Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Mad Thrash Video: Watch Stevie Fast And Crew Perform A Time Lapse Engine Swap In Three Minutes (70 Real Time)
There’s no messing around at the track when you are a professional level drag racer. The difference between winning races in the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs pro modified category and losing them is...
Drag Gallery: JJ Da Boss Arms Drop Drags As Cottonwood Dragway In Alabama
(Words and photos by James Champion) – When the tv stars come to you local track it gets packed out even with the threat of bad weather looming. We had rain, lighting, and a tornado all in one...
Aeromotive Introduces a New Billet Fuel Pump Hanger With 340 Stealth Fuel Pump for ’86–’98 Ford Mustangs
If we owned a 1986-1998 Mustang we now know what we’d want to see under the Christmas tree. Aeromotive has intercede a new billet fuel pump hanger with 340 Stealth Fuel Pump for 1986-1998 Ford...
BangShift Test Drive: Lincoln Navigator Black Label – For $99,895 You Get The Best The Legacy Brand Has To Offer
(Photos by the author) – Lot of times as car enthusiasts we all have people asking us questions. Our friends, your friends, etc. They want to know what you think about a certain car or truck...
Epic: There Is A Weirdo 1972 Camaro VW Kit Car For Sale on eBay Running, Driving, And Nice!
Over the years we have seen, showed you, and goofed on one of the weirdest kit car concepts from the early 1970s. Of course we are talking about the VW based 1972 Camaro kit that was made in really...
Aeromotive Gen II Stealth Tanks: The Fuel System Game Has Changed – Stock Tanks, Stock Fit, High Performance!
Aeromotive has changed the fuel system game again! Today marks a new era for hot rodders looking to feed a high performance engine and maintain a stock gas tank that fits in the OEM location. Why?...
2018 Performance Racing Industry Show Photo Coverage: More Cars, Mills, and BangShifty Stuff!
(Photos by the author) – For all the complaining that people want to do about having to go to Indianapolis in the winter for the 2018 Performance Racing Industry Show, it has not slowed the...
Flying Cars Video: Free Life Films Collection Of Cars Launching Skyward Is Impressively Insane
The modern landscape of drag racing looks lots different than it did even 20 years ago, especially when we look at performance. Full bodied cars on comparatively tiny rear tires are doing things that...
This 1940 Chevrolet Film Celebrates Engines In All Their Glorious Forms
One of the basic truths that we hold to be self-evident around here is that if you are reading BangShift you love engines. You like the noise they make, the smells they give off, the parts and pieces...
Video: 2018 JE Pistons Masters of Motors At SEMA – Picking The Coolest Engines At The Show!
2018 has been a killer year for experiencing and being involved in cool stuff. A personal highpoint was being part of the judging panel for an innovative new awards program that JE Pistons came up...
The Bloodhound SSC Project Is Dead: Broke and With No Hope Of Funding, Car Is Being Dismantled, Parts Sold
The most ambitious land speed record project in history is dead. The Bloodhound SSC project, a near decade long undertaking to design, engineer, and build the first car capable of going 1,000mph has...
AutoMeter Hot Rod Holiday: EVERYTHING Is On Sale, Literally Everything! Check This Out
Many manufacturers run great sales around the holidays and they typically have some great deals to take advantage of. AutoMeter has taken this concept to the next level with their Hot Rod Holiday...
2018 PRI Show Photo Coverage: More Cars, More Power Plants, More Cool!
(Photos by the author) – We’re continuing on with 2018 PRI show photo coverage today with a collection of images that starts to give a pretty good idea of the cross-section of mechanical...
