Will The New 5.0L Cummins Diesel V8 Save The Nissan Titan? We’re Dying To Drive One!
Jan 14, 2015Brian Lohnes3
With compound turbos, dual overhead cam heads, loads of Cummins engineering behind it and 555 lb/ft of torque to churn the ground with, the new Cummins 5.0L V8 which made its world debut in the...
A British Airways Boeing 777 Set A New Speed Record Across The Atlantic – Just Barely Under The Speed Of Sound!
Jan 13, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
A British Airways Boeing 777-200 just set a speed record on the New York-London route by using the jet stream to bring the wide body jet to within 16 mph of the speed of sound. BA114 completed the...
Blog War Secret Weapon: An Immaculate 1939 Ford Woody Wagon 4×4 – This Thing Is AMAZING
Jan 13, 2015Brian Lohnes13
Look, we’ve both rolled out wagons with crappy fake woodgrain on the sides but I’m the first to actually drop the woody hammer in this blog war and I am dropping it HARD. My choice for...
Watching Kelderman’s Bed Lift System For Medium Duty Trucks Work Is Pretty Awesome – One Strong Arm
Jan 12, 2015Brian Lohnes7
So you may be wondering a few things after seeing that lead image. The first thing you may be wondering about is why anyone would need a bed lift. The fact is that there are LOTS of medium duty and...
2015 Dakar Rally: El Martillo Racing Durango Flips, Crashes And Becomes A Fireball (Everyone Is Ok)
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Yesterday I said something about how big crashes happen frequently at Dakar Rally. It’s no surprise that they do, Dakar sincerely the ultimate torture test for man, machine and the physics...
Must Be Hard Work: Watch Two Remote-Control Bobcats Fill In The National Corvette Museum’s Sinkhole!
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Work is progressing on that little car-eating hole in the center of the Skydome’s floor at the National Corvette Museum. Scott, Murphy and Daniel, LLC., the construction group that is...
Tractor Gallery: 2015 Western Kentucky University’s Antique Tractor Show
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Tractor Gallery: 2015 Western Kentucky University’s Antique Tractor Show
If there is one thing that BangShift Mid-West has in spades, it’s access to agricultural equipment on a scale that would leave Lohnes drooling. And since it’s a new year, why not lead on...
Watch This Wild, Turbocharged, Monster Quad Lay Down More Than 300hp To The Tires On The Dyno!
Jan 11, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Wild, Turbocharged, Monster Quad Lay Down More Than 300hp To The Tires On The Dyno!
When we got sent this video we had no idea what the heck we were looking at and frankly we’re still not sure. This looks like an overgrown ATV and it makes more power at the tire than our...
Blog War: This 1973 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight Custom Cruiser Wagon Is Beyond Reproach (And Better Than Anything McTaggart Will Find)
Jan 11, 2015Brian Lohnes4
You’ll have to excuse the fact that I took a couple days off of what has turned into a Soviet/US Cold War style situation here at BangShift regarding station wagons and how wrong Bryan...
Dyno Carnage Video: A Diesel Explodes Its Guts During a Dyno Pull
Jan 11, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Carnage Video: A Diesel Explodes Its Guts During a Dyno Pull
Sweet mother of mechanical mercy, this is the craziest engine dynoing failure we’ve ever seen. It’s gnarly enough that parts of the bottom end, perhaps a chunk of the crank even, crash...
This Video Of A Massive Michigan Highway Pileup In Progress Is Terrifying And The Most Vivid Winter Driving Lesson Ever
Jan 11, 2015Brian Lohnes12
We’ve all seen the news stories about huge traffic accidents that gather up dozens and dozens of cars at a whack. The other day in Michigan there was a catastrophe that involved some 150...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Friday Racing Action – Bryce Menzies Bests Ricky Johnson – Check Out Flying/Bashing Trucks
Jan 10, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Friday Racing Action – Bryce Menzies Bests Ricky Johnson – Check Out Flying/Bashing Trucks
Well, we can officially feel our toes again, we’re missing the sounds of 8,500rpm small blocks, and there isn’t a ski bunny in sight. This means that Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 has drawn...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Photos From The Roasty, Toasty, Warm Pits At Sunday River
Jan 09, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As we are gearing up for today’s side-by-side racing action here at Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine we wanted to share...
This Turbo-Diesel Garden Pulling Tractor Is The Angriest Little Thing You’ll See Today
Jan 09, 2015Brian Lohnes3
Well this is something different! This little tractor is powered by a turbo-diesel engine of unknown cylinder count and displacement (to us anyway). We’e guessing that it may be a Yanmar diesel...










