Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch This NASCAR Small Block Get Pulled Six Times In A Row To 9,700 RPM As A Race Simulation
We show you high RPM dyno pulls with frequency around here because they are awesome. Who does not love the sound of an engine turning in the upper reaches of the four digit zone and into the five...
This 1968 Cadillac El Dorado El Camino Is Very Interesting And Cool – Would You Cruise It?
You can count this as a new one on us! The eBay ad promoting the sale of this unique 1968 Cadillac El Dorado-Camino gives no details as to the origins, construction, or inspiration for this evil...
Hilarious Video: Watch A Pickup Strung With About One Million Firecrackers Put On The Performance Of A Lifetime
BangShifter Jack Pereira tipped us off to this video that may actually be beyond description but we’re going to give it a try here. At first we thought we were watching a well used Chevy pick up...
Watch The Footage Of A Small Plane Landing On A Carlsbad, California Beach On The 4th Of July – No One Died!
While I was off announcing a drag race n Ohio and Chad was at home wrenching, lots of people in Carlsbad, California decided to hit the beach for Independence Day. That seemed like a fine plan...
Electrical Box: We (Attempt to) Make An Electric Car Our Primary Wheels For A Week – The Future?
So sometimes you get the chance to do something in the name of science and you just have to do it. Having never driven a true electric car (only hybrids) more than around the block, I was...
This Pro Street 1949 Willys Panel Truck Has A Hot Small Block And A Unique Look That We’re Loving
Panel trucks are cool in and unto themselves. In the decades before vans became a thing, the panel truck acted in much the same way although they offered less space and that’s why they all but...
Watch Austin Dillon’s Incredible Wreck From The Coca Cola 400 – Walks Away, Engine and Trans Ripped Out
Austin Dillon walked away from one of the most horrific wrecks that has ever taken place at Daytona International Speedway last night. The crash came during the packed conclusion of the NASCAR Coca...
Best of BS 2015: Making A 1993 Ford Bronco Into A Late Model Ford Raptor Seamlessly Makes This Guy A Hero
It is always cool when people integrate new stuff into older cars and trucks but sometimes that program doesn’t exactly work as planned. The newer bits can be awkward looking, just not fit...
Best of BS 2015: When You Fire An Angry Equipment Operator You Better Take His Keys
This is destruction video supreme. According to the description on this video, what you are about to see is the scene left after an equipment operator was fired on a Friday afternoon and decided to...
Best of BS 2015: Driver Survives Complete Annihilation Of His Truck With Minor Scratches In I-84 Pileup
This is literally unbelievable. The man you see pinned into the annihilated wreckage of his pickup truck survived needing only “two band-aids and some ice” after an horrendous pileup...
Best Of BS 2015: Watch This Homebuilt Ford Cleveland V12 Made From Two 302 Blocks and Three Cleveland Heads Make Dyno Pulls
First off, you’re right. Ford never made a Cleveland V12 but brilliant hot rodder Jan Baker sure did and we have video that shows how the whole package came together and of the engine making a...
Best Of BangShift 2015: An Ex-Wife Is Making Her Ex-Husband Sell His 1978 MGB – The Craigslist Ad Is Pure Genius
We want to buy this guy a beer for posting one of the most genius, smart-ass Craigslist ads we have ever seen. This is not over the top craziness like many of the “funny” ads try to post...
Best Of BangShift: Thundering Bastard – The Day A Super Duty Pontiac Tempest Destroyed The World’s Best Sports Cars
One of my favorite movies of all time is the western Pale Rider. After Clint Eastwood’s character mangles a group of bad guys in a street fight with a simple axe handle, he quietly says,...
Freedom To Choose: Aeromotive Reminds You That They Offer Tanks With Pumps And Pumps That Fit In Tanks
This is a great weekend to hunt for hot rod parts, right? Maybe your project is coming together and you are hoping to have it up and running by the end of the summer. With most people having a couple...