Category Archive: CAR FEATURES, Videos
Fluffy Ride! Jay Leno Takes Gabriel Iglesias’ 1966 VW Samba Out For A Cruise And A Snack!
It takes all types to keep this hobby going, and that goes for both the vehicles and the owners. You may not be into the same kinds of vehicles as someone else, but there is still a shared...
This Video Of Snowmobiles Jumping Into A River And Planing Across Proves That Even Lunatics Understand Physics
I’m writing this blog item and still smiling about the video you are about to watch. It is all so wrong but so right at the exact same time. From what I have been able to learn, the video was...
Historical Footage: The GM G-Body Performance Reviews From MotorWeek!
As I’ve pawed through the MotorWeek clips on YouTube, I came across one that couldn’t be passed up. Unlike last time, where the IROC-Z vs. Trans Am vs. Mustang GT clip was about bad...
What Does The EcoBoost Mustang Sound Like With An Exhaust Kit? You Be The Judge…
The EcoBoost Mustang makes the same kind of power that the Mustang GT made ten years ago, weighs less than it’s modern GT relative, and has a reasonable MPG gain to sweeten the deal, yet the...
Video: A Look Inside The Combustion Chamber Of A RUNNING Engine!
Not only is this video cool as hell because it is actually showing the events that go on inside a combustion chamber of an actual running engine, but also because it does so in slow motion. How in...
Historical Footage: Ramming an Impala Into A Ford Pinto For An Explosive Test
The story of the Ford Pinto should be well-known to you: In the process of trying to meet the “2000 lbs, $2,000 price” guidelines that Lee Iacocca set for the Ford Pinto development...
Watch Vader Pilot the General Lee….errr…Pride of Cincinnati
This one is on my two sons. Tom and Jack were playing around on Tom’s iPod touch yesterday and asked if I would search up some videos of the General Lee for them on YouTube. I happily complied...
Rotary-power Fans, Meet Your New Holy Grail: A Functioning 12-rotor Wankel Engine
Radical overkill…the point where you seriously consider that there is such a thing as too much. A case in point is this Wankel engine. It’s got twelve rotors. That’s eight more that...
Even The Electric Guys Get A Kick Out Of Scaring Their Passengers! This Tesla Owner Shows Off The “Insane” Launch Mode On The Unsuspecting!
When Tesla unveiled the P85D version of the Model S, the power figures went from impressive (for an EV) to simply impressive. 691 horsepower and 687 ft/lb of near-instanteanous torque make the...
This BMW Is The Anti-Yuppie 3-Series, With A V8, Blower, And A Set Of Tires To Burn!
There’s a sadistic side of me that laughs at people who cringe when they see their favorite car doing the polar opposite of what it should be doing. Take, for example, the BMW 3-series. This is...
Help Us Welcome BangShift’s Newest Sponsor Howell EFI To The BangShift Family!
We are excited to welcome Howell EFI, an icon in the world of EFI conversions, to the BangShift Family of Sponsors! Brian and I would like to personally thank the Howell family for coming on board,...
The Top 10 Burnouts From The National Burnout Masters Finals – Aussie Tire-Frying At It’s Finest!
When Australians use the phrase “burnout masters” we sit up and take notice, because it seems like every four-wheeled item that prowls around the continent down there came with a...
Video: We Talk Rings And Bearings With MAHLE’s Bill McKnight
Bill McKnight is the man. No really, the ACTUAL man! When you go to www.AskMAHLEClevite.com, and ask a technical question, the guy on the other end of the internet answering it is Bill McKnight....
Edmunds’ Road Test Of A 2015 Ford F-150 Starts Out With A Durability Test – With A BFH Straight To The Bed!
The idea of a long-term new vehicle test is simple: over the course of 12 months, the vehicle gets subjected to real-world testing that covers everything from daily driving to random acts, like...