Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Ford Releases Video Of 2015 GT350 Screaming At 9,000 RPM – We Listen Until Our Ears Bleed
Ford has seemingly embraced performance cars in a way no other domestic manufacturer has lately. With the ever increasing numbers being pumped out of the EcoBoost family of engines, the new GT that...
Watch This Awesome And Crazy Turbine Powered T-Bucket Fire Up And Drive Down The Street
Over the winter time we showed you car show photos of a turbine powered t-bucket and we kind of marveled at how awesome it was. We also wondered if the thing actually ran or if it was just a show...
Massive Wrecks, Poor Driving Cause FIA Officials To Halt Formula 3 Event At Monza Last Weekend
People were posting the story about FIA officials halting the Formula 3 program at Monza mid-race last weekend because of poor driving all over social media yesterday. It was normally done under the...
This Polaris Snowmobile Has Been Converted Into A 70mph Road Going Death Trike – We Want It
BangShifter Will Troyer sent us the tip on a vehicle that is so brilliantly simple and dangerous we’re pissed we didn’t dream it up ourselves. Having seen literally hundreds of...
History! Watch Kurt Anderson Streak To A 3.82/210 MPH Rocket Powered ET And Coast to A 5-Second Quarter!
Under grey skies and in front of a tiny group of spectators at Brainerd International Raceway in Minnesota, Kurt Anderson made drag racing history last weekend piloting his Sonic Stinger rocket...
Watch This Aston Martin Road Racer Smash Into The Safety Truck During The 2015 TUDOR Series Race At Bell Isle
Ouch! That was our immediate reaction when we saw this Aston Martin road racer smash into a three quarter or one ton Chevy safety truck that had pulled onto the rain-soaked Bell Isle course during...
Simple, Square, and Sweet! This Pro Touring 1955 Chevy Gets It Right
I’m not afraid to admit that under most circumstances, I am not a huge fan of the pro-touring look on a tri-five Chevrolet but in the case of this one, I am full-on in love. The stance, the...
This Four-Speed, Big Block, 1962 Ford F-100 Street Gasser Truck Is Pretty Neat!
We’ve got to admit to being a little flummoxed as to understanding why more guys don’t build old trucks into street gasser looking creations like this one. While there were not all that...
Building An Aluminum Block 409 Engine? MSD Has A Ready To Run Distributor For You!
While the famed Chevrolet W-engine family isn’t exactly exploding with popularity these days, there is a growing swell of people building these things and making big power when doing so. If you...
This Grandma Fresh 1978 Pacer Hides A 500ci Secret Under The Hood – Still For Sale!
(Editor’s note: Back in late 2014 we told you about this car. The thing is still for sale and the asking price is perfect. We have failed the world if a BangShifter does not buy this awesome...
Bouncers! More Photos Of The Great Iron At The Dirty Turtle Off Road Rock Bouncer Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Due to the events we mentioned in our previous entry from this race, we didn’t see the rock buggy racing we planned on but the day certainly was not...
Coolest Dyno Video Ever: Watch A Roush Yates Ford Racing Engine For A Prototype Make A Simulated Lap Of The Daytona Road Course
Today we’re taking you inside the dyno room to see how some work class dyno tuning happens. Roush Yates has been building bad ass race motors for a long time and their stuff competes at the...
52 Photos of Gasser Style Cars!
Our on-going series of car specific galleries continues today with a collection of 52 photos concentrating on gasser style cars. In truth we could probably run a gallery of 500-1,000 gasser photos...
Go With the (Pro) Flo – Edelbrock Now Offering Pro-Flo Filters In Signature Series Air Cleaners
While there is no denying that paper element air filters have been around forever and have done an altogether decent job of protecting your engine from the entry of foreign matter, there are better...