Is This The Saddest Rental Car Burnout Ever? Please Don’t Hold Back, We Can Take It!
Jan 18, 2015Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
The only reason that Brian Lohnes and I can still hold our heads up high is because while the performance rating for this rental car burnout might actually be a negative 10, the execution was done...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys…Complete Chaos In Under Five Minutes
Jan 18, 2015Bryan McTaggartUPCG
Normally, when things got “interesting” inside the store, it was on a “one-at-a-time” basis. I didn’t deal with everything at once, I can’t. First I’ll deal with the two co-workers who...
Just In Case You Forgot, There Is A Third Shelby Mustang: Meet The 2015 Shelby Mustang GT
Jan 18, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, Car Features, FORD
We’ve been fawning over Ford’s Shelby GT350R version of the new Mustang, and for good reason: it’s a certified badass that seems to answer most, if not all of the complaints that...
WATCH THE 2015 PRO WINTER WARM UP HERE STARTING AT 10:30AM EST ON Saturday
Jan 17, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, BangShift 1320
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2015 PRO WINTER WARM UP STARTING AT 10:30AM EST FRIDAY That’s right folks, once again BangShift’s Chad Reynolds and Brian Lohnes will be bringing you...
Click Here To See ALL Of Our 2015 PRO Winter Warm Up Photos – Smoke And Fire In Florida
Jan 17, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Event Coverage, BangShift 1320
As we have done for the last few years, BangShift.com is again live broadcasting and covering the PRO Winter Warm Up nitro test session at Palm Beach International Raceway in West Palm Beach,...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Hardest Automotive Part To Find?
Jan 17, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
You wouldn’t want to be around BangShift Mid-West right now. Since Project Raven, my 1983 Imperial, is down for engine and transmission work, I figured that now would be the time to get some...
Sleeper Video: This Ford F-150 Looks Prepared, But How Fast Is It, Really?
Jan 17, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Let’s check the boxes on what this Ford F-150 is not: It’s not a Lightning. It’s not loud, it’s not tubbed out, and it’s not spraying nitrous (that we can see, at...
Unhinged: What “Good Old Days”? Here’s The Breakdown From the 2015 NAIAS…These Are The Good Old Days!
Jan 17, 2015Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
I could see the hate mail flying before I started typing…it’s sacrilege to say that anything besides the 1964-1972 “Musclecar Era” is worth mentioning when it comes to the...
Here’s 10 Of The Most Violent And Brutal Drag Racing Wheelstands Ever Caught On Tape – LOOK OUT BELOW!
Jan 17, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If I was forced to sit and watch one thing for the rest of my life it would be drag cars pulling the wheels up. Wheelstands are an art form at the strip and they take on many shapes and sizes. There...
Rough Start: Got A Rally Itch? How About A Toyota Celica All-Trac?
Jan 17, 2015Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, OTHER
The Toyota Celica All-Trac was the hidden gem in the Celica lineup. A 190hp all-wheel-drive version of the GT-S, the car was a rally rocket before the term existed. However, the Celica All-Trac tends...
This Aussie Charger Is Packing A Turbocharged Hemi-6 That’s Good For Low Nines In The Quarter
Jan 17, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, MOPAR
Some cars just can’t be a sleeper anymore, and the Australian Valiant Charger is one of them. Chrysler Australia’s main Mopar muscle car, the Charger and it’s 265ci Hemi-6 was a...
Ebay Jaw Dropper: The World’s Only 33 Window VW Bus Is For Sale In Hawaii And The Price Is As Long As The Thing Itself
Jan 17, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
I am not a “VW person” per se. I like cool old VWs as much as the next guy but I don’t live and die by them. That being said, I was blown away by this cool VW bus which has been...
Buy The Book? Blood, Sweat, And Gears: The Story Of The Gray Ghost And The Junkyard Firebird By David G. Barnes
Jan 16, 2015Brian LohnesApex New Products, BangShift APEX
When author David G. Barnes stumbled on a story I had written about the famed “Gray Ghost” 1964 Pontiac Tempest that Herb Adams and a group of talented Pontiac engineers had built to...
Ebay Find: Former Hooker Header Project Car Chevette, Featured In Hot Rod Magazine
Jan 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find
It ain’t the Bad Seed Chevette, but it’s a nice runner-up prize. This 1976 Chevrolet Chevette was featured in the November 1982 issue of Hot Rod Magazine as part of an engine-swap...
