Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Early Camaro T56 Crossmember from BMR Fabrication
BMR Fabrication is known for trick suspension for late-model stuff like Camaros and GTOs, but the company also has an extensive torque-arm suspension for ’67-’69 Camaros. As part of that,...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week, Day 4, Hebron, Ohio
Day 4 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, can be summed up with three words: misdirection, breakage, and teamwork. The event, which takes competitors and their cars...
Detroit Speed & Engineering Deep Tubs for 1962-1967 Novas
Our friends at Detroit Speed & Engineering have a bunch of trick parts, and we’re big fans of their Deep Tubs kits that make it much easier to mini-tub a car for tire clearance. With Deep...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 3, Norwalk, Ohio
The five-day road show and drag race that’s called Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2009, presented by Gear Vendors, had more drama than the Wendy Williams show today as transmissions got changed,...
More Affordable Belt Drives from Jesel
Wayne Jesel is one of the coolest guys we see at Bonneville, and this year he got his brother Dan into the 200 MPH Club. Dan runs Jesel Valvetrain Innovations. He must be cool, too, because the...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 2, Martin, Michigan
Day 2 of Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors, is done. There are three days of racing left for the competitors in this wild event that has cars racing at five drag strips in...
Video: 7-Second Pro Street Firebird at Drag Week 2009
Here’s a video of Eric Yost in his Pro Street Power Adder third gen Pontiac Firebird at Martin, Michigan, on the second day of Drag Week 2009. This pass shows an 8.29, but this car ran 8.11 on...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2009 Day 2 Results are In
Right now it’s the end of Day 2 at Hot Rod Drag Week, sponsored by Gear Vendors. This is the week-long event with drag racing every day, and the cars have to drive on the street from track to...
Free Download of the New Mopar Performance Catalog
Mopar Performance has released a new catalog with lots of the old V8 parts still in place and with many all-new parts for the modern cars. It is free to download here at the Mopar web site. Also,...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2009, Day 1, Muncie, Indiana
BangShift.com is here all week long at Hot Rod Magazine’s Drag Week Event, sponsored by Gear Vendors. This is the race where cars run five drag strips in five days, and all the competitors are...
Chart of Common V8 Firing Orders, Courtesy MSD
This is pretty neat. BangShift.com sponsor MSD Ignition has produced a chart of many common V8 firing orders (plus the air-cooled VW), handy to hang in the shop. We’ve pasted it below, but you...
Give Your Input on Holley’s New Web Site
Holley still has the old version of its web site running here at Holley.com, but you can also click here to see the all-new version of the site. Holley is asking for input on what users do and do not...
Aeromotive Fuel Filters with Integral Shutoff Valves
Yeah, we know that we just had another press release from Aeromotive yesterday, but we found this thingy on the company site, and we’re excited about it, too, so the news couldn’t wait....
Aeromotive Now Makes Vacuum Pumps!
We’ve worked with the guys at Aeromotive and can say that they not only make great parts, but they’re the coolest dudes. But they were holding out on us, because we didn’t notice...