Gestalt Therapy: Who Needs A Shrink When Banger Racing Cures All Of Your Stress?
Talking only goes so far. You can explain how bad your week was…how work was insufferable, how the kid is being a mouthy little pain in the left cheek and is sanding down your last nerve with...
Dyno Video: Watch An Old School Caddy 331ci V8 Topped With a 4-71 Blower Churn Out Noise and Horsepower!
Cadillac’s 331 ci overhead valve V8 was introduced in 1949 and it was a fantastic engine for the time. Along with the 303ci Oldsmobile engine released the same year, they really paved the way...
BangShift Project Files: No, It’s Not A Mustang. It’s An In-Depth 1968 Mercury Cougar Build, Coming Closer To Being Done!
First-generation Mercury Cougars are badass cars. In short terms, they are a Ford Mustang that’s slightly longer, certainly more luxurious, and just as capable. And they had style…hidden...
Driving A Slow Car Fast: Hop In For A Honda Civic Hell Ride In Poland!
The entire time that Piotr Wiecek and “Danger Dan” from Hoonigan are moving in this Euro-market Honda Civic, the laughter doesn’t stop. Not one second. Why is that? Let’s look...
Comedy Revival: Rescuing Two Ford Trucks From The Alberta Woods After A Long Slumber
“I’ll get to it one day, kid, now f**k off.” That line was spat at me by the owner of a 1971 Plymouth Satellite that I tried like hell to buy in 1999. The car wasn’t in bad...
Riding With Alex Taylor: The “We Almost Burned The Nova To The Ground” Edition. Part 1
As if Drag Week 2018 was drama filled enough, Dennis Taylor tried to burn the Retro Nova to the ground! This is Part 1 of Riding with Alex Taylor the Drag Week Edition, and you’ll see that this...
Muddy Mower Fun! Who Says You Can’t Go Bogging On A Riding Mower?
Fall has barely set in at BangShift Mid-West, but you wouldn’t know it by stepping outside. Almost overnight, temperatures in the 90s and bright sun have been displaced with much cooler...
You Won’t Believe All The Cool Stuff The Barn Find Hunter Found At This Place
Hagerty’s Barn Find Hunter is a pretty cool show that we often find ourselves wanting to be on. After all, what car guy wouldn’t want access to some of these amazing spots with such...
This 1999 Dodge/Shelby SP360 Was Hot New, But Does It Still Work Today?
Before the DaimlerChrysler merger really weighed things down, there was a way to tell what the hot vehicle of the moment was at Dodge: white and Code PBE Viper GTS Blue. In addition to it’s...
This Pro Street 1969 Corvette Just Might Be The Ultimate Big Tire C3 Corvette
The fact that this 1969 Corvette has all the right chassis work, and it is all wrapped in a relatively stock looking shell, makes me love it. And I mean LOVE it. Sure I wish the dash and console...
The Ultimate Pucker Moment: The Eckmann/Harnagel Mid-Air Incident At The Reno Air Races
The Reno Air Races have a legacy, and it’s not quite tied to the unbelievable speed in which pilots do their best to whip planes around a course. No, the legacy has more to do with safety...
Driveway Tech: How To Create A Simple, And Racing Legal, Battery Hold Down On The Cheap!
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) Anyone who has ever raced in a NHRA sanctioned event knows one of the most basic rules is a proper battery down is necessary to pass tech in any class. Beyond the...
The Ford P.O.S. Is For Sale! The 1987 LTD Crown Victoria From “Men In Black” Could Be Yours!
One of the strangest vehicle obsessions that I see involves the Ford LTD from the original Men In Black. A cheeze-ball movie about aliens and every gearhead in the world zeroed in on the 1987 Ford...
It’s Not Just The Cage: How Seam Welding A Unibody Car Can Significantly Strengthen The Entire Chassis
Modern road race, rally, and drag race cars, that are based on any new unibody chassis will see significant torsional strength improvements by seam welding them. After all, all newer cars are built...
