Cool Site: Thunder V12 – Where the GMC 702 V12 is King!
One of the more amazing things to us is how many small companies pop up to fill niches in the automotive world. Thunder V12 is a small company that builds high performance versions of the old 702ci...
Show Gallery: The Burnout Houston 2011
The Burnout Houston 2011 was a rockin’ good time as BangShift Texas photo correspondent Charles Wickam found out. The show bills itself as being about, “Beer, Babes, Brats, Badass Rods,...
Cool Story: Washington State Bus Mechanic Wins Lottery – Buys Back Camaro Project
It is always nice to find a pearl of good in the sewer pipe of bad news that flows freely these days. A regular Joe bus mechanic named William Sitdham from Olympia, Washington recently won more than...
MSD Rolls Out a New Logo and a New Approach to the Aftermarket
MSD has announced that they’ve tweaked their familiar logo and more importantly that they are taking a fresh approach to the aftermarket in general, becoming a company that handles all aspects...
El Boom Video: Test and Tune Night in Vegas Goes Very Wrong For a Mustang Owner
The interesting thing about nitrous explosions is that their severity doesn’t necessarily line up with the seriousness of the machine involved. Basically, the street car guy is just as likely...
eBay Find: A Crazy Rare and Stupid Expenside 1937 Mack Jr Truck
While on family vacation last week, I was trolling eBay during some quiet time. My truck loving self search up Mack with the hopes of finding a stupid deal on an old Model B or something. Instead I...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Shakedown at E-Town
The 2011 running of the “Shakedown at E-Town” continued in a tradition that is heading for a tenth year in 2012. There were lots of great cars, lots of big time runs and some of the...
Carnage Photos: Driveline Destruction From The World of Pulling Trucks
Last year during the Loring Timing Association’s fall meet, I dragged Freiburger, along with Keith and Tonya Turk to their first truck and tractor pull that was happening at a large fair up in...
Crazed Video: Tasca Mustang Cobra Jet Goes 8.06 -170 in Testing
Carl Tasca and his lead wrench Ralph Porier have done it again and this video proves it. Last Wednesday, Tasca jammed the shifted through all the gears in a near picture perfect lap at New England...
Dan Wheldon, Two Time Indy 500 Champ and Former IRL Champ Passes After Massive Las Vegas Wreck
Dan Wheldon, the father of two, two time Indy 500 winner and 2005 IRL series champion died following a massive 15 car crash at the IndyCar season finale at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wheldon’s...
The Parting Shift: Larry Larson Pulling Levers on his way to 6 seconds
We know this video has been around for a while, and we know that we’re partial to it since it is one of our own, but given Larry Larson’s Hot Rod Drag Week win last month we figured it...
Scrapple: The BangShift Guide to Automotive Crap that Happened this Week You Care Nothing About
Brian normally does the Scrapple blog item, but I’ve really been looking forward to doing it this week, so I hope you like it. As usual I’m going to be fairly opinionated, and I really...
Chadmouth: Travel Rookies Suck!
I’ve traveled for a living multiple times during my adult life, and while I have traveled more than I do now, I would still consider myself a professional traveler. I spend more than half of my...
Eager Fans Camp Out at Famoso for the Arrival of the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion
With only one week left until we go LIVE at the 20th California Hot Rod Reunion, the fans are already showing up. Those of you who are familiar with the March Meet, which is also held at AutoClub...
