Hustling Little Hottie: The 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo Was Like A Baby Supra With A Price Tag To Match
Jun 21, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Hustling Little Hottie: The 1994 Toyota MR2 Turbo Was Like A Baby Supra With A Price Tag To Match
We always think of Toyota as kind of a staid manufacturer who doesn’t pay a lot of attention to performance, flash, and dash. That’s effectively wrong because over the years, they have...
Think You Are A Road Course Boss? Watch This Guy On A Shifter Kart Racing In The Rain Show You That You’re Not
Jun 21, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Think You Are A Road Course Boss? Watch This Guy On A Shifter Kart Racing In The Rain Show You That You’re Not
I am no great shakes as a driver but I can tell you that I have driven a “racing” go kart in the rain and it is like trying to ride a greased pig. The machine I was driving had four...
How AWD Is your Modern All Wheel Drive Car? This Video Tells You That The Answer Is Not Very
Jun 20, 2022Brian Lohnes1
This is a really interesting video and educational as well. Why? Well, so many cars these days are all wheel drive, but what does that really mean? How AWD is your modern all wheel drive car? Jason...
Flathead History and Build Video: The Little V8 That Changed The World Is Awesome And This Video Tells You Why
Jun 20, 2022Brian Lohnes4
The Ford flathead V8 is iconic for so many reasons. It was the first V8 that was mass produced for the common man and at the time it was created the engine was amazingly innovative. Why? Someone who...
History Has Been Kind: This Review Of The 1988 Chevrolet Corvette Is A Good Reminder Of This Platform In Its Prime
Jun 20, 2022Brian Lohnes2
As we all know, the C4 Corvette has spent a few years at the bottom of the preference barrel of hot rodders and it’s been the butt of many jokes. But like all things, old stuff goes in cycles...
Ride Along On The Helmet Of Kevin Harvick For A 9,000RPM Rip Saw Road Course Lap At VIR
Jun 16, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Ride Along On The Helmet Of Kevin Harvick For A 9,000RPM Rip Saw Road Course Lap At VIR
While we’re not huge stock car racing fans around here we certainly have an appreciation for the cars and for the drivers that pilot them every week at speedways across the nation. We will...
Quick Tech Tip: Here’s The Most Accurate Way To Measure Battery Voltage From Our Pals At Optima
Jun 16, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Quick Tech Tip: Here’s The Most Accurate Way To Measure Battery Voltage From Our Pals At Optima
We know that for the majority of you out there in BangShift reader-land, something like checking the voltage output of your battery is old hat. You have done it a million times, you know the right...
Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap: More Cutting, More New Sheet Metal, Looking More Like A Car!
Jun 15, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap: More Cutting, More New Sheet Metal, Looking More Like A Car!
In this video, Casey gets the front apron, bumper, and cowl section to go on and look like they belong. Given the drastic difference in some dimensions on this car that is more difficult than you...
HOW MUCH NITROUS IS TOO MUCH? HOW MUCH NITROUS CAN I RUN ON AN LS? 383 STROKER LS ZEX NITROUS TEST
Jun 15, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on HOW MUCH NITROUS IS TOO MUCH? HOW MUCH NITROUS CAN I RUN ON AN LS? 383 STROKER LS ZEX NITROUS TEST
Nitrous sometimes gets a bad rap because it scares people who still believe that using it will result in melted pistons. While that is possible, modern nitrous systems are more effective, safer, and...
Integra Easter Egg: The Acura That Riled Up The Internet Is Winning Some Back With Neat Features And Nods To The Past
Jun 15, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Integra Easter Egg: The Acura That Riled Up The Internet Is Winning Some Back With Neat Features And Nods To The Past
(By Tom Lohnes) – We all know by now that the Acura Integra has and always will be a poshed-up Civic with a better engine. Sure, the old ones from the late 80’s to the mid 2000’s were...
Roaring Ride Video: Take A Seat And Watch The 10 Best In-Car Videos From Goodwood 2021
Jun 15, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Roaring Ride Video: Take A Seat And Watch The 10 Best In-Car Videos From Goodwood 2021
When it comes to stuff that I have not yet done and really lament, Goodwood is literally at the top of the list. The event, the people, the cars, the mystique. It is all there and it is something...
Inspecting A Weirdo: This Teardown Of A High Mileage VW W8 Engine Is Revealing and Interesting
Jun 15, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Inspecting A Weirdo: This Teardown Of A High Mileage VW W8 Engine Is Revealing and Interesting
Now this is a trip into the unknown, for us anyway. We have long known of the VW W8 engine (and the massive W-16 used in cars like the Bugatti) but we had never seen one taken apart and torn down,...
Super Spark: Is The Next Chevrolet Model To Wear A Super Sport Badge An Electric Blazer?!
Jun 14, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Super Spark: Is The Next Chevrolet Model To Wear A Super Sport Badge An Electric Blazer?!
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Chevrolet Blazer of the current generation has been both a success and a failure. It has sold many units and is apparently very nice to drive in RS form, but it is about...
Small and Forgotten: The 1990 Isuzu Impulse Was A Strange Looking Little Thing
Jun 11, 2022Brian Lohnes2
It’s always interesting when you can look back on a car 30 years after it was new. You can really use hindsight to see why things worked, why some things didn’t, and why a machine like...










