Money No Object: 1977 International Scout II Half-Cab
Aug 13, 2020Bryan McTaggartMonday Shopper, OTHER, TRUCKS
While out and about the other day, Haley and I stopped in at a dealership’s used lot to check out a lifted Ram 1500 that had piqued her fancy. We did the usual song and dance with the salesman,...
Morning Symphony: A Hyundai Pony Ute Packing Euro Ford Power
Aug 13, 2020Bryan McTaggart1320 Videos, BangShift 1320
Before I got my 1987 Monte Carlo SS to drive to high school in, my older cousin Vance had decided that he would be the one to get me my first car. He didn’t know about the seven or so...
Tough News: Crampton, Sanders, Lagana Injured In Sunday Evening Car Crash
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Drag News, BangShift 1320, BangShift News
It has been widely reported since Monday, but if you have not heard Richie Crampton, Jake Sanders, and Dom Lagana were injured in varying degrees after being involved in a single car accident on...
1320 New Drag Race Products, 1320 Sponsor News, Apex New Products, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, New Products, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products, XL Sponsor News
Hurst Announces Master Rebuild Kits For Competition/Plus Shifters – Units From 1966 To Present Covered!
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 New Drag Race Products, 1320 Sponsor News, Apex New Products, Apex Sponsor News, BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, New Products, Sponsor News, XL New Truck Products, XL Sponsor News
Learning to rebuild a Holley carb, servicing a Hurst shifter, these are things that gear heads have been using as rites of passage for a half century now and that’s pretty awesome when you...
The Mazda MX-30 Combines A Wankel Rotary Engine, Hybrid Technology, and Isn’t Trying To Be Normal
Aug 12, 2020Brian LohnesApex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
(By Tom Lohnes) – Mazda has another crossover thing on the way and it’s quite strange. Carrying the MX nameplate, the MX-30 has RX-8 style styling and MX-5 style performance all wrapped in a...
Beast On A Budget: Watch This 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated Big Block Get Built, Dynoed, and Bogged
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, BangShift XL, ENGINE, ENGINES, MISC, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Videos
Before you freak out and question our use of the word “budget” in the title, understand that in every case “budget” means something different. At 18 years old you were on a...
Historical Footage: Richard Petty’s Charger Vs. Bobby Allison’s AMC Matador At The 1975 Southern 500
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartAMC, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
When AMC redesigned the Matador line for 1974, they essentially made two different cars out of the same name: the sedan and wagon were basically face lifted versions of the car that replaced the...
If You Thought The Block Was Cool, This CNC Video Showing A Cylinder Head Being Made Is Amazing
Aug 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, ENGINES, Videos
Last week we showed you a video of a CNC mill creating and engine block from a billet of aluminum. This week we move up a step both on the engine and in the complexity of work with the video below....
Like Nothing: Dropping A Fiat 126 On An Ax Blade The Size Of A Doghouse!
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartCRASH & BURN, Videos
Do you have a temper in the shop? Come on now, be honest…after stripping out a bolt, after the wrench slipped and it now looks like you went ten rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime, after...
Pro-Touring Truck Shootout 2020: More Corner-Carving Race Trucks From Kentucky!
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartApex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER
A day filled with pickup trucks that can run rings around a lot of performance cars, out in the beautiful sunshine, with a track day going on in the background just for good measure…the...
Rough Start: 1993 Chevrolet Blazer Sport – The Dying Breed
Aug 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartCHEVY, Craigslist Find, TRUCKS
Forty years is how long the Chevrolet Blazer K5 lasted in it’s original form, a two-door full-size sport-utility vehicle. That body shell outlived the Blazer name, living on as the two-door...
