RideTech Got Their Hands On Kyle Petty’s Old Charger And Prototyped StreetGrip Parts On It!
May 18, 2017Brian LohnesSponsor News
This is a cool story from our pals at RideTech. Recently they had a neat car in the shop and used the opportunity to both upgrade it and prototype some new parts on it. The car? A 1970 Dodge Charger...
This Collection Of Australian Burnout Carnage Has It All: Fire, Wrecked Metal, And Dead Engines!
May 18, 2017Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
You know what’s safe? Sitting still holding a stuffed animal for comfort. You know what isn’t safe? Australian burnout contests. Nothing says “injury waiver” quite like...
The Ultimate Kitbash: The Skeleton Of A Honda Insight, The Guts Of A Subaru SVX, The Soul Of A Porsche!
May 18, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
I love the weird ones, no doubt, but what you are looking at is beyond “weird”. I’m not quite sure what I can compare it with: the model car made up from parts from five different...
Vintage Drag Videos: Topeka’s Kaw Valley Dragway Circa The Early 1960s
May 18, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Drag Races, HISTORIC, Videos
Today the Topeka, Kansas area has the sprawling Heartland Park racing facility to take care of its need for speed, but that hasn’t always been the case. Before that huge complex became a...
The Micro Machine From Hell: This Honda S600 Is Short And Sketchy!
May 18, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Ok, this is interesting enough: small car, large turbo outside of the hood. This tiny-ass little Honda S600 has some grunt for sure, but what it also has is Colin Chapman’s obsession:...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: You Probably Shouldn’t Put That In Your Mouth.
May 18, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
Here’s a question for you, readers, and it’s something that I hadn’t given much thought to: have you ever gone through a car wash or have been in the driveway, scrubbing down your...
Roadtrippin’: Exploring A Closed Down Salvage Yard Still Filled With Gearhead Gold
May 18, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Galleries, Gallery
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – This past weekend, a buddy and I jumped into my ’64 Galaxie 500 to see how it would hold up on a road trip. Tour Nebraska is coming up soon and I...
Give the HOONIGAN Boys A 965 Turbo Porsche And They Break It Trying To Do Burnouts!
May 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsApex Spotlight, Apex Video
We love the folks over at HOONIGAN, they do fun stuff. I mean what’s not to love about donuts, burnouts, and building cool stuff? We have a feeling that we would get into a lot of trouble if we...
Double Down: A Second Opinion On The 2017 Dodge Challenger GT – Is It Answering A Question No One Asked?
May 17, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Road Tests, Car Features
A couple of weeks ago McTaggart sweet talked the boys at the local Dodge dealer to let him take a new 2017 Dodge Challenger GT out for a spin. Well unbeknownst to him, the people at Dodge had sent...
Ride Along In An Awesome Stick Shift Brazilian Dodge Charger At A Strip In Brazil – Multiple Angles
May 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
We’ve long been fans of highlighting the drag racing scene around the world here at BangShift and today we’re doing just that again by looking at this really cool, stick shift, Brazilian...
This 1962 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk Is An Amazing Study In Cash Strapped Car Design
May 17, 2017Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX
In 1962 things were not good for Studebaker. They had teamed up with Packard by that time and the two companies were limping towards their eventual grave together. That being said, in ’62 they...
The New Mark Williams Enterprises Catalog Is Out! Download A Free One Or Order A Printed One Here!
May 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, New Products, Sponsor News
Catalogs are the life blood of the high performance aftermarket and racing parts world. Whether we’re talking the modern electronic versions or the tried and true paper variety, these things...
Morning Symphony: Banging Gears In A V8 Mack R-Series In New Zealand!
May 17, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
There isn’t much more that we can think of that would torment a driver quite like having to row through an Eaton Roadranger gearbox while trying to hustle the rig it’s working in around...
Awesome Nostalgia Video: Watch The Fuel Burning Olds Powered Little Honker Rip Down The Strip At Beaver Springs
May 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When you put a blower on top of a classic Olds engine and then feed fuel through its veins you are living right and that’s what we can say about the Little Honker, the car featured in this...
