Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
BangShift Daily Tune Up: East Bound and Down – Jerry Reed (1977)
Feb 04, 2013Brian Lohnes6
Jerry Reed is probably better known as an actor now than as a musician but the dude was all over the place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He and Burt Reynolds were an acting tandem in several...
Car Chase Movie Sunday: The Violent And Bad Ass Cigarette Truck Chase From Beverly Hills Cop
Feb 03, 2013Brian Lohnes4
Here’s our last one of the day and it is a favorite. This is the great cigarette truck chase scene from the original Beverly Hills Cop. Eddie Murphy is stuck in the back of the big truck (and...
Car Chase Movie Sunday: A Trans Am Takes On A Hot Rod Chevy Pickup In 1978’s The Driver
Feb 03, 2013Brian Lohnes10
I guess I have Pontiacs on the brain today but seeing as this is another 1970s movie and it features another 1970s Pontiac in a car chase I guess it is fair to say that Poncho was the only brand out...
Car Chase Movie Sunday: Steven Segal In A Classic Chevy Pickup Versus An Evil Mack!
Feb 03, 2013Brian Lohnes5
Steven Segal owned the schlocky action genre for a time in the 1990s and then became a dominant player in the “straight to DVD” market. He’s now a real life law enforcement officer...
LAST CHANCE TO VOTE: The BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest Ends Today!
Feb 01, 2013Brian Lohnes1
Okay gang, here it is! All the entries in the first BangShift.com Facebook Photo Contest can be seen by clicking the contest graphic below. You have until Friday February 1st at 5pm Pacific...
Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)
Feb 01, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)
We’re not running this video as a goof on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution as we think those cars are pretty tough little customers. The 2.0L four cylinder engines in them can make huge power with...
BangShift Question of the Day: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Horsepower?
Feb 01, 2013Brian Lohnes16
Just like an airplane pilot would tell you that there’s not such thing as too much altitude or too many engines, most hot rodders would tell you that there’s no such thing as too much...
Video: Watch The Staff Of Hot Rod Squirt New Life Onto Freiburger’s Old Impala – Backyard Paint Job!
Feb 01, 2013Brian Lohnes10
We’re guessing that most of you remember Freiburger’s old Impala convertible that was wrapped with vinyl flames and was pretty much universally hated. That is one we’re guessing...
Tune In TONIGHT! Powershift LIVE At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern — News And Happenings From The Aftermarket And Racing Universe!
Jan 31, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Tune In TONIGHT! Powershift LIVE At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern — News And Happenings From The Aftermarket And Racing Universe!
It is Thursday, which means that we’ll be coming at you LIVE tonight with Powershift, BangShift’s weekly show featuring your intrepid heroes Brian and Chad. This week we’ll be...
Barnstormin’: Hookers In The Hallway, Lacquer Thinner In The Nitro, A Clearing Of The Notebook From A Wild Trip On Two Coasts
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes5
It has become somewhat of a yearly ritual for Chad and I to get together down in West Palm Beach, Florida for the live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up. Then, we both head back to his place...
Great Video: The Trailer For The Upcoming Documentary Series – Where They Raced – A Neat Look At Long Gone Tracks
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Harold Osmer’s books Where They Raced and Where They Raced Lap 2 are essential reading for any fan of American racing history. The two books concentrate on the the amazing auto racing history...
Video: A Fantastic Look At US 131 Dragway Through The Years From The Early 1960s To Today – Amazing Footage and Photos!
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes8
Thanks to pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian we were tipped off to one of the most comprehensive and cool vintage drag racing videos we’ve ever seen on the interwebs. This film starts with...
Buford T Justice Update: Headers, Cheap LS Technology, New Valvetrain Parts, More Compression, Fun!
Jan 30, 2013Brian Lohnes10
Our weekly Buford updates continue! When last we left you, Dana Hard and Jon Wall at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts had just finished working on the 083 cylinder heads for the...
Video: Ride Shotgun For A Lap In The Wild Slightly Disturbed Golf Kart Wheelstander!
Jan 30, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Ride Shotgun For A Lap In The Wild Slightly Disturbed Golf Kart Wheelstander!
We’re easily amused here at BangShift and by easily amused we mean totally in love with unique homebuilt stuff that a guy dreamed up after a couple beers and turned into reality. Such is our...