Best of BangShift: Blizzard Preparedness- Screw Canned Goods and Batteries, Fix the Antique John Deere Snowmobile!
While weiner, clean-handed automotive bloggers were preparing breathless items about the new Kia Rio, sipping a Mochachino and working up a semi to Ken Block videos, we were laying in the snow,...
OPEN HOUSE: Racepak and MSD Open The Doors: FREE Food, Seminars, Tech, and Prizes!
Hell yeah boys and girls, it’s time for the Racepak and MSD Open House here on the West Coast. Held at Racepak’s headquarters in Rancho Santa Margarita on Wednesday February 13th, you can...
Historic promo video: The Olds Jetfire Turbo V8
We’ve been on a kick for old promotional videos lately and this one, featuring the “new in ’62” Olds Jetfire turbocharged V8, is totally cool. Touting the performance and...
Dyno Video: Watch 173ci Make 963hp — Seriously
Let’s face it, most of us won’t ever own an engine that makes more than 960hp on the dyno. It is a simple fact and it makes those engines something pretty special to check out. What makes...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Car Guy Movie or TV Quote?
Given our BangShift Daily Tune Up is a song that we all grew to relove in Days of Thunder, a movie that has a ton of great lines to quote, we figured it would be fitting to have our BangShift...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Gimme Some Lovin’ by The Spencer Davis Group 1966 – A Days Of Thunder Favorite
Gimme Some Lovin’ rules. It was #2 in the UK in 1966, #7 in the US, and is Rolling Stone Magazine’s #247 of the top 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. We can’t argue with that, because...
Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Has A New Facebook Page: LIKE THEM NOW!! NO I MEAN IT!
The guys at Chris Alston’s Chassisworks put up a new facebook page at the end of last year and have been getting everything set and ready to roll and now it’s got some good stuff on it....
Watch A 3,000hp Ice Dragster Run 170-Mph In 1,000ft From A Standing Start!
At base, most gearheads are lunatics just trying to get out. Most of us are bound by our own lack of skill or resources, but there are those among us unhindered by such trivial worries. Those are the...
Click here to Watch PowerShift – Our Weekly LIVE SHOW Will Be On At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern – Tune In!!
We’ve got a killer show lined up for this week’s edition of PowerShift, BangShift’s LIVE weekly adventure starring Chad and Brian. Chad will be on location from a cool shop, Lohnes...
Rocket Racing Wheels New Catalog Sneak Peek and A Look At Their Late Model Designs
Our pals at Rocket Racing Wheels have been working hard on a new catalog and they recently leaked out a photo of the cover and it looks great. The photo also served as the perfect reminder for us to...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Personal Definition Of A “Big” Car?
The one thing I get a lot when talking about the Buford T Justice project is people talking about how big the car is. The words tank, boat, barge, etc get thrown around near the beginning of every...
Wild Videos: The High Flying Antics Of Icelandic Formula Off Road Racers – Big Power and Big Air!
Every time I watch or post video from Icelandic Formula Off Road events, I lament the fact that I’ve never seen one of these gatherings in person yet. I added the yet because I am going to get...
Craigslist Find: A 1942 Dodge School Bus Mounted On A Deuce And A Half Frame With Chrysler Power
This completely awesome Craigslist find was just one day late for yesterday’s question of the day that asked you what vehicle you’d most want to drive in a Max Mad or zombie invasion type...
Video Bonanza: Hoods Flying Up and Off – Or – Where Are The Effing Hood Pins?
If you’ve spent any time at a race track, or just screwing around with cars in general you’ve either forgotten to install the hood pins in a car, forgotten to completely latch the hood,...
