Thanks VW: EPA Expands Emissions Testing To Include On-Road Driving – This Is All Your Fault
Nov 17, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift News
Ever have a friend that always screwed everything up? Maybe it was when you were in high school and you had found a hangout that would let you and your car loving buddies gather and bench race until...
Ebay Find: This One-Owner 1974 Datsun 620 Is A Simple, Honest Truck That Has Us Weak In The Knees
Nov 17, 2015Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, TRUCKS
One of the bigger vehicles in my automotive background was a Datsun like this…ok, kind of like this: it was a 240Z-swapped mini truck that was a kind of reddish-purple and would do burnouts for...
Video: Steve Caldwell’s 1972 Pontiac Ventura Is All Poncho And A Wheelstanding Bad Ass
Nov 17, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Spotlight
When BangShifter Doug Miller sent me an email telling me about his buddy Steve Caldwell’s 1972 Pontiac Ventura the photo was of this thing with the wheels sky high on a little tire and I knew...
Rough Start: Throwing The Buyer A Bone With This Built 4.3L Chevy-Powered Celica
Nov 17, 2015Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, OTHER
Holding five grand and being forced to make do with what you have doesn’t have to suck. Sometimes, a little luck and a lot of patience can work to your advantage. There are plenty of well-worn...
Ultra Rare: This 1970 Ford Motorhome Has An Air-Cooled Deutz Diesel and Overdrive Conversion!
Nov 17, 2015Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
I love old RV’s, Motorhomes, Travel Trailers, Campers, etc. And when I see them I get excited and want them all, just like hot rods and race cars, but when I saw this thing I about flipped....
1973 Baja 1000 Footage! The 2015 Baja 1000 Starts Tomorrow, But This Is A Look Back In Time!u
Nov 16, 2015Chad ReynoldsXL Spotlight, XL Videos
We’re really not happy about missing the Baja 1000 again this year, and while looking for prerunning video to see how everyone is doing get ready for tomorrow’s race we ran across this...
The IMMORTAL Wheelstanding Camaro Destroys Itself At Byron: New Video!
Nov 16, 2015Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
We showed you video of this insane wheelstanding blown Camaro mere hours after it destroyed the front suspension with a violent wheelstand during the annual Byron Power Wheelstand Championships, but...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Brian Hobaugh’s 58 Second Winning Run At Goodguys Pleasanton
Nov 16, 2015Chad ReynoldsApex Spotlight, Apex Video
Brian Hobaugh and Mike Maier put on a show at this weekend’s Goodguys Autumn Get-Together in Pleasanton, but it was Hobaugh who lead the field to a win with the only 59 second run. On his final...
SEMA 2015: Mercury Racing Has Insane Crate Engine Offerings – DOHC LS7?!
Nov 16, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Engine Tech, 1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320
Mercury Racing is coming into the LS crate engine market in a way no one else has even thought of to this point. The company that has made its name building high performance engines on the water and...
This Boss 429 Powered, Highly Whacked Out Jaguar XKE Is Like Nothing We Have Ever Seen
Nov 16, 2015Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
So one day back in 1967 over in Coventry, England a beautiful XKE rolled out under the sunlight, err, it rolled out of the factory. Because it is sunny for like 15 minutes a year in England it may...
It’s A Four By Four And A Church Bus…Motorweek Takes A Look Back At A 2000 Chevrolet Van Converted By Quigley!
Nov 16, 2015Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, HISTORIC, Videos
Ah, the cargo van. With the demise of the Ford Econoline, the full-size American cargo van has finally disappeared into history, but not so long ago the Chevrolet Express, GMC Savana, and the...
Here It Is, A 500 Horsepower, 10-Second EcoBoost Mustang – You Can Hate The Exhaust Note, But You Can’t Argue Against The Performance!
Nov 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD
Love it or hate it, Ford’s turbo-4 Mustang for the modern era can and does haul the mail when properly tuned up, and Watson Racing, in a collaboration with Revolution Automotive, can do just...
This International Metro Food Truck Would Make A Cool Gearhead Mobile Hangout
Nov 16, 2015Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Online Find
While this particular International Harvester Metro van is cool and in very good shape as it’s been recently restored, I’m using this find as an excuse to educate you on the overall...
Aussie Rebellion! New Professional Level Drag Racing Series In Australia Now Sanctioned By IHRA
Nov 16, 2015Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
So if the Australian drag racing world could be described with an American term, “screwed up” would be about it. The end of the ANDRA (Australian National Drag Racing Association) in 2014...
