Shop Tour: Murpho’s Hot Rod and Customs – Austin, Texas
Apr 15, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Shop Tour: Murpho’s Hot Rod and Customs – Austin, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re finally at the end of Wickam’s amazing 2013 Lonestar Round Up photo coverage with this great shop tour gallery at Murpho’s Hot Rods and...
Question of the Day: Is it OK to Spec a new Camaro or Mustang With a V6?
Apr 15, 2013Brian Lohnes27
We recently read some stats that suggested half of new Mustangs and Camaros sold leave the lot equipped with a V6. The V6 motors that Chevy and Ford are offering in the cars are certainly stout for...
Wreckage Video: Watch A Lucas Oil Drag Boat Series Vessel Crash And Violently Disintegrate At Firebird Raceway
Apr 15, 2013Brian Lohnes2
Call me names if you want but drag boat racing terrifies me. I’d sooner sit in the co-driver seat of a World Rally Car hurtling through the Finnish woods than I would strap myself into a high...
Cruise Gallery: Cruising South Congress St In Austin, Texas During The Lonestar Round Up
Apr 15, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Cruise Gallery: Cruising South Congress St In Austin, Texas During The Lonestar Round Up
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The hits from Austin just keep on coming from the camera of Charles Wickam! While he was at the Lonestar Round Up, Charles and his buddies headed on over to the...
Craigslist Find: A 1957 Chevy Kit Car Based Off Of A Fourth Generation Camaro?!
Apr 15, 2013Brian Lohnes15
We owe BangShifter Brandon Jones a thank you for the tip off to this creation that he found on the Olive Branch, Mississippi Craigslist. Our lives were probably better before we knew that there was...
Celebrity Car Death Match: Tow Truck Battle! 1973 Ford F-350 Wrecker VS 1951 Dodge M-37 Wrecker (w/video!)
Apr 15, 2013Brian Lohnes10
We’re going to be running a series of items over the coming days and weeks called “Celebrity Car Death Match” where we’ll pit two iconic cars, trucks, motorcycles, or other vehicles against...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Rhythm From A Red Car – Hardline (1992)
Apr 15, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Remember Hardline? Chances are you don’t unless you were into the LA hard rock scene in the early 1990s when they were the hottest product on the market. The band has put out a few albums over...
Video: StangKilr 1200+ Horsepower 2010 Camaro On The Street Racing All Comers
Apr 14, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: StangKilr 1200+ Horsepower 2010 Camaro On The Street Racing All Comers
We’ve all seen a lot of really fast 5th Gen Camaros, but when you start talking about big power like this, it’s a whole other world. The StangKilr Camaro has enough turbo for 1500+...
Video: Big Burnout…On A Trailer! Yes, Smoking The Tires, While On A Trailer
Apr 14, 2013Chad Reynolds4
We’ve seen just about every kind of burnout imaginable. We have done most of them ourselves! But this one made us shake our heads. Unfortunately the car doing the burnout is front wheel drive,...
Street Racing Extravaganza!: Cash Days VII and VIII DVD Trailer From 1320 Video
Apr 14, 2013Chad Reynolds9
If you haven’t heard about Cash Days, then you are missing out on one of the greatest street races ANYWHERE. And before you start whining about street racing being illegal and dangerous, and...
1320 Video Sunday: A 1000 Horsepower Turbo Ford Lightning Tearing Up The Track In Houston
Apr 14, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 1320 Video Sunday: A 1000 Horsepower Turbo Ford Lightning Tearing Up The Track In Houston
Lightning’s have been Ford’s baddest truck for a long long time, but there are a lot of them out there with turbos instead of the factory installed supercharger. The whole Turbo vs...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: “American Pie” by Don Mclean (1971)
Apr 14, 2013Chad Reynolds2
I can’t believe we haven’t run this song as a Daily Tune Up yet! We suck, cause this song rules. I mean how can you go wrong when your song talks about driving your Chevy to the levee....
Saturday Sleeper Movie Day: Watch a Malibu Wagon Pull a Massive Wheelie on the Street!
Apr 13, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Well, we know at least one guy now who we have to believe when he tells us that his car can pull wheelies on the street and that’s the owner of this Chevy Malibu station wagon! This small tire...
BangShift Sleeper Saturday: THE SECRET WEAPON – A 1980 OLDS WAGON WITH 496CI OF VORTEC BIG BLOCK AND A DOUG NASH 5-SPEED!
Apr 13, 2013Brian Lohnes22
This kids, is a hot rod. It is also a rolling mechanical orphanage. The motor in the car isn’t made any more. The rear end in the car isn’t made anymore. The components in the rear...












