Project Car Introduction: El Monte Carvo – A 1987 G-Body With A Literal and Figurative Twist
(Editor’s note: You’ve seen Dave Nutting’s byline many times on the electronic pages of BangShift. He our ace lensmen at BS Eastern World HQ. Outside of his handiness with a camera,...
Dyno Video: Watch A (Claimed) Stock Bottom End, Turbocharged 4.8 LS Engine Put Down 700+ HP To The Tire Of A 1971 Datsun 240Z
Another day, another 100% bad ass turbocharged LS engine working on the dyno. Yesterday we showed you a 322ci combo making over 1,000hp on the engine dyno and today we’re back on the pump but...
Spy Photos: Racepak’s Prototype Datalogger With Stuff We Can’t Talk About And They Won’t Comment On!!
The other day I’m down having a meeting with the gang at Racepak and MSD Performance, and ended up walking into a test area I probably wasn’t supposed to be in, with stuff that...
Bitchin’ Gallery: George Follmer Tribute At The Petersen Museum – Historic Cars and Racing Royalty!
(Photos by the Petersen Museum) – During the height of the era featuring multi-talented race car drivers, George Follmer may have been America’s brightest star. The man competed in...
Craigslist Find: A 1970 Chevelle Powered By Twin Oldsmobile Engines, One Up Front and One Out Back
Unlike the awful Oldsmobile we showed you yesterday, this 1970 Chevelle doesn’t have a ton of crazy and false claims behind it, instead it has a 455ci Olds engine behind it…and in front...
Swap Meet Gallery: The Coolest Cars At The November 2012 Long Beach Swap Meet
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Our SoCal correspondent had one hell of a busy weekend for himself. Yesterday we showed you his photos from the Bob’s Big Boy cruise and today we’re...
Cool Video: A Cool Look Into the World Of Drag Boat Racing With Hot Rod’s Mike Finnegan – Screaming Big Blocks On The Water!
Drag boat racing is not something that we see a lot of around BangShift’s eastern world HQ but it is big stuff in the western and southern regions of the country. Hot Rod Magazine’s Mike...
Show Gallery: The 2012 Houston Autorama – Gallery One
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – BangShift’s Charles Wickam took up residence in the Houston Convention Center last weekend, documenting every square inch of the 2012 Houston Autorama....
eBay Find: An Adapter To Install A 12-Bolt Rear Cover On Your GM 10-Bolt Rear End – Who Does This?!
So our buddy Jon tipped us off to this eBay ad which exists to sell an adapter that allows the user to install a GM 12 bolt rear end over on their 10-bolt rear end. There used to be a day that when...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Answer Revealed and Today’s Challenge Laid Out
Last week we showed you an interesting looking intake manifold and challenged you to tell us what engine families it fit. In true fashion several of you nailed it. The intake is a reproduction of a...
Dyno Video: Watch A Turbo LS Engine Sing To Nearly 8,000 RPM and Make Over 1,000hp in the Process
As I sit here waiting for some new head gaskets to arrive for Buford T Justice that I ordered from Summit, dreams of turbocharged LS goodness have crept into my brain. It isn’t any secret that...
Gallery: Demo Day at The Simeone Museum – Awesome Historic Cars In Action!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Simeone Museum is an incredible place when you consider that virtually everything in it belongs to one dude, Dr. Fred Simeone. Not one to just allow everything to...
Found For Sale: The Greatest Sleeper On Earth Or An Owner Making Outlandish Claims? (We Know What We Think)
When we were tipped off to this ad for a 1979 Olds Cutlass that the seller claims has gone 7.89 at 172mph we were interested to check it out. When we discovered that he claims to have run this...
