Category Archive: BangShift News
Quick Drive: The 2016 Scion iA Is A Shockingly Good Car For The Money
When the chance came to spend some time behind the wheel of the 2016 Scion iA, I was pretty interested. After all, as many of you know this is a car that is essentially a partnership between Mazda...
Unhinged: Paint Fumes, Cement Fumes, And All Of The Good Memories Of Putting Together Model Car Kits
How many of you are into model car kits? The first model car I put together was a Revell Snap-Tite 1976 Corvette Stingray with my dad. Red body, red interior, fully chromed Vector wheels, and all of...
eBay Find: A Plum Crazy Purple, 383/4-speed Equipped…1976 Plymouth Volare!
Ebay is wonderful and harmful at the same time. There are days where I get some of my best inspiration from surfing the listings and then there are days where I paw through the cars up on the block...
Good Deal: MAHLE Becomes The Official Piston, Piston Ring, and Engine Bearing of Engine Power TV
It is always good to see a deal come together where everyone involved comes out ahead. It is also always good to see a deal come together involving some of your pals and in the case of the recent...
The “Vader” Trans Am’s Last Run With A Flat Hood…Stock-Bodied Sucker Maker!
You have to love a black Pontiac Trans Am that is legitimately fast. I know the colors are supposed to be white/blue, or black/gold, but all-black, especially on the third-gen cars, just suits...
Does Bashing In Your Headers Really Hurt Power? Engine Masters Tests Out The Theory!
When I got around to putting headers on my Project SuperBeater Dodge Mirada a few years ago, I got lucky in the fact that none of the tubes needed a tap to fit anywhere. They were still an absolute...
Money No Object: A 1955 Chrysler C-300 Packing A 468ci Hemi And An Overdrive Auto!
The 1950s were mostly notable for an overabundance of chrome and a bit of taste lost to the ideals of the jet age, but some beautiful designs did come out of the work. Chrysler’s “Forward...
BangShift’s Guide To Powerball Jackpot Glory
There isn’t a soul in the United States, hell the world, that hasn’t been talking about tonights $1.5 Billion Powerball Jackpot. Everyone from school teachers, to hot rodders, to dog...
Spruce Up Your Goat With A New Rear Window Molding Set From OPGI
Restorations are a funny thing because once you start, your eyes get way more tuned into what they should be seeing versus what they actually are seeing. Case in point. If you are doing your muscle...
CONFIRMED: The Jeep Grand Cherokee “Trackhawk” Will Be In Production By The End Of 2017!
In this day and age, is there really a place for a large sports-utility vehicle with at least one, if not two monster V8s under the hood? Is that really practical? Is that really necessary? With all...
2015 Photo Highlight Reel – Joe Grippo Reviews His 2015 In Only The Way He Can
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Well, I was just given a brand new 2016 Onion desk calendar for Christmas so that must mean it is time to look back at the previous year’s shenanigans....
Holley Announces Several Additions To The Flowtech Exhaust Lineup
From late model trucks and muscle to the classic Detroit iron of the 1960s, Holley has beefed up the already large lineup of products offered by their Flowtech division. From headers to cat and axle...
BangShift Project Files: A Rough Chevy Longbed Is Being Brought To Life By One Of Our Resident Mad Mechanics!
Many things are said to haunt the forests of Western Washington. If you are near the village of Olalla, you might hear the victims of Starvation Heights on a chilly night. If you hang around the Hoh...
