Mighty Car Mods Go For The Tens By Swapping A Turbo Barra Six Into A Toyota Sedan!
Jun 19, 2017Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
We aren’t 100% sure, but we have a feeling that the lads at Mighty Car Mods may have been influenced when they came to the United States to play with a beat-up Impala not too long ago, because...
Evil Little Pill: This Ford Fiesta ST Is Kicking Everybody’s Backside At A Half-Mile Run!
Jun 19, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, FORD
Say it with me: The Ford Fiesta ST is NOT a sleeper. It’s not a particularly fast car, true. It’s more meant to be a neat little daily, a runaround that doesn’t suck, an eco-car...
Father’s Day Video: Old Guy Shuts Down a Runaway Diesel Engine While Youthful Helpers Run for the Hills!
Jun 18, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
At some point in our lives a dad or a grand dad or a father figure has bailed us out of some seriously bad crud. This video is one of those situations in action. Ever see those t-shirts with the...
Father’s Day Fun: Streamliner Has A 30 Cubic Engine And Is Faster Than Any Lamborghini Ever Built
Jun 18, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Cars Without Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature
So you think you are good at hot rodding? You may be, but you are nowhere as good as Mark Lingua. Mark is the guy who dreamed up, built, and drives the streamliner below. The machine is classified as...
Father’s Day Memories: How You Cordially Tell The Local Chevy Dealer That They Suck – Circa 1957
Jun 18, 2017Brian LohnesBarnstormin'
(Being that this is Father’s Day I wanted to remember my late grandfather with one of the more fun reminders of how awesome he was with this blog site that originally ran back in 2014. I LOVE...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Wreck Of The Old 97 – Johnny Cash
Jun 18, 2017Brian LohnesBS Daily Tune Up
Sure this isn’t a car song, but it is about speed and danger, so that’s close enough for us. This song has been around since the 1920s in one form or another and it actually tells the...
Check It Out: AfcoDynaPro.com Puts All Your Favorite Brands In One Place!
Jun 18, 2017Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
It is always cool when a good thing gets better. Such is the case with AFCO, Dynatech, and Pro Shocks and the new website that ties all three brands of products closely together and allows you to...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Job Do You Hate Doing on Your Car But Yields Satisfying Results?
Jun 17, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
This may be an odd question, but I was thinking about it while forming new brake lines for Brutus the tow truck recently. I despise forming and flaring brake lines and I always manage to choose...
The Unobtanium File: Saving An Ancient Caterpillar Fuel Pump Made of Solid Bronze With Skill and Crafty Thinking
Jun 17, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Tech Stories
Welcome to the Unobtanium File, a randomly reoccurring blog series that will highlight some of the more interesting, off the wall, and down right cool projects that the dudes and dudettes at Then and...
Watch The Jacked Up Motorsports Pulling Truck Barf Half A Caterpillar Engine Through Its Hood!
Jun 17, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(Lead photo from Jacked Up Motorsports FB page) – We have showed you the nasty side effects of hugely boosted pulling engines failing before. The carnage is virtually unrivaled in motorsports....
Please Be Real: Anybody Want A Cheap Chevrolet Chevette Drag-Race Pickup?
Jun 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, CHEVY
One of my highest moments of sheetmetal butchery came at the expense of a 1979 Ford Fiesta. The hapless little econocar wasn’t in that bad of shape, but it wasn’t in great shape either....
Awesome V8 Fury At The LeMans Classic – Monzas, Mopars, and Fords! Watch!
Jun 17, 2017Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
While the American Le Mans efforts of the 1960s get all the credit because they were “successful” and “won the race” there were some cars from the USA that competed in the...
Morning Symphony: The Rothsmans Group B Porsche 911 Being Used As Intended
Jun 17, 2017Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
Recently, Porsche came out and basically said that they were going on the offensive against automotive value speculators and investment purchasers. Why? Because they hate the fact that people got...
