Rough Start: A Rough But Running 1982 Jeep J20 Calls Our Name
May 11, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Online Find
We like our trucks useful. They don’t have to be pretty, they don’t have to have all of the power in the world, but they had better be able to start, run, and work everyday. You can...
Tech Video: Mahle Motorsports Shows You The Right Way To Install CirClips And Maintain The Use Of Your Fingers
May 11, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320
You know when a guy has recently been cranking on an engine build and especially when he assembled the pistons and rods. That part of the program is easy to spot because the guy will be treating the...
Barnstormin’: Enjoy Bizarro World While You Can – This Cannot Go On Forever
May 11, 2015Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
The last three weeks have given me one of the best cross slices of the modern hot rodding universe I have ever experienced. I bounded from an NHRA event in Houston to the ECTA season opener in Ohio,...
Question Of The Day: What Is The Most Warped Project Car You Can Dream Up?
May 11, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
In some sort of selfish way, every person’s dream car is a selfish move. It is for you, your wants, your desires. You picked the color, the engine, the transmission. You wanted the bucket...
How Many Ways Can You Say “K”? The Entire Rundown Of Chrysler’s Hail Mary Platform
May 11, 2015Bryan McTaggartMOPAR
The last time I attempted this stunt, it was based off of one model: the Plymouth Duster, a car that had a special edition for every season of the year, it seemed. This time around I decided to try...
Random Car Review: The 1984-85 Ford LTD LX – The Hot Fox That Slipped Under The Radar
May 11, 2015Bryan McTaggartCar Features, FORD
Fourteen different model names rode on Ford’s Fox platform between 1978 and 1993. All of those names have different reputations: the Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri get the automatic pass...
This 1971 Penske/Donahue Javelin Trans-Am Tribute Is For Sale and It Is Very, Very Awesome
May 11, 2015Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
We want to call this guy and tell him to stop apologizing for building what can only be described as an awesome tribute to the steamroller that was the Roger Penske/Mark Donahue AMC Factory Trans-Am...
These Massive Chain Reaction Dirt Bike Pile Up Videos are the Craziest Thing You Will See All Week
May 10, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Dirt bike racing is something that has fascinated me since I was a kid. The thought of hauling ass through the woods, mud, or desert on one of those two stroke rockets always seemed appealing. I...
Epic Save Video: Watch the Throttle and 4WD Save a Rally Driver From Doom!
May 10, 2015Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
The 2012 World Rally Championship season is underway. Most recently the racing was going on in Sweden and you’ll not be surprised to learn that the course was a snow covered affair. In this...
Watch This Cool Video Demonstration of Jiffy-Tite Fittings on a Carb
May 10, 2015Brian LohnesSponsor News
One of the neat things about having BangShift growing at the rate that it is and by the number of readers that we are is that Chad and I have get lots of e-mails and questions about the products that...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our Crotchety Chrysler Gets New Brakes And New Tortion Struts For His 100,000th Mile!
May 10, 2015Bryan McTaggartAngry Grandpa Chrysler, BangShift Projects
Ok, in the spirit of being honest, we’re a few hundred off of the magical 100,000 mile mark with our 2006 Chrysler 300C, but it is a good testament to both the care that the car received from...
Scrapple, Your Weekly Guide To The “meh”-worthy News: Autonomous Semis, Ford Trucks Hate Jalopnik, and TopGear’s New Presenters?
May 10, 2015Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Deep in the news blurbs, headlines, PR releases and more is a whole seething mass of information that should inspire a collective *yawn* from BangShifters far and wide. Instead of blending in the...
