More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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Tony Found His Dream Muscle Car Abandoned in a Barn for FORTY YEARS! And Then BOUGHT IT CHEAP!

I love Tony Angelo now more than ever. We get along great and he’s super fun to be around, but now that I know what his favorite muscle car is I think I love him even more! After dreaming about...

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Alex Hernandez’s 1971 Caprice Is Called Rose Gold, And While Pretty It’s Also Absolutely Brutal And Bad Ass!

Alex Hernandez and I have been friends for several years, and the night we met was pretty funny. We were both invited to dinner with a group of people that lets just say were a little mismatched, at...

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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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2018 Buffalo Motorama Photo Coverage: Turbos, Trucks, Race Cars, and Hot Rods!

(Photos by Mike Brooks)- One of the neat things about indoor car shows is the fact that they really combine all different aspects of the automotive world. Sometimes outdoor shows in the warm months...

Morning Symphony: The Subaru That Everybody Wanted, The WRC Group A Impreza

When you grow up in a household that is filled with nothing but love for American products and treats every imported car like a tin-can beater that needed to go to the crusher years ago, it’s...

Have An 8.8 Rear You Want To Narrow At Home? Here Is One Low Buck Low Tech Way To Do It

The 8.8 rear is one strong, readily available, and affordable rear end that is perfect for MANY projects. And because they came in so many different cars and trucks over the years they are in...

2018 Buffalo Motorama Coverage: More Photos From Buffalo’s Biggest Winter Extravaganza

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – They take a lot of pride in bring tough up there in Buffalo, New York. We’d take pride in that fact if we lived there as well. You are talking about a place...

This 1974 Camaro Was Modified By Motion Performance…Not The Engine But The Cool Body!

When we think  about and talk about the legendary Motion Performance that Joel Rosen operated in the 1960s and into the 1970s we often talk about the “Phase” cars. These were the crazy...

Nitrous, Weed And An Ass-Kicking Porsche: Take An Insight Into The Activities Of The Whittington Brothers

There is no such thing as cheap racing. Even in the realms of ChumpCar, LeMons and even King of the Heap, money has to change hands at some point in time. The question is how much money? For a...

Titled And Legal: Who Wants This NASCAR-Style Chevrolet Malibu?

Information? All the information you could possibly want on this Chevrolet Malibu is this: it’s got a North Carolina title and it’s street legal. Of course it is…North Carolina...

2018 Buffalo Motorama Coverage: This Show’s Been Going On Forever And It Keeps Getting Better

(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Those who follow me here at Bangshift know that after hitting up several cities, my indoor car show coverage wraps up here at home with the Buffalo Motorama. This...

This 1994 Corvette Limo Is Like A Strange Land-Bound Private Jet – Oddly Interesting!

So we have started to see McTaggart’s misadventures with his cheapo Cadillac limo project and while that looks fun and pretty disease ridden, this 1994 Corvette limo that Bangshifter Rocco...

2018 KYANA Swap Meet Coverage: More Gearhead Stuff From Weird to Iconic Right Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Stuff.  We all have it and most gearheads collect it without even trying, though some of us do try.  Whole I am no hoarder, I have a growing collection...

Hoonigan Is Visited By A Drift-Build S13 And The Most Violent Cobra We Know. Period.

I’m going to be one-sided on a video about two different cars today. Pablo Cabrera’s Nissan S13 is a monster in it’s own right, but it’s a built pro drift...

Flying Bricks: Enjoy Tons Of Volvo Rally Footage From Sweden!

The first car I ever did my own burnout in was a 1975 Volvo 242DL. Mustard yellow, dead-nuts stock automatic, in a grass field…I was taught how to do a power brake burnout and when the Volvo...

Video: Talking Shocks With AFCO – Interesting Information On High Performance Shocks

Among the pieces and parts that have seen the most intense development over the last 10-15 years now, shock absorbers are at the forefront. Companies like AFCO, which are rooted in the racing world...

Flowtech Adds Eight New Axle-Back Exhaust Systems To Their Lineup

Here’s some awesome news for late model muscle car owners as Flowtech adds eight new axle-back exhaust systems to their lineup. These systems feature mandrel bent, high flow construction they...