Top Fuel Baptism: Dave Connolly’s Flaming Top Fuel Launch During The 2015 PRO Winter Warm Up
Jan 19, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
One of the big stories coming into the 2015 NHRA Mello Yello season is the entrance of Dave Connolly into the top fuel ranks as part of Bob Vandergriff Racing. Dave will be racing one of two C&J...
Bacon Video: Cooking Bacon By TIG Welding Is The Most BangShift Approved Thing EVER
Jan 19, 2015Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
Gary Putnam is a few things. First and foremost he is a really, and I mean, really good welder. Secondly he’s a Drag Week veteran who has built one really mean Mustang that is powered by a...
Event Coverage: Part One Of The 2015 Nashville Auto Fest – Kicking Off The New Year With Cars And A Swapmeet!
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartCAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
The Nashville Auto Fest is a neat combination of a swap meet and an indoor car show wrapped up into one package. Held at the Nashville Expo Center (formerly known as the Tennessee State Fairgrounds),...
The Perfect Front Engine Dragster To Haul On Your New Ramp Truck
Jan 19, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find
When we dream, we dream big. So of course our blog item about the 1958 Chevrolet Viking truck that we would turn into a ramp truck got us searching for something perfect to haul on it. And we have...
New LS EFI AN Adapters From Fragola Let You Connect AN Lines While Using A Stock Regulator
Jan 19, 2015Chad ReynoldsNew Products
If you are upgrading your late model LS powered machine, or are doing a swap and want to improve the fuel system plumbing through the use of AN lines, Fragola has got you covered. Their newest...
How Far We’ve Come: The 1988 Review Of The Saleen And ASC/McLaren Mustang
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
The current base Ford Mustang is a 300hp V6. The GT packs in 435 horsepower. And now we have the Shelby GT350 and GT350R, that has one of the snottiest factory exhaust notes heard since the...
Can You Say Bitchin Ramp Truck? This Craiglist Find Could Be Epic!
Jan 19, 2015Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
Okay, so it’s not a ramp truck yet, but it certainly could be! You know that you’ve bought cars to build into hot rods that were farther away from done than this by a lot. In truth,...
Can A 1990s Hyundai Be Cool If It’s Burning The Rear Tires? This LS-powered Excel Just Might Win You Over
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Yesterday we got to see the Dodge Dart that the guys rented for their time in Florida attempt to do a burnout, and all we got was a sound that made me wonder if someone was scaring a puppy and just...
Blog War: This 1972 Ford Country Squire Dually Station Wagon Is The Best Of About 50 Worlds
Jan 19, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
McTaggart was spittin’ mad after his public defeat during our station wagon blog war last week so he started yelling over the fence at me about duallies and how he was really going to take me...
Blog War: The First Strike Is Delivered By A B-1…This Restomodded 1949 Dodge B-1
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, MOPAR, XL Online Find
Just because the Wagon War wound down doesn’t mean that I agreed to a ceasefire. Watching Lohnes slide the pocket ace that was that L72 Kingswood drag wagon was like pouring jet fuel on a tire...
Line Up Against The Cops Of LASD Motorsports And It’s NOT The Guns You’ll Have To Worry About! They Are Bringing The Heat!
Jan 19, 2015Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
When we ran into Scott Graham and the guys from LASD Motorsports at SEMA, we had no clue just how bad assed they are. I mean they are cops, so that gives them some unique qualifications the rest of...
BangShift Tune Up: “The Best Things” By Filter (1999)
Jan 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartBS Daily Tune Up, BUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, MOPAR
It’s a Monday morning and it’s time to get motivated. Yours truly is either running around the garage trying to get things accomplished on the car while the weather is tolerable, or is...
This Video Of An LS Powered Aussie Ute Destroying Tires On A Road Course Finally Has Us Craving Some Domestic Ute Action
Jan 18, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
For years we have been hearing the pained screams of enthusiasts here in America that we needed more Aussie Utes in our lives and for the most part we agreed from a distance. The little hybrid...
Watch This Naked Mud Truck Wreck At The Mud Down In T-Town – Crazy Stuff
Jan 18, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
While you may know Tulsa Raceway Park as one of the best strips in the country and the beginning and ending point of multiple Drag Weeks, the place has evolved and captured a big mud racing crowd as...
