Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Angry Buzzing Thing: This Rambler Hornet Might Be The Nastiest Four-Door Version We’ve Ever Seen!
American Motors needed to do any and everything possible to bring in a cash flow during their years of production. They saved costs in production, rehashed instead of re-designed, and they exported...
Classic YouTube: Ford For 1970 – Torino, Mustang, Maverick And More!
I often get pigeonholed as a Mopar freak. Yeah, I know, my history points that way, with at least seven in my past and the most talked about being my Imperial, Mirada and Diplomat. But the truth is...
Hunting For Christmas Gifts In The Mecum Kansas City Auction: Two Fords And A Buick!
If there is one thing I truly loathe about the Christmas holiday, it’s being asked what I want for Christmas. I don’t want to be the guy that asks for the extraordinary or expensive...
So Wrong, So Right: The Turbocharged V8 Ford Focus Drag Car
I’m a total sucker for a front-wheel-drive car that has been converted to drive the proper set of wheels. Ask me about my fascination with any small-block powered Dodge Daytona, or the myriad...
BMW’s Method For Cleaner Production: Cow And Chicken Refuse. That’ll Offset The Carbon Footprint!
BMW is working toward being fully operational on renewable energy, a noble goal. As it stands right now, the Leipzig, Germany plant gets wind turbine electricity and the Spartanburg, South Carolina...
Little Rocket Man: Elon Musk Wants To Give The Second-Gen Tesla Roadster “Rocket Power”
Shortly after debuting the Tesla Semi (an over-the-road tractor, not another reference to his “D”), Elon Musk debuted a second, unexpected product: the second-generation Roadster. The...
Suffering From Snow Worries? This 6×6 Suzuki Samurai Will Save Your Sorry Hide!
We are heading quickly from the colorful and crisp Autumn season to what I casually refer to as the “cold, gray bucket of suck” that is winter. (Ok, Brian Gordon from Fowl Language Comics...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Grossest Substance You’ve Encountered While Wrenching?
In the last Great Pumpkin Mustang update, one of my future quick fixes for the 1980 Mustang was to flush the coolant system of the nasty-ass pond water that the car was utilizing as coolant. It was...
COMP Cams Adds Micro Surface Enhancement To Camshaft Manufacturing Process – Smoother, Better Surfaces
COMP Cams has been at the forefront of camshaft manufacturing and quality for more than four decades now. The cool thing about the company is that they are still working at advancing the technology...
2017 Mad Mule Finale Coverage – Galot Motorsports Park Closed Their Season With A Hot One!
(Words and Photos by David Whealon) What started out in 2016 of as a Thursday night test and tune for all types of racers and a Pro Mod Quick 8 shootout thrown in to highlight the mid-week racing...
The Edelbrock AVS2 Carburetor Is On The Shelf – Get One!
During the SEMA show we told you about one of the more interesting new parts that a company had displayed. We’re talking about the Edelbrock AVS2 carb that takes the iconic AVS series piece and...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Thunderstruck” by AC/DC, Live At Castle Donington (1991)
At the age of 64, Malcolm Young, the rhythm guitarist for AC/DC, has passed on. The older of the two Young brothers that were the root of the band (Angus, the lead guitarist, being the other),...
Gearhead History: Name the First V8 Powered Car in America
You saw the title and laughed to yourself. Yep, you’re thinking that it’s something easy like the 1914 Cadillac or something along those lines. Well, you’re wrong. The first V8 car...
