Category Archive: CHEVY, ENGINE, OTHER, Tech Stories
How Honda Forced General Motors To Eat Their Words, A Story Of Pride Going Before The Fall
General Motors has often found itself suffering from a sharp case of foot-in-mouth disease as the years pass on. From such fun issues as the X-body screwup and badge-engineering a Chevrolet Cavalier...
Random Car Review: The Ford Cortina Savage – When The V6 Is A Step Forward!
Ford special models always have an interesting name, if nothing else. Mach 1, King Cobra, Lightning. Even if the car is a pooch, the name will conjure up the image of badass, nasty power. Well, add...
Classic YouTube: Autocrossing A Cummins Ram, Because Physics Doesn’t Matter!
Ok, this one is for every diesel-bro I’ve ever met who keeps telling me that their souped up PowerStroke/Cummins/Duramax/whatever is better in the long run than owning a musclecar or a sports...
Random Car Review: 1972 FMC XR311 – G.I. Joe’s Military Grade Hot Rod?
If you look at the XR311 and immediately think HMMWV, you aren’t too far off. The FMC XR311 was meant to be a replacement for the M151 “Mutt”, the Ford-built replacement for the...
We Never Expected To See A 1990s Ford Thunderbird Drifting, But This Rules!
Yes, I’m on a MN-12 kick this week, and for good reason: nobody builds these things, it seems, and they go for pennies on the dollar when they sell. The Ford Thunderbird, Lincoln Mark VIII and...
Classic YouTube: The Callaway C6 SuperNatural Corvette LM – Swinging For The Fences In 1994!
In 1989, Callaway Cars did what many consider the impossible: they made a C4 Corvette run 254 miles per hour. The “SledgeHammer” Corvette is still one of the most wicked machines...
Classic YouTube: A 400+ Horsepower Turbocharged Cutlass Ciera GT Having Some Fun
A few years ago, I ran a story on a 1986 Olds Cutlass Ciera GT and uttered a phrase that has haunted me ever since: “Pro Commuter”. The concept has some merit: giving what would be an...
Pace Car Indeed: Ride Along In This 1979 Ford Mustang IMSA Racer As It Rolls Around Mont Tremblant!
Nobody knew in 1979 that the Fox Mustang would cover over a generation of Ford’s pony car, nor that it would kickstart a horsepower revival that would carry on to present day. All the designers...
Morning Symphony: A Chrysler Valiant Charger E48 Unleashed At Targa Tasmania
It’s been a strange week around BangShift Mid-West, with a strong focus on six-cylinder vehicles that didn’t come from the U.S.A. I’m not complaining at all about it,...
How To Sell A 1965 Chevrolet Impala: Stick It On A Rock In The Middle Of The Surf!
Selling a car on a television commercial isn’t as easy as it looks. Just plopping the car down and rattling off what it does have and how much it costs isn’t exciting. Exciting might...
Classic YouTube: The Most Unloved Mopar Can Still Burn The Hides Off!
“The most unloved Mopar”? Yeah, the R-bodies fall into that category just fine. The last thing Chrysler needed at the end of the 1970s was yet another full-size four-door that...
The 1980s, Summed Up In One Tandem Drift – C4 Corvette Versus A Big-Boy Cadillac!
One event that we have yet to check out in person is the Powercruise USA show up at Brainerd International Raceway in Michigan. If “Powercruise” sounds familiar, that’s because you...
Random Car Review: The 1956 Chrysler Norseman, The Concept Car That Never Made It To The Show
In 1956, Chrysler was about to see the fruits of labor that had started with meetings in 1953. The company had spent $200,000 to rework the chassis of a 1955 Chrysler to create a “dream...
