Tube Bending Basics For Bumpers, Roll Cages, Roll Bars, And More
Sep 25, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story
Tube bending is an artform, or it can be anyways. But it is also a skill that you can learn, and master, if you spend the right time and energy doing so. This skill can come in very handy depending...
Why Testing Is Important: Watch This Holden Drift The Dragstrip Before Settling Down To Run Sevens!
Sep 25, 2016Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Shakedown testing is vital to a race car. The team and the driver need to know how the animal that they built will behave once the loud pedal gets it’s first solid kicking. Part of the big...
Check Out The Ridetech Street Grip Install On George’s 1969 El Camino
Sep 25, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Project Cars
When we heard about this one, we just had to share. Apparently George drove the white Ridetech Street Grip Chevelle to an event, and when he got home and was asked what he thought, he was impressed....
Surmount The Impossible For $50,000? Watch These Rock Bouncers Give It A Try In Tennessee!
Sep 25, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Fifty thousand dollars can do a lot. That could be a hell of a race engine, a brand new project, or a new tow rig. Or it could simply be what’s needed to pay off the credit cards. Anybody can...
Is This Dodge Van Cursed? It’s Owner Sure Thinks So… You Have To Read This!
Sep 25, 2016Tony SestitoBangShift News, Craigslist Find
Like many of you BangShifters, I love to peruse Craigslist for deals on cheap cars. Lately, I’ve had a thing for old Dodge trucks, and since most of them have rusted away to nothingness where I...
What Is Past “Ludicrous”? Tesla Is Getting Sued Because The Model S P85D Is Too Slow!
Sep 25, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
If there is one item of note about electric vehicles we have paid attention to, it’s the acceleration figures: since all of the torque is available from zero RPM, the only issue between a...
Morning Symphony: The “Unwanted” Holden VF Ute Decimating The Skidpad At Ultimate Burnout Challenge Collie!
Sep 25, 2016Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Are you a deep sleeper? Can you snore your way through a bomb blast? Not notice when someone is shaking you? That’s me. I’m the type of guy that requires something drastic in order to...
A Video Memorial to Yoshimi Katayama, Pioneer Racer of Rotary Engines
Sep 25, 2016Eric RoodApex Video, BangShift APEX
In March, Japanese sports car racing legend Yoshimi Katayama died at the age of 75. Aside from an eloquent memorial by The Drive and a short obituary in Road & Track, Katayama’s passing went...
Watch Jay Payne Suffer A Huge Crash In His Pro Mod At The 2016 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals – He’s OK
Sep 24, 2016Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
It began as a slight movement to the left off the starting line and then it turned into a wrestling match between the driver and the car with the driver ultimately going for the ride of his life. It...
This LS Swapped 1968 Biscayne Does Killer Burnouts
Sep 24, 2016Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos
So it doesn’t make a ton of power, but this 1968 Biscayne does some killer burnouts, that’s for sure. The video shows it on the chassis dyno at the Sloppy Mechanics dyno day and it makes...
Daily Dually Fix: This Square Body Chevy Is Ready For Paint, Low, And Clean
Sep 24, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
If this one was ours, we would take the front seats down and have the sides repaired since the actual seating surface is so nice. Then we’d paint it factory two tone with white and blue...
Third-Gen Camaros Rule And This Road Race Example Is Nearly Perfect
Sep 24, 2016Chad ReynoldsApex Online Find, Apex Spotlight
We say nearly, because perfection would mean we were able to get a title for it and register this sucker so we could listen to people whine about what is and is not a street car. Oh, and because we...
Question Of The Day: When Did You Figure Out You Were The Neighborhood Gearhead?
Sep 24, 2016Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
I like where I live: I have one neighbor to the right of me, one neighbor to the left of me, an acre’s walk to the field that is currently filled with soybeans, and in front of my house, a slab...
It Might Not Be The Prettiest, But We’re In Love With This Laid Out ’62 C10
Sep 24, 2016Chad ReynoldsXL Online Find, XL Spotlight
We know that the laid out look is not for everyone. We know that some people just don’t get it. And that’s okay. But we love it. Seeing a car or truck, that has the right look, laid on...
