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Category Archive: BangShift Question Of The Day??

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge! The Answer To Yesterday’s Mystery Piston And A New Challenge Today!

Yesterday we told you to get your thinking cap on and identify an interesting piston that we found in the Icon piston booth here at SEMA 2013. Many of you shot us answers and several of you nailed...

SEMA SHOW 2013 Product Spotlight: We Talk Switch Panels With Painless Performance

Wiring up your car or truck sucks. Okay, sometimes it doesn’t suck, but only if you have the right parts, tools, and materials. Thanks to the guys at Painless Performance, all your switch panel...

SEMA 2013: Thursday Cars, Trucks, and Cool Stuff!

So we’re three days into the 2013 SEMA show and still showing you new stuff. This gallery is a collection photos from both the inside and outside of the building that we zapped while running...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Ask Chad And Brian All Your SEMA Questions. We’ll Answer All Of Them!

People are always asking us what it is like to go to the SEMA show. They ask questions about parts, people, cars, booths and more, and most often make the assumption that we spend the entire week...

SEMA 2013 Video: Painless Performance Has Your Engine Swap Wiring Harness Needs Covered!

Since 1991 Painless Performance has been building engine wiring harnesses to allow hot rodders to swamp modern mills into their older rides. While things on this front were slow in 1991, Painless...

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Craigslist Find: This Recreated 1959 Chassis Research Twin Engine Dragster Is Awesome

You know something is totally BangShifty when we bump SEMA 2013 coverage back for it! This recreated 1959 Chassis Research twin engine dragster is currently for sale in Ohio and whoever built it did...

New Product Video: COMP Cams Debuts Conical Valve Springs, Cams For LT-Series GM Engines!

You read that right, kids COMP Cams is once again leading the valvetrain development front in the aftermarket with their debut of a line of conical valve springs and the release of performance...

PowerShift LIVE FROM THE 2013 SEMA SHOW: Chad, Brian, Special Guests, And Lots Of Cool.

It’s SEMA 2013 and we’re all fired up about cool parts, cool cars, and cool people that we’ve hung out with this week. Since you guys are the bestest fans ever, we figure it just...

Mini-Feature – This Recreation Of The 1954 Buick Wildcat II Concept Car Is Really Awesome

The maverick spirit of Harley Earl is on full display on the SEMA 2013 show floor in the very accurate recreation of the legendary 1954 Buick Wildcat II concept car that Earl and his legendary design...

The Ring Brothers All Carbon Fiber Widebody 1965-1966 Fastback Is The Most Jaw Dropping New Product At SEMA 2013

There’s a lot of new stuff here on the show floor at SEMA 2013 but some things stand out above the rest and the one single thing that most people are kind of freaking out about here is the Ring...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge! Identify This Mystery Piston From The Guys At Icon

This morning we made a point to stop in and see our pal Steve Valdez at Icon pistons to hang out and see what was new with the company that produced brands like KB, Silv-O-Lite, and of course Icon...

SEMA 2013 – Wednesday Cars, Parts, Engines, Trucks, Stuff We Can’t Really Even Explain

We’re wearing grooves in the show floor here at the 2013 SEMA show. Chad and I are pounding the pavement, shooting photos, meeting with the best companies in the industry, and digging for the...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Should Chevrolet Offer A COPO 9562 150 MPH Lawn Mower?

This week at SEMA we’ve seen a lot of crazy stuff, but one thing that had us shaking our heads was the 130 MPH Honda Lawn Mower seen below. Brian was in full drool mode when he saw this beast...

Angry Dyno Video: Watch The Meanest Dodge Omni GLH You’ve Ever Seen Lay Down 577hp To The Tires!

We have to thank BangShifter Clay King for the tip on this video featuring a mean little Dodge Omni GLH strapped to the dyno and making huge power from its little four banger mill. You’ll...