Awesome Story (and video) – The Tourist Line That Accidentally Became The Last Steam Railroad In America – Operated Until 1986!
Feb 08, 2019Brian LohnesBangShift XL, XL Videos
(By Greg Rourke) – We recently showed you a steel mill that used steam locomotives to shuttle cars around until 1980. Some claim this was the last use of steam in revenue service. Those folks...
New Product: Mr. Gasket’s 35 GPM Electric Water Pump For Big Block Mopar
Feb 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Sponsor News
There is nothing like a stout big-block Mopar. That exhaust thump, that stump-pulling torque, the twist tearing through the chassis. It’s been a solid recipe for decades and whether...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Kind Of Hot-Rodded Van Would Work For You?
Feb 08, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift Question Of The Day??, Videos
Here’s an interesting question that I’m curious to hear the answer to. Vans are an interesting thing in our world: you either see them as a canvas or you see them as a mobile shed,...
Road Racing Video: Watch This 3.0L Ford Capri Carve Up Goodwood, Camaros And All!
Feb 07, 2019Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Here in the USA when we think of Motorcraft sponsored race cars we have visions of Bob Glidden, Wood Brothers NASCAR stock cars, and Mark Oswald in a nitro funny car, right? These days it is Bob...
Schumacher Sits Out, Austin Prock Makes Rookie Top Fuel Start At 2019 NHRA Winternationals
Feb 07, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 NHRA News, BangShift 1320
It will be an interesting 2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals in top fuel as perennial favorite Tony Schumacher will not answer the call for round one qualifying citing a lack of sponsorship to run...
Video: Masters Of Motors 2018 PRI Edition – Judging The Coolest Engines At The Hardest Core Performance Show In The Wold
Feb 07, 2019Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift XL, ENGINES, FUNNY STUFF, Videos, XL Videos
It’s back! Below we have the Masters of Motors 2018 PRI edition video for you to enjoy. If you checked out the 2018 SEMA show Masters of Motors competition, you know that JE Pistons stepped up...
Firebird Raceway In Idaho Becomes The First Dragstrip To Be Placed On The National Register of Historic Places!
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggart1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
It isn’t the first racing facility on the National Register of Historic Places, but Firebird Raceway, near Eagle, Idaho, has become the first dragstrip to make it onto the list. A family-owned...
Unveiled: Ram’s New Multifunction Tailgate For Half-Tons – Swing However You’d Like To!
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, MOPAR, TRUCKS, XL Truck News
Not to be outdone with press releases from both Ford and GM, Ram has announced a new feature for their half-ton pickup trucks. It’s called the multifunction tailgate and it works like this: in...
Rough Start: A V8 AMC Eagle, Just Like Kenosha Should Have Made!
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartCraigslist Find, MOPAR
We have nothing against the American Motors 258ci inline-six. It is a damn durable engine, one that can be built to make healthy power, and is based on an engine platform that stuck around for...
Are You Racing A 360ci Sprint Car? MAHLE Has The Pistons That You Need!
Feb 07, 2019Brian LohnesNew Products, Sponsor News
There are few environments more harsh than that faced by high winding engines on dirt tracks. MAHLE knows this and that is why they have released new box in box pistons for 360ci sprint car engines....
Unveiled: The 2019 Australia Supercars Championship Mustang
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartApex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Um…consider this a consolation prize? Watching the Australian motor industry collapse was one of the worst things we’ve seen. Factories closed, storied car lines came to a bitter end, and...
Sport Truck Meets Pro Street: This 1989 Chevrolet C-1500 Is Two Eras In One
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, eBay Find, TRUCKS
Welcome to pretty much every magazine I read as a young child. Outside of the copies of 4Wheel and Off-Road that my stepdad read and all of the Dirt Wheels that I was thumbing through during my...
The International Eagle Gets Paint! Get The First Look At The Better Side Of This Old Workhorse Here!
Feb 07, 2019Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, TECH, Videos, XL Videos
Paint can make or break a vehicle’s value. I know, I’ve got two great examples in the yard: the Mustang and the Cougar. Outside of the damaged fender, the Cougar’s paint is looking...
