Category Archive: Apex Top 11, BangShift APEX
The 1993 Mustang Cobra Was An Attainable Hot Rod For 13 Year Old Me – Here’s A Video Road Test From ’93
Feb 16, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The 1993 Mustang Cobra Was An Attainable Hot Rod For 13 Year Old Me – Here’s A Video Road Test From ’93
I was fishing with my dad and sister on a bridge in Hingham, Massachusetts across from the court house. That’s when I heard a familiar sound a sound every gearhead kid knew in 1993. It was the...
Running Out Of Inputs And Outputs? Holley EFI’s CAN Input/Output Module Allows You To Expand Your Current ECU’s Capabilities
Mar 10, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Running Out Of Inputs And Outputs? Holley EFI’s CAN Input/Output Module Allows You To Expand Your Current ECU’s Capabilities
The current crop of EFI systems on the market are light years ahead of where we were 10 years ago. With that said, there are lots of times when someone purchases an EFI system for their ride that...
SU Times Two: The Hagerty 1965 Mini Build Gets Its SU Carbs Restored To Brand New Condition
Jan 13, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on SU Times Two: The Hagerty 1965 Mini Build Gets Its SU Carbs Restored To Brand New Condition
Davin is hustling right along with one of the smallest displacement projects he has worked on a part of the Redline Rebuild series. This time it’s an update on the induction and valvetrain...
The Name Game: Goodwood Gives Their 11 Favorite Car Names Of All Time – Good List!
Dec 14, 2021Brian Lohnes1
This is pretty good if we don’t say so ourselves. The crew at the Goodwood YouTube Channel decided to give us their 11 favorite car names of all time. Before you think that this will be a list...
A Tucker On The Dyno?! Watch Tucker 1044 Make A Pull With Its Franklin Helicopter Engine!
Jun 20, 2021Brian LohnesComments Off on A Tucker On The Dyno?! Watch Tucker 1044 Make A Pull With Its Franklin Helicopter Engine!
Not that we’re breaking any news here but Bob and Rob Ida are two of the most amazing automotive craftsmen in the world today, certainly among the top one tenth of one percent in the USA. These...
Go For A Lap of Road America in a Jerico Equipped 1970 Mustang Road Racer
Aug 21, 2020Brian Lohnes16
This sweet, sweet hunk of video goodness takes us to the historic road racing course known as Road America. We traverse the course courtesy of a bad Larry 1970 Mustang. The car sounds beautiful and...
BangShift Top 11: NASCAR Meets Gaming, How That Could Become Really Fun To Watch!
Mar 30, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
NASCAR has figured out that video games can be something worth mining for gold. Since racing in person isn’t going to happen for quite some time, several drivers went onto what has been dubbed...
Wrong Name, Right Car? The 1988 Chevy Nova Embarrassed Muscle Car Fans, But Was It An OK Car? We Say Yes.
Feb 19, 2020Brian Lohnes5
There’s a genre of car that literally does not exist today and that is the cheap, stripped down, high winding four banger powered, sporty econobox. This was something that existed for decades...
Engine Teardown Video: Watch The Hagerty Crew Pull Down Their Buick Straight Eight Project Engine
Feb 17, 2020Brian Lohnes2
The latest entrant into the Redline Rebuild series from Hagerty is a Buick straight eight engine that came out of an early 1950s Super convertible that is also being restored. We told you about it...
Cool Winter Welding Project: Truck Rim Wood Stove For The Shop
Jan 13, 2017Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cool Winter Welding Project: Truck Rim Wood Stove For The Shop
ChuckE2009 is one of our favorite welders on YouTube. He is always building something cool, and if you have followed him for years like we have then you know that his space and business has gotten...
Top 11: Best Craigslist Road Course Trackday Cars You Can Get For The Money!
Sep 26, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
(Lead photo courtesy of Car and Driver. Seriously…road racing a Suburban? AWESOME!) If you haven’t driven at a track day, especially on a purpose-built road course like Pacific Raceways...
Top 11: Good Cars For An Aspiring Teenage Gearhead
Jul 08, 2016Chad Reynolds15
We hear it all the time. “There are no cool cars available that kids can afford.” Well, that depends. Clearly you have to keep your standards within reach, and also be realistic about...
Watch Sabine Schmitz, On The Nurburgring Start From The Back Of A Field And Carve Here Way Through On The Course She Knows So Well
Feb 07, 2016Brian Lohnes4
Every BangShifter worth his or her salt knows who Sabine Schmitz is. Carrying the nickname “Sabine The ‘Ring Queen” because she is one of the most versed, experienced, and...
Lohnes’s Top 11: Fun Cars Driven And/Or Tested In 2014 – See ‘Em All!
Dec 15, 2014Brian Lohnes13
Ok, so I have come up with some Top 11 lists that I’ll be posting over the next couple weeks as we careen towards 2015 and a fresh slate of fun in the new year. One of the things I got to do a...