Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??
What’s The One Modification You Always Wanted To Do To A Car But Never Did?
Everyone has walked through the pits at the races or through a car show and seen some bad ass hot rod and said “Man, I always wanted to do that to a car and never did.” What...
This Big Block 1971 Chevrolet Suburban Is One Family Owned And Awesome. Make It Yours!
Big block 1960s, 1970s, and 1980’s trucks are one of those must have trucks that everyone is always looking for. Finding one in a 3/4 or 1 ton model is most likely, but the early 1/2 ton trucks...
Dirtbike Vs. Streetbike 3.0: Which One Will Kill It On The Ice, The Dirt, And The Snow?!
If you haven’t been following the Dirtbike vs Streetbike saga, then you have been missing out. This is a video series that finds these two machines battling it out on surfaces that are...
You Can Jump Your Car With 12 AA Batteries – We’re Not Kidding, Watch This Unibrowed Genius Do It
If you have never tuned into the ElectroBOOM channel on YouTube you should. The videos are hilarious and while the host plays the dummy role, the guy is actually an engineer with a very sound...
Need A History Lesson On The Ford Escort? You Actually Might!
Let’s get right to it: the cover photo car is one of the eighteen Ford Escort RS 1700T prototypes that were built with the goal of bringing the Mark III Escort into rallying, much like the...
Testing Yunick: The US Army Extensively Tested Adiabatic Engines In The 1980s – Cool History
Perhaps the last great engineering feat of Smokey Yunick’s life was the creation and operation of his famed “hot vapor” or Adiabatic engine. Many of you remember reading stories of...
eBay: The Undisputed King Of The LS World Is For Sale – 3,500hp LSx Powered Camaro Runs 5s In Quarter, 3s In Eighth
It is, without dispute the baddest LSx powered drag car in the world. Run in big tire trim, run in Radial vs The World trim, run a quarter mile, and run an eighth, Super Dave Adkins’ Camaro has...
Trabant Engine Fun: Let’s Watch The Rebuild Of The Pluggy Little Two-Cylinder Trabant Screamer
“I’m holding half the engine with one hand, that’s how light this stupid thing is.” More funny lines from our hero who we showed you tearing down the engine in his classic...
Awesome Bonneville Video: This 1989 Home Movie From The Salt Has Us Revved Up For Speed Week!
Speed Week 2019 is just a couple of months away and that has us dreaming of the gearhead Valhalla that we have come to know and love over the years. The Salt, The Great White Dyno, Bonneville,...
Cool Video: This 1983 Documentary Tells The Story of Ford’s 1983 IMSA Mustang GTP Debut
1983 was an awesome year for IMSA racing. Hell, the whole 1980s was an awesome set of years for IMSA racing. The biggest story of the year was Ford Motor Company jumping into the series with a...
Heavy Metal Rebel: A Day-Two Sweet 1969 AMC Rebel SST
It’s no “The Machine” special. It’s not wearing the red/white/blue paint scheme. It’s only moving along as fast as the 290ci Typhoon V8 will allow it to move. But this...
Mini Van: A B18 Swapped Mini…er, Van Is An Awesome Combination!
Minivan: A rolling breadbox best suited to shuffling about seven people around in some kind of comfort until the smell of stale French fries becomes too overwhelming to tolerate, at which point the...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: The Electric Hand In A Hudson Terraplane – Pre-Select Gears And Let It Shift Itself!
One of my weaker subjects when it comes to automotive knowledge is pretty much anything pre-1955. Not that I’m great with anything pre-1965, but older machines and older technology just...
Blood Feud: Walt And Art Arfons Took Their Strife To The Grave – These Vintage Stories Delve Deeper Into The Mystery Than Any Others
If you have not read Samuel Hawley’s incredible book “Speed Duel” you owe it to yourself to do so immediately. Hawley tells the tale of the epic mid-1960s land speed record wars in...