Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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Pre-War Perfection: Formula One Racing Action From The Monaco Historic Grand Prix

Here we go with more awesome vintage F1 action from the streets of Monaco! The Monaco Historic Grand Prix is one hell of an event, and it’s back after a few years off! If you dig old race cars, you...

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The Mario Andretti Story: Racing’s Most Versatile Driver? America’s Greatest American Racer? Watch

Mario Andretti was a household name when I was growing up watching him race at the Indy 500 and such. His career is insane, with more wins and championships than you can shake a stick at. But what...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 2 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Gets New Suspension Installed!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Dirt Track Racer Charged With Assault After Ramming Other Car In The Pits: On Track Contact Leads To Race Rage Incident and Ban From Racing.

Every racer and fan knows that in the heat of competition emotions and adrenaline run high. We’ve all seen it, when a couple of drivers bump and bang and then it continues off track. But...

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Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Hits Vegas And We Aren’t Keeping Quiet About It!

(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car returns for its fifth season on TV and 10th season of the event in Las Vegas. We love these events and are strangely...

Show Photos: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (and more!) The Piston Powered Auto-Rama is the largest indoor show on the planet!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – One of the shows at the top of my list each year is an insanely huge indoor show in Cleveland OH. The Summit Racing Equipment I-X Piston Powered Auto-Rama...

Lancha Gigante: This 1961 Chrysler Newport Is A Road Rally Beast That Needs A New Home!

Once it turns a tire in anger, any race car worth it’s weight will show signs of it’s use. It’s just a fact…no race car should be a concours-restored, picture perfect machine....

How Long Does It Take To Kill The Brake Pads On A Tesla Model 3? Nine Miles Of Track-Day Use At Laguna Seca, As This Guy Found Out!

In all honesty, even at 3,838 pounds curb weight, the Tesla Model 3 isn’t that heavy for a modern-day car, let alone a true electric vehicle. It’s affordable and meant to be the low-cost,...

Morning Symphony: The Mighty Roar Of The Upper Crust Race Car, The Bentley Continental GT3

Unless it’s kissed a concrete wall head-on at speed, anything with the Bentley badge is meant to be two things: sporty and expensive with a capital “F”. From the days of the 4 1/2...

Best In The West Award Announced for LS Fest West 2018

Listen up LS Fest West fans! LS Fest event staff are pleased to announce the Best In The West, a unique new award for LS Fest West 2018 participants. How will the winner be decided? We’re going to...

Is This The Ultimate Air Cooled Porsche? The Gunther Werks 400R Is Spectacular

The Porsche 911, and it’s variants, are some of the most icon driver’s cars in the world. I’m not a “Porsche Guy”, but I love the 911. I’d drive an LS swapped 944...

RideTech’s 48-Hour Camaro Hits The Autocross!

A few years back, we were a part of RideTech’s first 48-hour Camaro build with their 1967 Camaro. This year at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale, they built a new 48-Hour Camaro and developed some new...

Classic YouTube: The 1981 Kelly American Challenge Race From Portland, Oregon

Between 1977 and 1989, IMSA had a race that allowed you to bring any American car to play on the roadcourses as a kind of preview race ahead of the IMSA GT main event. Dubbed the Kelly American...

This 428 Powered 1966 Mercury Monterey Could Be The Best Deal On The Interwebs Today

Intrepid BangShifter Matt Cramer sent us the link to this 1966 Mercury Monterey which is for sale in Georgia. For a shade more than $3,000 you are getting a factory 428 car with (from what we can...

Money No Object: Banging Gears In This Factory Five Daytona Coupe Replica Is Worth The Cost

I don’t want to know how much a real-deal Shelby Daytona Coupe goes for. Big money is the understatement of the century. But the replica market on the closed-in version of the car that Peter...

2018 Detroit Autorama Coverage: Trucks, Drag Machines, Big Rigs, an Hemi Engines Galore

(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – Who wants to go to a car show and just see one type of thing, right? I mean when I was a kid we went to some Pontiac conventions and while it was a single brand,...

Factory Ringer: This 1989 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE Is A Race Car First And Foremost

Chevrolet’s Camaro has always been a car that wore it’s options codes with pride. Z/28, B4C and every engine code known in the Chevrolet lexicon tie into the Camaro at some point or...

2018 Detroit Autorama Photo Coverage: We’re Far From Done Showing Off Cool Stuff From The Motor City

(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – Ha! Just when you thought it was safe to emerge from your bunker, we’re back with more photos from the 2018 Detroit Autorama. This time the photos come from the...