Category Archive: BangShift 1320, BangShift APEX, BangShift News

The Evolution Of Speed: A Look At The Quickest 0-60 Cars In The World From The 1950s To Today!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Speed is a glorious thing. With cars nowadays claiming 0-60 times of under 2 seconds, we’re gonna go back in time and discuss the quickest cars 0-60 wise, from the 1950s...

Great Video: An In-Depth Discussion About Clutches and Torque Converters With McLeod and FTI Hosted By VMP

Soooo, a supercharger company hosting a clutch manufacturer and torque converter outfit on their weekly tuning show? Does this make any sense? Of course it does! It actually makes all the sense in...

Temper Flare: Chase Elliott Throws Out His Own Flag On The Play After Getting Spun Out At Darlington

If there was any doubt that NASCAR drivers are content to be back in the cars and not behind the wheel of a sim racer, it all came out at Darlington on Wednesday, the second of seven races slammed...

Morning Symphony: It’s A Twin-Turbo, All-Wheel-Drive 1971 Chevelle That Puts Down About 1000 Horsepower In France!

Matting the throttle on a big-power muscle car is a riot for all of the right reasons: loud noises, mosquito-fogging levels of tire smoke, and you save your local DOT money by repaving the roadway in...

Adjustable Shocks You Are Afraid To Use? Watch This Video From QA1 And Get Over Yourself!

There’s a syndrome that befalls even the most hardcore of hot rodders. That is the paralysis by too may adjustments that comes with adding lots of cool parts to your car. There’s the carb...

QuarantinePiece Theater: A Double Header! The Power To Stop and An Introduction To The 1974 Chevelle Station Wagon

Here’s a nifty little piece of 1970s goodness for you. This is a double feature that start with a film called, “Power to Stop” which talks about Chevrolet braking systems in 1974...

Old Man Cruiser: This 1972 Impala Is The Perfect Example Of What Old People Bought When Nixon Was President

Old people in massive, slow cars. That was a trope used in all forms and facets of advertising and comedy from the 1950s right up until not that long ago. As the size of cars continues to shrink,...

Forest Sprite: A Plymouth Valiant Tearing Up A Rally Course Is Just Too Cool

Chrysler got their money’s worth out of the A-platform, and then some. First appearing as the 1960 Valiant, the A-body would go on to underpin just about every smaller car Chrysler built...

Morning Symphony: A Compilation Of Spectator Drag Racing From 2019

How badly do you miss racing right about now? I’ll put it like this: after a few weeks of not really driving anywhere, driving our Cruze…that 138-horsepower fuel-sipping thing…felt...

This Week In Undead SUV Zombie Names: The Jeep Grand Wagoneer Is Coming Back, Baby!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Jeep is confirmed to bring back the Wagoneer and grand Wagoneer nameplates in the form of three-row full-sized SUVs to fight the Chevy Tahoe and Ford Expedition. The Wagoneer...

The Sound And The Fury: Watching This Incredible Ferrari 312P Attack Goodwood Is A Speaker Melting Joyous Occasion

Good cars have some history. Good cars have raced, maybe won. Great cars have won a lot and they have done so on grand and historic stages. Brilliant cars? Shoot, lots of them have not so much as won...

Video – Unimogs, Cosworth, and Classic Chevys: This Collection Of Stuff Has A Little Something For Everyone

If you have not watched “Barn Find Hunter” on the Hagerty YouTube channel, you are missing out. The show is cool because it’s not just a string of amazing and wildly valuable cars...

Holley’s Going Hemi: New Gen III Hemi Swap Systems for Dodge D100/D150 – Loads Of Parts

The Dodge D100/D150 trucks lines are awesome platforms for hot rodding and they definitely have not gotten the love that the Ford and GM trucks have gotten over the years. Well, Holley plants to fix...

The Hyundai Trucklet Is Coming: Here’s The Goods On The Upcoming Hyundai Santa Cruz – We Don’t Hate It!

(By Tom Lohnes) – The crossover-based truck segment has not taken off. With the only contender being the Honda Ridgeline, possibly the most hated vehicle on the market, it’s hard to see why...