Humongous Parts Photos: What A Valve From a Container Ship Looks Like
Aug 15, 2011Brian Lohnes3
We’ve all gotten that infamous e-mail forward with photos of a massive container ship engine going together. There are photos of guys standing in the cam bearings and pistons the size of a two...
Pro Mod Disaster Video: The Tindle/Cagle Uber Wreck
Aug 15, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Pro Mod Disaster Video: The Tindle/Cagle Uber Wreck
There are drag racing crashes and then there are drag racing CRASHES. This is the latter. The wreck involves the blown Mustang Pro Mod of Tim Tindle and the nitrous Camaro of Tori Cagle. From the...
Car Show Gallery: The 4th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic
Aug 15, 2011Brian Lohnes4
When we got invited to attend a car show held in the backyard of the home of a local business owner, we weren’t sure what to expect. How many friends can this guy have? Was it going to be a...
Bonneville 2011 Galllery: Friday and Saturday on the Salt and at the Cruise!
Aug 14, 2011Brian Lohnes6
Well, it’s on! Speed Week has begun and thanks to the great folks at Spectre we have an opening salvo of photos to show you. Chad will be on the salt ad delivering dispatches as of tomorrow but...
The Parting Shift: A Regular Guy Shows GM How Powershifting Really Goes
Aug 12, 2011Brian Lohnes1
In the blog item just below this one, we showed you a video from GM on how they test their manual transmissions “Woodward Ave” style. Those tests are designed to recreate the kind of...
Cool Video: How The Brutality of Woodward Avenue Still Lives in GM Manual Transmission Testing
Aug 12, 2011Brian Lohnes8
Woodward Avenue in Detroit is one of the most hallowed spots of ground for gearheads like us. It was literally the scene of the musclecar crime in the 1960s with roaming bands of factory engineers in...
The Raybestos GTO-R Hits the Strip – You can Win This Car!!
Aug 12, 2011Brian Lohnes1
The dudes at Raybestos have really out done themselves with their awesome 1964 GTO-R build. It is packing a 700hp LSX454 engine, $20,000 worth of NASCAR spec brakes, killer suspension, lots of custom...
Funny Video: Eight Minutes of Pace Car/Safety Car Fails
Aug 12, 2011Brian Lohnes2
One of the great gearhead movie exchanges of all time went down between Robert Duval and Tom Cruise in, “Days of Thunder”. Duval tells Cruise to pull out on the track and hit the pace...
2011 Orlando World Street Nationals “Rescheduled” until 2012
Aug 11, 2011Brian Lohnes5
The 2011 Orlando World Street Nationals have been effectively cancelled and the race may be run again in 2012 according to a press release on the Orlando Speed World Dragway website. Carl Weisinger...
Big Fire Video: A Mustang Blows a Transmission Line and Lights Up Like a Roman Candle!
Aug 11, 2011Brian Lohnes4
This video, shot at the currently dormant Gateway International Raceway just outside of St Louis does a great job of depicting the volatility of transmission fluid when it hits red hot exhaust parts!...
Project Car Video Update: The 1983 Mustang GT Packing 545ci of Big Block Ford Prepares for Drag Week!
Aug 11, 2011Brian Lohnes1
About a year ago, BangShift forum member BigBlockRanger decided to switch project gears and ditch the little truck that housed his large block Ford mill and find something that he could...
eBay Find: A 5hp Oldsmobile for More Than $33,000
Aug 11, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Yesterday we told you about a Camaro on RacingJunk that was selling for $100k and came with three super powerful engines. Today we’re spinning the dial in the other direction and inviting you...
Bonneville Video: Amir from Spectre Talks Us Through a 350mph Streamliner Run
Aug 10, 2011Brian Lohnes2
The Speed by Spectre ‘Liner will be running at Bonneville next week and we’ll be there to cover it. Chad will be bringing the fight to the salt starting on Monday. But we digress. If...
Project Car Update: The 454 Powered 1970 Caprice Gets Some Tire Fitment Mods, a Clean engine bay, a Tuned Carb, and a Transmission Fix!
Aug 10, 2011Brian Lohnes8
Regular BangShift readers will recognize the name Scott Liggett. He’s our SoCal photo maven who contributes lots of great shots from shows and cruises from the land that rust (kind of) forgot....












