Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch And Listen To This NASCAR Engine Get Spintron Tested To 9,000 RPM – Wild Stuff!
The Spintron machine is one of the greatest tools ever devised for race engine builders, valvetrain manufacturers, and people who make their living making horsepower on the highest levels. This is a...
The Evolution Of Power: This History of F1 Engine Development Is A Really Fun Watch
If there is one thing that really can’t be denied about Formula One it’s the fact that these cars have employed the bleeding edge of engine technology for about 100 years now. The...
This Classic Edsel Ad Touts Styling And Performance…No One Was Buying
The Edsel stands as the greatest cautionary tale in modern automotive history. It was an albatross that Ford had hanging around its neck for years. The brand which was promised to be new and...
Watch Pete Berner Suffer A Massive Pro Stock Crash At The 1999 IHRA Winternationals
Pete Berner has been a mountain motor pro stock racer for years. He ran very strongly in the IHRA when I was an announcer over there in the 2000s and his career went back into the 1990s as well. In...
Flathead Love Video: These 11 Flathead Engines Are All Cool In Their Own Right
Today we look at flathead engines in a vintage, cool, almost quaint kind of way, right? They have appeal because of their age and because they represent the first wave of technology that hot rodders...
Safety Third: This Video Showing The Starting Process of A Rumley Oil Pull Tractor Is Insane
There are not that many vehicles left in the world where starting them is a matter of life and death. Fuel dragsters and that’s about it on that list. Back in the day though there were ample...
Historic Video: A Look At Autolite Circa 1940 – Killer Manufacturing Film!
Many of you hear the name Autolite and think about the popular brand of spark plugs and while you are not wrong, you are missing out on a huge hunk of the company’s history. Electric Autolite...
Chasing Perfection: Movie Car Chases Have Come A Long Way Because Of Creative Gearheads (Video)
There’s nothing like a legit car chase in a movie, right? We can go right down the line of some of the greats and they have all ben talked about, analyzed, broken down, and beat into dust. But...
Sixual Healing: Back In 1989 The Toyota Camry Got A V6 To Fight The Taurus and It Was More Noise Than Action
The Toyota Camry has been a staple in the US automotive world since it was introduced in the 1980s. There has not been a single car since the VW Beetle that cause US auto manufacturers to react and...
European Banger Racing Is Like A High Speed Demolition Derby From Hades – Insane Video
This video is completely bat guano crazy. We’re talking straight off the deep end, wild eyed, no sleep in eight days, crazy. You are about to see a European Banger Racing 2017 highlight video...
Mill Right: This Video Showing The Rescue And Restoration Of A Bridgeport Milling Machine Is Awesome
This is some absolutely awesome stuff. Hand Tool Rescue is one of my favorite channels on YouTube because whether it is some weird 1800s apple peeling machine or even an ancient hand tool, seeing...
Incredible Video: Someone Built A Turbine Powered Chainsaw And It Works Awesome – See The Guts And See It Cut!
The best projects and things we have featured here at BangShift over what is now closing in on 30,000 posts are the things that people have made solely because they wanted to. In the realm of that...
Fat and Happy: This Video Romp Back Through 1970s Car TV Ads Is Pretty Entertaining In Retrospect
As we are all well-aware, the 1970s were not the high point of automotive success here in the good ol’ USA. The porcine cars that manufacturers were making did not serve the needs of a customer...
