Check Out This Awesome, Ultra-Rare, Chevy Small Block 4-Cam, 4-Valve, Overhead Cam Beast From 1971!

Oct 09, 20241320 Engine Tech, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Engine Tech, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift 1320, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos0

There were plenty of overhead cam engines that existed in 1971, including some cool V8s like the SOHC Fords, but there were NOT overhead cam Small Block Chevrolets. Well, not from the factory that...

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Tony Bought A BROKEN LS Swapped Nova, Fixed It For Almost Nothing, and Ripped it Across the Desert to DUCT TAPE DRAGS!

Oct 08, 20241320 Engine Tech, 1320 Project Cars, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, BangShift 1320, CHEVY, ENGINE, Project Cars, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos0

Why? Because that’s what Tony does! He’s nuts, which is why I love this guy. He does the same dumb stuff I would do so it is probably a good thing we don’t live closer to each...

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FREE LIVE DRAG RACING: NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Division 4 At The Texas Motorplex – Tuesday

Oct 08, 20241320 Event Coverage, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, RACING & ACTION, Videos0

We’ve got live drag racing coming to you from Division 4! It’s Lucas Oil Drag Racing at it’s finest and every pair that goes down the race track is right here live. If you like Sportsman Drag...

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The Accuracy of OIL LIFE Indicators REVEALED! How The Hell Can These Things Possibly Know? Are Any Of Them Close To Right?

Oct 07, 20241320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, ENGINE, ENGINES, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight, XL Tech Stories0

Oil change places hate them, dealerships love them, and yet the same people ignore them that used to ignore the sticker on their windshield that said an oil change was due at some future odometer...

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Are Any Of These Budget Tool Sets Worth Buying? Which One Has Tools Worth Using And Is Actually A Good Value?

Oct 07, 20241320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, TECH, Tech Stories, Tools, Videos, XL Spotlight0

Smaller tool kits are handy as hell. Whether it is to have in the house for minor stuff, or to carry in your car or truck, having a small tool kit can be handy. I know that my mom has her own tool...

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Transforming a CHEAP Boat Trailer Into A Low Buck, But Effective, Drag And Drive Trailer You Can Be Proud Of: Part 1

Oct 07, 20241320 Gallery, 1320 Spotlight, 1320 Tech Story, Apex Spotlight, BangShift 1320, Hack of the Week, TECH, Tech Stories, Videos, XL Spotlight0

If you attend any Drag and Drive events you will see a ton of different home built and store bought trailers that people haul behind their race cars, hauling all the things they need to race and...

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Car Feature: Renteria Brothers’ 2,000-Horsepower, 6-second, 4-door, ’65 Plymouth Valiant

Mar 08, 2011Comments Off on Car Feature: Renteria Brothers’ 2,000-Horsepower, 6-second, 4-door, ’65 Plymouth Valiant

Normally you would consider a four-door 1965 Plymouth Valiant to be a family car, but normal doesn’t begin to describe the Renteria Brothers or their bitchin’ ’65 Valiant race car....

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Car Feature: Jim Sartori’s 10-Second, Aluminum FE Powered 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe

Mar 07, 20113

If the guys bootleggin’ moonshine back in the day got their mitts on Jim Sartori’s 1940 Ford, they never would have been caught. Thanks to power from an all-aluminum, 485ci Ford FE motor...

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Best of BangShift 2010: Up Close and Personal With Carl Tasca’s 2010 Mustang Cobra Jet

Dec 31, 2010Comments Off on Best of BangShift 2010: Up Close and Personal With Carl Tasca’s 2010 Mustang Cobra Jet

When we heard that 2010 Cobra Jet #27 (of 50) was at Tube Chassis Designz for the installation of a parachute, we dropped everything and headed over to check out the car. The 2010 edition of the...

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Car Feature Re-Run: 10-second, Pump Gas, Big-Block Chevy Powered 1970 Buick Skylark

Dec 22, 2010Comments Off on Car Feature Re-Run: 10-second, Pump Gas, Big-Block Chevy Powered 1970 Buick Skylark

Throw your nitrous away and leave your turbo at the door. Tom Spinella’s 1970 Buick, powered by a 489ci big-block Chevy, cruises at 65 mph and nearly runs 9s on 93 octane straight out of the...

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300 Photos from the 2010 LA Roadsters fathers Day Show

Jun 21, 2010Comments Off on 300 Photos from the 2010 LA Roadsters fathers Day Show

It was a big weekend for retro events! In the East there was the National Hot Rod Reunion, and our West was the 46th Annual L.A. Roadsters Fathers Day show at Fairplex in Pomona, California. The L.A....

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Video and Feature Story: Larry Larson’s 6-Second Drag Week Nova Cruising the Vegas Strip

Nov 30, 20093

Last week we brought you video of Larry Larson’s incredible, Hot Rod Drag Week winning 1966 Nova running its first ever 6-second pass at the The Strip in Las Vegas, which is amazing for a...

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