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Righting A Wrong: Regular Car Reviews Drives An LS4-Swapped DeLorean With The Factory Five-Speed Still In Place!

The ultimate disappointment for any fan of the Back to the Future films should involve the DeLorean. Not because they don’t time travel or because you just can’t fuel it with beer down a...

Long, Low, Wide And Heavy: Jay Leno Rolls Out His 1958 Imperial Convertible!

There is confusion on where the Imperial name sits within Chrysler’s history, so let’s make it clear: between 1955-75 and 1981-83, Imperial is a separate make, the top-tier level of the...

Morning Symphony: Testing A Brand-New Citroen C3 WRC On The Road!

Right here is the dream job none of us even knew to ask for when we were growing up. Firefighter? Cop? Photographer for lingerie models? Nope, you can keep all of that…at no point did I know to...

How Much Nitrous Can A 305 Chevy Take Before Things Go Bad? Engine Masters Finds Out!

The 305 Chevrolet V8…it’s not the Rodney Dangerfield of small-block Chevrolets (that honor goes to the 307) but it still has a big issue with reputation. Mostly because it’s...

Watch NHRA Funny Driver Ron Capps Hit The Sand Trap Hard At The US Nationals

It was a frightening day for veteran funny car driver Ron Capps yesterday when his NAPA Dodge had a parachute deployment problem at the top end and he entered the sand trap HARD. As you will see,...

Andy Bozell Sets 3/8-Mile Oval Record With Insane 9.465-Second Lap

That’s a staggering headline, isn’t it? And yet as part of Kalamazoo Speedway’s “Call of the Wild” event on September 3, Andy Bozell’s highly modified Super Late Model car smashed the...

IndyCar Returns to Watkins Glen and Scott Dixon Rewrites the Lap Speed Record Books

When IndyCar axed the ill-fated Grand Prix of Boston earlier this year, the series suddenly had a void to fill on the calendar. With a few options on the table, IndyCar settled on a date at historic...

NASCAR Truck Race Ends With Motorsport Dumpster Fire, Driver Tackling Rival

While IndyCar was busy setting an absurd pace at Watkins Glen International and a clean win for Scott Dixon last weekend, just across the New York-Canada border, the NASCAR Camping World Trucks...

Happy Labor Day From BangShift.com!

Welcome to the unofficial end of summer, folks. School is back in session, the trees are dropping a leaf or two as a warning before they completely go buck-naked, the farmers are mowing down the corn...

This 1986 Chrysler Laser XT Is A Perfect Daily Driver: Turbocharged, Manual Trans, And Decent Mileage!

Here’s a shape that I honestly miss seeing on the roads: the first-generation of the Chrysler G-body. You are probably thinking “Dodge Daytona”, but Chrysler somehow sweet-talked...

Gearing Up For Winter: How About A Seven-Second Snowmobile? Yes, Please!

Winter sucks, and I’m not looking forward to it’s arrival in a few short weeks. I don’t care if it does sound like bitching…I’ll own that with a smile. Cold, rainy,...

Labor Day Racing Footage: Irish Drifting? Yeah, It’s Real And It’s Good!

When I went to Ireland two years ago, to say that I was disappointed with the automotive culture I saw around would be an understatement. Nothing I was used to, none of the forbidden fruit minus one...

Labor Day Historical Racing Footage: The 1981 Australian Endurance Championship Round 1 Group C Race From Adelaide!

Got your feet kicked up? Fully relaxed yet? Good deal…you’ve been busting your hump all year so far, you’ve earned a day off and we want to make sure that you aren’t just...

The Parting Shift: A 351 Powered Tremec TKO Equipped Mustang Hits The Strip

Because we’re going to be living in the land of the LS next week at Holley LS Fest we figured that some good old Ford gear bashing was needed for this week’s Parting Shift. The subject at...