BangShift Question of the Day: If You Were Building a Bonneville Car, What Would it Be?
Jun 05, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??
With all the hot and heavy action ready to get fired up on the salt in a couple months, we got to mentally bench racing with ourselves and started dreaming about the LSR rig we would build....
Regular Car Reviews: This Look Back At The 1990 Chrysler TC by Maserati Is Awesome
Jun 05, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, Videos
It’s not a LeBaron. We mean, it is a LeBaron but it isn’t. A weirdly delayed failure by Chrysler to score some points in the luxury car market, these late 1980s, early 1990s cars were...
Party Barge: Who Built A Bright Orange, Six Door, Big-Block Pontiac Parisienne?!
Jun 05, 2019Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
The fun I had with the Cadillac Limo last year was…well, it was an experience, for sure. I checked off a box on my automotive bucket list, I got to experience that 1980s Cadillac feeling that...
Ride Along In The Electric VW ID.R As It Whizzes Around The 12.9 Mile Nurburgring In 6:05!
Jun 05, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Yes, it is electric. No, it does not have pistons. It does not burn gasoline, alcohol, or diesel fuel. This is the VW ID.R, an electric racer built to do exactly what it does here, which is to haul...
This Compilation Of Go Kart Crashes Will Leave YOU Sore Just From Watching The Video
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
Go kart racing is one of the world’s most popular motorsports. We’re not talking about the ones with the 5hp Briggs and Stratton engines on them at the local fun park, we are talking...
Watch the Sideways, Screaming Ballet Known as Dirt Modified Racing From the Driver’s Seat!
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
As racing season is in full swing all over the country now, we’ve been getting practically run under with wild video clip submissions of wrecks, flips, and carnage. This video has none of that...
This Video Featuring Big Rigs Doing Wheelies For Four Minutes Is The Best Thing You Will See All Day
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
Oh boy is THIS some stuff! I was looking at videos of cars with 180-degree headers on them because I like the way they sounds when I came upon one with a diesel engine that had 180 degree headers on...
The Slick Shift: Watch This Guy Pull 15 Gears In A Twin-Stick Mack Like A Boss!
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
We have showed lots of multi-stick transmission videos over the years here at BangShift during our Friday Parting Shift items but this one is among the more impressive. Why? Not the fact that this...
Quick Tech: Keep Your Older Fuel System Happy With A Tip From Uncle Tony!
Jun 04, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, TECH, Videos
We have had a pretty broad selection of cars that have come and gone at BangShift Mid-West ever since we moved into the place a few years ago. We have our late-model machines that are fuel-injected,...
This Highlight Video From The 1970 Golden Gate 150 Is Awesome – Super Neat In-Car Video!
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
See that above and below? That’s Al Unser giving his Johnny Lightning Special the what for at Sears Point during the 1970 Golden Gate 150 Indy Car race. The second race of the 1970 season, it...
One Of…Who Knows? Jay Leno Checks Out One Of The Very Rare 1958 Chrysler 300-Ds With Fuel Injection!
Jun 04, 2019Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos
It’s known as the Bendix Electrojector. It was Chrysler’s late-1950s shot at fuel injection, and one of the biggest flops of the 1950s for the company…not to say anything about...
Amazing Film: 1971’s Burt Munro – Offerings To The God Of Speed
Jun 04, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
“It is effort and concentration that makes life worth while,” those are the words of the legendary Burt Munro and you’ll be able to hear him speak many great words in this 1971 Film...
Unhinged: The Unpleasant Bits Of The American Roadtrip
Jun 04, 2019Bryan McTaggartUnhinged
I love being out on the open road. Whether I’m just rolling through the miles lazily or I need to haul ass across several states for a purpose, if I’m behind the wheel and moving along,...
Monster: Watch This All-Wheel-Drive, Twin Turbo V8 Audi Lay Down 900+ On The Chassis Dyno
Jun 04, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX
It isn’t often that we think of an Audi as a truly romping, stomping hot rod but in this case it sure as heck is. The car you are going to see in the video below was built to compete in...
