eBay: This Vintage S.C.O.T Blower Is In Mind Condition, Comes With The Intake, and Is Ready To Boost Your Flathead Now!
Feb 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay: This Vintage S.C.O.T Blower Is In Mind Condition, Comes With The Intake, and Is Ready To Boost Your Flathead Now!
We often (incorrectly) pin the use of Detroit Diesel blowers on hot rod engines as the real start of supercharging for the young hot rodders around the country. For the wealthier among them there...
Y Block, Why Not? This Video Shows Master Engine Builder Keith Dorton Rebuilding And Improving A Legendary Ford Y-Block V8
Feb 27, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Y Block, Why Not? This Video Shows Master Engine Builder Keith Dorton Rebuilding And Improving A Legendary Ford Y-Block V8
The Ford Y-block was the company’s first overhead valve V8 engine, technically its first small block, and the engine that replaced the venerable flathead that had powered so many millions of...
2020 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Coverage: Barn Finds, Cool Stuff, and Old School Neatness At The Show
Feb 26, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This stuff was mostly found in the section just to the right when you enter called ‘Survivor Alley’. It’s a mixture of race cars, barn finds,...
ARP Now Sponsoring Major GNRS Awards – America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and Al Slonaker Memorial Award!
Feb 26, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on ARP Now Sponsoring Major GNRS Awards – America’s Most Beautiful Roadster and Al Slonaker Memorial Award!
Automotive Racing Products, better known to the hot rodding world as ARP has really stepped up to the plate in support of hot rodders and hot rodding by taking over a big role in the industry. As the...
This Guy Might Be The Happiest Person Ever After His Track-Prepped Honda S2000’s Wheel Failed!
Feb 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
Racing a car adds stress to every single component on the vehicle. Doesn’t matter what type of racing, doesn’t matter what kind of car. If you race it, you will find weaknesses and you...
Angry Cavallino: Ferrari 360 Modena Rally Car…This Wins Outright!
Feb 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Ferrari…rally racing. Ferrari…shiny red cars, exclusivity, factory-driven vetting. Rally racing…over the hills and through the woods making a ton of noise as you go. The two almost...
The Czinger 21C Is By Far The Most Mental Hypercar The World Has Ever Seen And It’s From Right Here In America
Feb 26, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(Words by Tom Lohnes – photos by the manufacturer) – Meet the All-New, All-American Hypercar with the most power-dense production engine in the world. This is the 21C, A $1.7...
Machine Shop Time: This Update On the Hagerty Buick Straight Either Build Is All About Checking For Faults
Feb 26, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Machine Shop Time: This Update On the Hagerty Buick Straight Either Build Is All About Checking For Faults
There’s many parts of engine building that are not exactly sexy. It’s work, right? The internet tends to gussy the process up a bunch and we kind of get the sexiest version of engine...
Happy 2/25: Today We Celebrate The Venerable Chrysler Slant Six – Uncle Tony Preaches Truth!
Feb 25, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Today is Slant Six day here in the world of BangShift.com. Yes, the 225ci engine that helped to shove low-budget Chrysler cars around for decades. It is widely recognized as one of the best passenger...
American Powertrain Introduces Mopar® Small Block Aluminum Bellhousing for TREMEC® GM/Viper Magnum T-56 6-Speed
Feb 25, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on American Powertrain Introduces Mopar® Small Block Aluminum Bellhousing for TREMEC® GM/Viper Magnum T-56 6-Speed
Looking to run a T-56 of the GM or Dodge Viper variety behind your Mopar small block? American Powertrain has you handle six ways to Sunday on this program and they have recently expanded their...
Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Modern Muscle On Full Display – Check Out This Late Model Goodness
Feb 25, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs Coverage: Modern Muscle On Full Display – Check Out This Late Model Goodness
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Newer stuff in here. 3rd photo in you’ll see what is a tubular chassis 2004 GTO-ish thing. I’m not sure what to think of it, but with the vette...
Throttle Therapy: This Petrolicious Feature On A 1965 Mustang Fastback Touches On Many Of The Reasons We All Love Cars
Feb 25, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Throttle Therapy: This Petrolicious Feature On A 1965 Mustang Fastback Touches On Many Of The Reasons We All Love Cars
It’s insane to say that a car “helps” you, right? It’s crazy to say that the rolling hunk of steel, plastic, wood, and glass provides some service to better your mental and...
The Mongrel Project Gets More Paint, Suspension, And More! This Sucker Is Getting Close To Making Noise And Smoke!!!
Feb 23, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on The Mongrel Project Gets More Paint, Suspension, And More! This Sucker Is Getting Close To Making Noise And Smoke!!!
We love the Mongrel Project, a combination of a cool old British Ford and Mazda Miata that is somehow right in every way. The stance, the width, the flares, the fabrication, it all speaks to us and...
Tennessee Drift Day 2020 Gallery: Wearing That Groove Back Into The Track!
Feb 23, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Tennessee Drift Day 2020 Gallery: Wearing That Groove Back Into The Track!
As I watched the trailers and cars roll into Beech Bend on a quickly warming Saturday morning, a thought occurred to me: this is just like throwing bird seed in the driveway. When I was younger, I...










