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Mooneyes New Year’s Party: Our Final Gallery Of Hot Rods And Customs Is Right Here!

Our last batch of photos from the show is right here! (Photos by Wes Allison) Our photo coverage from the Mooneyes New Year’s Party Car Show and Drag Races is just getting wound up. We have a bunch...

LOW BUCK 4.8L LS TURBO TEST-HOW MUCH HP DO CHEAP TURBOS MAKE? IS A BIGGER TURBO BETTER? T76 V GT45

Richard Holdener has another turbo shootout going on, this time with a 4.8 L LS engine and the battle is between a T76 and a GT45. Which one is best and will come out on top? Richard is going to put...

Meet The Testang: This Tesla Powered Mustang Hauls Some Ass!

EV conversions are gaining popularity, and with no shortage of vintage iron out there, the possibilities are endless! But what if you want to drive your project daily, or compete with it at track...

Mooneyes New Year’s Party Photos: Hot Rods, Customs, Trucks, Gassers, And More At Irwindale In California

Our next batch of photos from the show is right here. Wes sent us more as well, so we are going to load up more galleries tonight and get them posted for you over the next few days. Then we’ll...

Holley EFI Terminator X Stealth 4150 2×4 Kits And Throttle Bodies. Blower And Tunnel Ram Owners Rejoice!

Holley EFI just released their new Terminator X Stealth dual-quad systems and we couldn’t be more excited. I have run a Terminator  Stealth extensively and loved the system for our wagon and...

Pit Trike Build: Building A Custom Pit Trike To Take On Sick Week!

Having a pit vehicle at a race is a must-have nowadays. Sometimes that is the way you are required to get the car to and from the racetrack, but other times it is just so that you can get around...

How To Pinstripe: Pinstriping For Beginners With HotRod Jen!

A couple of days ago we featured a video from Hot Rod Jen that showed her striping and lettering the door on an old Chevy truck. It was cool to see all the techniques she used, so when we saw this...

LS Corvair Project: Some Welding Required, Amazon Doesn’t Sell Swap Parts For This.

In this episode of the LS Swapped Corvair build, where the engine is still going to be in the rear as Chevrolet intended, more custom fabrication is going on. After all, when you do something...

Watch An 828ci Ford Mountain Motor Pro Stock Engine Turn 9,000 RPM And Make Almost 2,000 NA Horsepower On The Dyno!

Mountain motor pro stock is a class for true gearheads to revel at. The engines are literal monsters coming in at over 820ci and they churn out close to 2,000 hp (depending on atmospheric conditions)...

The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Second-Gear Air With a Jerico Four-Speed!

As we wrestle through another BangShify “work” week,  we’re going to give you our traditional “Parting Shift” blog item today and it’s a dandy. This time...

How Not To Drive A Sherp, And How To Save It After It Flips Over

If you haven’t seen a Sherp before then you have missed out on seeing an off-road rig that will do amazing things in amazing terrain, including floating down rivers, plowing over and through...

Mooneyes New Year’s Party Coverage: Our Photos From SoCal’s First Car Show And Race Of The Year Keep Coming!

Our photos continue! The Mooneyes New Year’s Party Car Show and Drags was awesome and we’ve got a ton of photos from the show that continue below. (Photos by Wes Allison) Our photo...

SMASH: The Story Of The Neatest Photo You’ll See Anywhere Today – Big Rig Killing Classic Caddy!

If you have been reading BangShift for any length of time, you know that I am obsessed with digging up these little nuggets of greatness that have been stored away in my memory banks and occasionally...