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Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Could Pick One Year To Visit And Snag 5 Cars From, Which Year and What Cars?

This should provide some interesting answers. If you could pick one year to visit and snag 5 cars from what year and what cars? You do not have to go back very far in time, in fact you could pick...

So What Would You Put In This Cushman Scooter For Power If You Were Going To Ride It Cross Country.

So the other day me and some buddies were talking about our mini bikes and CT70s and the like and mentioned that it would be fun to ride them cross country just for the hell of it. Well of course...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Have Considered The Ford Ranger Raptor?

We approved of Ford’s decision to bring back the Ranger nameplate on a truck smaller than the current F-series pickup truck. We like it’s looks, we like it’s size, we like what we...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Willingly Go To A Skid School?

Lately, I’ve been right back on my soapbox about how any moron can get a driver’s license, regardless of skill, willingness to learn, care behind the wheel, or even synapse functionality....

BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First High Performance Automotive Modification?

What was your first high performance automotive modification? The running theme when we ask most guys in the high performance industry tends to involve doing something that had no actual performance...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Sincerest Form Of Flattery Or Not? What’s Your Thoughts On The Mitsuoka Rock Star?

Yeah, I’m seeing it, you’re seeing it, we are all seeing it together. That is, depending on how you view things, either a tribute to or a rip-off of a C2 Corvette, one of the most...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Weirdest Rare Car Sighting You’ve Had?

For the last couple of weeks, I was on vacation. A real one…exceptionally limited Internet, no phone, no laptop, no camera. Just myself, my wife and her parents on a slow boat up the Eastern...

Caption This: Automotive Jenga At It’s Finest Was Captured In This Northern Arizona Accident!

Ah, Prescott, Arizona…I miss that place. I lived there three years and loved just about every day I was there. Don’t mistake Prescott for “cactus and lizards and HOLY HELL...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Four-Cylinder Builds In Mind?

V8 this, V8 that, LS swap the world, all hail the mighty Hemi. Yep, we love eight cylinders doing the right thing, making the right noises, and creating the right kinds of power, but they...

If You Were This Bad At Welding Wouldn’t You Seek Some Professional Help?

Luckily most of the welding that we see is clean and neat looking. That doesn’t mean those welds are necessarily the strongest, but for the most part they are at least acceptable. But then...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Engine You’ve Ever Owned?

After a couple if years ago after realizing that the horrible engine in our former family truckster 2006 Pacifica consumed motor oil at roughly the same rate it consumed gasoline, I got to thinking...

Which Of These Pro Stock Legends Would You Like To See Come Out Of Retirement For NHRA Mountain Motor Pro Stock?

Back in the day, NHRA’s Pro Stock class was some of the most exciting drag racing in history. Ultra vocal rivalries, claims of cheating, starting line burn downs and staging duels, and some of...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Cammer, Boss 429, Or Chrysler Hemi? Which Has The Most Wow Factor?

There are three engines that are guaranteed to draw crowds and stop traffic at car shows and drag races. The Boss 429 Ford with its massive size, prodigious power, unique valve covers, and overall...

Question of the Day: What Car Has the Best Sounding Factory Exhaust In History?

The exhaust note that cars have tells smarty pants gearheads a lot. We can hear how rowdy the cam is, figure out whether the engine is a small block or a big block, even perhaps name the brand of...