Video: A Giant Antique Diesel Engine Comes To Life Again After 30 Years Of Sitting
Most of our regular readers will expect that this blog item would come from Brian rather than Chad, but the truth is we both dig watching cool old motors run, even if it is on diesel. The engine in...
MSD Performance Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, We Find Out What’s Really Going On
When the announcement came out yesterday that MSD Performance had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, everyone immediately started freaking out about parts availability, contingency...
Stopping Power Video: How Boeing Tests the Brakes on a Giant 747-8 Passenger Plane – This Will Ease Your Fear Of Flying…We Promise!
Boeing’s747-8 is the latest evolutionary step in the long standing 747 line. It is a huge by large flying machine that represents the best the company has to offer. The interesting thing about...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worse Idea – The Flying Pinto Or Turbonique?
Human beings are very interesting creatures for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is our ability to come up with some really bad ideas and see them all the way to a predictable and horrible...
Dyno Video: Watch And Hear A 502ci LS Engine Grind Out 881 Naturally Aspirated HP On The Pump – RHS Block FTW!
Typically when we hear about LS engines they are in the “normal” small block displacement parameters. You know, between 350 and 430 inches. Well due to the availability of aftermarket...
Gallery: More Great Photos From The 2013 Yellow Bullet Nationals!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – One of the reasons that people love races like the Yellow Bullet Nationals is because the car actually look like cars. It sounds almost dumb to say, but in a world...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink: GM Says Self-Driving Robot Car Will Be Available By 2020
Know what Homer Simpson would say about something like this? He’d probably make a reference to donuts and drink a beer, actually but that is beside the point. There hasn’t been much news...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Summer Is Not Over Yet! “Summertime Blues” by Alan Jackson
Today’s BangShift Daily Tune Up should be inspiration for you to go out and do something fun and car related this weekend like Allen Jackson and his boys in this awesome Summertime Blues music...
Drag Racing Hero and Legendary Dad Bobby Lagana Sr. Passes
With a heavy heart it is our duty to report that Bobby Lagana Sr. the patriarch of the Lagana family and one of the great grassroots fuel racers of his generation has passed away. Lagana was stricken...
PowerShift LIVE Streaming Video Show LS Fest Edition: With Special Guests Mike Copeland and Bret Voelkel
On occasion we have some pretty cool guests on our weekly LIVE motorsports and carjunkie show PowerShift here at BangShift.com. And this week we’re having not one, but TWO legends of the...
Nostalgia Funny Cars Are Invading The East Coast! Act Now!
While I often poke fun at the fact that there are few Nostalgia Funny Cars in Brian’s neck of the woods, or on the east coast in general, 2013 looks like it’s going to be the year of the...
Russian Fail Video: How Not To Pull A Stuck Tractor Out Of The Mud
Pulling a stuck tractor out of the mud is not exactly a rocket sciene/NASA level job. Yes, it may require some critical thought as the means of pulling the stuck object and how to position the rig...
Buford T Justice Update: We Bolt On Power From Trick Flow And Snappy Looks From Trans Dapt!
This update is all about the motor. Last fall, as you’ll remember we had the stock iron 083 heads worked on at the machine shop with a valve job, some mild port and bowl work, and a slight cut...
Race Photos: Sideways Corner Burning Action From The So Cal Challenge in Costa Mesa
Those of you that watched our LIVE Streaming Video coverage of the 2013 So Cal Challenge stop in Costa Mesa this past weekend know that the temperature in Southern California wasn’t the only...
