Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Hot Rod Power Tour Day 6: Brake Lights, Bowling, Burgers…And Peeing
To see Matt’s latest update, click here and we’ll take you right to it. This year’s Power Tour coverage promises to be some of our most fun yet. You see we conned our own Mad Matt...
Ebay Find and Video: The Citroen HY. Maybe France’s most significant automotive contribution.
We know that we sometimes march to the beat of a different drummer around here, and that we dig vans. So it should be no surprise that we dig this Citroen HY Van and want it badly. Sure it makes...
Video: Ridetech’s 48 Hour Camaro hits the Hot Rod Power Tour Autocross
Jason and the gang from Ridetech sent us this cool video from the Hot Rod Power Tour Autocross in Nashville a couple days ago. Further proof that our, built in 46 hours and 42 minutes, Camaro is just...
Project Car Update: Detroit Speed builds a big tire Willys!
UPDATE: Click here to go straight to our latest update. We couldn’t believe it either! And this one is no April Fools joke. Detroit Speed is currently building a 1941 Willys for Mike and Janie...
Holley Introduces new Billet HP and Dominator Inline Fuel Pumps for up to 2100 HP
Holley has been the leader in performance carburetion for more than 100 years. And in recent years they have introduced EFI systems for hot rod and muscle car enthusiasts. The introduction of their...
Event Coverage UPDATE: Carbon Customs presents the 2011 Run to Music City
Here at BangShift, we are all about driving your hot rods. If that means a trip to the local cruise night once a week, great. A roadtrip? Even better. But if you actually go out and put all your...
Video: Chris Alston’s 1964 Nova Makes Vortech Superchargers First 6-Second Pass
What’s it take for your 598 cubic inch 1964 Nova to run deep in the 6’s at over 212 mph? Apparently the answer is a Vortech V-28 123 supercharger. Chris Alston Jr.’s little Chevy...
Lohnes to Appear on the Wally Bell Radio Show Tonight!
BangShift’s Brian Lohnes will appear tonight on the Wally Bell Show, a popular internet radio show hosted by the door slammer racing legend, Wally Bell. We’re not sure what the Hell Wally...
Video: AFCO and Ring Brothers Test Out the New PT Elite Shocks
Anyone who has seen a Ring Brothers built hot rod knows they don’t do anything half assed. In fact they have taken themed hot rods and muscle cars to a new level in recent years and continue to...
Interview: Lohnes Goes Under the Heat Lamp at Scotty Gossen Exposed
Lead Photo Credit: Roger Richards A little while back, I was interviewed by author Scotty Gossen, on his blog “Scotty Gossen Exposed”. Well, it was recently my BangShifty...
Video: BangShiftChad Drives Ridetech’s 1969 Mustang at the 2011 Goodguys Editor’s Challenge Autocross
I’m normally known for being the fatest mouth at an autocross event, and as the announcer for the Goodguys Autocross Series, I get to see everyone else being the fastest shoe. As a driver, this...
Video: 2011 Goodguys Del Mar Nationals
When the Goodguys Rod and Custom Association rolls into Del Mar California each spring, hot rods from all the western states and beyond flock to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for some of the finest weather...
BangShift Tech Video: Size Matters…Exhaust Collector Length Testing Part 1
If you hang out at any racetrack, car show, or dyno shop for long enough, you’ll hear all kinds of stories. Old wives tales about this thing or that thing making big power, cars that guys used...
Author Scotty Gosson Interviews BangShift’s Chad Reynolds and Cole Coonce
Automotive author, and all around cool car guy, Scotty Gosson recently asked myself and BangShift Contributor Cole Coonce if he could interview us on his blog page, Scotty Gosson Exposed. The request...