Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Vince Piggins
Vince Piggins was a force to be reckoned with at GM. He was pals with Smokey Yunick, understood what the role of performance cars could be to the company, and was a genuine car guy in every since of...
Ken Block Releases New Version of Gymkhana Four – Way Better Than Original Now That Fluff Crap Is Gone!
Ken Block’s Gymkhana videos have all be entertaining to watch. The first couple were gritty and simply showed Block smoking all four tires off of his car and doing some awesome precision...
Jet Hot to Sponsor Autocross Competition at Chevy High Performance Nationals June 1-3
Proud BangShift sponsor Jet Hot has announced that they will be sponsoring the autocross events to be held at the upcoming Chevy High Performance Nationals at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia....
Bitchin’ Cruise Gallery: The Sonic Drive-In Cruise – Morgantown, PA
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The cruise season is going full bore all across the country now and Joe Grippo proved that even in PA car guys ad girls are out and about having fun. Joe recently...
Watch A Twin ProCharged Big Block Bust the Dyno at Steve Morris Racing Engines!
Steve Morris Racing Engines is known around the country for making stupid huge horsepower engines for drag race cars and lunatic fringe street machines. We first met Steve back in 2005 when he showed...
BangShifter Road Trip Coverage: The Car Craft Anti-Tour Experience of Randal Burns (w/Galleries!)
(Words and Photos by Randal Burns) – Some of you may have been following my Thunderbird drama in prep for the Car Craft Anti-Tour on the forums earlier this month. I was getting the car cleaned...
The Answer to Yesterday’s Mystery Flathead Photos!
Yesterday we showed you several photos of a totally awesome inline flathead engine that combined both modern supercharging and EFI technology with architecture of what is essentially an old tractor...
eBay Find: A 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca With a Turbocharged Slant Six and Four Speed Stick!
In the realm of bitchin’ and unique Mopars, this 1960 Dodge Dart Seneca coupe stands all by itself on an island of awesome. We saw this eBay ad posted on Facebook by BangShift reader Eric and...
Cool News: MSD Performance Achieves ISO 9001:2008 Certification – Validates High Quality Manufacturing Efforts
Fantastic news from our pals at MSD Performance as they have earned the vaunted ISO 9001:2008 Certification. This is important stuff for a manufacturing company because it means that their internal...
Question of the Day: What’s the Best Car Song Ever?
One of the sad ways to tell that cars have largely fallen off of the cultural map these days is the fact that there are no car songs on popular radio anymore. That may be a good thing, because it...
Drag Wreckage Photo Sequence: Jason Brown’s Massive Wreck From the Throw Down in T-Town
(Photos by Steve and Gary Wilson – Wilson Motorsports Photography) – The Throw Down at T-town is one of the most hard core and bad ass door slammer races in the country. This year Steve...
Bitchin’ Cruise Gallery: The 2012 Earlville, Illinois Cruise
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) — Earlville, Il. is a classic Illinois small town. About 1800 people, surrounded by farm fields, and an old timey down town. Also an all grass drive in movie...
Name This Motor – Could This Be The Coolest Flathead of Them All?
We’ve been rolling down Bitchin’ Flathead Ave for the last week or so in the BangShift blog-mobile. From the blown Ardun to the wicked blown Caddy flattie on John Beck’s dyno, the...
