Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Are We Seriously Rooting For A Hot-Rodded Suzuki Swift? Yes We Are! Watch This Little Beast Go!
Jan 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
You probably would recognize it better if it was called a Geo Metro, but it’s a Suzuki Swift. Or a Suzuki Cultus. Or whatever…you know what kind of car it is, they were sold all over the...
Ye Old Ripper: This 1994 Oldsmobile Bravada Is Ready To Rip Asphalt Up (And Your Face Off)
Jan 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
I can’t remember when the story ran, but around the late 1990s the name Jon Moss was the buzzword for “Fast GM Products”. The “Toy Box” cars, as they were referred to,...
Classic YouTube: Making A Presidential Autocross Lap In A Caddy Limo!
Jan 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
One of the best ways to get all three of us laughing and cheering on the underdog: find the biggest car you can and make it do things it was never ever designed to do. You don’t get much bigger...
More Barrett-Jackson Photos From The Premier Collector Car Auction In Scottsdale
Jan 18, 2018Chad ReynoldsComments Off on More Barrett-Jackson Photos From The Premier Collector Car Auction In Scottsdale
Here we go again! If you think we’ve posted a lot of photos from Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale so far, then you’ll really love the fact that we have hundreds and hundreds more coming. The...
This 1984 Ford Sierra XR8 Gives Us An Idea: Merkur 5.0!
Jan 18, 2018Bryan McTaggart6
The Ford Sierra was the world car that just didn’t quite make the cut in the United States. It might have had more to do with it’s name change than anything else…while “Ford...
Edlebrock ‘s New Year-New Carb Promotion Is A Great Way To Upgrade AND Save!
Jan 18, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Edlebrock ‘s New Year-New Carb Promotion Is A Great Way To Upgrade AND Save!
We’ve got more great news for anyone out there doing their winter parts shopping. Edlebrock’s New Year-New Carb promotion is a great way to both upgrade your carburation situation. Buy an...
The Swiss Army Knife Of Custom Machines Is Up For Auction – The 2009 Dobbertin HydroCar Can Be Yours!
Jan 18, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
Rick Dobbertin’s 1965 Chevy II and 1985 Pontiac J-2000 are well-known and appreciated within the automotive community for what they were at the time: builds that were further advanced than...
Rough Start: Can You Scare Yourself With A Budget Find? This 1973 Omega Might Do The Trick!
Jan 18, 2018Bryan McTaggart5
Some concessions have to be made when you are playing with a small budget. You aren’t getting a top-tier model name. You aren’t getting a supercharged big-block, you aren’t getting...
The 48-Hour Camaro Build Continues! Check Out The Progress We Made Yesterday
Jan 17, 2018Chad Reynolds1
The 48-Hour 2nd Gen Camaro is coming along nicely! We’re having a lot of fun, while working hard, to put together one hell of a cool 1971 Camaro that Bret Voelkel from Ridetech is going to...
MAHLE Motorsport Introduces PowerPak Piston Kits for Ford Big Block Super Cobra Jet, Kaase P-51 and Air Flow Research 14º Cylinder Heads
Jan 17, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on MAHLE Motorsport Introduces PowerPak Piston Kits for Ford Big Block Super Cobra Jet, Kaase P-51 and Air Flow Research 14º Cylinder Heads
Pistons, we love them around here. Pistons are at the root of all things BangShifty, right? MAHLE Motorsports knows this and they continue to develop new, high quality products to meet the needs of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Should Blowers Through Hoods Make A Comeback?
Jan 17, 2018Bryan McTaggart9
Every car magazine that wasn’t Road and Track or Automobile had them on the cover: a hunkered down piece of wicked creation that had a massive blower sticking through the hood. It was the...
Project Angry Grandpa: Putting Old Skills To New Uses (Or, How To Love Fixing Wiring Connectors)
Jan 17, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
The problems for the Angry Grandpa Chrysler started on the last day of the PRI show. As Lohnes and I were getting our cars warmed up in the morning before heading over to the convention center, two...
Bad News: Raceway Park Will Cease Drag Racing Operations – The End Of Englishtown Appears To Be Nigh
Jan 16, 2018Brian Lohnes68
BangShift.com has learned that Raceway Park will cease racing operations in 2018. This is unhappy news to say the least. At this point our understanding is that there will not be a 2018 drag racing...
Here Is Your Tuesday Afternoon Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2018 Photo Update
Jan 16, 2018Chad Reynolds1
It’s Tuesday and the sun is shining bright in Scottsdale Arizona at the Barrett-Jackson auction which means both the weather and the hot rods are hot here in Arizona. We’ve been posting...






