Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
The Race To Death: This Is The Twisted, Crazy, Macabre, and True Tale Of The 1903 Paris To Madrid Race Disaster
It seems incredible by the standards of 2020, but the 1903 Paris to Madrid Race was such an incalculable calamity and had amassed such a loss of life that it was cancelled after the first day. In an...
QuarantinePiece Theater: The Entire 1971 Watkins Glen Can-Am Race Broadcast – Awesome Cars, Racing, and People!
It is Friday. It isn’t but in Quarantine-ville it is Friday afternoon. Let’s be honest with each other. You don’t want to be at the home office any more. Leaving isn’t an...
Romping A Jaguar XJS Around During Targa Tasmania Has To Be A Riot! Listen To That V12 Sing!
They appeared at the end of the first gas crisis, had a transmission borrowed from GM (the TH400 automatic was used after 1977) and because of the funky buttress shape of the rear glass area, Germany...
Ballin’ On A Budget: These Former Big Dollar Machines Are Now Selling For Family Sedan Prices
(By Tom Lohnes) – Depreciation is a beautiful thing to car enthusiasts. It lets them buy cool cars that were once over $100,000 from the factory, can now be in your hands for less than...
Deal Of The Century: Buy This Entire Two Kart Racing Operation With Spares, Firesuits, and Even Fuel For Less Than $10K!
Ok, this might be the best deal we have ever found in the history of this website. There’s a guy on eBay selling an entire two kart racing operation that comes with everything from spare parts...
Screaming Mimi: Watch And Listen To This 2.0L Vauxhall Four Banger Make 284 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower On The Dyno
Normally when we showcase engine dyno videos here at BangShift, there’s big horsepower involved. Today the horsepower is more modest but the engine is really neat. This is not an engine that we...
The Mongrel Project Gets Paint!!! The Color Is On And Awesome Even If It Isn’t Perfect
When Matt from Urchfab had issues with a body shop that was going to paint his Mongrel project, he was mad but ultimately got over it and decided to jump head first into the “paint your own...
Buy Bunkie’s Intake: This 1956 Pontiac Dual Quad Setup Is Complete, Awesome, and Rare
Old parts have an aura not because they are old but because we largely know the history of how they came to exist. In this case, we have a factory 1956 Pontiac dual quad setup and it is 100% complete...
Holley EFI Expands Lo-Ram Intake Manifold Lineup – Looking To Keep A Low Profile? Handled!
When it comes to induction and trends over the last few years, it is impossible to deny the influence of the Holley Hi-Ram intake. The intake is everywhere and it has been seen climbing through the...
Battle Of The Big Boys: Chrysler Newport, Oldsmobile 88, and Buick LeSabre Comparo Circa The Early 1970s
We’re not sure what America’s greatest era for big cars was but the early 1970s has to be up there in the ranking, right? If you have ever ridden in one of the softly spring, wheelbase...
Incredible Send Off: This Collection Of The Top 10 Stirling Moss Moments At Goodwood Is Awesome
The world is still celebrating the life and times of Sir Stirling Moss, the British racing legend who owned the world of competitive driving from the late 1950 into the 1960s before suffering a...
Amazing Find: This 1950s Custom Sports Car Was Dragged Out Of Storage, Is For Sale – Kaiser Henry J Based!
Banghifter Rob Miller gets all the credit for sending us this pretty incredible Craigslist find which is centered around a custom built sport cars from the 1950s that is based on a Kaiser Henry J...
Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
It’s kind of funny. Lots of our lives are spent in a rush, right? Trying to make time for the stuff we want to do after finishing the stuff we have to do. If there is one thing we know...
