhere...
MSD’s Atomic EFI Incredibly Popular – Company Adds Additional Shifts to Up Production and Meet Demand
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesSponsor News
As soon as we laid eyes on MSD Ignition’s Atomic EFI system at the 2011 SEMA show, we knew that the boys in El Paso had just pulled the pin on a grenade packed with awesome. Apparently, lots of...
Cool Old Press Photos: ’57 Willys FC Trucks
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s note: Since seeing those awesome renderings from Chrysler, I have been thinking about old Forward Control trucks. Here’s some old press photos from 1957 of them in action!) A...
Chrysler Reveals Sketches of Awesome Jeep Concept Trucks to Be Unveiled at Moab on Easter Jeep Safari
Mar 23, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
For several years, the teams at MOPAR and Jeep have teamed up to build some really kick ass concept-style trucks that normally debut at the yearly Easter Jeep Safari at Moab. This year, there are...
Historic Orange Crate 1932 Ford Sedan For Sale on RacingJunk
Mar 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
One of the coolest race/show cars of the early 1960s was the “Orange Crate” 1932 Ford sedan, built by a couple of talented guys up in Oregon. Starting life as a race car and then morphing...
Freightliner Unveils Revolution Innovation Truck at Mid-America Truck Show – Cool or Ugly?
Mar 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
The Mid America Truck Show is like SEMA for the trucking industry. It is a massive show where all the companies that makes trucks, engines, components, and accessories for working trucks congregate....
Swap Meet Gallery: The 2012 Traders Village Houston Auto Swap Meet
Mar 22, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, Swap Meets, SWAP MEETS
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While the internet has become the largest venue for selling cars, parts, and virtually all other kinds of automotive related stuff, the good old swap meet lives...
Watch Freiburger and Finnegan’s Nomadic Ranchero Adventure Around the Western United States
Mar 22, 2012Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
Remember the one about the two guys who left for Alaska and ended up at the Grand Canyon by way of Utah and Colorado? Those two guys were David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan of Hot Rod Magazine and...
Insane Wheelstand Sequence Re-Run: A ’32 Chevy Sedan On the Bumper!
Mar 21, 2012Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Editor’s Note: This wheelstand sequence ran back in 2010 and for kicks, we dug it out of the archive) – This ain’t no freaking street rod! This killer action sequence was captured...
