Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Drag Gallery: The Cobra Jet Shootout and NMCA Race From Milan, Michigan
In an event that history will record as being the first of its kind, the NMCA hosted a Cobra Jet shootout at the race at Milan Dragway recently. The modern Cobra Jets are the craziest factory drag...
Surprise Ending Crash Video: Pay Attention to the Guy on the Motorcycle
Motorcycle “stunting” became a semi-big deal here in the US 5-10 years ago. I can remember announcing drag races and the motorcycle stunt riding “crew” would come out during...
Sad Junkyard Find: 1967 LeMans Destroyed in the Infamous California Lexus Car Show Wreck
Back in June, we showed you photos of a car show in California that turned into a horror show when a woman in a Lexus plowed directly into the side of a 1967 LeMans, destroying it and pushing it...
UPDATE: We Made It! A Quick Update on the Successful Completion of Our 500-mile, 6-MPG Road Trip!
By the time you see this, my wife and I should be an hour or two into a seven hour trek to Salmanca, NY to pick up BangShift’s newest piece of project iron, a 1968 C50 Chevy tow truck...
The Parting Shift: Flaming Camaro Edition
Jim Warter has some awesome videos of his Competition Eliminator Camaro on the interwebs. We think the best one is this clip that shows the car catching fire early in the run, but still sprinting to...
Caption This Photo: Have You Ever Driven Your Lawn Tractor to the Liquor Store?
Things have been weird around the area of the eastern BS HQ since hurricane Irene blew through last weekend. There are still towns without power, lots of people who have not showered in days, and...
Vigilante News: Driver Shoots Kid Who Was Throwing Rocks At Cars With Crossbow; Overreaction or Jusitifed?
An unidentified San Diego man is being sought by police after he pulled over and shot a boy who was throwing rocks at cars from a highway overpass with a crossbow. Outside of this news being totally...
eBay Find: An 8-Second AMX That’s AMC From Bumper to Bumper!
At the drag strip on any given weekend, you’ll see a handful of fast cars that appear to be truly unique. Maybe there’s a Duster running into to the 9s with 340 call outs on the rear...
Suspension Tech Videos from Detroit Speed – Camber/Caster Explained and Backspacing
With the explosion in popularity of Pro Touring cars, and more importantly, using Pro Touring cars, learning how to properly set up a suspension is super important. Years ago, a car with big wheels...
The Romping, Stomping Rolls Royce From England With Drag Week Aspirations!
We were hanging out over at YellowBullet the other day when we stumbled upon a thread about a kick ass Rolls Royce drag car over in England. Even cooler was when the chassis builder revealed that the...
Leaked Test Video:Prototype Enderle Bug Catcher With Holley EFI!
Long established as the industry leader in high performance carburetors, the men and women of Holley are quickly becoming known as EFI ninjas as well. Their easy to use and tune EFI systems have...
BangShift Project Spotlight: The Unholy Union of a Caddy V6 and a Fiat Spyder
BangShift member Aaron had a problem. He was arguing with his wife about fuel efficiency and how a light car with a modern engine could perform at a high level (50 mpg) and that electric hybrids...
Hot Six Video: An Aussie Ford Falcon With Turbo Straight Six Power Tears Up the Strip
While Aussie gearheads love the V8 engine as much as their American brothers and sisters do, the history of performance cars down under has been marked with some pretty bad ass six cylinder engines....