Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
We Drive It: Bronco Sport Freewheeling – Vibrant Throwback Look, Does It Stop There?
If there is one thing I have always done when getting into a new car to drive and share my thoughts on, it has been to keep an open mind for the first couple of days before forming an immediate...
Video: Put A 5 or 6 Speed Stick In Your GMT400 1988-1998 GM Truck NOW With An American Powertrain Kit
We know that the 1988-1998 GM truck market exploded pretty quick. In fact, we’re all watching it happen real time on the internet. The trucks that were kind of cheap now are going to be...
BangShift Test Drive: Dodge Hornet R/T Blacktop and Track Pack – Horsepower Changes Everything
Back in May of 2024 we were thrown the keys to a 2024 Doodge Hornet GT and we shared our finding here. We were not terribly impressed nor were we terribly disappointed by the Hornet GT. Maybe we were...
Gallery: Vintage Air Cooled VW Goodness From Around The Country!
(Photos from the BangShift archives) – Air cooled VWs will be roaming the Earth for generations to come. As one of the, if not the most produced car in history, the Beetle is the anchor of the...
Watching This Lego Technic Logging Truck Assemble Itself In Stop Motion Is Oddly Satisfying
Legos are among the coolest toys for kids and they have been for decades. From building the kits that the company sells to simply working with a bucket of parts to make something unique and all your...
Great Video! Watch Tommy Ivo Drive The Four Engine Wagon Master In 1996!
Frank Kunkel is one of the hardest hustling video guys out there. He has been cranking video content since way before it was cool and that includes the long, lost days of 1996 and we’re...
Two Thing: Check Out The Build Of This Two Cylinder Engine From A Pair Of One Lungers!
The other day we showed you basically the pinnacle of American engine building with a look inside the shop of Sandy Wilkins and the build of a secretive and complex variant of the RY45 V8. Today we...
Classic Tractor Video: In 1973 White Hired USAC To Run A Showdown Between Tractor Brands – This Is Awesome
When it comes to brand loyalty, farmers and tractor owners tend to make the average pickup driver look like a wet noodle. Many farming families have stuck with the same brand of machine for...
Watch This SB2 Headed Small Block Turn 10,000 RPM and Crank Out 950 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower
The SB2 Chevy small block may be old news in NASCAR but it has a thriving second life on the drag strip with more and more of them being employed by racers running in classes like Competition...
Hemi History: This Debut Video Featuring The Red Ram Hemi Is Awesome
It was an engine that would change the face of American hot rodding, but like all new engines debuted by a manufacturer, it was at first a mechanical ox, yoked to factory metal. Like all new stuff...
Engine Magic: Watch This Video About Bringing A Buick Stage II IndyCar engine Back to Life On The Dyno!
This is one of the neatest engine videos we have seen in a long, long time. Why? It is all about bringing a Buick Stage II IndyCar engine back to life on the dyno…in Australia. The engine was...
This 1966 Pontiac Dealer Promo Film Called Pontiac: The Wide Open World Of Youth Is Great!
If 1964 blew the lid off of the fact that kids had money to spend on cars, the ensuing years were where manufacturers made their direct play to the youth market in the country. From pony cars to...
Watch And Listen To A 527ci Stroker FE Engine Scream Out 811hp On The Dyno
Barry Rabotnik’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift. He’s one of the best known engine building specialists for Ford’s vaunted FE family of engines in the country and...
Ride Along With a Three Engine, 5000hp Pulling Tractor!
Pressing play on the video after the jump will probably put you in a place that you’ve never been before. That place is sitting virtually on top of three blown Hemi engines making a combined...