Category Archive: BangShift APEX, BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Street Truck Feature, XL Truck News
Long Time Coming: After 17 Years, Nissan Is Bringing Out A New Frontier – Redesign Or Refresh? You Be The Judge
(By Tom Lohnes) – A whole 17 years after being originally introduced, Nissan has redesigned their small truck, The Frontier. Or have they? Riding on a chassis that is architecturally the same...
Rarely Seen Rocket: The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T Was One Of The Fastest Sedans In America – No One Bought It
How many “great ideas” in automotive history have been just unbeatable on paper and then financially made no sense? The answer is a very large number and weirdly the 1991/1991 Dodge...
The Beast Roars: Speedkore’s Carbon Fiber 1970 Charger Exercises A Hellephant Engine On The Chassis Dyno
The name Speedkore is no stranger to BangShift readers as we have followed the company and its awesome innovations for years. The cars they have built, the carbon fiber work that they have created...
Quick Dyno Test: What Effect Do The Height Of Hilborn Injection Stacks Have On A 572ci Hemi?
As we all know, the smallest changes all have a measurable impact on how an engine runs, how an engine performs, and ultimately how much power it makes and where that power is made in the range of...
Not The Grass: Wild Moments At The 2020 Goodwood SpeedWeek
Goodwood might be the most unhinged thing to involve racing cars in England since the British Touring Car days of the 1990s. Whether you are at the race track watching the historical races filled...
New Parts: Ridetech Introduces Complete Suspension Systems For 1961-1965 Ford Falcon!
The early Ford Falcon is a platform that many hot rodders have played around with over the years. The cars are neatly styled, they are light, and they are more than happy to take a hot little small...
The Class Of ’75! This Chevrolet Promotional Film Profiles Nova, Monza, and Vega In The Depths Of Despair
Well the cars were not desperate, we think. Mostly because they are cars, but then again, maybe they just had a good disposition. 1975 was the pits and we’re trying to decide if 1975 was the...
Check Out Ryan Tureck Getting His 11,000 RPM Judd V10 Dyno Tested In England – This Is Going In A Supra!
If you follow Ryan Tureck, you know the guy has always managed to build some cool and different cars in which to attack the drift course with. This guy has had multiple 1,000hp drift beasts and...
Mighty Monster: Take A Ride In Colin McRae’s Metro 6R4
To most people, Colin McRae’s only car, ever, was a Subaru. His legend was cemented as the wheelman of the Impreza rally car that was slathered in the blue paint and day-glo yellow markings,...
Hot Takes: A Best/Worst List From A Teenaged Enthusiast – Your Milage May Vary
(By Tom Lohnes) – With sedans going below crossovers in combined sales numbers, people often fail to recognize how great these cars are. This said, I’ve compiled a list of the best and worst...
Hot Or Not? Dyno Testing The New Gen III Edelbrock Hemi Head Against Factory Stockers
Loads and loads of people in the high performance aftermarket have long been looking at the Gen III hemi as the sleeping giant in the room. Yes, the LS and now LT engines have a massive share of the...
Holley Is Giving Away A Nitrous Snorting 427 Ford And YOU Can Win It Here –
Do you have a Ford project that is desperately seeking an engine? Do you want it to be powered by a small block that thinks and acts like a big block? No you want nitrous as a larger part of your...
Bigger, Badder, More: Chevrolet Rumored To Be Counterpunching New Ford Excursion With Their Own Monster SUV
(By Tom Lohnes) – Nowadays, people drive giant cars. And by giant, I mean gargantuan. The average full-size long wheelbase Chevy Suburban, just entered it’s 13th generation, and weighs 6,016...
Hot Rodding Is Fun Video: The Hagerty Straight Eight Buick Build Get Attention – More Fun Around The Shop
Hot rodding is fun because of so many reasons but the main one is the small personal challenges that every hot rodder deals with along the way. When you get your nifty speed parts and they...