SEMA 2012: GM Pulls the Wraps Off Of An All Polymer 427CI LS V8 – 100% Recyclable!
In a technological break through you will only here about on BangShift, General Motors pulled the cloak back on an engine that we had heard rumors about for years. Below you will see photos of the...
SEMA 2012 Product Spotlight: Rocket Racing Wheels Owns The Show and Releases Cool New Finish!
There are a lot of wheel companies at the 2012 SEMA show but the coolest by a long shot are the dudes and dudettes at Rocket Racing Wheels. Their hoops are literally all over the show on some of the...
Funny: We Interrupt This SEMA-Gasm To Show You A Bizarre And Hilarious Photo
(Photo by Robert Martin) – Just because SEMA 2012 is rocking and rolling doesn’t mean that the automotive world stops or that the BangShift tipsters go to sleep on the job. Case in point...
SEMA 2012 New Product Spotlight: Hamburger’s Changes Filter Relocation Forever And Trans-Dapt Is A Perfectmatch
Have you ever done an oil filter relocation only to find that your particular application has to be the most difficult ever with regards to hose routing? We have. Have you ever finished restoring...
SEMA 2012 Featurette: A 1949 Dodge Power Wagon Crew Cab Built by Legacy Power Wagon of Wyoming
There’s literally dozens of vehicles here at the 2012 SEMA show that deserve coverage on the pages of BangShift and we’re planning on getting to many of them in the coming days and weeks,...
Pontiac Trans-Am Fans Rejoice! Lingenfelter Brings You The Production LTA
Ken Lingenfelter and Mike Copeland, along with everyone at Lingenfelter Performance Engineering, have been designing, wrenching, painting, and stitching like mad men and women in preparation for the...
SEMA 2012 Gallery: Cool Engines We Spotted on the SEMA Show Floor!
The core of the high performance industry and the SEMA show is horsepower. The ways we make our horsepower is as varied and different as the colors we all choose to paint our stuff. The SEMA show is...
SEMA 2012 Product Spotlight: Optima’s Newest Charger… The Digital 400
Early in 2012 OPTIMA Batteries unveiled the Digital 1200 Battery charger, which kicks ass, but is a little big for the powersports, motorcycle, and lawn and garden guys. Well worry no more ladies and...
SEMA 2012 Gallery: More Killer Cars, Trucks, Customs, Drag Machines, and Oddly Cool Stuff From the Floor of SEMA 2012
With the first full day of cruising the floor at SEMA 2012 here in Las Vegas, we can say with authority that this is one for the books. Our first visit, before the show even opened up to the rest of...
BOMBSHELL: Ford Racing Unveils Twin Turbo Cobra Jet “Concept”
Crazy! Ford has dropped the curtain on a 5.0L twin turbo Cobra Jet Mustang! The car has been tested at Milan Dragway in Michigan, turning mid 11 second elapsed times at HALF THROTTLE! The engine uses...
SEMA 2012 GALLERY: Cool Cars, Trucks, Motors, and Parts On The Floor – Tuesday SEMA 2012
The 2012 SEMA show is now open and in full swing. Business is getting done, the crowds are rolling in, and we’re free to roam the expansive floors of the Las Vegas Convention Center. This is a...
New Holley Throttle Body EFI Sneak Peak From SEMA 2012… Blown, Boosted, Or Sprayed, This 950 CFM Piece Can Handle It
While most of the media were hanging out at the bar in the Hilton or still traveling to Las Vegas for the start of the 2012 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Brian and I were sneaking into the joint so we...
SEMA New Product: RideTech Introduces Q-Series Monotube Shock – High Performance Bolt In Replacement
We promised you a slew of new parts introductions and they’re coming hot and heavy here at SEMA 2012. Our friends at RideTech have rolled out their new Q-Series Monotube shock and this promises...
Epic eBay Find: A Recreation of Jim Lytle’s Famous Big Al 1934 Ford Built By Jim Lytle! Allison Power, ‘Glass Body, Drag History!
If you know your drag racing history than you already know what we’re going to say about this recreated version of the original “Big Al” 1934 Ford. The car that was actually raced...
