Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Send It Flying: The Mud Pit At Virginia Motor Speedway Brought Out The Best!
Pure, unadulterated horsepower in full action. That, folks, is why we dig mud bogging. Every last truck needs every last bit of power to not only not get stuck, but to come out of the slop looking...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Things About Older Cars Do You Miss The Most?
The generational gaps between model years of cars kills me. If that sentence doesn’t make sense, let me explain it like this: Go sit in a 1957 anything. Then a 1967, 1977, 1987, and so on and...
Rough Start: This 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S-3 Is Period Correct: Louvers, Mag Wheels, Rust…
They were drying up in the late 1980s, were endangered by the time I was ready to start looking for my own car, and are all but gone: the period-correct, as they were vehicles from the 1970s. Mag...
Ma-laziest? The Review Of The 1983 AMC Concord…Trying To Make Old New Again
By 1983, the American Motors Concord was old hat and then some. The car that had started life as the AMC Hornet had lost it’s youthful appeal and just about every pretense of performance, and...
Hooker BlackHeart LS Engine Swap Systems For 1996-2004 Mustangs Have Arrived
Let’s face the facts here, people. LS swaps are not only NOT going away, they seem to continue to gain popularity. It seems to defy the odds but when you look a the variety of part and pieces...
Ever Wanted An Off Road Capable Fox Body Mustang? Well, Now’s Your Chance!
Everyone and their brother who’s into our little hobby has had experience with the Fox-Body Ford Mustang, or at least they have a friend who is into them. And that’s for good reason: they...
That Didn’t Sound Good: This Rotary-Powered Mazda Familia Had A Flywheel Explode!
Motor failure, that’s a theme for me this week after dumping the guts of a Gen II Chevrolet small-block out of a 1994 Camaro. To be fair, the LT-1 in the car was running on known bad main and...
Random Car Review: Have You Ever Heard The Story Of The 19 Factory-Scrapped 1977 Camaro Z28s?
When it comes to the Chevrolet Camaro, there is a ton of legend and folklore that surrounds the first generation and the first “era” of the second gen, a.k.a the Split-bumper cars. A lot...
Hitting The Trails Of Nova Scotia With A Murray Lawn Mower Prepped For The Rough Stuff
As a kid, I envied any friend of mine whose parents owned a riding mower. It seemed like the perfect trade-off: I get to learn how to control a motorized, four-wheeled device and be helpful around...
Rough Start: Atoning For Our Sins With A Budget F-Body
I killed a fourth-gen Camaro. It wasn’t a pretty process, it wasn’t a quick and painless death. I ragged the living hell out of the car as if it was an Avis rental under somebody...
Ever Wonder How The Designers See A Car As It Goes From Sketch To Sales Floor? Check Out This Take On The 1991 Chevrolet Caprice’s Gestation!
Automotive design intrigues me. Creating a car that is supposed to sell in volumes that justify the expense of creation that contain enough emotional elements to attract buyers is a very strange...
Your Morning Wake-Up Call: This 1969 Shelby GT500’s 427 Side-Oiler Punishes The Dyno
Chrysler had the Street Hemi, Chevrolet had the Mark IV big-block series, and Ford has their FE 427s. All of these motors appeared as race-only pieces, but by the end of the muscle car era, would be...
Wanderlust Wagon: This 2007 Ford E-350 Quigley Conversion Van Is Perfect To Get Away From The Holiday Noise
Holiday music, shopping, relatives, more holiday music, and more shopping. It’s the beginning of the end of the year, and chances are good that your blood pressure is climbing and if you hear...
