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Yeah, We Made A Flying Saucer: The Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar Prototype

Have you ever dealt with one of those real-deal tinfoil hat types that believes without a doubt that we’re holding aliens hostage somewhere in New Mexico, and that we’re...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Jason Line Talks Engine Building, Don O’Neal Talks Top Sportsman With A Factory Stock Showdown Engine

A couple of good dudes joined me on the NHRA Insider podcast recently and we had some wide ranging conversations covering everything from engine building to how one takes a factory stock showdown...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your JDM Ride Of Choice?

It was easy to talk crap about Eclipses, CRXs and just about any thing that looked like it was a background car from an early Fast and Furious movie, but over the years, I’ve developed an...

How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!

This is an awesome video that shows us some amazing stuff about one of the aftermarket industry’s truly important names. Yes, we are going inside the COMP Cams factory in Tennessee to see how a...

Random Car Review: 1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2 – The Half-Assed Homologation Special

By the time the ax fell in 2009, Pontiac was a mess, known best for bringing in plastic body cladding by the tons and the Aztek. It was quite a fall from grace for the brand that also brought out the...

Porsche Has Released The Specs On The All-New 992 Targa – Big Horsepower, Big Performance, Big Money

(By Tom Lohnes) – This week has been so far so good on new car releases with the Toyota Venza coming back and the Sienna minivan taking some styling cues from the Supra, but one in particular...

The American Powertrain Wednesday Shift: 10,500 RPM Chip, 296ci, And A Five Speed Make This Corvette Fly

Virginia based racer Randy Snoddy was a guy who could regularly be found at IHRA events up and down the eastern seaboard in the 1980s. His 1966 Corvette was the kind of car that you see once and...

Buick V6 Build Part 1: The Teardown Of A Worn Used Engine For A Performance Build

I’ve made a little money here and there in some extra-curricular activities that we do not officially condone here, and by far and wide the most winning engine out of that history was a 231...

BangShift Mobile Command Unit? This 2019 Ford Transit Limo Bus Looks Ideal!

I’m not going to let the idea of a BangShift Mobile Command Unit go. The idea of packing up our gear into something big enough for us to sleep in and mobile enough to travel in just makes sense...

Watch a Drag Racing Crash That Was Inches Away From Being A Nightmare Disaster

We sound dumber than usual when we tell you that this video depicts a “lucky” drag racing crash, but boiled down, that’s what it is. Filmed at Pacific Raceways during the Goodguys...

Random Car Review: 1994 GMC Suburban by Lingenfelter: Would 605 Cubic Inches Please You, Sir?

(Lead and engine photos: Aaron Kiley/Car and Driver) 1994…what a year. Music, news, world events…way too much to dive into without going off on thousands of tangents, so let’s stick...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Dumbest Thing A Dealership Has Ever Told You?

If I have to choose between dealing with a dealership over the acquisition of a car and being sodomized with a cactus, I’m going to recommend the teddy bear cholla and ask that you don’t...

Pro Stock In The Living Room: How Is Bruno Massel Getting Ready For His 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Debut? On A Neat Simulator!

In drag racing, reputation is everything. Being able to do the job is one facet of being a professional level competitior but being able to do it consistently is what moves you from good to great....

A Mopar Story For The Ages: How A Kid Bought A Hemi 1966 Plymouth Belvedere New, Won at The Drags, and Got It Back Decades Later

(Photo Credit: Mopar Muscle Magazine) – We love stories about guys who have held onto their first cool car for life and never let it go but we may love the stories when guys had to part with...