Watch Dave Connolly Make His First Top Fuel Run And See His Reaction At The Top End (Video)
Nov 05, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It is official, Dave Connolly is no longer just a top fuel driver in name only. During post event testing at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Connolly made his first rips in a top fuel dragster...
SEMA 2014: A Fresh Batch Of SEMA Cars And Truck From Inside AND Outside The Las Vegas Convention Center
Nov 05, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, OTHER
As promised, we’re going to keep the SEMA 2014 news, photos, and information flowing like wine this week. One of the things we have failed to show you thus far in our coverage is some of the...
SEMA 2014: The Jet Hot Double Down Roadster Half Naked! The Car Runs, Drives, And Even Picked Up Some Style Points
Nov 05, 2014Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
The Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings Double Down roadster has gotten a lot of electronic ink on our pages since last year at SEMA when the the car appeared at the show while it was under...
Chevrolet Unveils Special SEMA Corvettes, Camaros, And Trucks And We Have Photos
Nov 05, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Every year on the Monday night before SEMA, Chevrolet puts on a cool party where they debut all their special cars for the SEMA Show. Sure you can see them at the show, but this is a special deal...
Mustang King Cobra Bows With All Of Ford Racing’s Bolt-On Parts, Bringing Over 600HP To The Street
Nov 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart1320 Cars With Doors Feature, BangShift 1320
Um…what about the Mustang II? While we’ve got nothing against the Mustang II King Cobra, the truth is it was a malaise-era muscle car that looked more than it actually did. But after...
Volvo X: A 1967 Volvo 122 That’s Not At All What It Seems, Unless It Seems Like An Ass Kicker
Nov 05, 2014Chad ReynoldsApex Car Feature, Apex Spotlight
(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Last fall I pulled up in my Scamp at a local car show with my dad on a dreary Saturday morning and looked around only to see a very small group of cars. Even if...
Automotive Insanity Defined: Ken Block’s AWD, 845hp Mustang Gymkhana Car
Nov 05, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, FORD
Ken Block’s entire career has pretty much ran non-stop on the result of taking the established concept of car control and launching that book into a woodchipper. Ever since the original...
Takata Airbag Recall News: Honda Now Ordered To Give Report To Federal Investigative Team
Nov 05, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The tornado of bad news that is the Takata airbag recall is climbing the Fujita category scale quickly. 17 million cars worldwide are affected and dealerships are scrambling to prepare for the cars...
SEMA 2014: The Roadster Shop Rampage 1970 Camaro Is As Polarizing As It Is Aggressive – There’s No In Between With This One
Nov 05, 2014Brian LohnesApex Car Feature, BangShift APEX
Race car? Street Car? Both? Those are the tip of the question iceberg when we were looking at what could be one of the most aggressive 1970 Camaros ever built as it sat in the Go Pro booth at the...
Revealed: MSD Atomic AirForce Intake Manifold For LS and LT Engines – Innovative Design Allows For Bolt On Power And Porting Opportunities As Well
Nov 04, 2014Brian LohnesNew Products
Wow! Another SEMA show and another year of MSD dropping a major product release on the world. This year, that product is the new MSD Atomic AirForce intake manifolds for GM LS and LT series engines ....
SEMA 2014: BONUS Photos! Low Riders, Hot Parts, Trucks, A Barn Find Shelby Mustang, More
Nov 04, 2014Brian LohnesCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, OTHER
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with another awesome collection of photos that we blasted during Monday setup day at SEMA 2014. Fair warning here. While we’re...
Rough Start: This 1979 Thunderbird Is Far From Rough, And The Price Is Nice
Nov 04, 2014Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
Life on a budget does not have to suck. You are not relegated to some early 1990’s FWD turd that not only can’t get out of it’s own way but was so neglected over the years that it...
SEMA 2014: We Hung Out With The North American Eagle LSR Car And Its Crew As They Unloaded It From The Hauler – 45,000HP Gearhead Nirvana
Nov 04, 2014Brian Lohnes1320 Cars Without Doors Feature, BangShift 1320
It was a scene that brought on thoughts and feelings of what it could have been like to watch Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons, Nathan Ostich, Walt Arfons, or any of the other land speed heroes of the...
Not At SEMA: This 30th Anniversary Camaro With Conestoga Wagon Wheels Is Not In Las Vegas But It Could Be In Your Garage
Nov 04, 2014Brian LohnesCraigslist Find
This break from all that is right and good in the automotive world known as the 2014 SEMA show is brought to you by BangShifty tipster Mike Kenworthy who posed the unanswerable question, “When...
