PRI 2017: Hammerhead Performance Engines Has Hemi Head Options For Your Small Block Ford and LS Engine
Dec 18, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 New Drag Race Products, BangShift 1320, New Products
When it comes to hardcore parts and innovations for making horsepower, cylinder heads are really where it is at. Advances in materials, advances in engineering, and advances in machining capability...
2017 NSRA Nationals Gallery: Check Out The Best Muscle Cars From The Show
Dec 18, 2017Brian LohnesApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery
(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Muscle cars. Traditionally seen as running from the early-60s to the early 70s with exceptions and bright spots in history following that. This is not...
This 1967 Pontiac Grand Prix Is A Half Century Old And As Cool As The Day It Was Built – 428 Power!
Dec 18, 2017Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back when Buick debuted the awesome Riviera, Pontiac’s John Delorean knew that he needed something similar. He needed a car with styling, performance, and a feel that was upscale and cool. The...
Bob Glidden Has Died At 73 – One Of The Most Singularly Dominant Drag Racers In History Is Gone
Dec 17, 2017Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, XL Spotlight
Bob Glidden, the 10-time NHRA pro stock champion, an IHRA pro stock champion, a native of Whiteland, Indiana, and one of the greatest drag racers of all time has died at age 73, surrounded by his...
If You Could Choose Any Car To Build Into The Ultimate Pro Touring Machine, What Would It Be?
Dec 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift Question Of The Day??
I’ve been announcing at or hosting Optima’s Ultimate Street Car Invitational since its inception. And since the first event, I have said that nobody has actually built the Ultimate Street...
A Brit In Baja: Watch As Carfection Gets A Trial Run At Baja – Just A Taste Of The Off-Road Masterpiece!
Dec 17, 2017Bryan McTaggartFUNNY STUFF, Videos
The British and Mexico haven’t had the best of relationships. There have been trade disagreements, expropriation of properties, and of course that one time that Richard Hammond from TopGear...
Here Are Another 50 Photos Of Hot Rods And Customs At The Mooneyes X-Mas Party Show
Dec 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Car Shows
We told you we had lots of photos to share, and we weren’t kidding. Here is another batch for you to check out from one of SoCal’s coolest traditional hot rod and custom events. Sure...
Phoenix Race Tires Has A Bunch Of New Sizes Of Slicks That Excite The Hell Out Of Us!
Dec 17, 2017Chad Reynolds1320 Drag News, 1320 Spotlight
I grew up with an NHRA Stock Eliminator car in the garage. A car that had to run a 9.00/30/15 inch tire by the rules. We ran Firestones for most of my childhood and then Firestone quit making slicks...
The Farm Girl: This 1967 GMC Packs Duramax Power And Nitrous Just For The Fun Of It
Dec 17, 2017Bryan McTaggart1320 Cars With Doors Feature, 1320 Drag Racing Feature, BangShift 1320, TRUCKS
You had to hunt for this one at the 2017 PRI show. I didn’t even know the truck was there until my last couple of hours walking around. But there it was, sitting on the carpet, plain as day...
Check Out These Cool Cars And Trucks At The Pomona Swap Meet
Dec 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift Galleries, Swap Meets
We have another installment of photos from the Pomona Swap Meet right here. It is getting cold in a lot of the country, but it has been unseasonably warm here in SoCal, including at last...
#BACONSHIFT Is Back! American Powertrain’s Bacon To The Future Sale Is On. FREE BACON!!!
Dec 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift News
That’s right, the World Famous, always talked about, sometimes mimicked, American Powertrain Bacon to the Future Sale is on!!! Free Bacon with an American Powertrain transmission package! Not...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Buy Your Car From The Cat.
Dec 17, 2017Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
The songs. The shopping. That creepy-ass elf doll on the shelf that you forgot to move for the last three days. The risk that some big-boned, white-bearded man in 1970s pimp velour is going to just...
This 1962 Chevrolet C10 Is Old School Custom And Smooth As Hell
Dec 17, 2017Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, XL Online Find, XL Spotlight
These early C10’s are super cool trucks, whether done up like a hot rod, a pro touring machine, low rider, or custom. This one here is custom perfection with a nod toward the low rider scene,...
