Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Would You Rather: Slammed Caravan Or Lifted Aerostar?
Do minivans suck as badly as many claim? Nope. They’re handy beaters, useful shop rigs, impromptu campers, and of course, excellent people carriers. That was the whole point of the rolling...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Don’t You Miss When Drivers Had Actual Personalities?
The other night, while in the middle of the traditional dinner-and-YouTube scene that plays out at my house, I inadvertently introduced Haley to NASCAR Radioactive videos…you know, the radio...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Dream Project Find This Week?
Forget poetry and prose. I’m covered in coolant and grease from doing a water pump on my wife’s truck. I drove the Imperial into town to get parts and I’m pretty sure that I...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Which Off-The-Shelf Military Truck Would You Make Your Daily?
In the military, “commercial off-the-shelf” procurement (in MIL-Acronym speak, “COTS”) programs are designed to take an existing product that just about anyone can pick up,...
Question of the Day: Given $5,000 and 10 Minutes to Spend It, What Speed Parts Would You Buy?
Let’s play a high speed, gearhead version of Brewster’s Millions, except this is BangShift Thousands. You’re walking down the street and a guy hands you $5,000, sticks a Summit...
BangShift’s Question Of The Day: Which Of These Two Cars Represents The 1970s More?
We’ve played the “car from the year you were born” game here. 1983 was a crap year for cars, unless you wanted a Jeep Scrambler or have a pang in your chest for a four-eye Fox-body...
You’ve Got $1500 To Buy One Of These Vehicles, And A $12,500 Budget To Make It Into The Ultimate Pre-Runner. Which Do You Choose?
I recently filmed a new web series featuring junkyard trucks being built into off-road monsters that have to compete in several off-road challenges in order to crown a winner. Some teams went in...
With High Horsepower Coming So Easily And Economically From Modern Gas Engines, Is There Really A Reason To Spend Jillions Building A High Horsepower Diesel?
I saw a video about a 1200 Horsepower Duramax combo the other day and how expensive it is to get to that power level with a diesel, and it blew me away. Sure they make insane torque at those levels,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You A Good Sportsman?
On paper, the race should’ve been a wash. In the left lane was me in the 2001 Buick Regal GS Joseph Abboud Edition. What the hell did that mean? 240 horsepower, 280 ft/lbs of torque, and a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did Your Heart Sink The Lowest?
Without a doubt, the most stressful thing I’ve ever done with a car was the moments when the Imperial’s new engine was fired off for the first time and we started breaking in the...
This Tunnel Rammed 558 Cubic Inch 1968 Thunderbird Has Us Asking Whether There Is Any Car You Can’t Make Better With A Big Block?
This 1968 Thunderbird is built to the hilt with a 558 cubic inches of tunnel rammed big block, a built C6, 9 inch with 3.90 gears, and a set of hoosier slicks just to drive the message home....
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You’re Stuck Owning One, What Noise Would You Want Your Electric Vehicle To Play?
They’re supposed to be better for the environment and they are supposed to be better overall compared to internal combustion engines. Electic vehicles are being pushed hard in the market...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Big Power In Big Bodies – How Would You Do It?
Recently, I got a note from reader Andy30thZ in my inbox, directing my attention to a video that simply said, “1,100 horsepower big block into a ’72 Mercury Marquis”. The only ways...
