Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
King Of The 1980s Sleepers: The 1985 Ford LTD LX Had 5.0L Power Along With Cop Shocks, Tires, and Suspension
This is pretty awesome. The Ford LTD was a car owned by grandparents across America. It was not an exciting car, not a fast car, not a car that was designed to do anything but just shuttle people...
Not So Magnificent Seven: This Video Profiles Seven Of The Most Heartbreaking Racing Losses Ever
The awesome thing about racing is that it is an unending battle between man/woman and machine. Typically speaking, the best men and women get the best machines and then make with them what they will....
FLYWHEEL VS FLEXPLATE-DOES A LIGHTWEIGHT FLYWHEEL ADD ANY POWER? 45 POUNDS VS 16 POUNDS-WHO WINS?
In a lot of racing, folks are real big on the weight of their flywheels because it effects how the engine accelerates. But on a lot of occasions I’ve seen folks go with the lightest flywheel...
Dirthead Dave Installs A Sliding Ragtop And Shaves The Gas Door on the Bagged Mustang II Project!
If you haven’t ever wanted a sliding rag top in a vehicle then you are a weirdo. I’ve never been a sunroof guy, but a sliding rag is pretty damn cool. I think a VW bug or bus with a...
Weird From New: This Review Of The 1988 Buick Reatta Asks Questions We Still Ask Today
We’re so used to being able to put different cars and trucks into their respective buckets. This one is a sport sedan, this one is a luxury cruiser, this one is a grand touring car, etc. The...
Tearing Down The Blown Up K24 Swapped StanceWorks Ferrari After A Bad Day Of Racing That Threw The Rods Out Of It.
I’ve only blown up a couple of engines in my day, but when you do there is always the disappointment of tearing stuff up, but then once you get over that there is the desire to tear it apart...
AutotopiaLA Celebrates Their 6th Anniversary With A Video Of Nothing But Burnouts, Donuts & Hard Launches in Crazy Custom Muscle Cars & Trucks
The guys and gals at AutotopiaLA make some awesome content, but they also are our kind of people because of how they like to party. And by party, I mean make every effort to document every single...
Emily And Aaron Reeves Wrap Their Own Car! Flying Sparks Garage: Wrapping Our C6 Corvette Was SO HARD!!
Painting a car is something I want to do, but that I am super intimidated by. Wrapping one somehow seems less intimidating, but every time I watch one get done I think about all the ways I could...
Weird Cars I Used To Want: The Saab Viggen Was A Weird and Quick Swedish Breath Of Fresh Air
When I was a little kid, my parents had some friends come over to the house and they drove up in a Saab. This was the 1980s mind you and it wasn’t like Saabs were growing on trees. The car was...
Ride With Ollie Bryant In His GT40 As He Qualifies On The Pole At Spa…In The Dark
We have showed you awesome road racing videos starring the talented Ollie Bryant before but this one is the coolest we have ever put in front of you. For starters we are in Bryant’s GT40 and he...
Two Minutes of Cringe: This 1980s Thank You Video From Pontiac Fiero Plant Is Hilariously Weird
We know their heart was in the right place. We know the intention of this video was to thank and encourage a specific Pontiac dealer to keep pressing Fiero sales. We understand that these people are...
Watch Bob Wollek Dominate An IMSA Race At Sears Point And Then Wreck Horribly In The 1980s
Many people only know Bob Wollek from just a single weird encounter he once had with a tv reporter during the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1985. Aggravated that he had been swapped out for team driver AJ...
Awesome Racing History: This Film Shows How Firestone Worked To Develop The Racing Fuel Cell More Than 50 Years Ago
After the deaths of world famous racers like Fireball Roberts and others, the racing community finally decided that enough was enough and that a new solution to controlling and carrying fuel was...
