Category Archive: TECH, Videos
Fixing Up The Front End: Vice Grip Garage’s Chevelle Has Moved Into The Build Phase!
What’s this year’s mantra? Easy: “Hopefully they’re still doing/having/running (INSERT AUTOMOTIVE-RELATED EVENT HERE) when they scheduled it this year!” That’s the...
455 VS The World! Big Block Torque Monster Testing. Can Someone Steal The Crown From The Buick?
In the 1960’s there was a major horsepower war going on between the big three automakers, along with internal battles between each automakers own brands in some case. Buick, one of GM’s...
Classic YouTube: Four 1969 Car Commercials – Pontiac GTO “The Judge”, Ford Mustang Mach 1, Mercury Cougar And Plymouth Road Runner!
It’s interesting to see how manufacturers sell their top-of-the-line pieces. Some tend to stick with the history of the company, while others extol the virtues of the new models. If there is...
Classic YouTube: Colin McRae’s Championship-Ending Crash At Rally Great Britain 2001
In 2001, Colin McRae’s successes as a rally driver seemed to be waning. After having a pretty solid stretch of success with Subaru’s World Rally Team, he had moved over to Ford’s...
Midget Of The Corn, Part 3: A Running Roadster And Can You Say, “Derecho”?
A few days ago a huge storm ripped through the upper Midwest, through Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, and other locations. Winds in excess of 100 miles per hour raged, wreaking damage to crops, property,...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Watch Todd Oden Launch His 1958 Chevy At 10,000 RPM!
If you did not already love the Southeast Gasser Association than this video will lock it down for you.You are about to take a ride with Todd Oden who is racing his 1958 Chevrolet called Double XX in...
2,300hp Strong: Steve Morris Dyno Tests and Explains His Latest Engine Building Adventure – Turbocharged Lamborghini V10s
Steve Morris Racing Engines is a company that has long been known by many BangShifters for any number of awesome reasons. The guy has been Tom Bailey’s horsepower supplier forever, his engines...
Listen Up: Ron Capps and Joe Morrison Talk Funny Car and Top Fuel On The NHRA Insider Podcast
I have a lot of fun making the NHRA Insider podcast each week because it’s a different want to talk about, learn about, and explore the world of NHRA Mello Yello championship drag racing....
In 1971 This Public Service Announcement From The Auto Manufacturers Taught You How To Drive On Snow And Ice
Having grown up in New England my entire life, driving on snow and ice every winter is just something you do. I, like everyone with a function cerebellum has been able to get a little better at it...
A Study In Steel: Incredible Video Of A Locomotive Being Built In England Circa 1935
We’ve showed you ancient video of locomotives being built before but none of those films have been near as good as this one. The film follows the construction of engine 6207, a “Princess...
Billet Bad Ass: Watching This 1,500hp 20B 3-Rotor Race Engine Get Assembled Is Really Cool
We’ve never built a rotary engine around here. Not Chad, not me, not McTag. They are insanely popular in certain sectors of the drag racing world and the fact that these things have progressed...
When The Announcer Becomes The Driver: Watch Mike Gallaway Pilot Bigfoot Around A Parking Lot Back In The Day
If you grew up watching pulling, mud bogging, or monster trucks, you know Mike Gallaway. He was a prolific announcer of that stuff and someone who’s voice would be coming through your TV screen...
A Quick, Happy Little Car: This 1995 Profile Of The New Dodge Neon Is Awesome – These Things Were Fun!
Yesterday we showed you a cool video that profiled the development and launch of the Dodge Viper. Today we go to the opposite end of the price and performance spectrum with this look at the 1995...
