Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Chadmouth: I Ride Along In Mike Ryan’s UnFriggin Believable Big Rig At The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
Nov 07, 2012Chad Reynolds5
Mike Ryan, who has won the Pike’s Peak Hillclimb more times than I can count, is one crazy bastard. And I was the guy raising my hand to take a ride in that crazy Freightliner truck of his. I...
Event Coverage: Almost 200 Photos And Video Of Door Cars, Dragsters, and Top Fuel Sand Drags Cars
Nov 07, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Zane McNary, one of BangShift’s newest contributors, just sent us almost 200 photos of killer sand drags action from the Southern California Sand Drags Association Season Finals at Soboba...
SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: FAST EZ-EFI 2.0. The Throttle Body Injection Battle Has Begun
Nov 05, 2012Chad Reynolds19
When FAST first launched their EZ-EFI, self-learning throttle body EFI system, nobody could have predicted the Throttle Body Injection craze it has started. This year at SEMA, FAST announced that...
SEMA 2012: Does My Nose Look Big? 2013 Ford Fusion Nascar Schnoz
Nov 01, 2012Chad Reynolds3
Should I be visiting a plastic surgeon? Or will the high banks of Daytona take care of this for me?
SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Ridetech Announces iPhone App For Air Ride and All New Delrin Bushings
Nov 01, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Earlier this week you saw our blog item about the cool new Smooth Body shocks from Ridetech that are the talk of the 2012 SEMA Show, and bolt on right in place of your stockers. The cool thing is...
Chassisworks 2012 SEMA Show Camaro Products Update: 67-69 Camaro Parts Up The Wazoo!
Nov 01, 2012Chad Reynolds4
The dudes at Chris Alston’s Chassisworks have been introducing a ton of super cool parts for First-Gen Camaros over the last few weeks in preparation for the 2012 SEMA Show, and here at the...
SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Hamburger’s Changes Filter Relocation Forever And Trans-Dapt Is A Perfectmatch
Oct 31, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Have you ever done an oil filter relocation only to find that your particular application has to be the most difficult ever with regards to hose routing? We have. Have you ever finished restoring...
Pontiac Trans-Am Fans Rejoice! Lingenfelter Brings You The Production LTA
Oct 31, 2012Chad Reynolds4
Ken Lingenfelter and Mike Copeland, along with everyone at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, have been designing, wrenching, painting, and stitching like mad men and women in preparation for the...
SEMA 2012 Product Spotlight: Optima’s Newest Charger… The Digital 400
Oct 31, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Early in 2012 OPTIMA Batteries unveiled the Digital 1200 Battery charger, which kicks ass, but is a little big for the powersports, motorcycle, and lawn and garden guys. Well worry no more ladies and...
New Holley Throttle Body EFI Sneak Peak From SEMA 2012… Blown, Boosted, Or Sprayed, This 950 CFM Piece Can Handle It
Oct 30, 2012Chad Reynolds3
While most of the media were hanging out at the bar in the Hilton or still traveling to Las Vegas for the start of the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Brian and I were sneaking into the joint so we...
1400 Plus CFM Holley Dominator Sneak Peek: SEMA 2012’s Biggest Carb? We Shall See
Oct 30, 2012Chad Reynolds1
Brian and I snuck into the SEMA Show a day early even though we weren’t supposed to today, and found one of the cool parts we had been hearing rumors about and had spied at last weekend’s...
EFI Conversions and Engine Swaps Just Got Easier: The Easiest Fuel System You’ll Ever Install. REALLY! LOOK AT IT!
Oct 25, 2012Chad Reynolds15
Aeromotive Fuel Systems has just come out with what we believe is the most revolutionary fuel system ever. The Phantom Fuel System can be installed AT HOME, BY ANY CAR JUNKIE, in ANY fuel tank...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Is This The Coolest Automotive Desk Ever?
Oct 25, 2012Chad Reynolds3
We dig automotive furniture, artwork, etc., but when Scott from Route2Media sent us this picture of an almost completely intact Mini Cooper built into a desk we were blown away. Of course we had to...





