Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
“Rough” Start: This 1978 Dodge Magnum XE Is The Cheap Alternative To A Big-Block Charger
First off, I want to thank BangShifter Joe Haber for sending this to me. Haber knows that he has an advantage when it comes to Craigslist surfing: he is based out of Tucson, Arizona, land of the...
FFTEC’s EcoBoost Mustang Is A Beast: Eleven Second Quarters And A 122 MPH Trap Speed!
Face facts: In stock form, the EcoBoost Mustang is at least on par with a 2005 Mustang GT. For a four-cylinder turbo car, it’s a pretty stout package, and we’ve been curious to see how...
Would You Rather? This Time, Pick Your Poison, C4 Style: 1995 ZR-1 Vs. 1991 RPO B2K Twin-Turbo
Chevrolet’s 4th generation Corvette might have been a nice departure from the languishing and honestly outdated C3 platform, and sure, Chevrolet pretty much took a gap year in 1983 to make sure...
Lightning From Nowhere: Tesla Releases The P90D “Ludicrous” Upgrade: 0-60 In 2.8 Seconds And A 10.9 Quarter Mile!
If we didn’t know better, we’d swear that Tesla was diving headfirst into the horsepower wars and had painted a target directly on the back of Dodge’s Hellcat twins. During a press...
Question Of The Day: Is This 1977 Mustang Project Worth Completing Or Not? You Tell Us!
No matter how anyone, even Ford themselves, spins it, the Mustang II is still the bastard child nobody speaks about. It was a sales success, had a great front suspension design, and once Ford...
This Pissed-Off Circus Elephant Takes Out It’s Anger On A Nearby Station Wagon
Pissing off an elephant just might be the stupidest thing a human being can do. Once angered, there is very little a 180 pound human is going to do against a 10,000-15,000 pound elephant that is...
Marussia Formula One Driver Jules Bianchi Succumbed To Injuries Sustained Last October – 25 Years Old
Jalopnik’s Black Flag section is reporting that Marussia F1 driver Jules Bianchi, the up-and-coming driver who was responsible for Marussia’s only season points to date and a Ferrari...
BangShift Tune-Up: Volbeat’s “16 Dollars” – Motorcycles, Spooky Stuff And An Upright Bass In The Middle Of Nowhere
Volbeat’s sound is one of the more unique ones in music. Incorporating heavy metal, rock and rockabilly music, their sounds echo the notable points of American music without sounding like a...
Lessons On Preparing Your Rear End And Gratuitous Van Burnouts, Courtesy Of Hot Rod Garage!
As you may have known, the Roadkill guys jammed a healthy LS7 into a 1973 Chevrolet van with help and parts from MSD and Holley for the goal of taking it on Power Tour this year. It’s a unique...
Watch As Chris Harris And Tiff Needell Battle It Out At Castle Combe – Two Excellent Drivers In Two Excellent Rides!
Fifth Gear, that other British car show, doesn’t do much for me. Neither do the Porsche 911 GT3 or the Ferrari 458 Speciale. Fifth Gear has always felt like a spinoff show, and the Porsche and...
2,300 Miles! We Take A Roadtrip To Colorado And Back With The Angry Grandpa Chrysler!
I love a good roadtrip. Thousands of miles to see things I haven’t seen before…or, at least, haven’t seen in a while…is a yearly goal of mine. Over the years at BangShift,...
A Dodge Ram Van Grand Prix Happens In Japan, And It Is As Weird And Cool As You Would Expect
In the normal everyday world of the average BangShifter, an early 1990s Dodge Ram Van exists for one of three purposes: engine donor, parts hauler, or it is the neighborhood pedo-van that you keep...
This 1,036hp Toyota Supra Is Legitimately Nasty, Well Engineered And Violent – 780RWHP On The Safe Tune!
Do not see “Supra”, think “Fast and the Furious”, and skip to the next story…you will miss out on one hell of a build. From the front, it looks like most any other...
Getting To Play With Hurst’s 500hp Small-Block Stroker 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Is Next To Impossible…Unless You Are Jay Leno
I have a special place in my heart for a black-and-gold second generation Plymouth Barracuda, and it’s purely because of Bob Riggle’s Hemi Under Glass wheelstander. That car is the only...