Seats Of Power: These Are The Actual Seats From One Of The Original Pre-Production Corvette Show Cars
Sep 16, 2020Brian Lohnes12
Long before the Corvette was put into production, GM did some extensive design studies with a pair of prototypes. These cars were traveled around the country and showed to crowds where their reaction...
Distance Learning Time: Watch This ARP Fasteners Seminar To Learn More About Bolts and Fasteners Than You Do Now!
Sep 16, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Distance learning, remote learning, whatever you want to call it, your kids have been doing it for weeks and now you get to jump in on the fun. Why? Because we found an awesome seminar put on by ARP...
Buick Straight Eight Rebuild Update: The Valves Get Installed and A New Project Emerges
Sep 16, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Buick Straight Eight Rebuild Update: The Valves Get Installed and A New Project Emerges
Last we left you, Davin had made progress on the bottom end of the Hagerty Buick Straight Eight build and things were looking pretty good. He got the crank in, camshaft installed, and even test...
Pinnacle Of What: The New 2021 Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle Is Not Built For Penny Pinchers
Sep 16, 2020Brian Lohnes4
(By Tom Lohnes) – Do you want a minivan over a large SUV such as a Ford Expedition or a Chevy Tahoe for some reason and have over $50,000 to blow? Well, Chrysler has the perfect van for you...
We Never Expected To See A 1990s Ford Thunderbird Drifting, But This Rules!
Sep 16, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on We Never Expected To See A 1990s Ford Thunderbird Drifting, But This Rules!
Yes, I’m on a MN-12 kick this week, and for good reason: nobody builds these things, it seems, and they go for pennies on the dollar when they sell. The Ford Thunderbird, Lincoln Mark VIII and...
This Japanese Motorcycle Cop Has Skills! Watch Him Work The Cones In The Soaking Wet!
Sep 16, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Japanese Motorcycle Cop Has Skills! Watch Him Work The Cones In The Soaking Wet!
For all of my off-road riding days, I’ve only ridden a handful of street bikes: a Yamaha XJ1100 Maxim that had a bad gearbox, a Kawasaki that a roommate picked up on the cheap, a Suzuki GS250...
Classic YouTube: The 1965 MotorTrend 500 At Riverside – Gurney And Foyt Battling It Out!
Sep 16, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
It’s hard to not look back at old NASCAR footage and not muse about how the days of racing real “stock” cars are long gone, isn’t it? After the late 1980s, all the cars seem...
Strength On Strength: MGP Connecting Rods Completes Move To New Jersey – Same Facility As Manley Performance
Sep 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Strength On Strength: MGP Connecting Rods Completes Move To New Jersey – Same Facility As Manley Performance
MGP Connecting rods are recognized as some of the finest on the planet and they can be found in loads of extremely high horsepower cars across the world. The company, founded in 1996 and built on the...
Double Down: Watch This Naturally Aspirated Jeep Inline Six Make 395hp – Twice The Stock Rating!
Sep 15, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Double Down: Watch This Naturally Aspirated Jeep Inline Six Make 395hp – Twice The Stock Rating!
It’s one thing to build a hot rodded version of a cool engine. It’s another thing to combine all your skills as a fabricator, engineer, and engine builder to take a platform and double...
Godzilla Roars! Watch This 7.3L Ford V8 Make 789hp Naturally Aspirated As It Awaits A Blower
Sep 15, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Ok, this is really starting to get awesome. Brian Wolfe the legendary Ford engineer, drag racer, and blue oval horsepower maker has really started to stand on his 7.3L Godzilla development engine and...
2020 Performance Racing Industry Show Has Been Cancelled – Hard But Not Shocking News
Sep 15, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Perhaps this isn’t a headline that shocks anyone in the high performance aftermarket or racing world, but it still stings pretty hard nonetheless. Officials with PRI have announced that the...
Pace Car Indeed: Ride Along In This 1979 Ford Mustang IMSA Racer As It Rolls Around Mont Tremblant!
Sep 15, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Pace Car Indeed: Ride Along In This 1979 Ford Mustang IMSA Racer As It Rolls Around Mont Tremblant!
Nobody knew in 1979 that the Fox Mustang would cover over a generation of Ford’s pony car, nor that it would kickstart a horsepower revival that would carry on to present day. All the designers...
Morning Symphony: A Chrysler Valiant Charger E48 Unleashed At Targa Tasmania
Sep 14, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
It’s been a strange week around BangShift Mid-West, with a strong focus on six-cylinder vehicles that didn’t come from the U.S.A. I’m not complaining at all about it,...
203 Miles Per Hour With An RC Car? Kevin Talbot Is Building One Hell Of A Project, That’s For Sure!
Sep 13, 2020Chad Reynolds2
I’ve been into RC cars my whole life at some level or another, but there has never ever been a better time to have one. They are cheaper, faster, and more reliable than ever and there are way...