Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??, MOPAR
Caption This: “Just Some Good Old Boys, Color Blind As Can Be…”
Sep 25, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
Have you ever wandered around a car show, enjoying the sights when something just stops you in your tracks? Something so out-of-place that your brain cannot figure out a proper reaction to? Picture...
Automotive Resuscitation: Watch As This 340 Demon Is Brought Back To Life After 18 Years In Storage
Sep 25, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Tony Angelo…drifter, Hot Rod Garage host…and Mopar guy? Yep, it’s true. That 1971 Dodge Demon 340 sitting there, in it’s nearly blinding Green Go paint, is Angelo’s...
Radical Overkill: Two Ford V8s, One Mitsubishi Van. Mix Well For Massive Smoke…
Sep 24, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Sticking one Ford small-block inside a Mitsubishi L300 van is tricky enough. The L300 is a tiny little cube of a van meant to meet Japanese vehicle size laws and in no way was meant to be a...
Ford Is Putting Out An Eight-Part Series On The Development And Testing Of The Focus RS
Sep 24, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Ford Is Putting Out An Eight-Part Series On The Development And Testing Of The Focus RS
Here’s what we do know about the Ford Focus RS: the psychotic all-wheel-drive rally hatch isn’t going to be available until about Spring. Everything else, from the power to the...
This Cadillac Coupe de Ville Is Nasty! 10 Seconds With Nitrous And A Full Interior!
Sep 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
You know that whole adage about lightweight racers being the best? Yeah…throw that book out of the window. There are some cases when full weight (and plenty of it) make sense. Case in point:...
Two Of The Most Unlikely Rally Cars We’ve Ever Seen In Action: An Early C3 Corvette And A Ferrari 308!
Sep 22, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
A Ferrari 308 and an early C3-era Chevrolet Corvette racing isn’t that big of a deal, even against each other in the same race. Both nameplates are pretty much synonymous with multiple forms...
LS Fest 2015 Gallery: Break Out Your Pitchforks, Torches, Ropes And Whatever Else You’ve Got For These Non-GM LS-Powered Vehicles!
Sep 21, 2015Bryan McTaggart10
A question: if you could take an engine block, do some typical machine work and upgrades, slap on a hairdryer and immediately have a reliable bullet that was pushing a four-figure horsepower rating,...
This Sixth-Gen Camaro Tears Up The ‘Ring During Testing, But What Is It, ZL1 or Z/28?
Sep 21, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This Sixth-Gen Camaro Tears Up The ‘Ring During Testing, But What Is It, ZL1 or Z/28?
We are still a ways from seeing the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro up close and personally, but thanks to the world of the smartphone and YouTube, we are able to see what manufacturers are up to...
Run 10 Seconds The Quick And Easy Way – Buy This 1979 Chevy Malibu!
Sep 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Has Drag Week or any of the other racing really ramped up that itch of yours to finally find something to go hit the track with? Do you just want to get out there and get going, instead of piecing...
Police Have Made Arrests In The Woodward Dream Cruise Car Thefts, Still Looking For The Cars
Sep 20, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
Detroit Police have made a breakthrough on the car thefts that occurred shortly after this year’s Woodward Dream Cruise. Six people were arrested as a result of a chop shop raid in the...
The Recall To End All Recalls? Volkswagen Found To Have Installed A Defeat Device In Diesel Cars Sold In U.S., Could Be The Biggest Fine Ever Issued!
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggart24
Many outlets, including Jalopnik, the New York Times and Car and Driver are reporting that Volkswagen could be facing a recall of 482,000 vehicles and a potential fine that could hit $18 billion...
Teach Them Well: This Robotics And Automation Professor’s 600+RWHP Camaro Is A Track Machine!
Sep 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Teach Them Well: This Robotics And Automation Professor’s 600+RWHP Camaro Is A Track Machine!
I should probably start this story out with an apology. I first encountered Brian Sparks’ Camaro early in the morning the day I took our project Chrysler to the NCM Motorsports Park back in...
Cheap Car Blog War! I Challenge Lohnes To Find A Better Craigslist Deal For Under $1500 Than This 1996 Firebird!
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart11
As we’ve shown in our “Rough Start” series, a five thousand dollar budget is plenty to get a decent set of wheels and have it running and driving in short order. Anyone who has...
If You’re Planning For Drag Week 2016, How About Bringing Along This Blown Jaguar XJ-S?
Sep 18, 2015Bryan McTaggart7
As I type this, Brian and Freiberger are out on the road with the rolling circus of horsepower known as Hot Rod’s Drag Week. To say I’m a little bit jealous would be a severe...





