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Racing Junk Find: A Totally Awesome Modified 5-Ton Army Truck!
Jun 30, 2011Brian Lohnes1
They had us at 52-inch radials. This giant and customized five ton military truck won the “Current Truck” class at the 2011 Autorama, and we hope it was a clean sweep in the voting. With...
Barnstormin’: A Memorable Weekend in Kentucky
Jun 23, 2011Brian Lohnes12
There’s never a dull moment when me and Chad get together in the name of BangShifty business. Last weekend we really proved that to be true during our time in Bowling Green, Kentucky for the...
BangShift Tech: Making Big Block Mopar Headers Fit a Small Block Chevy Powered 1965 Impala SS!
May 04, 2011Brian Lohnes3
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – This technical, how-to, blog was not in the plans. It just came about by accident. One of our project cars had small 1 5/8 inch primary tube Hedman...
Project Car UPDATE: Pro Stock Bike Champ Eddie Krawiec’s Drag Radial 2000 Camaro
Mar 29, 2011Brian Lohnes2
ABOUT EDDIE KRAWIEC’S DRAG RADIAL 2000 CAMARO 2008 NHRA Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Eddie Krawiec and DMC Racing have teamed up to build a bad ass 2000 Camaro for Drag...
Power Plants: Ford Rolls Out Four New Engines for F-150
Aug 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Power Plants: Ford Rolls Out Four New Engines for F-150
Ford has announced a completely new engine lineup for the 2011 F-150. The engines range from the twin-turbo EcoBoost six cylinder to the rompin’ stompin’ 411hp 6.2L engine that was first...
Ranking the Top 11 High Performance Fords From the Last Decade That You Have to Own
Jan 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Ranking the Top 11 High Performance Fords From the Last Decade That You Have to Own
We Americans can’t seem to get enough of ranking lists. It must be in our collective cultural DNA. Even though a good case can be made that the decade of “the Noughties” does not...
Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display
Oct 29, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display
Despite their horrific financial conditions, the big three are all coming to SEMA with cool stuff to display. Chrysler is going to showcase several cars and trucks that range from totally bad ass to...
The Top 11 Ways You’ll Know Where the GM Performance Division Engineers Were Reassigned
Feb 23, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Top 11 Ways You’ll Know Where the GM Performance Division Engineers Were Reassigned
With the recent announcements regarding the GM Performance Division and the fact that the GMPD engineers have been reassigned to other projects, we thought it would be good to look into the future...
Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds
Jan 07, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Race Car of the Week: The Hurst Hairy Olds
You’d probably be jailed for even suggesting this type of thing today. Two motors? Four wheel drive? Factory freakin’ parts? Yes, yes, and yes. The Hurst Hairy Olds, one of the most...
Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 2)
Dec 19, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Nitro Pro Mods: The Inside Scoop (part 2)
Ok, now for the payoff pitch on the Nitro Prom Mods dirt that we first spilled yesterday. We spoke with Joe Monden, the man who is doing the final assembly on the first of the injected Pro Mods at...