Enter to Win Holley’s Twin Supercharged LS Engine Giveaway! – It’s Easy and Free!
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Sponsor News, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, Sponsor News, XL Sponsor News
What’s that? You don’t need a free, twin-blown, 427ci LS engine from Holley? You don’t think that you want that much horsepower? You’re not sure? Please leave. Go ahead and...
The Other Guy: How The Mercedes E53 Coupe Stacks Up In The World Of Performance Cars – Now With An AMG Edition!
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – For the old men out there that think the Corvette Convertible or Porsche 911 Cabriolet are too mainstream, there has always been the Mercedes E-class Coupe and Cabriolet....
Radical Rambler: This 1968 Rambler American Is A Tube Chassis, Center Steer Link To A Type Of Drag Racing No One Does Anymore
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Online Find, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
This is the coolest drag car we have seen on eBay in years and that’s really saying something because we have seen a few. What makes this car so cool? The fact that literally no on builds them...
Classic YouTube: Check Out This 1957 Chrysler Corporation Training Film – Nine-Way Car Battle With Buick, Olds And Cadillac!
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, HISTORIC, MOPAR, Videos
This Chrysler Corporation training film might have been showcased as a nine-way vehicle test, but let’s be quite honest: no, it’s not. In the Fifties, the manufacturers were cut-throat...
Lambo Doors On A C8? Not Just No….HELL NO – Just Because You Can Does Not Mean That You Should
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want to take a brand new C8 Corvette and ruin it? Well, for $3,000 hard earned dollars you very much can with scissor doors for the new-for-2020 mid-engined Corvette....
The “WTF?” Files: The Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Fire Truck Conversion
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartCar Features, OTHER
“Form follows function” simply means that the aesthetic shape of something (normally a building) should be dictated by the function or purpose of the design. Ergo, that’s why a fire...
Screw Tarmac: This Holden Commodore SS Rips Up A Rally Stage
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartRACING & ACTION, Videos
If you have never taken a powerful car and threw it around on dirt, you ain’t living right. You’re basically telling me that every 1970s movie, The Dukes of Hazzard, and every other bit...
Watch This 434ci Small Block Make 1,440hp With Twin Turbos – New Zealand Hot Rodding, Baby!
Jun 03, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, Apex Video, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINE, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Tech Stories, Videos
We’ll save the jokes about the turbochargers spinning in the opposite direction for another day because this little small block is a meanie! Build in New Zealand and packing a set of...
Carnage, Indeed: Here’s The Damage When A Tailshaft Disintegrated On The Dyno!
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
If you haven’t been following the Buick V6 build that Street Machine has been putting together for their Holden Berlina, then you might have missed the note that it’s being built for a...
Retro-Review Fun: This 1994 Look At The Then Current Acura NSX Is A Reminder Of How Strange These Cars Were
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
I remember being a kid when the Acura NSX came out. I remember reading the magazine stories, seeing the stuff on the various car related TV shows, I watched, and talking about it with my fellow car...
Loaded For Bear: 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ 400 4-Speed, With Almost Every Option On It
Jun 03, 2020Bryan McTaggartBUICK / OLDS / PONTIAC, Craigslist Find
The Pontiac Grand Prix’s game through the late 1980s was sporty luxury. Neutral ground between the Trans-Am freaks who wanted the raging party of 1970 to live on forever, and those who wanted...
QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
Jun 03, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
You all know that we’re freaks for racing history around here, but how far back does it go? I have recently become obsessed with grand prix racing in the 1920s and 1930s leading up to WWII and...
Drag Racing Down South, Way Down South: Check Out This Action From Argentina! Slingshots, Crazy Four Bangers, and More!
Jun 02, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Buenos Aires is the capitol city of Argentina and it is home to a quarter mile drag strip. We think the place is called Picadas Galvez and it’s where the video below was shot. This video...
