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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worse Idea – The Flying Pinto Or Turbonique?

Human beings are very interesting creatures for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is our ability to come up with some really bad ideas and see them all the way to a predictable and horrible...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: ID This Big Weird Motor! (And We Reveal Yesterday’s Answer)

So yesterday you rose to the challenge in droves and answered the call to identify the strange looking rear end I posted. The winner of the BangShift shirt was none other than Mike Casella, the man...

Question of the Day: Do You Care About Modern Tuner Muscle Cars?

Today’s question revolves around modern “tuner” muscle cars. From Shelby Mustangs to Hennessey Camaros, there are a gaggle of shops across the country that makes piles of money...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Name This Weirdo Rear End! What Car Is It Under?

A couple of weeks ago I showed up to perform my act as human rain delay and obstruction of progress at Tube Chassis Designz. The boys are working on some cool projects that we’ll be updating...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Have You Had So Many Cars That You Actually Forget Some Of Them Sometimes?

This isn’t a bragging type of question. Trust us. We’re not lighting our cigars with $100 bills around here and forgetting that we have a Bentley parked around back by the servant...

Caption This Photo: SCHWING!

NEWSFLASH – Chad and I are both mentally children. Sure we strike you as the buttoned up, formal, locked down kind of professionals you’d expect to find editing phone books but...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Burnout Machine You Have Ever Owned?

Burnouts. They’re not proof your junk is fast, or that your junk is any good at all, but they rule. They rule in a straight line, in circles, backward, forward, and sideways. They’re...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worst Auto Parts Store Add On?

When we ran the blog item yesterday with the photo of the super cool Ute from Australia, the comments were mostly favorable, but Matt Cramer from DIYAutoTune made one interesting observation. He said...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Performance Or Styling Package Do You Want The Big Three To Offer?

Yesterday Brian asked you what car model you would erase from automotive history if you could, which got me thinking. Instead of the negative, what about the positive? If you could bring back, OR...

BangShift Question of the Day: If you could make one model of car completely disappear from history, what would it be?

Well this question could certainly get interesting. If you could wave a magic wand and make one particular model of car disappear, meaning the entire run of that model, which one would it be?  No...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Would Be Your First Modification On A Modern Muscle Car?

If someone handed you the keys to a new 1LE or Z28 Camaro, or a new Mustang GT, or Challenger, or whatever turns you on, would it be hard to decide what to change on it first? We talk to people all...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Coolest/Weirdest Car You’ve Seen at a Local Show?

Last weekend we walked into a local car show and spotted a nice looking S10 with wheelie bars on it. Just as we were about to snicker to ourselves we noticed the 500ci Cadillac engine mounted in the...

BangShift Question of the Day: Are You a Driver or a Crew Chief?

The racing world is full of interesting characters on both sides of the coin. From the publicity loving drivers to the crew chiefs who’d prefer that they dealt with dynos and data only. There...

Freaky or Fun? An Edsel Speedster From Bonneville Speed Week 2013

If this car doesn’t support the notion of, “you never know what the hell you’re going to see at Bonneville” than nothing really does. While certainly not a racing vehicle,...