Random Car Review: The Monteverdi Sierra – Putting A Volaré Into A Tux And Teaching It How To Be Swiss
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartCar Features, MOPAR
When we think of the Plymouth Volaré, we think of rusting sedans, half-assed Road Runners, and if we’re having a decent day, the 360-powered Petty Kit Cars. Even though I’m a fan of the...
Screaming Mimi: Watch And Listen To This 2.0L Vauxhall Four Banger Make 284 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno
Apr 20, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINES, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Normally when we showcase engine dyno videos here at BangShift, there’s big horsepower involved. Today the horsepower is more modest but the engine is really neat. This is not an engine that we...
Parts-Bin Special: Bringing A 1966 Mustang Convertible Together With Raided Parts
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartFORD, Project Cars
The last time we checked in with Mike from ClassicMustangs429, he had turned a Lincoln Versailles into a pile of usable parts that was destined for a project that, originally, was supposed to be for...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Goldfinger Performs “Here In Your Bedroom” Quarantine Edition
Apr 20, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BS Daily Tune Up
This song is awesome. This performance of the song is even better. Admittedly I have been a fan of Goldfinger since high school. These guys were regularly firing out of the crummy 6×9 speakers I...
Run, Little Pony: Dyno Testing A 1979 Ford Mustang Ghia Survivor
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
The folks at Late Model Restoration have to love me right now. Over the last couple of months, I’ve been ordering stuff for three different Mustang projects…not only the Great Pumpkin and...
Project Isolation Restoration: Our 1960s Single Cylinder Engine Gets Cleaned Up And We Learn More
Apr 20, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, Tech Stories, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories
When last we left you, Project Isolation Restoration had been torn down and we were pleased to find that there were no real Boogey men waiting for us inside the engine. As an early teaser for the...
Missing Car Show Season? Why Not Check Out The IQCS2020? LAST WEEK TO REGISTER!
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift News
So…let’s take stock of what the last few of weeks have been in a one-word nutshell: CANCELLED. One person per family per shopping trip, social-distancing, you better not f’ing...
Configutator Battle: Which Half-Ton Work Truck Is The Best Bang For Your Buck? We Check Them Out
Apr 20, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck Feature, XL Truck News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The American Truck: Hauling loads and doing work for more than 100 years. In the year 2020 however trucks are used as comfortable commuters and daily drivers, often...
Morning Symphony: Desert-Blasting In A Polaris RZR With Darren Parsons At The Wheel
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
Two years ago BFGoodrich treated me to one of the best weekends in Vegas I’ve experienced to date. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Mint 400, I got the chance to come out and to get a...
Classic YouTube: The 1975 Winston 500 At Talladega via Car And Track
Apr 20, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Another Monday and another week of not much going on at racetracks around the country, but thanks to YouTube, there’s a wonderful catalog of excellent action from the past to check out, which...
Do Old Mopars Die? This 1973 Satellite Isn’t Dead, But It’s Pretty Close!
Apr 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartMOPAR, Videos
What is easily the happiest part of my experience working at BangShift is highlighting people who actively go out of their way to bring a dead car back to life. No special one-offs or rare things, no...
Trophy Truck Testing In And Around The Office Park Is Super Awesome With Robby Gordon
Apr 19, 2020Chad ReynoldsBangShift XL, XL Off Road Feature, XL Videos
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Robby Gordon’s race shop, and can tell you that the street out front, and the parking lots around it, lend themselves to truck jumps and testing and it is...
Ever Wonder How Edelbrock Makes Their Parts? Check Out The Inside Of Their Foundry!
Apr 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartENGINES, Videos
One of the neatest things I’ve done involved doing some project managment work for a foundry in Arizona. It was part of a business class and the goal was to focus on the tasks associated with...
Classic YouTube: 1982 Maserati Merak SS Review – This Was Exotic?!
Apr 19, 2020Bryan McTaggartHISTORIC, Videos
For many of you, I suspect that your introduction to the Maserati Merak came via TopGear, specifically from Series 7, Episode 4, the “£10,000 Supercar Challenge” that saw the trio buy...
