FCA Has Brought Back The Warlock – Needs More Hemi And More Stakebed!
Feb 17, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift News, BangShift XL, MOPAR, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
Call me a little bit suspicious if you must, but there is something quite familiar about the newly introduced 2019 Ram 1500 Classic Warlock. Obviously, the nameplate is a surprise…the Warlock...
Classic YouTube: Selling The AMC Gremlin Against The Volkswagen Beetle
Feb 17, 2019Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
By 1970, the competition for small, economical and cheap cars had finally become a pain in the ass of American automakers, one that was big enough to cause some discomfort. Japanese companies had...
Morning Symphony: Screaming Through Rainbow Canyon At Low Level
Feb 17, 2019Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
In military terms, it’s a section of the desert northeast of Los Angeles known to aviators as “The Complex”. In general aviation terms, it’s R-2508 and you better have your...
Rough Start: This 1978 Oldsmobile Cutlass Is Done – LS-Swapped And Turn-Key!
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
Calm down, anti-LS brigade, it’s not worth the fight today. Cheap-car hunting and GM’s current golden child of an engine normally don’t go hand-in-hand unless you have no problem...
The Straight-Axle Throwdown! Hoonigan And Finnegan Square Off, One Man Will Lose A Beard!
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
On the surface, to the untrained eye, the matchup between Mike Finnegan’s “Blasphemi” and Jon Chase’s “Tri 5 By Fire” seemed fairly even. Both cars are...
Accel’s Ceramic Boot Spark Plug Wires Are Hot Exhaust Proof And Now Available In Black
Feb 16, 2019Chad ReynoldsNew Products
I’ve had the pleasure of using Accel’s Ceramic booted plug wires on engines on the dyno at Westech and can tell you that these things are capable of handling anything your headers can...
Jay Leno Talks Lamborghini Engines. One Is Little And One Is Huge, But Both Are Ultra Sexy!
Feb 16, 2019Chad ReynoldsApex Video
I grew up as a die hard Chevrolet car and truck guy, but when I first started paying attention to vehicles outside the muscle car family there was no doubt that a Lamborghini was one sexy machine. I...
Tow Pig Greatness? This Phantom Dodge Crew Cab Shortbed Dually Just Needs A Fifth Wheel!
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggarteBay Find, MOPAR, TRUCKS
So the other day Chad brought up the question of what kind of tow rig you would pick if you were transported back to 1975. It’s a good question, though you could realistically expand the years...
The Evolution Of King Of The Hammers: If You Like Off-Road Racing You Will Love This Story.
Feb 16, 2019Chad ReynoldsXL Videos
We’ve often talked about King of the Hammers here at BANGshift. I’m a huge fan of the event and disappointed that we had to miss it this year. I’ve been lucky enough to go the past...
Unhinged: Car Culture Clashes Spoken Eloquently And Dead-On Perfect
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
(Photos: Speedhunters/Matthew Everingham) You would think that it’s just a quick jibe, a line that is meant to be nothing more than some good-natured ribbing. You would think that what...
These Two Turbocharge Tacoma Pickups Blew People Away At Imports Vs Domestics AND Neither Has An Engine You’d Expect!
Feb 16, 2019Chad Reynolds1320 Videos
We love underdogs, and trucks ALWAYS seem to be the underdog whether at the dragstrip, the autocross, or the road course. Only off-road are they given a fair shot, and even then it depends on what...
Cleetus’ Auction Corvette Gets A New “Fresh” 4.8 With Hopes Of Running In The 8’s Soon!
Feb 16, 2019Chad Reynolds1320 Videos, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
The Auction Corvette is no stranger to breaking engines, after all it had done it before Cleetus even bough the damn thing. It has stuck to that script since he did purchase it, and now it is in need...
Save The Link: 2019 Hot Rod Drag Week – Are You Ready To Go?
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320
The annual party of the quarter-mile street-driven freaks that is known as Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week is approaching again. For everyone who wanted an East Coast-biased Drag Week, this year...
Super Semi Pulling Trucks – When In Doubt, Grab A Lower Gear And Give It Hell!
Feb 16, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Semi tractors, dump trucks, heavy wreckers…they are all the workhorses of the Interstates, the farms, the factories. You see eighteen wheels, you know that someone is working somewhere and that...
