Question Of The Day: Which One Of These Dare-To-Be-Different Limos Works And Which One Will Kill Your Chances At Prom?
Aug 03, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
Limousines. Purpose-built stretched cars that are meant to ferry people around in comfort and exuberant style. In some regards, they’re cool, and in others, they make no sense at all. There are...
Edelbrock Releases New Performer RPM CNC Heads For Pontiac 455 Engines
Aug 02, 2014Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products
The mighty Pontiac 455 has long been a favorite plant of muscle car fans, drag racers, and guys who simply love ground pounding torque in spades. The engines have a devout following and even those...
Unhinged: McTaggart Decides To Investigate Lawn Mower Demolition Derby
Aug 02, 2014Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
I’m sitting at the computer, near midnight, digesting fair food (read: funnel cake, overly sweet tea and deep-fried Snickers…don’t you judge me!) and I’m trying to make sense...
Buick, Olds, Pontiac, Cadillac Fans Rejoice! American Powertrain Launches New, Beefy, Factory Spec Bellhousing For Your Engine Family
Aug 02, 2014Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
A while back, Matt Graves of American Powertrain told Chad and I that there were working on some “cool stuff” but at the time he was not at liberty to expound on exactly what that stuff...
This Dart (Yes, Dart) Can Be Yours For About Seven Grand. How Weird Do You Wanna Be?
Aug 02, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
I need warning before looking at something like this. I was tipped off to an ad for a 1965 Dodge Dart…not my favorite, but hey, not bad either. Then the pictures loaded up and I yelped out...
Craigslist Find: Unrestored, Highly Documented And Low Mileage 1964 Pontiac Catalina, With Dealer-Installed Tri-Power
Aug 02, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
“It’s only original once”, the survivor guys like to say, and it’s true. While restored cars are pretty to look at, they had to have work done to bring them back from years of...
25 Years Ago Yesterday, GM Shut Down The Framingham, Massachusetts Assembly Plant…And You Won’t Believe Why
Aug 02, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
You may have noticed that Craig Fitzgerald’s name isn’t popping up with the frequency that it did previously around here and that’s because he’s taken over as the editor of...
Cool Stuff To Do That You’ll Be Sorry You Missed: A Tribute To Gassers
Aug 01, 2014Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, OTHER
This posting is at the last minute, but those of you in SoCal who have nothing to do on a Saturday morning now have something awesome to do on August 2, 2014. A Gathering of Gassers is set for...
BS News: South African Overpass Leading 1-0 Against Giraffe In Game Of Chicken
Aug 01, 2014Dave NuttingBangShift News, FUNNY STUFF
When Brian ten minutes ago sent me a link to a story entitled ‘Giraffe beheaded by overpass’, I immediately quipped, “Wasn’t that the opening of The Hangover 3?”. I then...
Big News! Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car TV Series Starts Tonight On Mav TV at 8pm Eastern Time – Chad’s The Host!
Aug 01, 2014Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Racing News, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift APEX
As you know, Chad’s been working all summer on the Ultimate Street Car Series Tour as the host for the TV show that will follow all the action as the series travels all over the country and...
Crane Cams Launches New Tool Steel Camshafts For Any Engine Configuration
Aug 01, 2014Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
Crane Cams has long been known as a company that makes high quality, hard running, long lasting cams but they have officially kicked stuff to the next next level with the introduction of custom tool...
New Product: COMP Cams Releases Offset Sportsman Solid Roller Lifters For Chevrolet
Aug 01, 2014Brian LohnesNew Product Spotlight, New Products, Sponsor News
COMP Cams is always on the cutting edge when it comes to valvetrain innovation and we’re pretty sure that the engineering department has given up sleep for good because the company is...
APEX VIDEO: TheSmokingTire Reviews The Most Pissed Off 1975 Corolla Ever – What’s Up With The Exhaust Note?
Aug 01, 2014Dave NuttingApex Video, BangShift APEX
Here’s the deal: I love old rear-wheel-drive Japanese cars, especially ones that have been hot-rodded. So, when the latest “TheSmokingTire” video popped in my youTube feed with the...
PETA Worker Has License Plate Denied. Guess Everyone Won’t Know Her Love Of Tofu…
Aug 01, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Poor Whitney Calk. Ms. Calk works for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), the group known for promoting a vegan lifestyle by having Pamela Anderson cover her kinky bits with lettuce...
