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Why’d They Do It? This Popular Mechanics Story About The New 7.3L Ford Gas Engine Is Great
It was probably the biggest automotive surprise of the last calendar year. It’s probably the last big block gas V8 any company is going to build, and it’s probably going to be a pretty...
Long Island Needs A Drag Strip: Newsday Reports on The Efforts To Bring Drag Racing Back To The Area
It is a process akin to splitting a block of granite with dripping water. Working through hurdles, resistance, obstacles, and red tape to advance any sort of cause is hard but doing it in the name of...
Holley Releases EFI Pump Modules For Jeep CJ, GM G-Body (78-87) and C/K Trucks (73-87) – Neat Stuff
One of the things that people need to figure out when they convert a carbureted engine over to EFI is the fuel pump. many solutions have been created for this over the last few years. Some people...
Happy Mother’s Day From All Of Us At BangShift.com
Without moms, there would be no hot rodding, plain and simple. All of us here at BangShift would like to wish moms in all corners of the globe a happy Mother’s Day today and express our...
Delrin vs Polyurethane Sway Bar Bushings – You Won’t Believe The Difference In Stiction
I remember when polyurethane bushing were the latest and greatest. I remember putting them in my Camaro to improve the ride and handling, and thinking that these new bushings were going to last...
Rare GM Muscle Cars Found Stored In A Furniture Factory Basement!
We hear the term “barn find” thrown around all the time now, but how about basement finds? Yep, this is a whole collection of old GM Muscle Cars that have been stored for at least 15...
This Cool Plywood Model Shows You Just How The Clutch In Your Car Works
Sometimes the coolest examples of mechanical things can be made in a way that looks like a kid’s toy, but totally shows you how it actually works. Such is the case with this plywood clutch...
Accufab Announces New Billet Coyote Blocks Available Soon! Order Yours Now!
John Mihovetz, the guy behind the Ford GT that went 300 mph at the Texas Mile and the brainchild at Accufab Racing Products has done it again. The baddest Billet Coyote Cylinder block is available to...
Chip Foose Reveals The C28 Chevrolet Pickup Project – See What You Missed.
The Chip Foose C28 Project is one cool Chevy pickup and is a project designed to look like something Chevrolet might have produced in 1967 had they any clue just how popular Chevrolet trucks would...
Pony Wars Episode 1 Is Out! Camaro vs Mustang vs Challenger!
The 2019 Horsepower Wars Pony Wars Competition started off with 3 stock pony cars and ended with three evil beasts that made stupid power and hauled ass. We took a 2019 Camaro SS, a 2019 Mustang GT,...
Ford Facing Potential $4-Billion Liability Over Dual Clutch PowerShift Transmission Used in Focus And Fiesta
This is one of those things that you just have to shake your head at and one of those things that has had engineers and executives at Ford rubbing their temples over for years now. The dual clutch...
RacingJunk: What’s Capable Of Going 30+Mph, Hauling 1,000lbs, And Being Cooler Than your Golf Cart? The Pickman!
Why be normal, right? Everyone else at the drags has a golf cart to haul their stuff or they are using a lame little Smart car that will fit in their trailer but you’re better than that. You...
How Good Are The Aeromotive Gen II Stealth Tanks? – Watch This Video And Find Out!
We have been telling you and showing you the goodness that is the Aeromotive Gen II Stealth Tank for some time now and as more and more of these tanks get installed into various applications...
2019 PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown Photo Coverage: Before The Thunder and Lightning, It Was Both on The Track!
(Photos by David Whealon) – Yes, thunder and lightning storms put an early end to the PDRA Mid-Atlantic Showdown but before that stuff came from the sky, it was emanating up from the track as...