Sideways With Rodney Prouty: Why You Should Let Your Girlfriend Hang Out With Your Mistress
(Words and Photos by Rodney Prouty) Why You Should Let Your Girlfriend Hang Out With Your Mistress I should be clear: I don’t actually have a mistress. At least not a traditional mistress, that is....
Wally’s World GTO Project Update: We Take The Party To The Rear…Suspension That Is
(Words and Photos by Pete Basica. Photos by Bruce Raymond and Mike Norris) The Wally’s World GTO has been kicking our collective asses. It looks so damn clean, and it is…sort of. The trouble...
eBay Find: A Real Deal VW Bug Funny Car From The ’60s With Small Block Power
When I decided to look for a cool Nostalgia car for an eBay pick in honor of the New England Hot Rod Reunion, I never expected to find a real deal VW Beetle Funny Car with a small block in it. And I...
The 2013 Orange Drag Strip Reunion – Great Photos From A Retro-Cool Event!
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – There are lots of “drag strip reunion” events that happen across the country now and that’s cool with us. These events are a great way to honor...
800hp, Naturally Aspirated 461ci Windsor Build and Dyno Video – A Chevy Killer Is Born!
Last week we showed you video of a naturally aspirated LS engine making big power on the dyno before LS Fest. Many of you expressed your opinion of being sick of LS engines but James Forgan went a...
Counterfeit Product Alert: How To Identify A Real MSD 6AL Ignition VS A Fake
Being the number one selling aftermarket ignition in history is both a good thing and a curse sometimes. The good is pretty obvious, but with sales of jillions of MSD 6AL boxes also comes access to...
eBay Find: Could This1969 Camaro Be BangShift.com’s Drag Week Winner For 2014
When we saw this Camaro on eBay we wanted it immediately, partly because of it’s super cool paint. In our opinion nothing would look cooler than us driving this bad boy down the freeway next to...
More Drag Racing Photos From ADRL’s Dragstock X at Rockingham
Yesterday we told you that Benoit “The Frenchman” Pigeon shot a bunch of cool photos at Dragstock X last weekend and that we thought we might even have enough for a cool bonus gallery...
Watch A Lola T-70 Can Am Car Tear Around Sebring – Big Block Chevy Road Racing Goodness
There are few things cooler than guys who have really rare and special stuff who are unafraid to get after it on the race track with said rare stuff. This video of a Lola T-70 MK III B Coupe getting...
Hot Rod Drag Week Day 2: Blazing Hot (Literally) Action From Lucas Oil Raceway
It was nearly 100 degrees at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana yesterday and that was just fine with a couple of Hot Rod Drag Week competitors who managed to further scorch the Earth with huge runs on a...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Daily Drive A Car With A Roll Cage In It?
Yesterday we asked whether or not Pro Mod style cars would ruin Hot Rod’s Drag Week, and got a ton of interesting comments, but I would say that most people think they are a bad idea. With that...
Drag Week 2013 Photos From Tech Day At Beech Bend Raceway – Awesome Cars
(Photos by BS Forum Member TheOutsider) – One of the days that hot rodders all over the country look forward to is tech day at Hot Rod Drag Week. This year the tour began at Beech Bend Raceway...
Video: 1320Video Catches Drag Weeks’ Quickest Run, A Steering Wheel Coming Off, And More!
Kyle and the 1320Video crew are catching all the coolest stuff on Hot Rod’s Drag Week 2013 this week, and jamming it all up each and every night. It would be rude of us not to brag about how...
Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 770-Foot Wheelie In A Barracuda With No Wheelie Bar, A Manual Transmission, And A Motor In The Front
We’ve gotta love guys like AJ Fiorelli. Last weekend at Central Illinois Dragway, AJ took his Barracuda down the entire eighth mile strip, plus 100-feet on the rear wheels. This would be cool...
