Hilarious Video: Kid Fails Driving Test Five Times in One Day
Oct 12, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Hilarious Video: Kid Fails Driving Test Five Times in One Day
Yes, this video is old and has been viewed nearly two million times, but we had to watch it three times just to hear everything because we were laughing so hard. This is a hidden camera deal and the...
New Product: American Powertrain’s Hydramax Full Hydraulic Clutch Conversion For Fox Bodies
Oct 12, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on New Product: American Powertrain’s Hydramax Full Hydraulic Clutch Conversion For Fox Bodies
If you’ve got a stick shift Fox-bodied Mustang, a couple things are inevitable. The first is that you’ll probably destroy a T5 at some point in your life and the second is that...
Video: A Wacky Chevy Truck Ad From 1972 – Watch the Dummy!
Oct 12, 2012Brian Lohnes2
New car television commercials suck universally. There’s the once-every-couple-year gem like Chrysler’s “Man’s Last Stand” Charger ad, but even that one pales in...
Dyno Video: A 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated LSx Rip Saw From The School of Auto Machinists – Awesome
Oct 12, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: A 1,000hp Naturally Aspirated LSx Rip Saw From The School of Auto Machinists – Awesome
It is weird that we live in an era when you can be cruising YouTube and see so many videos of 1,000-2,000hp turbocharged engines that it gets boring. That’s why we almost skipped over this...
eBay Find: A Dead Nuts Awesome KITT Replica With Two Issues – The Price and The Location
Oct 12, 2012Brian Lohnes9
There’s nary a BangShifter among us who didn’t love them some hot KITT action during the 1980s. Sure, David Hasseelhoff was the headline talent, but it was the Trans-Am he drove that...
What Would You Build? Big or Bigger? We Keep Drooling Over The RHS LS Aluminum Race Block
Oct 11, 2012Chad Reynolds7
We have several engine builds that are about to start here at BangShift, and they will range from 400+ to over 1000 horsepower, but every time we talk engines we can’t seem to get the super...
New Cars: The 2013 Ford Escape – We Drive It…and It Drives Itself!
Oct 11, 2012Brian Lohnes7
Recently I was invited by the fine people at Ford to spend a morning checking out, driving, and climbing over the all new 2013 Ford Escape. If you’re wondering what I’d be interested in...
More Day Of The Drags Photos! Max Cackle Sent Us Some Super Sexy Shots You Can’t Miss
Oct 11, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on More Day Of The Drags Photos! Max Cackle Sent Us Some Super Sexy Shots You Can’t Miss
We should have dubbed this “Week of the Drags” here at BangShift because we’ve had so much great coverage from the Koninentals Day of the Drags event this week, and we’re not...
Nitro Video: A BangShifter’s Home Built Nitro Harley Fired Up and Sounding PISSED OFF In The Shop!
Oct 11, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Chuck Noble’s name is no stranger to the pages of BangShift, Chuck is one of those cool guys with a welder and a plan. He’s been working for a few seasons now on completing a Nitro Harley...
Studebaker, Skoda, Jawa, and More Great Ads From the 1964 NY International Auto Show
Oct 11, 2012Brian Lohnes1
The hits just keep on coming from the program we recently got our mitts on dating to the 1964 NY International Auto Show. We’re scanning the interesting old ads out of the book and posting them...
BS Approved Norwegian Video: An Old Ferguson Tractor Fitted With A Jag V12 – Screams Loud! Goes Fast!
Oct 11, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on BS Approved Norwegian Video: An Old Ferguson Tractor Fitted With A Jag V12 – Screams Loud! Goes Fast!
We have to tank Norwegian BangShift Arild Guldbrandsen for tipping us off to this video featuring one of his fellow countrymen who took an old Ferguson tractor from (eyeballing it) the 1940s and...
Roadside Find From France! – A Crossover SUV Built Decades Before The Concept Existed
Oct 11, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Editor’s note – One of the neatest things about BangShift, in our eyes anyway is that people from all over the globe tune in each day to see what’s happening here. French reader...
Firebird International Raceway to Cease Operations In April 2013 – All Hope Not Lost Though Track May Reopen With New Management
Oct 10, 2012Brian Lohnes15
It appears our grim speculation from late February 2012 is coming true. Word coming out of Arizona and from a well placed source are agreeing that Firebird International Raceway will cease to operate...
WOW!!! Epic BangShift Photo Exclusive: Andy Green And Mike Cook Jr. Run 190 In A Bentley
Oct 10, 2012Chad Reynolds6
You ain’t gonna find this anywhere else boys and girls. Mike Cook Jr. texted us this photo yesterday from a private Cook test session at Bonneville and that is none other than Andy Green...












