Watch This Blown Alcohol Hemi Explode In Flaming Glory On The Engine Dyno – Wild Stuff
Aug 03, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
When things go wrong with an engine that makes thousands of horsepower they go wrong very quickly and they go wrong violently. Such is the case in this video where we see what looks to be a Fontana...
This 1975 Pontiac Astre V8 Swapped, Clean, and The Cure For The Common Vega
Aug 03, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
If you have been looking for something a little different, our man Rocco has you covered. He is the guy that dug up this sweet 1975 Pontiac Astre station wagon thats for sale in LA. The little wagon...
The Bad Brit: Check Out This Classic Jaguar Mk1 Roasting Tires And Sliding Sideways At Goodwood
Aug 03, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Now this is a properly American display from a British icon. The Jaguar Mk1 was produced from 1955-1959 and they were made in a couple of versions. First there was a 2.4L engine and later on there...
Love Fire Trucks But Really Need A Hauler? This Fire Truck Based Hauler Is The Answer!
Aug 03, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift News
Back in 2008 Spartan Fire Apparatus wanted to create a rig to haul their promotional trailer around to shows and events. Rather than just do the normal thing a buy a toter, the company put its...
Cool Old Video: This 1950s Dodge Promotional Video Is All About The Red Ram Hemi
Aug 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Chrysler hemi in all of its glorious forms is one of the great engines in hot rodding history. From the little hemi engines of the 1950s to the mighty second generation engines of the 1960s and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Engine In History Has Had The Best Factory Name?
Aug 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift Question Of The Day??
One of the things that manufacturers have lost the plot on in recent years is naming their engines. Hell, we told you about one example coming from GM today as they are calling a new turbocharged...
Watch The Hampton Hooker John Deere Pulling Tractor Launch The Entire Engine Out Of Itself!
Aug 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
This is pretty amazing and not exactly in a good way. As stunning as it is to watch from a video screen we can only imagine what it was like to be in the driver’s seat of the tractor when the...
Watch Sonny Leonard Himself Rip A Naturally Aspirated 1,000ci Engine To 8,000 RPM On His Dyno – 2,000hp!
Aug 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Sonny Leonard is now and will forever be considered one of the best big cubic inch engine builders ever. The words “mountain motor” have been defined by a handful of men over the years...
Video and The History Of Duke Nalon’s Rocket Assisted 1940s Indy Car Are Amazing!
Aug 02, 2018Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Just ahead of the 1946 Indy 500, Chicagoan Duke Nalon did what any sensible racer would do to pull an extra few miles per hour from his race car: He strapped a 40-pound solid fuel rocket to it....
Watch a 1200hp Blown and Alky Injected Mud Bogger Go Romping Through the Louisiana Swamp
Aug 02, 2018Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
No matter what type of organized automotive activity that you’re into, there are bragging rights involved. The bragging rights are probably no bigger or more completely over the top than in the...
Thursday BOOM: Funny Car Blower Explosions
Aug 02, 2018Brian LohnesCRASH & BURN, Videos
As evidenced by the wild lead photo of the funny car belching fire from every possible place, blower explosions in drag race machinery can be spectacularly awful. With the modern advent of burst...
Wild Ride: Watch This Driver Keep His Twin Turbo 292 Y-Block Powered Altered Off The Wall
Aug 02, 2018Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
If there is one thing that drag racers know how to do it is stressing their engine combinations to the breaking point in the search for maximum performance. This is not a trait limited to North...
Suit-And-Tie 1960’s Badass: This 1965 Plymouth Belvedere II Is Lust-Worthy!
Aug 02, 2018Bryan McTaggart1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, Craigslist Find, MOPAR
Clean, straightforward, all-business. Trimmed hair, suit dialed in to perfection, tie choice excellent and demure. The man’s man of the early 1960s…all business, all professional. The...
