Category Archive: Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
The Lincoln Continental, America’s Favorite Luxury Sedan, Reaches The End of The Line (Again)
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Lincoln Continental, America’s favorite Luxury sedan, is once again dead. After a drastic 54 percent sales decrease in Q4 of 2019 and Ford’s decision to ditch sedans...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Using The Wrong Lube Hurts! Here Is The Straight Truth On What To Use To Properly Torque Your Fasteners
Everyone thinks about the expensive parts of their engines that are sexy, like pistons, rods, crankshafts, cylinder heads, intakes, etc. But what holds all that stuff where it is supposed to be?...
Custom Intake Manifolds Tested! What Does The Ideal Intake Manifold Look Like? How Long Are The Runners? How Big Is The Plenum?
How many times have you found yourself in the shop, at the races, or on the dyno wondering if you have just thought of the world’s greatest speed part? It happens to me all the time, and...
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Watch As A V8 Ute Racer Performs The Mother Of All Jump-Starts!
The final few seconds before the start of a race has to be intense for a professional racer, don’t you think? The start is crucial for racers, no matter where they qualified: if you’re in...
Hunt For Grunt! LS Torque Cams: Do You Know What Really Works?
In this video from Richard Holdener, he lets you in on yet another round of dyno testing Speed Secrets in the never ending Hunt for Grunt. LS Engines aren’t particularly known for being torque...
BANGshift.com Wishes You All A Happy, Healthy, And Safe Independence Day!
It’s been a weird one ladies and gentleman, boys and girls, children of all ages, but on behalf of myself, Brian Lohnes, Brian McTaggart, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish...
What Depreciation? This BMW 6-Series Is One Evil-Sounding Rally Monster!
I actually had to go research when the “new” BMW 6-series coupes were first produced: 2004. That means that at the oldest, this particular mud-flinging example is sixteen years old. Which...
Watching This Dodge Dakota R/T Drifting Around Rockford Speedway Is Having An Absolute Blast
The 1998-2003 Dodge Dakota R/T is a riot in disguise. Shoving the 250hp/345tq 360 into the Dakota and backing up the powertrain with a 9.25″ rear packing 3.92 gears, the Dakota surprised those...
Olds Shopping: Someone Is Selling Six Of The Most Rare Colonnade Era Olds Cutlasses You’ll Ever See
Everyone has their thing, right? Some guys like Mustangs, some guys collect Camaros and some guys load up on 1970s Colonnade styling era performance Oldsmobiles. Jason Savick tipped us off to a guy...
Suspension Tech Video: Learn All About The Benefits Of Tubular Sway Bars From The Crew At QA1
There’s a basic question that every hot rodder should ask when they are looking to buy parts for their car. “Why do I need that?” It’s a basically question but one that so...
Mini-Van Shopping? Your Options For An All Wheel Drive Model Just Grew By One – Pacifica Gets AWD For 2021
(By Tom Lohnes) – This Just in folks: The dying Minivan segment has finally adopted AWD. Well, half of the minivans have. The 2020 Chrysler Pacifica is finally available with AWD, and it...
Listen Up: The Awesome, Amazing, and Inspiring Story Of Operation Snowbound – How American Teamwork Saved Millions Of People and Livestock In 1949
There can be no overstatement of just how nasty Mother Nature can get when she wants to be. The winter of 1949 on the Western Plains of the United States is virtually beyond compare. A succession of...
Watch Actual Broadcast Footage From The Day A Guy Stole The NASCAR Pace Car In 1986 – Unreal!
We saw the title on this YouTube video and thought we’d be watching some lame attempt at doctoring video to make it seem like someone stole a pace car at a NASCAR race and was driving it around...