Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Just How Good Can An LS-Swapped Mazda RX-7 Be? Regular Car Reviews Checks Out A Well-Sorted Example
Let’s start 2018 out with some anger, shall we? The fastest way we know how to make that happen is to showcase an LS swap. Nevermind the capability and proven performance of GM’s heir to...
Unhinged: Do You Feel Unsafe Driving Your Car Without Driving Aids Yet?
Recently, Nissan put out a commercial that, on the surface, looked to be a simple tie-in with the movie “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”. It shows what you reasonably assume to be a father and...
No Joke: Leno Checks Out A Hemi Superbird Owned By Jeff Dunham
Which one of the winged wonders that Chrysler cranked out at the height of the Aero Wars do you go for, the Dodge Charger Daytona or the Plymouth Road Runner Superbird? On the surface, they seem to...
The Cold, Hard No: Watch As This Rockbouncer Rolls Back To The Bottom Of The Hill
Being told “no” sucks. It’s one of the first things you learn as a child and it sticks with you as you grow up and grow old. No, you can’t have another piece of candy. No, you...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Was The Last Time You Laughed At A For Sale Ad?
Anybody who has ever read my work knows that I have a soft spot for cars built between 1973 and 1990 or so…you know, the years most normal people avoid like the plague because a...
Snow Monster: The Dynamics Of A Kamaz Dakar Truck Flying In Frozen Russia
I don’t know how many words in Russian we all know between the three of us, but there is one we all know without question: KAMAZ. That stands for ten tons of Russian race truck that uses about...
Watch At The Hoonigan Team Welcome In The New Year Right: Eighteen Car Tire Fire!
The Hoonigan folks are car geeks to the core. Videos, jokes, and all of that mess are secondary to the machines. Everybody who hangs around the shop on a full-time basis has their car ready to go:...
Money No Object: The Convertible 1981 Jeep Wagoneer That You’ll Want This Summer
Is it too early to be talking about drop-tops? We just passed the Winter Solstice a couple of weeks ago and BangShift Mid-West is currently the land of frigid winds. It’s cold enough right now...
It Lives Again! Irwindale Speedway Gets A Reprieve From Becoming Yet Another Mall
Eff you, shopping mall, Irwindale will live on. The track, which was supposed to run it’s last ever event at the end of January before being leveled down and turned into yet another shrine to...
Best of BS 2017: The Old Fighter: This 1965 Pontiac GTO Might Be Scarred Up, But It’s Down For Another Fight
Every last car ever made has a story. Some are uneventful lives that spanned from birth on the assembly line until the day the uncaring fifth or sixth owner drove them to the local U-Pull-It yard to...
Best of BS 2017: Sgt. Rock: Get A Closer Look In, At And Around Stacey David’s Monster 1941 Dodge WC!
This 1941 Dodge WC needs no introduction to you, does it? Chances are pretty good that if the truck wasn’t in the photos, you would know exactly where I was at and who I was standing near. For...
Best of 2018: Former Level 5 Racing Owner Scott Tucker Sentenced For Illegal Payday Practices – $1.3 BILLION In Penalties!
Scott Tucker, the former owner of Level 5 Motorsports, had it all…a top-tier road racing outfit, American LeMans championship, a private jet, a garage of top-tier cars and enough money in the...
Best of BS 2017: SRT-8 Mirada: How A 2007 Dodge Charger SRT-8 Wound Up Underneath A 1980s Dodge!
(Photos: Facebook/SRT-8 Mirada) I can already hear you, reader: “Who in their right mind would build a Dodge Mirada?” Ok, besides me, who? What would make someone look at Dodge’s...
