Category Archive: ENGINE, Tech Stories
Holley Sniper EFI Is Only $999 And Easy To Install – Watch How Easy Right Here.
Holley’s Sniper EFI systems are the latest in Holley’s long line of throttle body injection systems. The folks at Holley started offering TBI kits decades ago and have continued to...
Bloodhound SSC Aims For 1000 mph And Makes First Test Hit Over 200 mph
The Bloodhound SSC plans to set a new all time land speed record of 1000 miles per hour, but before it can get that fast they need to do some shakedown runs. But where do you handle those? And how do...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Ideal, Purpose-Built Winter Beater?
(Photos: Craig VanBuskirk) If you haven’t already seen the cold, white fluffy stuff falling from the skies, don’t worry…it’s on the way (except for you wise-asses in...
The Mouse That Roars: This Suzuki Swift Is One Evil-Sounding Machine…Super Light, Super Built And Very Pissed!
One of my first gigs ever involving a racetrack was working as a cone monkey for an SCCA autocross my junior year of high school as a volunteer deal for the JROTC I was a part of. It was a simple...
Question of the Day: What is the Coolest Obsolete Engine?
The march of progress means that things do not stay the same for very long, especially in the automotive realm. Something that is the hot ticket one day is relegated to the scrap heap the next....
Morning Symphony: Launching Like A Jet Off Of An Aircraft Carrier
Sticking the launch might be the trickiest part of the run for a drag racer. Doesn’t matter if you’ve been running pro for decades or you’ve got your grandma’s 1997 Regal out...
Danger Bunny: This 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit Was One Of The Biggest Eye-Catchers On The Property At SEMA
The last time I ever saw a round-headlight Volkswagen Rabbit, it was sitting in the middle of an abandoned logging track in Washington State and had been there for quite some time. It’s sunny...
Rough Start: All The Heavy Lifting Has Been Done On This Sweet Little 1965 Plymouth Valiant!
More than ever, the idea of a bitchin’ daily driver that doesn’t suck or suck fuel like the Queen Mary has been on my mind. While I’m whittling away slowly but surely at the Great...
That Was Fast: Las Vegas’ First Fully Autonomous Shuttle Bus Crashes On It’s First Day
If you believe every news-blog out there, in the short term, we can expect to see autonomous vehicles stepping into daily life any minute now. It’s gotten so pervasive that even Bob Lutz...
Handmade Toys Rule! Check Out The Build Of This Wood-Bodied Remote-Controlled 1977 Ford Truck!
I really dig the super-detailed remote controlled vehicles that you can see a lot of on YouTube. The ultra-detailed jetliners that look like they are ready to take off from 07R at LAX, the fully...
PACC Racing’s Crazy 1974 Datsun 260Z Runs Mid 9’s and Was Built For Under $2000! Yes, Really!
A few weeks ago, our friends at Grassroots Motorsports Magazine held their annual festival of affordable speed insanity, the $2017 Challenge, which is held every year at the Gainesville Raceway in...
SEMA 2017 New Product Coverage: You Like Nitrous, Right? Let NOS, Holley And MSD Help You Get The Most Out Your Bottle!
The bottle of happiness. Laughing gas. Instant horsepower. Nitrous isn’t a full-time power adder, but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that it’s there for you when you need it....
BangShift Top 11: McTaggart’s Choices From SEMA 2017
I might be battling traveler’s cold…or bronchitis…or the plague, depending on how I’m feeling at the moment, but this year’s SEMA was a very interesting and varied...
SEMA 2017 New Products Coverage: B&M And Flowmaster Brought New Goodies To SEMA 2017, Including A JK Shifter and UTV Parts!
Driven Performance Brands brought plenty to show off at the 2017 SEMA show under their Flowmaster, B&M and Hurst brands, and while it was difficult to not get sidetracked by the wicked looking...