Watch A Drag Car Turn Into A Rally Car – New Video From Brazil, Car Travels Quarter Mile Into Jungle!
May 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
No, we are not rerunning the video we showed you the other day of a Chevy Opala running headong into a Brazilian jungle. Instead we were alerted to another video that came up on Facebook which...
Incredible Video: Watch A Pro Stock Motorcycle Crash From The Nose Of The Bike That Ran In The Other Lane
May 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
While I may not totally understand what motivates motorcycle drag racers I can tell you that I respect the daylights out of them and love to watch them do what they do. While I often joke about how...
Historic Drag Video: Early 1970s Wide World of Sports Drag Racing Coverage
May 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There was a time when the only drag racing that was shown on television came in the form of coverage from ABC’s Wide World of Sports. Keith Jackson was on the call and with the resources of the...
You Can Jump Your Car With 12 AA Batteries – We’re Not Kidding, Watch This Unibrowed Genius Do It
May 31, 2019Brian LohnesFUNNY STUFF, Videos
If you have never tuned into the ElectroBOOM channel on YouTube you should. The videos are hilarious and while the host plays the dummy role, the guy is actually an engineer with a very sound...
Need A History Lesson On The Ford Escort? You Actually Might!
May 31, 2019Bryan McTaggartFORD, HISTORIC, Videos
Let’s get right to it: the cover photo car is one of the eighteen Ford Escort RS 1700T prototypes that were built with the goal of bringing the Mark III Escort into rallying, much like the...
Watch This Aussie Valiant Charger Run 9s With A Turbo Chrysler Inline Six And 275 M/Ts On The Back
May 31, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Like many of you, the first time I ever saw an Australian Valiant Charger was when John Farone shipped his car over from Oz to compete at drag week. None of us knew what the hell the thing was with...
Testing Yunick: The US Army Extensively Tested Adiabatic Engines In The 1980s – Cool History
May 30, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
Perhaps the last great engineering feat of Smokey Yunick’s life was the creation and operation of his famed “hot vapor” or Adiabatic engine. Many of you remember reading stories of...
eBay: The Undisputed King Of The LS World Is For Sale – 3,500hp LSx Powered Camaro Runs 5s In Quarter, 3s In Eighth
May 30, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, eBay Find
It is, without dispute the baddest LSx powered drag car in the world. Run in big tire trim, run in Radial vs The World trim, run a quarter mile, and run an eighth, Super Dave Adkins’ Camaro has...
Awesome Bonneville Video: This 1989 Home Movie From The Salt Has Us Revved Up For Speed Week!
May 30, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Speed Week 2019 is just a couple of months away and that has us dreaming of the gearhead Valhalla that we have come to know and love over the years. The Salt, The Great White Dyno, Bonneville,...
Cool Video: This 1983 Documentary Tells The Story of Ford’s 1983 IMSA Mustang GTP Debut
May 30, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
1983 was an awesome year for IMSA racing. Hell, the whole 1980s was an awesome set of years for IMSA racing. The biggest story of the year was Ford Motor Company jumping into the series with a...
Heavy Metal Rebel: A Day-Two Sweet 1969 AMC Rebel SST
May 30, 2019Bryan McTaggarteBay Find
It’s no “The Machine” special. It’s not wearing the red/white/blue paint scheme. It’s only moving along as fast as the 290ci Typhoon V8 will allow it to move. But this...
: Make The Most Brutal 10-second Run Ever In This Big Block Powered Tudor – Bonus Donut!
May 30, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
There are videos that are fun, there are videos that are brutal, and there are videos that are brutal fun. This is one of those videos. You are going to take a ride in the a big block powered Tudor...
Mini Van: A B18 Swapped Mini…er, Van Is An Awesome Combination!
May 30, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
Minivan: A rolling breadbox best suited to shuffling about seven people around in some kind of comfort until the smell of stale French fries becomes too overwhelming to tolerate, at which point the...
