Project Great Pumpkin Mustang: The PITA Front Suspension Drama
Aug 14, 2020Bryan McTaggartProject Cars, Pumpkin Mustang
It’s been three months since I’ve put wrenches to the 1980 Mustang Ghia that we call the Great Pumpkin, and it’s simply because I’ve been pissed-off at the car. Other than...
Carlisle Ford Nationals 2020: If You Think You Know, Look Again…
Aug 14, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Photos: Joe Grippo) One write up, hundreds of photos. Our man Joe Grippo was on the ground at the Carlisle Ford Nationals this year and, much like the rest of us, was going to make the best out of...
Morning Symphony: This Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti International Touring Car Is Anything But Peaceful!
Aug 14, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Video, BangShift APEX
480 horsepower at a staggering 11,500 RPM. That kind of figure should belong on a race-spec Superbike, but instead it belongs to the 2.5L V6 inside of this Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti race car. Alfa might...
It Screams: A Twin-Engined Rotary Pulling Tractor From Australia!
Aug 14, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
Pulling tractors…what engine comes to mind? A stonkin’ diesel with compound turbos? Five alcohol-swilling Hemis that are just barely on the verge of sanity? Three turbines? All good...
Classic YouTube: Watch As This Mud Drag Driver Gets Rattled Inside Of The Cage Like A Shaken Bobblehead Doll
Aug 14, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, XL Videos
Strap into a race car of any type and you have officially accepted 100% of any and all risk that comes with operating it. It doesn’t matter what type of racing you do. A five horsepower early...
The Undisputed Sultan of Sodium: The Speed Demon Continues To Dominate The Bonneville Record Books – 481mph!
Aug 13, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, Event Coverage, LAND SPEED RACES
At this point we don’t think it’s even disputable to call the Speed Demon the greatest land speed car ever built, right? This thing is been doing, out doing, and then out out doing itself...
All Hail The SUV King: The 2021 Bentley Bentayga Speed Is A 626hp W12 Powered Monster
Aug 13, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Truck News
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Bentley Bentayga is pretty well known for being one of the most expensive and luxurious SUV’s on the planet. Well, if you don’t want a “base” model with its puny...
The Happy Rebel: This 1970 AMC Rebel Station Wagon Is A Perfect Cruiser Or Starting Point For Your Wild Build
Aug 13, 2020Brian LohnesApex Online Find, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, eBay Find
We hav long loved station wagons around here and every now and again we see one pop up that really strikes out fancy. That’s the case with this 1970 AMC Rebe wagon, which may be the first one...
Billet Bad Ass: Watching This 1,500hp 20B 3-Rotor Race Engine Get Assembled Is Really Cool
Aug 13, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, ENGINE, ENGINES, RACING & ACTION, Tech Stories, Videos
We’ve never built a rotary engine around here. Not Chad, not me, not McTag. They are insanely popular in certain sectors of the drag racing world and the fact that these things have progressed...
When The Announcer Becomes The Driver: Watch Mike Gallaway Pilot Bigfoot Around A Parking Lot Back In The Day
Aug 13, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift XL, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
If you grew up watching pulling, mud bogging, or monster trucks, you know Mike Gallaway. He was a prolific announcer of that stuff and someone who’s voice would be coming through your TV screen...
A Quick, Happy Little Car: This 1995 Profile Of The New Dodge Neon Is Awesome – These Things Were Fun!
Aug 13, 2020Brian LohnesApex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
Yesterday we showed you a cool video that profiled the development and launch of the Dodge Viper. Today we go to the opposite end of the price and performance spectrum with this look at the 1995...
2020 Carlisle Ford Nationals – Persevering In Pennsylvania Amongst The Blue Oval Faithful
Aug 13, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
(Words and photos: Joe Grippo) Well, we made it into the second half of the shitshow that is 2020. Drag races cancelled, some still happening with minimal or no spectators, car shows postponed or...
All Four Turnin’: Outlaw Open 4×4 Trucks Pulling At Millers Tavern
Aug 13, 2020Bryan McTaggartBangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Nothing against the built tractors, the radical Outlaws or even the wheel-standing 2wd classes, but for me, this is the pulling class that I came to watch. This is where pulling...
