Flamin’ Nightmare: Watch This Power Stroke Ford Go Down In Flaming Glory On The Dyno
Jan 28, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Modern diesel performance is an amazing thing to behold and like all aspects of the aftermarket, people like to push the boundaries of what is possible. In the case of this video the guys who own...
Long-Roof Life: 1994 Chevrolet Caprice Wagon With A Six-Speed And Drag Week History
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart4
Oh, was it so long ago that the station wagon was the butt of jokes? Too large, too unwieldy, too much woodgrain appliqué, too much fuel going down the throat of a V8 that had all of the cylinders...
Carburetor vs. EFI On An LS, Which Works Best? Westech Tests Both Of Them!
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
It might be the best technical competition out there. On one hand, you have the modern fuel-injection systems, computer-controlled, well past the mystery days of early EFI systems. They are simple,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best Speeding Ticket Story?
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart18
On this day in 1896, one Mr. Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent, England, earned himself a place in the history books as the first individual to be convicted of speeding. Actually, Arnold had...
Morning Symphony: 1950 Oldsmobile Running The La Bufa Section Of La Carrera Panamericana
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: 1950 Oldsmobile Running The La Bufa Section Of La Carrera Panamericana
Here’s a race that I don’t think about anywhere near as much as I need to: La Carrera Panamericana. Originally a border-to-border road rally that ran the Pan-American Highway in Mexico,...
BangShift Project Files: Re-Working The Hood Of A Plymouth Arrow Properly
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
Ok, here’s a fun question for you: how much butchery did you perform during your early days messing with cars? We’re talking high-school level stuff here, so if you want to raise your...
Unhinged: Who At Ford Was Championing This Particular 1980 Mustang Look?!
Jan 28, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
From the first photo I saw of it, I knew that the 1980 Mustang Ghia that we refer to as the Great Pumpkin Mustang was…how to say this nicely?…unique. I’ve seen just about every...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Them Duke Boys Got Fancy!
Jan 27, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
x 1. Tell the Duke Boys to try harder. The current jump for distance for a four-wheeled vehicle is Tanner Foust’s 332 foot launch and the longest attempted to date would have been 360 total...
Winter Workshop: Building The Frame For Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Four Wheel Drive KTM Jeep!
Jan 27, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Winter Workshop: Building The Frame For Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s Four Wheel Drive KTM Jeep!
As winter progresses and Idaho remains nice and cold, work progresses on Grind Hard Plumbing Co.’s latest pint-sized and overpowered endeavor, the four-wheel-drive KTM-powered Jeep build. There...
Would You Rather: Perfect Restoration Or Solid Pro Touring? Make The Call!
Jan 27, 2020Bryan McTaggart14
There’s nothing like standing between two great choices and being told it’s either one or the other. And today, we aren’t making it any easier on you, because you are getting two...
Black Beauty: 1986 Ford LTD – A 460-Powered Anti-Taurus!
Jan 27, 2020Bryan McTaggart7
Ford was playing with the whole bank on the line in 1986. The Ford Taurus program was either going to make or break the company, but Ford had to do something…after years of disastrous results...
Random Car Review: 1994 Dodge Venom – The False Start Or Testing The Waters?
Jan 27, 2020Bryan McTaggart5
In 1994, Chrysler was really stepping out into some wildness. After Iacocca had been sent on his way, Bob Eaton had taken the top billing at the company and Bob Lutz was having a ball moving concept...
Why It Broke: This Simple, And Cheap, Fix Can Make Your LS Build Last Forever Instead Of Wiping Out The Cam
Jan 26, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Why It Broke: This Simple, And Cheap, Fix Can Make Your LS Build Last Forever Instead Of Wiping Out The Cam
When Richard Holdener does testing, he does it at a level nobody else in the industry can keep up with. He’s likely to test up to a dozen combos in a day, he never spends just one day on the...
Ancient Brute: 1924 Mack Model AC – The Origin Of The Bulldog
Jan 26, 2020Bryan McTaggart6
Running or not, we have to wonder how a 1924 Mack AC is being sold for just a few thousand dollars. Was this a museum pieces that hasn’t been exercised enough? Is the 45-horsepower 471 cubic...












