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Godzilla Roars: Watch A 7.3L Ford Godzilla Engine Run Wide Open On The Dyno – See The Power Curves and How It Responds To Tweaks!
The 7.3L pushrod V8 known as Ford’s Godzilla engine is still and emerging and exciting platform when it comes to hot rodding. Very few people are doing a lot of deep exploration with this...
The Malaise Trifecta: This 1970s Promotional Film Starts With The 1974 El Camino and Ends On The Monza With A Camaro Stop In The Middle
We have been digging on these 1970s promotional and sales videos lately and they just keep getting better. This time we’re back into the 1970s and instead of just sticking with one year of...
Music And Cars: Kill Some Time With This TheSmokingTire Podcast With Chevelle!
I’m a music geek. Unashamed music geek. Have been since the first time I picked up a bass, solidified when I made the switch to the drum kit. I’m pretty sure that is a rite of passage...
Turbocharged French Failure: This Review Of The 1982 Renault Fuego Turbo Was A Hopeful Look At A Doomed Car
Sometimes the sum of the parts is actually less than the whole. This was the case with the 1982 Renault Fuego and the “performance” model, the Fuego Turbo. This was the car that was going...
Awesome Video: Watch The First Monster Truck Race Ever Held From The Perspective Of A Fan In The Stands – So Cool!
Normally when you see “video shot from the stands” you’re probably clicking on by but in this case you should not, especially if you love old monster truck action! Old school fans...
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The DeLorean, Northern Ireland’s Contribution To Gearhead Culture
In 2014, Haley and I took our well-belated honeymoon trip. Over the course of a couple of weeks, we visited Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland proper, and along the way did the proper tourist...
Hoonigan’s Wildest Burnyard Event Ever? They Review The Mental Action From Irwindale
I’m the devil’s advocate during all of this Corona virus mess. Safety first and all, for sure…don’t be the douche that gets half your town sick…but dammit, I’m...
Awesome Video: Ride In A V8 Powered, Wheelstanding, 4-Speed Valiant In Argentina!
There are great reminders out there that let us know what cool really is. In drag racing, cool really is being the dude at your local strip with the unique car that’s capable of jerking the...
Drag Racing Art: Nitro Ascension Is An Amazing Piece Of Drag Race Film Making By Jake Simmons
Story telling without the use of words is among the hardest things to do in the artistic world. It’s what paintings do, what jazz music does, and what the finest orchestral arrangements bring...
Retro Video: This Period Look At The Consulier GTP Shows Off How Interesting And Cool These Cars Were
Warren Mosler had a vision, a vision that looked into an automotive future of light, stiff, composite bodied cars that performed seemingly amazing feats of performance with powerful small...
QuarantinePiece Theater: Check Out Decade Of Thrills II – The Thunder Of The 80s – Evans and Prudhomme Call It
Let’s say you’re stuck at home like we are. No racing, kids have school cancelled, the restaurants have been all but closed down, and basically all else with them. What are you supposed...
Did You Want One Then? This Review Of The 1983 Mitsubishi Starion Shows The First Version Of The DSM Hot One To Show Up
I cannot be the only guy in the BangShift universe who’s stuck at home and cruising eBay looking to buy something. The more you look, the more you think, and the more you think, the more...
Change Of Heartbeat: Converting A Four-Stroke Engine To A Two-Stroke Design
Four-stroke engines are the normal for most applications the world over. Air goes in and mixes with fuel, mixture gets compressed, igniton occurs and power stroke goes down, and the next upstroke...
Almost Smells Like Cut Grass: 1980 Briggs & Stratton Hybrid Prototype
There’s tons of talk about horsepower levels. We’ve crossed the seven hundred horsepower levels years ago, we have hypercars that are in four-digit territory, and it must be said: most of...