Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Highway Star” by Deep Purple (1972)
“Highway Star” is one of British rock group Deep Purple‘s most famous songs. The song is the opening track on the 1972 album Machine Head, and has one of the best road trip stories...
CHADMOUTH: SACRILEGE!!!!! BE GONE EVIL CAMARO STATION WAGON SPIRITS!!!!
Holy crap it sucks to be me. See, I’m the resident Camaro guy…AND the resident Wagon guy. So in my heart I want to like the idea of a ’69 Camaro Station Wagon. But I can’t....
Ridetech Smooth Body Shocks Now Available From Summit Racing Equipment
If you’ve been wondering where to pickup your Ridetech products, including their new Smooth Body Shocks, look no further than Summit Racing Equipment. Ridetech’s new Smooth Body Shocks...
New Photo Gallery: 25 Gasser-Style Cars
One of my favorite rants is about Gassers. Like the fact that too many guys today want to put a straight-axle under the front of any car and call it a Gasser despite the fact that history shows us...
BangShift Exclusive Video: Accufab Racing 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine Makes 1600 Horsepower!
We happened to stroll into Westech Performance Group the other day, and John Mihovetz and the Accufab crew were there testing a 5.4L Cobra Jet Engine. After exchanging the normal “They’ll...
Caption This Photo: What Were They Thinking? C10 Abuse Revealed Thanks To Comp Cams
They guys at Comp Cams, and Trent in particular, seem to post some of the craziest stuff on their Facebook page, including this hideous C10 Chevy pickup. Yes, it is a C10. And it’s horrible. I...
Event Coverage: Viva Las Vegas, The Road Trip, The Cars, The Girls
BangShifter Newell Ruggles sent us some great photos from Viva Las Vegas 2013, along with his adventure in getting there behind the wheel of the “Black Widow” 1960 Plymouth Valiant with...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Multiple Turbos or One Big Blower?
We just ran that Caption This Photo Blog Item that featured the giant turbo off of some cargo ship or something, and that made us think. We all know that the dude with a 14-71 blower is clearly...
Caption This Photo: The Guys At AutoMeter Showed Us The Biggest Turbo We’ve Ever Seen
All you dudes out there who think you are king crap with your twin 91mm turbos can suck it. We found this amazingly huge turbo on Auto Meter’s Facebook page and are in love. We’re pretty...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Slick Black Cadillac” Quiet Riot 1979
With hits like “Metal Health”, aka “Bang Your Head”, and “Cum On Feel The Noize”, Quiet Riot became on of the iconic metal bands of the ’80s. In fact,...
John Deere Announces Intent To Take “World’s Fastest Lawnmower” Title: Lohnes Will Drive
For the past week, we have been in talks with John Deere CEO Sam Allen, and VP of Corporate Strategy and Business Development David Larson, who have decided that John Deere is not going to allow...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane (1967)
White Rabbit is one of Jefferson Airplane’s most iconic songs, and is ranked as one of the top 500 rock songs of all time. Since it has Rabbit in the title, we thought it would be appropriate...
Rabbit Video Extravaganza: In Their Natural Habitat, Jumping In The Snow…
We had to save what may be the best snow jump ever, for last. In fact, we are certain that we have never seen a better snow jump. Which is somehow fitting since Rabbits haul ass in the snow and jump...
Video: Volkswagen Rabbit… The Brian Lohnes Edition… Available At John Deere Dealers Near You.
If the TRAR Rabbit got you excited, then check this one out. BangShift.com is proud to announce that through a special relationship with John Deere, Brian Lohnes Edition Volkswagen Rabbits will now...