Great Read: Proving That Drag Racing is the World’s Loudest Sport
Nov 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Read: Proving That Drag Racing is the World’s Loudest Sport
Bangshifters certainly know that nitromethane powered drag racing vehicles are the most bone chattering loud cars on Earth. Others outside the realm of straight line fever don’t, however. ESPN...
SEMA Gallery: The Friday Afternoon Show Vehicle Exodus
Nov 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA Gallery: The Friday Afternoon Show Vehicle Exodus
One of the neater parts of the whole SEMA experience is watching the myriad of cars, trucks, race vehicles, hot rods, kustoms, and other SEMA show vehicles pour out of the Las Vegas Convention Center...
Not BangShift Approved: The Corvette Body Kit to End All Corvette Body Kits
Nov 09, 2010Brian Lohnes1
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re dropping this on you. Yesterday we showed you the body kit to convert your 2010 Camaro into a 1969 “looking” Camaro,...
BangShift Approved: MIT Kids Build Space Camera For Pocket Change
Nov 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Approved: MIT Kids Build Space Camera For Pocket Change
One of life’s great ironies is that simple solutions to problems are often determined by brilliant people. Such was the case when two MIT kids came up with an idea for a cheap, and we mean...
SEMA 2010: Horsing Around
Nov 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2010: Horsing Around
Lots of serious business goes down at the SEMA show every year. Hell, we conducted some of our own. That being said, by the end of the week virtually everyone is looped out on a lack of sleep,...
Project Goliath Update: We Install All Six of Our New Firestones!
Nov 08, 2010Brian Lohnes1
After picking our freshly refurbished wheels and newly mounted Firestone tires from the tire shop, we hot footed to the airport for SEMA 2010. Having not installed them before we left on the trip,...
Dyno Video: Everything Was Fine Until He Hit the Gas
Nov 08, 2010Brian Lohnes1
This dyno video starts with lots of promise. Seeing what looks to be a Pro Mod style car with twin turbos bolted to the front of it guarantees some type of entertainment. There’s lots of...
SEMA 2010 Question: Is this Cool or Lame?
Nov 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2010 Question: Is this Cool or Lame?
A company named Innovation Retrokits had two vehicles on display at the 2010 SEMA show. Both were 2010 Camaros. One wore the nose of a 1969 Camaro standard nose and the other wore that of an RS....
BangShift Approved: New Air Boxes in the Spectre Performance Pro Fab Line
Nov 08, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Approved: New Air Boxes in the Spectre Performance Pro Fab Line
The Spectre Performance booth was busier than all Hell last week at SEMA. The Speed by Spectre streamliner was on prominent display as was the huge display trailer…still connected to the big...
SEMA 2010 Video: We Tour the Cherry Bomb 1968 Disturbing the Peace Camaro
Nov 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2010 Video: We Tour the Cherry Bomb 1968 Disturbing the Peace Camaro
When Cherry Bomb’s Matt Graves told us about the company’s “Disturbing the Peace” Camaro at SEMA 2009 we were cautiously optimistic. Matt told us that there were several...
Event Coverage UPDATE: SEMA 2010 Thursday Show Car and Truck Gallery
Nov 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage UPDATE: SEMA 2010 Thursday Show Car and Truck Gallery
We’re here, we’re working, and we’re reveling on what looks to be a mighty good 2010 SEMA show. Everyone who is everyone is here at SEMA 2010, there are new parts and cars galore,...
Come on Down: We’re Welding With Bill Caswell on Friday at SEMA
Nov 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Come on Down: We’re Welding With Bill Caswell on Friday at SEMA
Friday morning we’re going to be hanging out with our rally pal Bill Caswell on Friday morning at the 2010 SEMA show. There will be welding involved, so it may be worth a visit. Caswell has...
Detroit Speed and Engineering Collects Great Award, Thrashes to Get Car Repaired
Nov 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Detroit Speed and Engineering Collects Great Award, Thrashes to Get Car Repaired
BangShift.com pals Kyle and Stacy Tucker at Detroit Speed and Engineering collected the prestigious Business of the Year award from the Hot Rod Industry Alliance at their annual Industry Awards...
Bangshift Approved: Moroso’s New LS-Series Water Pump Adapter
Nov 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Bangshift Approved: Moroso’s New LS-Series Water Pump Adapter
We spent some time with the boys in the Moroso booth and they showed us some really cool new stuff. Our favorite new product in their arsenal is the new LS engine series water pump adapters. These...