Category Archive: BangShift News
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...
SCSN 13 Gallery: More Photos From The Big-Tire Bash In Vegas!
We are back with more action from the Street Car Super Nationals race in Las Vegas! The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has been nothing but nasty, badass speed and even with cooler temperatures,...
Help Us Name Our New Square Body Crew Cab Dually Project!
I’ve wanted a Chevrolet Crew Cab Dually since I was a kid. Probably since I was 10 or so, since we’d see them at the races all the time pulling gooseneck trailers and looking bad ass. Of...
Gearhead School: This Video Is One Of The Best We Have Ever Seen About Pontiac Engines
If there is one family of engines that has likely triggered more gearhead arguments than any other it is probably the Pontiac brand. Because there’s not actual “big block” or...
This Video Of Big Rig Cold Starts Is Pretty Awesome – Lots Of These Big Engines Don’t Sound Happy!
(By Greg Rourke) – Yep, winter is rapidly closing in. The whole country is cooling this week, Chicago is forecast to have a high of about 30 on Sunday. It’s especially tough on diesel...
Rough Start: This Gambler 500-Proven Lexus Is Sensible And Wildly Irresponsible!
I grew up in a time where American cars weren’t cool to most of my peers. They spent their formative years listening to the bitching of their parents who got screwed over with Malaise-era...