Monday Time Killer: Still Too Fast To Race – An Hour Long Documentary on Group B Rally Car History
We’ve written a bunch over about Group B rally cars over the years here at BangShift. We’re by no means rally experts, but these machines need to be in the lexicon of every serious...
Event Gallery: The 2011 Carlisle Fall Swap Meet
Each year gearheads in the Northeast swarm all 150 acres of the Carlisle, PA Fairgrounds to oogle, haggle, and purchase all manner of stuff from cars to toys. More than 8,000 vendor spaces make up...
BangShift Burnout Battle — Who Won?
Our first international BangShift Burnout Battle was waged last week. A tired malaise-era Oldsmobile Delta 88 threw up a seemingly endless wall of smoke outside of London, England while back home a...
Dyno Video: The Lingenfelter Flat Plane LS Motor Makes 1,000hp With Turbo – Exhaust Hotter Than the Sun!
Last week we showed you some video of the Lingenfelter Performance Engineering flat plane crank equipped GM LS engine. The mill made about 650hp and there were some notes that it was going to be...
Show Gallery: The 2011 Long Beach Autorama
The 2011 Long Beach Autorama once again turned out to be a great show. Since 1958, the event has been showcasing some of the coolest kustoms, race cars, and hot rods in the country. It is open to...
The Parting Shift: Fire Shooting Big Rig Addition
Admittedly, I’m way behind schedule with this week’s Parting Shift. I was so deep in the soup that I enlisted the help of my pal and killer artist Stu Wotypka. Stu struck gold with this...
Project Car Update: Progress on the AMX/GTO Project – It Runs!
The AMX/GTO project that we introduced to the world last winter is the insane combo of a late model GTO and a 1969 AMC AMX. The work is being performed at the home shop of our buddy Scott who lives...
BangShift Burnout Battle – International Edition: A Delta 88 in England Takes on a Bitchin’ 1964 Skylark in the USA – FINAL DAY TO VOTE!
BangShift Burnout Battle fever has crossed over the ocean and landed in jolly ol’ England! This week we have for your viewing and voting pleasure a beautiful 1964 Buick Skylark ripping tires in...
Carnage Photo: What Happens When a Piston Breaks and Lots of Boost Runs Free
The crazed power that turbo engines make these days does come with a price. That price is the potential for big carnage. Take this photo for example. Our pal Jon Sandahl shot it at a recent drag...
Canadian Government Moves to Seize Two Million Dollar Fleet of Sports Cars Busted Street Racing
The original story read like the plot line from a 1980s movie. A horde of rich kids from an exclusive private high school were caught street racing in a group of the world’s most expensive high...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 B.I.G Love Car and Truck Show – La Porte, Texas
Photo contributor Charles Wickam’s big Texas car show adventure continues with another gallery from last weekend’s touring. This one is from the B.I.G Love Car and Truck Show, a charity...
Found: 1977 Ford Denimachine Van For Sale in Canada
In the late 1970s Coca-Cola wanted to cash in on one of the biggest crazes in the country at the time, vanning. Long scorned by hot rodders who saw vans creep into the pages of their favorite high...
WTF Video: A Squashed Russian SUV Rolling Down the Highway
We’ve all seen a smacked up car rolling down the road and wondered what the hell happened. Maybe the doors are all smashed in or there’s a headlight missing but overall the car is still...
