Rough Start: This 1979 Ford Fairmont Is A Plug-And-Play Winner! Bring Your Own Engine!
The main idea behind the Rough Start concept is that you can find a car that is modifiable and drivable for $5000, through the eyes of someone who has been scraping nickels together for a while....
DIRT – A 1979 Film That Covers Virtually Every Form Of Off Road Racing – Baja to Swamp Buggies!
How this movie has escaped me to this point in my life I’ll never know but it seems to have escaped lots of people because when we stumbled upon it while trolling YouTube it only had about...
Historic Road Racing Video: This Period Film From The 1963 12 Hours of Sebring Rules – Corvettes, Cobras, Ferraris, More
Now this is the kind of vintage racing footage we love. Made by Gulf Oil, this cool film featuring the 1963 12 hours of Sebring has all the elements that every BangShifter could ever want. For...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: The Super Stocks – Wheel Man (1963)
We’ve played you plenty of stuff from the 1960s studio group, “The Super Stocks” before and we’re going to drop some more musical fun by those dudes on your here today. The...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Bad Have You Irritated Your Neighbors?
When I was gearing up to fire off the Imperial for the first time last fall, I did the right thing. I went to the neighbors on both sides of my house, explained what was going to happen, and assured...
The Heart Of A Warrior: The Barra-Powered Toyota Cresta’s Engine Gets Torn Down And Inspected
Most street beaters don’t require you to yank the engine out on a regular basis. You plonk it into the engine bay, hope the first fire goes well, and you drive until unhappy noises return or...
Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2019 Stop At Kentucky Speedway: Our Final Gallery!
The true goal of going to the Kentucky Speedway stop of Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour 2019 was to get photos for galleries for you to enjoy. Seriously, that’s all I had...
Here’s What It Looks Like When An F-4 Phantom Is Crashed Into A Concrete Wall At 480mph
We’re not sure what the first reaction of the engineers who worked on this project was when they found out about it but we’re thinking smiles and fist pumps were part of the program. It...
Mark Williams 4.000″ Big Bore 9″ Case Helps You Go Faster – Tough and Cool
Friction is the enemy of efficiency when it comes to a race car, high performance street car, or truck. We’re not just talking about stuff like the friction of the piston rings on the cylinder...
Pulling Action Coverage: 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 – Horsepower, Carnage, and Big Tractor Counts!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – As always, the first weekend in June marks the time when Galot Motorsports Park gives the 1/8 mile dragstrip a break and opens the up the back gates for...
American Powertrain Releases New Pro-Fit 5-speed and 6-speed System For 1973-87 Chevy Squarebody Trucks
Know what’s hotter than the 1973-1987 GM truck segment right now? Not a damned thing. That’s what. The crew at American Power train knows this and that’s why they have released new...
BangShift Question Of The Day: How Do You Prefer Your Horsepower? Big Cubes Or Small? Gas Or Diesel?
I have been on a hot streak over the last couple weeks in seeing horsepower made in virtually every way a gearhead could dream up. Lots of nutso stuff in various NHRA classes ranging from 900ci...
eBay: This 1980s Indy Car Was Owned by Hasselhoff and Raced By Arie Luyendyk
There are some things to really, really love about this car and some things to be annoyed by that have nothing to do with the car. You are looking at the 1980s Lola Indy Car that Arie Luyendyk drove...
