BangShift Daily Tune Up: I Gotta New Car – Big Boy Groves (1955)
I am a 32 (soon to be 33) year old Irish guy from Boston but I really love old R&B music and early rock and roll. This song combines all that great sound with awesome lyrics, some automotive...
No PowerShift Tonight, Folks — We’ll Be Back Next Week
It is Thursday night and normally we’re on the air with our weekly live, rollicking show called PowerShift. This week due to an unforseen family- related issue (no neither of our wives ditched...
Fun With Numbers: American Powertrain’s Speed Analyzer Let’s You Tailor Your Transmission Choice
There are lots of calculators on the internet for car stuff. You can figure you compression ratio, displacements, extrapolate horsepower from drag strip time slips, and even determine the payments on...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Coolest Four Door Car?
This question comes right out of a discussion going on in our forum section right now among the members who are debating the merits of hot rodding and modifying four door cars. Obviously you know...
Bitchin’ Video: A Mash Up Of Good Tunes, Tommy Ivo, Vintage Hot Rod, Drag Race, and Dry Lakes Footage From Levi’s Jeans
We were kind of shocked to see that Levi’s jeans had made this totally awesome video highlighting old hot rodding, drag racing, and dry lakes footage that uses voice overs from the likes of...
Craigslist Find: A Shopping Cart Kart
File this under, “Stuff we want to piss off the neighborhood with” although we certainly have enough junk that already does it, this would be pefect for barnstorming the sidewalks and...
Gallery: The Brock Yates Cannonball Run Exhibition At The Saratoga Auto Museum
(Photo by Joe Grippo) – Brock Yates is a guy we openly idolize here at BangShift. He’s one of the most important and influential automotive journalists ever and his list of books,...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Green Onions – Booker T and the MG’s (1962)
If we were creating the “soundtrack of our lives” we’d have this song playing in the background every time we walking into a room. The tune may not be a dedicated “car...
Video: The Places They Raced – Episode One – Fantastic Racing History From California
A week or two ago we told you about an upcoming documentary series based on the great Where They Raced books by Harold Osmer. We’re happy to report that the first episode of the series has been...
Event Coverage: PSCA Record Breaker Nationals Wheels Up Photos
Thanks to BangShifter Dave Stoltz, we’ve got some great photo coverage of the 2013 PSCA Record Breaker Nationals. Dave shot plenty of on track and pit shots all weekend, and this is our first...
Bitchin’ Video: A Cool, Stylized Look At Jet Hot’s El Toro, California Autocross Event – Cool Cars and Camera Angles
BangShift Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings have made themselves a big presence at autocross events all over the country. From the Goodguys series to their own Get Started Racing series, the company...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Non-Mainstream Engine?
After watching those two killer drag motor dyno pulls, our thoughts wandered off the beaten path to engines that we’ve owned, wanted to own, or will own in the future. While a small cadre of...
Dyno-gasm Videos: Watch A 400ci V8 AND A 500ci V8 Both Spin To 10,000 RPM — Indescribable Sounds!!!
When most normal people think of angels playing trumpets in the heavens they picture symphonic, musical noises. On the other hand, we picture the sounds generated by the two engines featured in the...
