Category Archive: Apex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
SEMA 2016: This Toyota 86 Is Rocking The Engine From A Ferrari 458 Italia!
It’s strange to think that both Lohnes and I almost walked right by this little ball of violence without noticing the two big, red air intakes sticking high above where the hood should be on...
Manifolds or Headers? Engine Masters Tests The Difference Between The Two!
Ah, the fun part of the exhaust: the upper end. The knee-jerk response is always “headers!”…whatever fits in your ride, go with headers and you’ll be happy. But is it the most...
SEMA 2016 Preview: Hot Rod Garage’s Project FishTail – Tony And Lucky Are Bringing A Drift ‘Cuda!
It’s called the SEMA crunch: it seems that right before the big event that everyone in the automotive world waits for, all of the builders suddenly realize that they are down to weeks in order...
Glorious Overkill: Meet The Whispering Giant – This Is What 11,560 Ft/Lbs Of Torque Can Do!
You would have thought that having multiple blown alcohol-fueled Hemis attached to one Unlimited pulling tractor would have been enough, right? One Top Fueler’s engine is a study in mechanical...
Leno Breaks Out His 1918 Stutz Bearcat – Which Is More Strange, It’s Former Owner Or That This Car Has Cutouts?
Pre-war cars normally aren’t in my wheelhouse of interest. I appreciate the history, I appreciate seeing how technology advanced from the first horseless carraiges to what we have today, but...
The Rarest Of The Rare: The Story Of How The Only Existing 1983 Corvette Managed To Miss The Scrapper!
Until I actually got to Bowling Green, I wasn’t aware that an actual 1983 Chevrolet Corvette actually existed. Seriously, I didn’t. I knew about the aborted test run of cars, and I knew...
Good Luck Hating This One: A 6.0L LSx-Swapped Kia Sorento – Who Thinks This Stuff Up?
If there is one thing that you readers are good at, it’s delivering your opinions in a very clear format. The clearest opinion of the year? If it’s an LSx swap, for some reason, it...
Work For That Money: Chasing Five Grand Up A Muddy Bounty Hill In Kentucky!
Normally, when we check in on the rock bouncer types, they are trying to fling themselves up a hill that looks to have been crafted by the Devil himself. There’s airborne rigs, there’s...
One Holey Mother: Freiburger Shows You Just How Bad He Killed The Bonneville Camaro’s Engine Back In 2013!
If you don’t subscribe to Motor Trend On Demand, then chances are pretty good that you aren’t seeing episodes of Roadkill Extra. Basically, it’s a day-by-day quick vlog of...
Get The On-Board Ride Of The “Shadow” Mustang’s Airborne Crash, As Stevie “Fast” Jackson Tells You All About It!
One of the, if not the biggest crashes of the year involve Stevie “Fast” Jackson’s airborne Mustang at Southern Georgia Motorsports Park earlier this month. Paired off with DeWayne...
A Parade Of Power: Check Out These Touring Car Masters Race Cars Line Up At Bathurst!
The sound of cammed-out V8 race cars idling by on their way to the track to shriek out a noise barely rivaled by any rock concert in existence…is there a better way to start the day? Not in our...
The Parting Shift: Ripping The Handle In A 347 Stroker Powered Mustang!
I ran across this gear banging video on YouTube and I dug it because it is full of hard shifting win and the car is something that I think most BangShifters can relate too. The machine is a Fox body...
Check Out This Collection Of All Of The Incidents From Bathurst 2016 Right Here!
Australians hold the Bathurst races at Mount Panorama in high regard, this we know. The racers drive like the Devil was on their tail the entirety of the run…again, this we know. And what...
Jim Brinkerhoff’s Nitrous Camaro Drilled The Wall At The Throwdown In T-Town – He’s Fine, The Camaro…Not So Much!
Big power means big problems when things don’t go right at the track, and for Jim Brinkerhoff, from the moment the he hit the pedal during the Throwdown at T-Town, the problems came full-force....