Blow It Up Sunday: A Chevy Van Tests The Rev Limiter… And The Connecting Rods. Which One Fails First?
We are firm believers in testing all the available options on rental cars, new cars, etc. This of course means the rev limiter as well. And various manufacturers have very different rev limiters that...
Blow It Up Sunday: Watch This Turbo Motor Explode Spectacularly On The Dyno
For this Sunday we decided it was going to be all about exposions. Engines blowing up, cars blowing up, rods and pistons getting away from crankshafts, etc. It’s awesome. Watch in this video as...
BangShift Saturday Movie Day: William Shatner Jumps His Dodge St. Regis While Chasing A ’73 Plymouth As TJ Hooker
Hear that noise? That’s Chad whimpering because I am bringing Shatner to the party and he is sky boxing his Dodge St. Regis police car a couple of times while in hot pursuit of a bad guy in a...
BangShift Saturday Movie Day: Fred Dryer And His Bitchin’ ’77 Dodge Monaco Chase The Bad Guys
Know why Chad is boned for whatever weiner stuff he is going to post tomorrow? Because I have freaking Lee Majors and Fred Dryer as my lead off acts. Dryer played 12 seasons in the NFL (Chad,...
BangShift Saturday Movie Day: Lee Majors Kicks Ass In An Electric Wheelchair And The Iconic Fall Guy Truck
Since we had such a great response to the weekend content we ran before the live broadcast of the PSCA Ice Breaker Nationals, we’re going to make a habit of it. I’m clearly going to own...
Photo Coverage: More PSCA Record Breaker Nationals, Including Great Pit Shots
Thanks to BangShifter Dave Stoltz, we’ve got some great photo coverage of the 2013 PSCA Record Breaker Nationals. Dave shot plenty of on track and pit shots all weekend, and this is our second...
Video: Watch A 1962 Ford Truck With A Twin Turbo Y-Block Motor Make 606hp At The Tire And More Than 700 lb/ft Of Torque!
Holy smokes! Who the hell needs a diesel when you can strap a couple of turbos on built, e85 fed 292 Y-Block Ford mill and make insane power and torque. Wrap this monster package up with the body and...
FUBAR Photos: The Most Violently Grenaded Powerglide Transmission Ever
(Photos by Ron Pomerleau) – My transmission wrecking exploits in project Buford T Justice (update coming later today on that car) are like butterfly kisses as compared to what my pal and New...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Race Track Or Location Do You Most Want To Make A Lap Of?
Since the NHRA Winternationals are under way we’re back to thinking about racing and our upcoming adventures for the 2013 season. Those adventures will take us to drag strips, road courses, mud...
AutoTrader Find: Is This The World’s Cleanest 4-Speed 1980 Malibu? And Is It Worth $20,000?
When we located this amazingly clean 1980 4-speed Chevy Malibu on Craigslist the other day the first thing we did was to contact resident G-body dorkenheimer Dave Nutting and perform a photo analysis...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: I Gotta New Car – Big Boy Groves (1955)
I am a 32 (soon to be 33) year old Irish guy from Boston but I really love old R&B music and early rock and roll. This song combines all that great sound with awesome lyrics, some automotive...
No PowerShift Tonight, Folks — We’ll Be Back Next Week
It is Thursday night and normally we’re on the air with our weekly live, rollicking show called PowerShift. This week due to an unforseen family- related issue (no neither of our wives ditched...
Fun With Numbers: American Powertrain’s Speed Analyzer Let’s You Tailor Your Transmission Choice
There are lots of calculators on the internet for car stuff. You can figure you compression ratio, displacements, extrapolate horsepower from drag strip time slips, and even determine the payments on...
