BangShift Saturday Movie Day: William Shatner Jumps His Dodge St. Regis While Chasing A ’73 Plymouth As TJ Hooker
Feb 16, 2013Brian LohnesMISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Hear that noise? That’s Chad whimpering because I am bringing Shatner to the party and he is sky boxing his Dodge St. Regis police car a couple of times while in hot pursuit of a bad guy in a...
BangShift Saturday Movie Day: Fred Dryer And His Bitchin’ ’77 Dodge Monaco Chase The Bad Guys
Feb 16, 2013Brian LohnesMISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Know why Chad is boned for whatever weiner stuff he is going to post tomorrow? Because I have freaking Lee Majors and Fred Dryer as my lead off acts. Dryer played 12 seasons in the NFL (Chad,...
BangShift Saturday Movie Day: Lee Majors Kicks Ass In An Electric Wheelchair And The Iconic Fall Guy Truck
Feb 16, 2013Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Since we had such a great response to the weekend content we ran before the live broadcast of the PSCA Ice Breaker Nationals, we’re going to make a habit of it. I’m clearly going to own...
Photo Coverage: More PSCA Record Breaker Nationals, Including Great Pit Shots
Feb 15, 2013Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Gallery
Thanks to BangShifter Dave Stoltz, we’ve got some great photo coverage of the 2013 PSCA Record Breaker Nationals. Dave shot plenty of on track and pit shots all weekend, and this is our second...
Video: Watch A 1962 Ford Truck With A Twin Turbo Y-Block Motor Make 606hp At The Tire And More Than 700 lb/ft Of Torque!
Feb 15, 2013Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Holy smokes! Who the hell needs a diesel when you can strap a couple of turbos on built, e85 fed 292 Y-Block Ford mill and make insane power and torque. Wrap this monster package up with the body and...
FUBAR Photos: The Most Violently Grenaded Powerglide Transmission Ever
Feb 15, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
(Photos by Ron Pomerleau) – My transmission wrecking exploits in project Buford T Justice (update coming later today on that car) are like butterfly kisses as compared to what my pal and New...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Race Track Or Location Do You Most Want To Make A Lap Of?
Feb 15, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
Since the NHRA Winternationals are under way we’re back to thinking about racing and our upcoming adventures for the 2013 season. Those adventures will take us to drag strips, road courses, mud...
AutoTrader Find: Is This The World’s Cleanest 4-Speed 1980 Malibu? And Is It Worth $20,000?
Feb 15, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
When we located this amazingly clean 1980 4-speed Chevy Malibu on Craigslist the other day the first thing we did was to contact resident G-body dorkenheimer Dave Nutting and perform a photo analysis...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: I Gotta New Car – Big Boy Groves (1955)
Feb 15, 2013Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
I am a 32 (soon to be 33) year old Irish guy from Boston but I really love old R&B music and early rock and roll. This song combines all that great sound with awesome lyrics, some automotive...
No PowerShift Tonight, Folks — We’ll Be Back Next Week
Feb 14, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift News
It is Thursday night and normally we’re on the air with our weekly live, rollicking show called PowerShift. This week due to an unforseen family- related issue (no neither of our wives ditched...
Fun With Numbers: American Powertrain’s Speed Analyzer Let’s You Tailor Your Transmission Choice
Feb 14, 2013Brian LohnesSponsor News
There are lots of calculators on the internet for car stuff. You can figure you compression ratio, displacements, extrapolate horsepower from drag strip time slips, and even determine the payments on...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Coolest Four Door Car?
Feb 14, 2013Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
This question comes right out of a discussion going on in our forum section right now among the members who are debating the merits of hot rodding and modifying four door cars. Obviously you know...
Bitchin’ Video: A Mash Up Of Good Tunes, Tommy Ivo, Vintage Hot Rod, Drag Race, and Dry Lakes Footage From Levi’s Jeans
Feb 14, 2013Brian LohnesHISTORIC, Videos
We were kind of shocked to see that Levi’s jeans had made this totally awesome video highlighting old hot rodding, drag racing, and dry lakes footage that uses voice overs from the likes of...
Craigslist Find: A Shopping Cart Kart
Feb 14, 2013Brian LohneseBay Find
File this under, “Stuff we want to piss off the neighborhood with” although we certainly have enough junk that already does it, this would be pefect for barnstorming the sidewalks and...
