Racing Junk Find: A Restored Fuelie 1957 Chevy
Back in 1957, if you were a forward thinking BangShifter, you would have headed into your local Chevy dealer and thrown cash down for one of the hot Chevrolets with fuel injection. Since we’re...
BangShift Exclusive: Guidelines Established for Restored/Recreated Drag Cars
With the explosion in popularity of nostalgia and historic drag racing over the last two decades, many historic drag racing cars have been restored, recreated, or been honored with so-called...
Wreckage Video: The Hardest Wreck in the History of Autocrossing
This video proves two things. The first is that the Nissan VQ engine that powers virtually everything in their product line up, in one form or another, is the most awful sounding engine in the world....
Project FatCad: The Pleasure (and mostly) Pain of Acquiring Project FatCad
Click here to read the introduction of Project FatCad I decided I wanted a new Cadillac because I met all of their requirements. I just turned 50. Hey, that’s young by Cadillac...
Great App: New MSD App for iPhones Provides Wiring Diagrams and Tech Guide to Your Phone!
MSD has come up with an awesome new app for iPhone users that places all of the company’s wiring diagrams and the Tech Guide book right in the palm of your hand. Stuck in the shop and stumped...
Spectre 341 Challenge Registration Nearly Full – Register Now!!
The Spectre 341 Challenge is one of the most challenging, thrilling, and daring open road races in the world. Set in Virginia City, NV on Nevada Highway 341, the course is a 5.2-mile, 22 turn ribbon...
Tune In: The 48 Hour Camaro Build is LIVE on BangShift.com NOW!
BangShift.com, Route2Media, and the crew from Ridetech, Lingenfelter, Holley, Gearvendors, Comp Cams, and more, will be LIVE! Monday May 16th to start the build of the 48 Hour Camaro. We will be...
Car Show Gallery: The Frontier Days Car Show – Alvin, Texas
The 35th annual Frontier Days celebration in Alvin, Texas was a smashing success with chamber of commerce weather. Our own Charles Wickam was on the scene to cover the car show end of the event and...
Dumbass in Georgia Stabs Man Over Ford VS Chevy Argument
The immortal Roger Alan Wade is credited with one of the best titled songs of all time with, “If you’re gonna be dumb, you’ve gotta be tough”. Two morons in Georgia are the...
Roadside Find: One of the Rarest Dodges Ever!
Not all that many people know that for three years in the mid-1970s Dodge was in the big rig business with their Bighorn trucks. They got out of it pretty quickly because they sold virtually none of...
Pay Up Sucka: Honeywell to Pay Borg-Warner $32.5-million over Turbo Patent Lawsuit
While turbochargers have been a part of the automotive landscape for decades, they are becoming integral parts of new engines and designs from OEMs across the globe. No longer is the turbo just a...
Larry Larson Enters Nova in Comp Eliminator at NHRA Topeka National Event, Will Drive Car to and From Track!!
Just when you thought that Larry Larson could not elevate himself to another plane of coolness, this happens. In what has to be a first in the modern era of drag racing, Larry Larson has entered his...
BangShift Reader Garage of the Week: A 1972 Plymouth ‘Cuda With Lots of Family History
BangShift member BKBridges has set up several garages in the newly formed up section of BS.com. Most of the cars have a common theme that we’ll get to in a minute, but this one in particular...
1971 Foyt Coyote Indy 500 Racer to Hit the Auction Block This Weekend
With the 2011 Indy 500 rapidly approaching, we got word that one of the neat old cars that competed for glory decades ago is set to be auctioned this weekend. The car in question is a 1971 Foyt...
