A BangShift-worthy Gift For The Young Gearhead: Their Own Car To Work On!
Sep 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart11
When you have a young child in the house, some traits become apparent quickly. Do they pull out the pots and pans and use the stirring spoons to beat them into submission? You might have a drummer....
The Great Labor Day Cruise: Our Freshest Photos From The SoCal Event
Sep 05, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on The Great Labor Day Cruise: Our Freshest Photos From The SoCal Event
Over the last couple of days we have been showing you trucks from the Great Labor Day Cruise which was held in Orange County, California last weekend. Today we’re spinning our guns back toward...
BangShift Question of the Day: Which Character Would You Be?
Sep 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart18
I’ve watched Two-Lane Blacktop. And I enjoy it for pretty much the same reasons most everyone I’ve ever met has enjoyed it: cars, the right noises, the nostalgia of that time...
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Sponsoring C7 And COPO Shootout Classes At 2014 Holley LS Fest
Sep 05, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Sponsoring C7 And COPO Shootout Classes At 2014 Holley LS Fest
We’re here at the 2014 Holley LS Fest and by the time you read this, McTaggart will be blasting photos on the track and in the pits. Lohnes will be in the tower excitedly yelling about the drag...
The Parting Shift: 11,000 RPM Insanity From Norway
Sep 05, 2014Brian Lohnes9
Man alive! When we first watched this video of a Competition Eliminator car running in Oslo, Norway, we rubbed our eyes and watched again. Sporting a 297ci Ford motor, a tach that starts at 6,000...
2014 Yellow Bullet Nationals: Action Photos From From The Sensational Event At Cecil County Dragway
Sep 05, 2014Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It has only taken a few years for the Yellow Bullet Nationals to establish itself as one of the premier small tire/radial drag races in the world. The event has fed on...
Rough Start: This 1975 Monte Carlo Is A One-Family Desert Car, The Holy Grail For The Budget-Minded
Sep 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart9
It’s been a rough week hunting down a Rough Start car. I don’t know what is going on but prices have shot through the roof while the good stuff has disappeared. It took some hunting, and...
Forget A Bus, This 1976 Ford C600 Needs To Be The New BS Mobile Command Center
Sep 05, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Recently converted BangShifter Casey Miller sent us this Craigslist link to a 1976 Ford C600 utility truck that is for sale in Connecticut. He thought it was cool but I saw it and immediately...
Unhinged: This 1973 Plymouth Is A Fine Example Of What Not To Do, Ever
Sep 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart20
I don’t mind clones, or tributes, or whatever you call it when someone takes a more base level car and tarts it up to resemble the muscle car that lived on the same platform, provided that the...
BS Tune Up: Godsmack “Speak”…Nothing Like A Little Rock Music With Cars To Get Us Going
Sep 05, 2014Bryan McTaggart4
Ok, maybe get myself going. Brian and Chad can wake up at the unholy crack of dawn and go until about ten or so at night. I’m one of those types that wakes up mentally about 9am if...
Fender Banging Action From The Tudor United Sports Car Series Oak Tree Grand Prix – Vettes, Vipers, More!
Sep 05, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Fender Banging Action From The Tudor United Sports Car Series Oak Tree Grand Prix – Vettes, Vipers, More!
(Photos by David Whealon) – David Whealon was our man on the scene at the 2014 Oak Tree Grand Prix. This was one of the events on the TUDOR United Sports Car racing series calendar and David...
Lunati Launches New Bootlegger Camshaft Line – Racing Camshaft Technology Meets The Street
Sep 04, 2014Brian Lohnes7
We always get a little giddy when new camshaft lines are introduced. Why? Mostly because it means more power to you and I when we make a cam change in our hot rods. Lunati’s new Bootlegger line...
Big Car Greatness: The AMCs Come Out To Play!
Sep 04, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
We have had GM, Mopar and Fords this week, but I didn’t have much hope on finding any footage of a big AMC product mixing it up that didn’t involve either old television footage of Adam...
Want To Know What The 2015 Challenger Drag Pack’s Supercharged Engine Will Have For Power? This Dyno Video May Be Telling Us
Sep 04, 2014Brian Lohnes1
When we were at the reveal of the 2015 Dodge Challenger Drag Pack at the US Nationals, Chrysler was really tight lipped about the power output of the 426ci late model Hemi with the Whipple blower...












