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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Racepak Is Throwing A Party, Giving A Seminar, And Sponsoring An A-Fuel Car In Pomona!

That’s right folks, if you are going to be at the NHRA World Finals in Pomona this weekend then take advantage of the fine folks at Racepak, who are going to have goodies, information, and more...

Ken Kelley’s 1956 Ford F-100 Is Fat In All The Right Places, Just Like An Effie Should Be And Now It Is For Sale

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Here at BangShift, we like a little bit of everything. Some oddities that normally would be frowned upon, we love. We also like some of the iconic cars and trucks...

Overhaulin’s 100th Episode Is Tonight And They Are Doing A Dodge A100 Van! It’s A Van Man…

You know how much I love vans, so when the guys at Overhaulin’ told me that this episode was going to be all about redoing an A100 Dodge I was all over it. In fact, Freiburger and I used to own...

eBay Greatness: This Chrysler Conquest TSI Is Perfect With Boosted Late Model Hemi Power

When Cody Nickerson sent in the link to this eBay listing, he wrote “Here’s one for McTaggart.” Well since Mc is in Scotland vacationing, I’m going to write about this one...

Would You Rather: The “Which Import Would You Rather Stuff An LS Into” Edition

The eBay Find we put up earlier was a pretty cool car, not only because we dig widebody Starion’s and Conquests, but also because it had late model Hemi power under the hood with some boost...

Watch A 9-inch Ford Explode At Launch From Underneath Paul Marston’s Monza

We’ve seen a lot of carnage at the drags, but never have we seen a rear axle destroyed in quite this fashion, or with a camera mounted at this angle. We can only assume they had the camera...

Craigslist Find: A Prerunner Ford F150 That May Satisfy Your Trophy Truck Itch

Lets face it, as much as we all like Trophy Trucks, the chance of owning one is pretty slim. These beasts are stupid money. But the cool thing is that we just found this 2005 Prerunner Ford F150 on...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Road Race Fender Flares Do You Like Best?

While at SEMA this week, Brian and I saw lots of cars with fender flares of all shapes and sizes. It’s a trend that is as polarizing as the Ford, Chevy, Mopar battle, but we have to say that we...

Trophy Truck Video: Robby Gordon Qualifies Number 1 For The SCORE Baja 1000

When Robby Gordon straps into a Trophy Truck, everyone on the planet knows he’s going to be fast. In fact, there are quite a few off road pros who say that he’s ALWAYS the fastest guy in...

BangShift LIVE From SEMA 2014 Starts TODAY 12:00PM Pacific RIGHT HERE! More Racers, TV Stars, And Industry Heroes LIVE!

Chad Reynolds and Brian Lohnes are proud to announce that BangShift LIVE is coming to SEMA! We’ll have a star studded cast of characters on all week long, including stars from your favorite...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Cool Or Not? SCION’s Custom Van SCION XB From SEMA 2014

When we walked into the end of the Central Hall on the first day of SEMA, we were greeted by this SCION XB that had been turned into a “Custom Van” if you will. As a guy who likes customs...

Check Out The Hendrick NASCAR Engine Build Demo Presented by Mahle And Clevite

We were over at the AAPEX Show yesterday shooting some video with the guys from Mahle, and they took us over to a live demo with a couple of NASCAR engine builders from Hendrick Motorsports, where...

SEMA 2014: New Products – Crane Cams Crank Trigger Ignition Systems

It’s always fun to go see the guys at Crane, because they are clearly a group of car guys that love what they do. You’ve heard us gush our love for Chase Knight, the valvetrain guru over...

A Diesel Vette Brian May Not Be Able To Live Without

While searching Craigslist, after talking about one of Brian and I’s several hair brained ideas, I found the perfect Vette for him. When i say perfect, I mean truly perfect. After all, who...