Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Ancient Behemoth And Today’s Weirdo Component
Nov 14, 2012Brian Lohnes11
I went full on weirdo with yesterday’s engine because I was hoping to cause the BS readership to throw up a goose egg in the guess department, but no, you went ahead and nailed it. The engine...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Inline Answer and the Toughest Challenge Yet!
Nov 13, 2012Brian Lohnes5
Yersterday’s inline six was correctly guessed as a GM 4200 series engine. The 4.2L mill was installed in a variety of cars and trucks like the Trailblazer, Envoy, Buick Rainier and other GM...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer And Today’s Inliner Challenge!
Nov 12, 2012Brian Lohnes5
Last Friday we threw a photo out for the rabid BangShift readership to identify. We may as well have thrown some rare steaks into the lion pen at the zoo. You all knocked the snot out of that one and...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Unobtanium Answer and Today’s Challenge!
Nov 09, 2012Brian Lohnes6
Yesterday we showed you a V8 block being machined and asked you to ID it and tell us what was special about that specific mill. Quickly the Chevy W-guesses came pouring in and they were correct. That...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s V12 Identified and Today’s Challenge Revealed!
Nov 08, 2012Brian Lohnes5
We like throwing the weird ones at you and yesterday’s challenge certainly qualifies as that. The guys at Valley Head Service in Northridge, California sent us that photo which is a...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Yesterday’s Straight 8 Answer and Today’s Monster Challenge!
Nov 07, 2012Brian Lohnes9
Yesterday’s challenge sure turned into a layup! The good looking straight engine that was sitting in the shop at Valley Head Service in Northridge, California was in fact a Duesenberg engine....
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: The Answer To Yesterday’s Quiz and Today’s Challenge!
Nov 06, 2012Brian Lohnes7
Thanks to the boys at Valley Head Service in Northridge, California, we’ve got a pile of new material on hand to challenge just how hardcore a gearhead you are. Yesterday we slapped you upside...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: The Answer You’re Waiting For and Today’s Challenge!
Nov 05, 2012Brian Lohnes19
It has been more than a week since our last Test Your Gearhead Knowledge item, so first off we need to apologize for that. We set this series aside for our SEMA coverage but now that we’re...
Caption This Photo: Excited Chad is Excited
Nov 02, 2012Brian Lohnes21
Jeep’s Mighty FC truck was a huge hit when released as a one-off specially built deal earlier this year. The truck was part of Chrysler’s yearly fleet of vehicles that head to Moab for...
SEMA 2012: Does My Nose Look Big? 2013 Ford Fusion Nascar Schnoz
Nov 01, 2012Chad Reynolds3
Should I be visiting a plastic surgeon? Or will the high banks of Daytona take care of this for me?
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: International Edition and Last Friday’s Answer
Oct 29, 2012Brian Lohnes9
Last Friday I threw some photos of a race block at you and despite my best efforts to be vague and oddly angled with the photos, you nailed it. It is a Ford race block that will wear Hemi style...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Today’s Race Block Challenge and Yesterday’s Wacky Answer!
Oct 26, 2012Brian Lohnes12
Well, I FINALLY got one past you crew of super sleuths yesterday and admittedly it was a nearly impossible job I tasked you with. The guesses were all good and many were getting so close to the...
Caption This Photo: You Better CALL Somebody!
Oct 26, 2012Brian Lohnes10
(Photo by Dave Nutting) – A couple weeks back Dave Nutting and I were trespassing at an old factory building shooting photos of Buford for a project update story when he asked that I...