Author Archive: Bryan McTaggart
Listen To One Of The World’s Largest Diesel Engines Start Up And Run
Sep 13, 2014Bryan McTaggart12
When your diesel engine has several staircases attached to it so that all areas of the engine can be accessed, you have a huge engine and this one was at one time the world’s largest, from...
Is Michigan Going To Be The First State To Ban Aftermarket Exhaust?
Sep 13, 2014Bryan McTaggart38
There is a piece of legislation in Michigan that raises eyebrows. House Bill 5726 effectively is a ban on aftermarket exhaust systems that are not purely 100% stock. Here’s the wording exactly...
Chevrolet Issues “Stop Sales” Orders For C7 Corvette
Sep 13, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
This wasn’t what Chevrolet needed. GM put out two separate “stop sales” orders on C7 Corvettes to fix two issues that popped up. The first one is for an improperly-installed...
If You’re Into Car-Sharing And Live In Toronto, You Might Get A Lift In Deadmau5’s McLaren
Sep 13, 2014Bryan McTaggartComments Off on If You’re Into Car-Sharing And Live In Toronto, You Might Get A Lift In Deadmau5’s McLaren
I do find it odd that once again I’m reporting on electronic artist Deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerman) and his car for a second time on BangShift, but after seeing this, I couldn’t pass it up....
Define “Missed Opportunity”: The 1999 Chrysler Howler
Sep 13, 2014Bryan McTaggart6
The Plymouth Prowler gets a bad rap from the hot rodding community, and other than the knock for using the V6 from the Dodge Intrepid hooked to an automatic, I don’t agree. Plymouth was in the...
Ebay Find: Will This Super-Clean Ford Granada Win McTaggart Over?
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart7
Lots of automotive biases are known here on these pages. Lohnes hates four-seater Thunderbirds of any year and DeLoreans and I hate Ford Granadas and their corporate cousins, the Mercury Monarch and...
Rough Start, Drag Week Edition: Nothing Brings Happiness Quite Like The Words “V8 Swap”
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
The second I laid eyes on this Isuzu P’up I started giggling like an idiot. Light truck, Ford 302, C6…yes, this is the stuff of dreams when it comes to a Craigslist find, and for Drag...
Watch Chris Harris Hoon A New Z/28 Around A Wet Track Just Because
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
Chris Harris from /drive is currently one of my favorite presenters doing the automotive gig right now. Think of him as a shorter, less offensive and more brown version of Jeremy Clarkson: he’s...
Check Out The Trailer For Forza Horizon 2: All In-Game Footage And It Looks Spectacular
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
Winter is coming, and it’s supposed to be a nasty one this year. Rain, snow, ice and cold temperatures do not make for happy BangShifters (excepting our Nordic friends, who don’t seem to...
Forgotten Concept: 1981 Ford-McLaren Mustang M81
Sep 12, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
1981, the year that could be considered one of, if not the weakest and lowest year for automotive fun. The GM mid sizes were wheezing forms of their former selves. The F-car twins and the Corvette...
Unhinged: Did The Factory Skunkworks Teams Go Away?
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart5
At the ripe old age of thirty-one (stop laughing), I grew up just as Detroit was waking up from the coma the EPA induced using a baseball bat in the early Seventies. 5.0 Mustangs and IROC Camaros...
Tanner Foust’s New Global RallyCross VW Beetle Makes A Teaser Appearance, Demands To Be Taken Seriously
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
Tanner Foust, the lovable little imp from Top Gear USA and professional rallycross driver, has ditched his Ford Festiva WRC ride for a Volkswagen Beetle. But don’t be too quick to like up the...
Watch As This Toyota Land Cruiser Takes A Lesiurely Swim In An Australian River
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart2
The standard rule of thumb when it comes to crossing a river in a car of any type is: DON’T. Ask anyone in Phoenix right now who had the misfortune of learning the hard way this week. But...
Check This Out: Highly Detailed Model Trucks And Scenery At A Show In Germany
Sep 11, 2014Bryan McTaggart1
Most of us are used to the point-and-squirt style of remote controlled vehicles. But the highly detailed R/C car business is a big deal in other parts of the world. This video was taken this April at...