10% OFF: Auto Meter Custom Shop Anniversary Sale. 10% Off On Your Own Custom Designed Gauges
Feb 01, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 10% OFF: Auto Meter Custom Shop Anniversary Sale. 10% Off On Your Own Custom Designed Gauges
The Auto Meter Custom Shop is celebrating it’s First Anniversary, and in celebration they are giving us all a gift. If you go into the Auto Meter Custom Shop during the month of February and...
American Powertrain Is Having A Super Bowl Sale! February 1st-4th. Order NOW!
Feb 01, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on American Powertrain Is Having A Super Bowl Sale! February 1st-4th. Order NOW!
American Powertrain has really embraced the sale promotions over the past 6 months or so and their customers are loving it. BangShifters have been buying APT parts like mad, and we’re glad they...
Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)
Feb 01, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Watch An Evo Pop On The Dyno And Firehose The Cell (Including the Camera)
We’re not running this video as a goof on a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution as we think those cars are pretty tough little customers. The 2.0L four cylinder engines in them can make huge power with...
BangShift Question of the Day: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Horsepower?
Feb 01, 2013Brian Lohnes16
Just like an airplane pilot would tell you that there’s not such thing as too much altitude or too many engines, most hot rodders would tell you that there’s no such thing as too much...
Video: Watch The Staff Of Hot Rod Squirt New Life Onto Freiburger’s Old Impala – Backyard Paint Job!
Feb 01, 2013Brian Lohnes10
We’re guessing that most of you remember Freiburger’s old Impala convertible that was wrapped with vinyl flames and was pretty much universally hated. That is one we’re guessing...
Tune In TONIGHT! Powershift LIVE At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern — News And Happenings From The Aftermarket And Racing Universe!
Jan 31, 2013Brian LohnesComments Off on Tune In TONIGHT! Powershift LIVE At 6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern — News And Happenings From The Aftermarket And Racing Universe!
It is Thursday, which means that we’ll be coming at you LIVE tonight with Powershift, BangShift’s weekly show featuring your intrepid heroes Brian and Chad. This week we’ll be...
Barnstormin’: Hookers In The Hallway, Lacquer Thinner In The Nitro, A Clearing Of The Notebook From A Wild Trip On Two Coasts
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes5
It has become somewhat of a yearly ritual for Chad and I to get together down in West Palm Beach, Florida for the live broadcast of the PRO Winter Warm Up. Then, we both head back to his place...
Sideways, With Rodney Prouty: An Average Hot Rodders Adventures In Car Building And Racing
Jan 31, 2013Chad Reynolds10
Rodney Prouty is our hero. He works at one of the most prestigious speed shops on the west coast, drives a bitchin ’68 Camaro every day, races said Camaro on the weekends, and does it all on a...
Great Video: The Trailer For The Upcoming Documentary Series – Where They Raced – A Neat Look At Long Gone Tracks
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes3
Harold Osmer’s books Where They Raced and Where They Raced Lap 2 are essential reading for any fan of American racing history. The two books concentrate on the the amazing auto racing history...
Rental Car Burnout Video: We Don’t Even Know Where To Start On How Great This Is
Jan 31, 2013Chad Reynolds4
Yeah yeah yeah we’ve heard it before. We know, it’s not cool to bash rental cars, blah blah blah. This video rules no matter who you are. And if it makes you sleep better, just pretend it...
Ebay Find: A Ridetech Equipped, Laid Out, Bad Ass, ’49 Chevy Pickup, We Want Bad
Jan 31, 2013Chad Reynolds1
You know how much we love stuff that sits flat out on the ground. Which is one of the many reasons we love the gang at Ridetech and their trick Air Ride systems. Well today’s Ebay Find is an...
Video: A Fantastic Look At US 131 Dragway Through The Years From The Early 1960s To Today – Amazing Footage and Photos!
Jan 31, 2013Brian Lohnes8
Thanks to pal-o-BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian we were tipped off to one of the most comprehensive and cool vintage drag racing videos we’ve ever seen on the interwebs. This film starts with...
Auto Meter Gauges Joins BangShift.com! Welcome Our Newest Sponsor, And Build Your Own Custom Gauges Now!
Jan 30, 2013Chad Reynolds4
Brian and I, on behalf of all BangShifters out there, as well as the rest of the BangShift.com family of sponsors, are proud to welcome Auto Meter to the fold! You can’t call yourself a hot...
Cruise-In Photos: Busy B’s Bakery In Fort Worth Texas. Where Cinnamon Rolls and Horsepower Rule!
Jan 30, 2013Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cruise-In Photos: Busy B’s Bakery In Fort Worth Texas. Where Cinnamon Rolls and Horsepower Rule!
Lately all we’ve heard is Rides and Latte’s is the biggest show ever! There were like 8 jillion cars! And if it wasn’t for the fact that hot rods and muscle cars are taking over...












