American Powertrain Parting Shift: Take A Lap In A Four Gear Jamming, Straight Axle 1963 Corvette
Sep 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
This is a car called the Orange Peel. This thing is a real 1963 split window Corvette that packs a four speed, a blown big block, a straight axle, and history like you would not believe. The machine...
Road Course And Speed Stop Photos From Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Start Here
Sep 07, 2017Chad ReynoldsApex Event Coverage, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Sunday at the USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car meant Speed Stop and Road Course action, and we got photos of all of it. Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros, Vipers,...
The 2017 UMI Performance Cruise-In And Autocross Was One For The Books!
Sep 07, 2017Chad ReynoldsApex Event Coverage, BangShift APEX
(Photos and Words by Tim King) Held in the historic town of Philipsburg, PA this little town surprised us as they put on quite the show! The UMI Performance Cruise-In and Autocross was held on a...
Rough Start: This 1969 Ford Torino Is The Budget Musclecar Of Someone’s Dreams!
Sep 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, FORD
The other night I got to do a rare thing: interact with a reader not through the forum, or Facebook, or in person…but rather as we were being shot at mercilessly by a ten year old with a major...
This 1973 V8 Vega Wagon Is An Epic Example Of 1970s Perfection
Sep 07, 2017Chad Reynolds1320 Online Find, 1320 Spotlight
To say that this V8 Vega Wagon turns my crank would be an understatement to say the least. The color combo just screams mid 1970s which is just fine with me. Ten years ago I would have puked if you...
How Would You Build It? Or Them? These Two Opel Mantas Could Be Wicked!
Sep 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, eBay Find, OTHER
Drag Week is coming up fast, and there is one car that I have always loved seeing: Mike Angerer’s 1974 Opel Manta. My heart might be set on the 1980s Mantas due to their Group B Rally...
Our Great Labor Day Cruise Photos Just Keep Coming! Check Them Out!
Sep 07, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows
We told you that the Great Labor Day Cruise in Orange County is a kick ass event, and we weren’t kidding! We have gotten tons of message, comments, and Facebook likes from people who know and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did You Have A Project Go Perfectly Right?
Sep 07, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??
After four years, over 100,000 miles, and such abuses as road coursing, drag racing, canyon carving, land speed runs, drag racing, long-distance road trips and the unholy mess that is the road system...
Watch This 434ci LS7 Engine Topped With Stack Injection Make 750hp On The Dyno At Biggish RPM
Sep 07, 2017Brian LohnesENGINES, Videos
We know. You hate LS engines and they suck, and they are around too much, and everyone has them, and they suck, and….wait we said they suck twice, right? Just wanted to make sure we...
Drag Video: Check Out A Cool Right Hand Drive Second Generation Monte Carlo Making Laps In Australia – Small Tire…Big Car!
Sep 06, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Second generation Chevy Monte Carlos are a pretty rare sight at American drag strips but they have to be about like unicorns in Australia. This video stands as proof that there is at least one guy...
If You Had $200 And A Place To Jump Stuff, Which One Of These Would You Buy?
Sep 06, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??, XL Spotlight
I often dream of buying some junker car like the rednecks on YouTube and then treating it like a short course off-road truck at some top secret location. You know, donuts, anything sideways really,...
We Have More Photos From The USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car
Sep 06, 2017Chad ReynoldsApex Event Coverage, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Action at this weekend’s Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event in Fontana California was hot and heavy. For some a little hotter than others, as the temps...
Hilarious Violence Video: Watch Some Dudes Rip The Engine Out Of A VW…And The Entire Front End Of The Car!
Sep 06, 2017Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Wanton destruction is largely pointless but always hilarious in our book. Take these guys over in Europe somewhere with a sad sack little VW, a logging chain, and someone ballsy enough to be the test...
Family Sport: This Look Into the Build Of A Hardcore Demolition Derby Car Is Fantastic
Sep 06, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
When many people think about demolition derby cars they think of a ratty old station wagon bought out of someone;s driveway for $50 and then sent to its doom with a bunch of impacts in a bullring at...
