Category Archive: BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
Spending Your Money For You: Our 13-Year Old Analyst Picks The Best Domestic High Performance Deals On The Market Today
(By Tom Lohnes) – Now, I’ve done a lot of stories covering used cars that will give you a lot of fun for a little money. But, What about new cars? Well there’s a lot of them and all of...
All Parts Are Not Created Equal: Check Out This OPGI Video Featuring Their 1970-1972 Chevelle Rear Marker Lamps and Bezels
It’s not a huge secret but the reality is that all parts are not created equal. Stuff can look the same, appear to be correct, and then once you get it in your hands you discover that the...
This Vintage Simplex Go-Kart With Twin West Bend Engines Is A Perfectly Restored Vision Of 1960s Fun
From a recreational activity that got people together for low key fun more than 50 years ago to one of the most popular and important motorsport disciplines in the world, go-karting sure has come a...
Project Binky Update: Turbo, Transmission, And So Much More For This Turbo 4 All Wheel Drive Mini
While Project Binky is in the body shop getting the outside, inside, and every nook and cranny painted in preparation for final assembly, there are plenty of parts that need help before all that can...
Stainless Line How-To: Brakes, Fire System, And More. Here’s How To Do Them Right
Whenever the subject of hard lines comes up on a project I talk about my buddy Rodney Mason who works at Ridetech. That dude is one of those guys that can see the line in his head and make it just...
This Chevrolet Firenza CanAm Is Violence In A Small Package! Check Out This South African Muscle Car!
The Chevrolet Firenza CanAm is the very angry distant cousin to the Vauxhall Firenza, a handsome enough coupe based on the otherwise homely Vauxhall Viva. Look at it…are you getting an odd hint...
Random Car Review: The 1981 Mercedes-Benz 500SL, The Teutonic Rally Terror That Could Have Been
Mercedes-Benz had a unique take when it came to auto racing at the beginning of the 1980s: If their vehicle didn’t outright dominate, they didn’t want to play ball. That pride put a...
KP Components Trailing Arm Suspension For 1963-1972 C10 Give You Lots Of Options And Awesome Ride And Performance
The Trailing Arm Suspension that came factory on some Chevrolet C10 pickup trucks may not have performed to the level we are used to today, but it was a suspension system from which many race and...
Rally-Tested, BangShift-Approved: 1974 Ford Maverick Built To Run
Of all the cars I miss from my past, one that really stands out is the 1973 Mercury Comet that was around during my junior high days. Painted flat black, running trailer wheels and decent rubber, and...
Never Before Seen Autorama Photos From Just Before COVID19 Shut Everything Down!
When BANGshifter Scott Liggett hit the Autorama to snap photos for all of you to enjoy back in March, he sent them to our Dropbox, including his write up, and then told us they were there and ready...
The C8 Corvette Is Set To Become A Monster: Rumors Abound Regarding Huge Horsepower Hypercar Versions In The Works
(By Tom Lohnes) – The newly redesigned mid-engine C8 Corvette is already a fantastic car with the base Stingray models dipping into the 2 second range for 0-60, and some guys are already...
Incomplete: Buy Most Of A Cosworth DFX V8 – The Engine That Dominated Indy, USAC, and CART!
Now this is pretty awesome. We often talk about how some engines are just so on the mark, so well laid out, that they effectively take control of a style or series of racing. We can look at the...
Beating Yourself Up: Is The Kia Stinger Doomed Due To Competition From…Itself?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Kia Stinger and its hot GT variant are for sure significant cars of the 2010 decade. Kia, the company known for making downmarket cars lead a brand revitalization with the...
