Proud To Row His Own: 454-Powered 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Project
Nov 27, 2019Bryan McTaggartCAR FEATURES, CHEVY
I’ve come to the conclusion that the only way I’ll really trust a company that deals in aftermarket auto parts is when I see those who work for the brand actively using those parts on...
Sportsman Parting Shots From The 2019 NHRA World Finals At Pomona!
Nov 26, 2019Darr Hawthorne1320 Drag News, 1320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
(Photos by Mike & Jeff Burghardt) – One more shot from the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona, the weather was awesome, the racing was close and an epic first round Pro...
Historical Footage: The 1989 Lakebed Landing Of A B1-B Lancer Bomber At Edwards Air Force Base
Nov 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos
The Rockwell B1-B Lancer swept wing supersonic bomber is an awesome machine. Visually, it harkens back to when jet aircraft were supposed to be ungodly fast, when speed was absolutely key for...
B58 Bomber: Step Papadakis Completes His Supra B58 Engine Build And Dynos It For Four Digit Power!
Nov 26, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, HISTORIC, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos
We have shown you some lead up videos on this project to the dyne video that is below. Long story short, Steph Papadakis wanted to be the first guy to have a B58 Supra engine that makes 1,000hp on...
Morning Symphony: The Wildest Moments From WRC 2019
Nov 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
The only way you can under-rate rally driving is to have never, ever seen rally driving actually performed. Even the slower, tamer classes can get buck wild, and the full-on WRC cars are the...
Underestimated: Nine Seconds Out Of A 3.7L V6 Mustang!
Nov 26, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
The Ford Cyclone V6 is a punchy little thing that doesn’t get as much credit as it should. Then again, look at where it sits in most of the linup: the big cars and as the base engine for the...
Late Night In The Shop: Working On A King Of The Street Build At Firepunk Diesel
Nov 26, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
You know how it goes: you got off of work, went home, grabbed a bite to eat and spent a few minutes with the family, then headed into the shop and proceeded to work with your buddies until it was...
BangShift Project Files: 1968 Chevrolet C10 Stepside – Daughter’s First Truck
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Project Cars, TRUCKS
The first project car is always something special. I went through a couple of false starts before I got to rip into my 1979 Caprice coupe early in my high-school years and I couldn’t have been...
What Rotary? Check Out This Cummins-Swapped Mazda RX-8!
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
Sometimes, we wonder about fans of the Wankel engine. We get why cars like the Mazda RX-series has it’s fans, and we love the noise a radically built rotary makes, especially when it’s...
Classic YouTube: The Great Dauphine Enduro Of 1959!
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
I’m not familiar with the Renault Dauphine. Up until a couple of days ago, the only one I had ever seen in person was mounted on the side of the local transmission shop in Bowling Green, and I...
Rough Start: The Ultimate Winter Beater! A 1966 Plymouth Fury With Blue Oval Bones!
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find
There’s a common theme I’m seeing this week: everybody is putting up their nice rides for the winter. One look outside the window at BangShift Mid-West certainly tells the tale: the yard...
Foose on Design: Tweaking The Look Of An Iconic 1970 Plymouth ‘Cuda
Nov 25, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
The “Foose on Design” series that Hagerty is producing is brilliant. Why? Because we get to see this guy talk about the stuff that he’s best at. We get to see him sketch, we get to...
Shop Tour: Vintage Planet – A Treasure Vault Well-Hidden In The Hills!
Nov 25, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Gallery, Shop Tours
As Curt Lair and I pulled up to a nondescript building sitting in the middle of some hills in central Tennessee, you could’ve convinced me that I was going to see anything else inside. A cube...
Building A Tough Engine And Need A Tough Cam? COMP Cams Has You Covered With GM Sportsman Tool Steel Camshafts
Nov 25, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift News, New Products, Sponsor News
Today’s world of hot rodding is unlike any time that has come before it. Enthusiasts and racers are building engines that no one even 20 years ago dreamed possible and in doing so, making the...
