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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

Question Of The Day: What’s The Most Disgusting Thing You’ve Ever Cleaned Out Of A Car?

Recognize that 1961 Chrysler in the picture? A couple of weeks ago that car was sleeping peacefully in a thicket of trees, exactly where it had been parked since 1977. It’s not sleeping...

Reader Information Request: Do You Know Any Details About The “Turn Me Loose” Opel AA/FC?

Readers, every time I’ve asked for your help in providing me with information, you’ve come through. So once again, I’m asking for your help in locating some information for me that...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Long Do You Give The Internal Combustion Engine To Live?

First it was just France, but recently the United Kingdom has come out and agreed that the internal combustion engine, the heartbeat for just about every vehicle on the road today, has an expiration...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Are Four-Doors Finally Respectable Options?

While working later on in the night a couple of days ago, reader Cole Lamberts shot us a message that caught my eye: “Hey guys. Just wondering what your thoughts are regarding “muscle...

BANGshift Question Of The Day: Which Supercharger Would You Rather Have? Roots, Screw, Or Centrifugal?

Blowers, superchargers, huffers, the list of names given to superchargers over the years is long, but so are the different types of superchargers available. Centrifugal, Roots, Screw, etc, they all...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Are Your Thoughts On A Stock Car For The Street?

Do you even dare ask how many cars have been cut up in the name of making a racecar? I wouldn’t. Countless G-bodies, mid-1970s Camaros, Fox Thunderbirds and 1970s Mopars have been...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Best Factory Transmission Ever?

We’re always talking about engines here but we basically neglect the major driveline component that turns the motor’s grunt into action, the transmission. As much as some factory engines...

Caption This: Don’t Ask Where The Goofy CR-Z Is, They Won’t Like It.

Minivans are boring. I don’t care how many laps Rutledge Wood can crank out of a Toyota Sienna, or how wicked up that Turbo Caravan is at your local test and tune…it’s still an...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Far Gone Is Too Far Gone For You?

Between Brian, Chad and myself, we’ve got a list of winners that have been dragged home and propped up as a financially responsible, perfectly safe mode of transportation…or, at minimums,...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Dash Design?

I’m strange in that the dashboard layout of a car can make or break how I feel about the whole vehicle. Once you plop down into the seat and get to moving, the gauges are looking at you, the...

Question Of The Day: What Is Going Through The Driver’s Mind, Right Now?

Between the last possible second where everything is still under control and good, and the moment where impacts are made and the chocolate has hit the fan, there is time. It’s often said that...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Aftermarket Wheel?

Slots. Turbines. Spokes. Cragars and Super Tricks…and yes, there is a difference. For most enthusiasts, the factory rolling stock is usually one of the first things to be modified. In years...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Most Hellish Traffic Jam Story?

Good morning, readers. I hope you are having a great day. As I’m typing this, I’m not. Here’s why: in a few hours, when I wake up in the morning, I get to experience the wonder and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: How Do You Personally Define “Big Power”?

So a couple of weeks ago I served as the host for the 2017 Diesel Power Magazine Challenge. This unique event pitted 10 of the nation’s toughest and most wild diesel pickups against each other...