Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Tired Of Boring Tool Reviews? This Hilarious Look At A DeWalt Grinder Is What You Need!
BangShifter Jarmo Koivula pointed us in the direction of an awesome YouTube channel that’s operated by an awesomely crazy gearhead that teaches everyone cool shop tricks, he reviews tools, and...
Commonly Cool: These 1970s Photos Of Cars On The Streets Of New York City Are Great
We’ve got to thank our pal John Ulaszek for the tip on this group of 1970s photos of cars on the streets of New York City. Taken by a shooter named Langdon Clay, they are fantastic captures of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Engine Is The King Of The Inline Six World?
You have to love the inline six. It has been built in an amazing array of displacements, styles, and for applications ranging from fire trucks to economy cars. They have been muscle car engines in...
Surprise! This 1970 Challenger Looks Like A Concours Resto But It Runs Low 11s!
So sometimes I get to twirl the electronic pen for the pages of Mopar Muscle magazine and some of the car features that I get to do are pretty sweet. Take this 1970 Challenger for example. The car...
America’s Weirdest Truck Is For Sale – VTEC Swapped 1970 C60 Makes Our Soul Ache
So hey, this wounds my soul. BangShifter Austin Irish found what has to be the most insanely wrong truck in America. This one hits way too close to home as it involves one of my favorite body styles...
This Video Recap Shows Every Radial vs The World Eliminations Run At No Mercy 8
So as you read this I am on the way home from No Mercy 8, the late season race that is put on by Donald “Duck” Long at South Georgia Motorsports Park. The event was a thrash and while...
Looking For A True Early Tunnel Ram? This Ridge Runner Ram Is Just The Ticket!
The evolution of making horsepower is fun to track. The ideas that were good and made it to the big time made people and companies millions. The thousands and thousands of ideas that were good and...
Two Wheel Titan – Watch This Wild Drag Racing Save From Bradenton Motorsports Park
Looking ahead to the start of next year’s drag racing season, one of the first big events of the tour will be the 2018 US Street Nationals at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida. We’ll...
Make Some 8-Second Runs Inside Peter Willie’s Vicious Four Speed 1971 Plymouth ‘Cuda
There are not many people in the country running 8-second laps with a four speed in their cars but Peter Willie is one of those guys and this awesome video proves it. Those of your Hemi-o-philes out...
This Hot Wheels Demolition Derby Shot In Stop Action Is Incredible!
Well this is absolutely flippin’ awesome! We randomly stumbled over this stop action video of a Hot Wheels demolition derby and it is so cool that we can hardly stand it. The amount of work...
Watch No Mercy 8 LIVE Right Here Along With The Event Schedule – The Radial Tire War Is Going To Be Fought At SGMP
Well we have been talking about it for days and now it is here. No Mercy 8 will be going on from today all the way until Sunday at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Thanks to our friends at MotorMania...
The Sherp Is A Weird And Unstoppable Russian Truck
We’re way late to the party on this thing but we had to tell you about it because it just so freaking amazing and BangShifty. This is the Sherp, ATV developed in Russia for people who want to...
Watch This Budget Built, Powerglide Equipped, Turbo LS Mustang Wound Feelings At The Roll Races
Roll racing on airport runways is becoming ever more popular these days. Owners of supercars, hypercars, and modified machines love the style of competition that is easier on drivetrain parts than...
Hydraulic Press Channel Goodness: Thermal Camera Catches Stuff Being Crushed
The Hydraulic Press Channel delivers again. There’s no end to this man’s creativity and frankly there is no end to our love of watching stuff get squashed flat by a press that exerts like...