Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Live Video of the GMPP Emissions-Legal Crate Engine Announcement from SEMA
Just 5 minutes ago, BangShift.com broke the news of four new GM Performance Parts crate engines that are emissions legal to install in any pre-OBD2 car or truck. Now watch below as Dr. Jamie Meyer...
GM Performance Parts Reveals Crate Engines up to 550hp, Smog Legal for Any Car!
Here’s the big news that GM Performance Parts has been teasing us with for a week or more with sneaky videos on YouTube and other rumors that have been going around: 4 new crate engines will be...
BangShift.com Live Streaming Video Webcasts from SEMA 2009
BangShift.com is doing two live webcasts from SEMA next Tuesday, November 3rd. The first will be from the GM Performance Parts press conference at 10:40 am PST. GM is promising a crate engine that...
Live Video: GM Performance Parts News from SEMA Coming on Tuesday at 10:40 Pacific Time
BangShift.com has finally landed at the 2009 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, and we’ve already snuck into the show to create a small photo gallery you’ll see soon. The big news is that we crashed...
Speedfactory’s Blown, All-Aluminum 440 Hemi Challenger to Debut at SEMA
Do you want a 700-horsepower Challenger of your own? SpeedFactory is debuting their latest creation at the SEMA show, and it includes some bad assed parts that will make any Mopar freak happy. We...
New Video from Ridetech.com features our old pal, the crew cab Chevelle!
<!–[endif]–> Bret Voelkel and the rest of the Ridetech crew are not only sponsors of BangShift.com, but also good friends. Besides having some of the coolest suspension systems...
Hotchkis debuts Handlebars for your Camaro!
It sounded funny to us too, but after opening the press release, we get it. Hotchkis’ new first-gen Camaro Handle Bars are designed to tie the firewall of your Camaro into the sub-frame to...
New Truck Class at Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross
Earlier today we announced the Goodguys 2010 show schedule, but then we were looking at the Goodguys web site and noticed more news. There will now be a class for pickup trucks at the Street...
New LS1 and LS2 Intake From Edelbrock
Edelbrock has a new, cool-seeming intake manifold for LS1 (cathedral) and LS2 (rectangle-port) GM V8 engines. This really looks like something we’d like to try! Watch for more Edelbrock news...
2010 Goodguys Show Schedule is Here
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has announced its 23-show schedule for 2010, and BangShift.com hopes to be there to cover as many of them as possible, especially the ones with the Street...
GM Performance Parts Pre-SEMA Teaser Video: A Crate Engine that Changes the Industry?
BangShift.com has been invited to a 2009 SEMA unveiling where GM Performance Parts is showing a crate engine that they claim will make a huge impact on the entire hot rod industry for years to come....
Big Savings on Jesel Valvetrain Components
If you’re like us, you wish you had the coin to have a motor that really deserved parts as cool as the stuff you can get from Jesel Valvetrain Innovation. Now maybe you can, because Jesel is...
New Ridetech Project Car: a Factory Five Roadster!
BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech always has some cool project going on, and this time company owner Bret Voelkel has picked up one of the hot little Factory Five ’33 Hot Rods for the...
Dart Wants Your Input on a New Ford Cylinder Head Design
Dart Heads has decided to build a fresh, kill-all cylinder head for small-block Fords, and the company is looking for input on design features from racers who really use the stuff. This could be a...