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Test Your Gearhead Knowlegde: Tell Us What Engine This Is, What It Was In, And If You Are Really Good The Compression!

It has been a long while since we last had you Test Your Gearhead Knowledge but since we made a recent visit to Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth and ran into the big hunk of iron below we thought...

We Tour Trick Flow Specialties To See How Their Products Are Made – Gearhead Nirvana

(Photos by Nutting/Fitzgerald) – This was a visit that was long overdue, Trick Flow’s Manager Mike Downs almost choked me out at SEMA when I told him that I had driven virtually right...

This Video Review Of The 1970 and 1971 Trans Am Racing Seasons Is Excellent – In-Car Cameras, Sideways Action, Screaming Small Blocks, Etc

1970 and 1971 represent what many people believe to be the best years in the history of the Trans-Am series and when you watch this awesome video recap of those two years below you’ll most...

The Loop Video : Does The eMax Challenger Carry John Hotchkis To Victory Or Wreckage?

Yesterday we shared with you the press release talking about the loop and that John Hotchkis Jr. of Hotchkis Sport Suspension was going to perform the first vertical loop in the history of muscle...

This German Built Hot Rod Is Road Legal Because Of Fenders N’ More!

The other day we got a note from Wes Nielsen at Fenders N’ More. Included in that email were the photos of the hot rod we’re going to show you below. It is a good looking car with its...

We Need Your Votes! Help Us Win The 2014 Muscle Car Match Ups Final Four!

As you may or may now know, BangShift is currently locked in a life and death struggle on the Summit Racing OnAllCylinders blog as part of the cool “Muscle Car Match Ups” competition....

Watch This Modified RZR XP 900 Side By Side Make An Incredible Leap Up A Near Vertical Cliff

We’ve talked about the amazing things guys are going with side by side ATVs these days but this video is on a totally different level. The vehicle you are going to see is a highly modified RZR...

eBay Find: This 1979 International Scout Stagecoach Was Used To Marry Burt Reynolds And Loni Anderson

Hollywood history, dashing looks, solid underpinnings, no rust, a nice interior, and even an opportunity for profit? Have we made the ultimate eBay find? You bet your boots that we have in the form...

California Cruise Photos: A Visit To The Petersen Museum Sunday Breakfast Cruise

(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – On the last Sunday morning of every month, the Petersen Museum holds a breakfast cruise-in where cars from all over the greater Los Angeles show up and hang out on the...

Bang Up Video: Watch A $400,000 Lamborghini Aventador Get Smashed Up By A Dude Driving Like An Idiot In London

The base price for a Lamborghini Aventador is a shade (and we means a SHADE) under $400,000 US dollars. While we don’t have the cash or the desire to own one, they are impressive machines. Able...

Summer Fun: Doug Gregory Looks Back At His Adventure To And Time At The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

(Words and Photos by Doug Gregory) – I’ll leave my bias out of this one because when it comes to nostalgia racing….I can’t come up with something I don’t like. 2013 was our second...

This 1980s Lincoln Town Car Is A Righteous Sleeper That Would Chew You Up Before You Knew What Hit You

(By Bryan McTaggart) – OK, Lohnes, you win! I bow before your ability to find the most disfigured, horrific rolling creations! I tried, I tried like hell to compete…but that Marquis/Corvette...

BangShift Announces Name And Format Change – Bieber Site COMING SOON!

You asked for it and we’re giving it to you. That is right, by this time next week BangShift.com will have switched names and formats to become the hotly anticipated Bieber Site. This will be...

Power Move: Hotchkis To Attempt First Vertical Loop In A Muscle Car

We genuinely like John Hochkis Jr. a lot. The guy has been around this industry for years and was among the first to embrace the very concept that cool old cars could handle and be fun to drive in...