Listen To This 408ci LSx Powered Porsche Carrera 4 Fire Off For The First Time – We Need One Of These!
Dec 30, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Sticking Chevy engines into the back of Porsche coupes isn’t exactly a new trend. Guys have been jamming mouse motors (and even big blocks) into the German wunderkinds for decades but...
Is This 2JZ-swapped Aston Martin DB7 A Great Idea Or An Evil Chimera? You Decide!
Dec 30, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Car Features, OTHER
The Aston Martin DB7 is one of the most pretty cars to come out of Europe in recent memory. It’s 3.2L supercharged straight-six was a de-stroked Jaguar unit with an Eaton M90 blower...
56 Mile Charity Cruise On Indy’s i465 Is Happening New Years Day. Join It!
Dec 29, 2014Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
So the New Year’s Day Memorial Lap started out as sort of a way for Dave Woodman, a car guy, to bust the balls of his buddies who were too good to drive their cars if the weather wasn’t...
Best of 2014: How To Fail Towing Your Boat Out Of The Water In One Easy Step!
Dec 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, CRASH & BURN, Videos
Summer is the perfect time to bring your buddies and your boat out to the lake for some on-the-water fun. Cruising out on the water, having a swim, maybe a beer or twelve…it’s a relaxing...
2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon’s Favorite Photos From The Drags, Land Speed Races, Road Races, Tractor Pulls, And More!
Dec 29, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift News
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DAVID WHEALON) – While 2014 was my first year as a BS contributor it also had me entering my 6th decade of existence. Which I was not really looking forward to. Somehow...
Santa Forget Your Stuff? Buy One Of The Nicest A100 Trucks We Have Ever Seen On eBay – Mopar Goodness
Dec 29, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
The reality is that Dodge A100 trucks and vans on eBay tend to be one of two things. They are either (a) pretty rough and in need of lots of work or (b) all hot rodded and kind of hacked up. This...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Last Call For 2014!
Dec 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
What a year it has been! We have the Hellcat from Dodge, the flat-plane-crank 5.2L Voodoo V8 from Ford, and the LT4 blower motor from Chevrolet. We also have the EcoBoost four-banger from Ford...
Cheap Fun Is The Best Fun: Road Karts With Short Money Engines On Slick In The Dirt = BIG FUN (Video) – We Want In!
Dec 29, 2014Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Recently, Chad and I did battle with a host of other guys at a karting event during the PRI show. While neither of us were the fastest in the group, we weren’t embarrassed either. Every time we...
How Far Is Too Far? Watch This Bronco Jump And Find Out At The 2014 Mega Truck Finals
Dec 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
There is always such a thing as “too much”. When it comes to playing off-road, too much airtime usually results in broken suspension parts, a snapped axle or hub, and about fifty thousand...
This John Deere 317 Garden Tractor With A 2.8L GM V6 Is 100% BangShift Approved – Think It Sounds Good With Zoomies?
Dec 29, 2014Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
So as you have undoubtedly noticed, we have been running lots of “Best of 2014” blog items over the last week or so. We’re going to spice things up over the next few days before New...
Auction Find: The Estate Sale of Roger Jones, Sr. In Oklahoma
Dec 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Event Coverage, OTHER
Ron Ward gets the credit for locating the first big auction of 2015 in Oklahoma. Roger Jones, Sr., from Pryor, Oklahoma, was apparently a life-long gear head of sorts and had accumulated quite the...
Ridge Running: The Motorhead Hill Climb, At Mazda Turnpike In Hakone, Japan (VIDEO)
Dec 29, 2014Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
If you got a free pass on a local road, anywhere you could choose, to race, what would you pick? Some wide-open road in Nevada where you could put your foot to the floor and go chasing the setting...
Good Or Bad? Brian Finch’s Mus-Take Mustang Project Is Underway
Dec 28, 2014Chad ReynoldsApex Spotlight, BangShift APEX
When Brian Finch announced that he was going to be building a Mustang, that incorporated a 2011 front end with a 1967 back end, and was calling it Mus-Take, there were a lot of people wondering if it...
Best of 2014: Left For Dead In A Ditch: The Newfoundland Ravine Daytona
Dec 28, 2014Bryan McTaggartCar Features, MOPAR
The photos look like a crime scene. The remnants of a T5 Copper 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona lay scattered, crushed, picked apart by parts looters among the trees and brush of a ravine in Newfoundland,...
