Win A Fifty Dollar Gift Certificate From AFCO Racing!
May 24, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Win A Fifty Dollar Gift Certificate From AFCO Racing!
Proud BangShift sponsor Afco Racing is running a totally cool photo contest that could land you a bitchin’ gift certificate. The contest is so easy even we get it, so you’ll all ace this...
Sad News: Drag Racing Legend Dick Rosberg Passes
May 24, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Sad News: Drag Racing Legend Dick Rosberg Passes
We have the unhappy duty of reporting the death of Dick Rosberg, one of drag racing’s truly good men and a racer whose career spanned decades and involved some of the coolest and fastest cars...
Racing Junk Find: A 1989 Ford Old School Show Monster Truck – You Know You Want It!
May 24, 2011Brian Lohnes3
As fans of old school monster trucks, we almost fell off of our rickety shop stool when we saw this totally bitchin’ 1989 Ford old school monster for sale on Racing Junk. Rolling on the 48-inch...
BangShift PSA: Check Your Lug Nuts, If Not a Fiery End Could Await You
May 24, 2011Brian Lohnes5
In one of the most gut-wrenching automotive e-mails we have ever gotten, the woeful tale of a local (to our Eastern HQ) gearhead’s vintage Plymouth burning to the ground was shared, with...
Explosivo Video: Nitrous Kills a Motor in a Spectacular Display of Automotive Irresponsibility. We Approve.
May 23, 2011Brian Lohnes2
Over the years there have been a couple well documented magazine stories about taking a wheezer junk motor and pumping it full of so much nitrous it blows its guts out giving it maximum effort. Most...
Book Review: The Great FE Intake Comparo by Jay Brown
May 23, 2011Brian Lohnes1
When Jay Brown contacted us and asked if we would be interested in a review copy of his new book, “The Great FE Intake Comparo”, our curiosity-meter was pegged. Was it really possible to...
Funny Video: The Toyota Prius Sucks as a Toy, Too
May 23, 2011Brian Lohnes3
The silent, soulless, motorized appliance known as the Toyota Prius is the complete antithesis of BangShifty. It is amazingly complicated, reduces the role of the driver to that of a mindless drone,...
BangShift Garage Spotlight: An Awesome 1947 Chevy Truck Autocrosser Built for Less Than 2K!
May 23, 2011Brian Lohnes7
Talk about bitchin’! This 1947 Chevy truck has been built to be a giant killer on the autocross course and it has won several events already. The real story though is the fact that the truck...
Larson Goes Rounds In Comp at NHRA Topeka Event, Continues to Rule
May 23, 2011Brian Lohnes3
Larry Larson’s neato Comp Eliminator quest at the NHRA national event in Topeka, Kansas ended before the winner’s circle, but not before he dispatched a couple of Competition Eliminator...
eBay Find: A Rare Cross-Ram Hemi Rat Roaster Intake Manifold With Carbs
May 23, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Rare Cross-Ram Hemi Rat Roaster Intake Manifold With Carbs
Yeah, yeah, we know. There are more modern, efficient, better working intake manifolds for the classic Chrysler Hemi than the old Edelbrock “Rat Roaster” but few have the reputation and...
The Parting Shift: Three Minutes of Cruising a Jeffco Planetary Transmission on the Street
May 20, 2011Brian Lohnes5
We’ve made it clear in the past that we find few things more awesome than street driven cars with planetary transmissions like Lencos and Jeffcos. We’d be lying if we knew the intricate...
BangShift Question of the Day: Are you doing any car stuff this weekend?
May 20, 2011Brian Lohnes26
While the weather has sucked for large portions of the country over the last couple weeks, things appear to be making a gradual turn for the better. It won’t be chamber of commerce weather, but...
Bill Caswell Video: Hauling Ass and Grabbing Air During the 2011 WRC Mexico
May 20, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Bill Caswell Video: Hauling Ass and Grabbing Air During the 2011 WRC Mexico
During our recent dinner with Bill Caswell, BangShift’s adopted bucks down rally hero, Bill told us the tales of his adventure to the 2011 WRC (World Rally Championship) Mexico. It was his...
Massive Junkyard Auction in Nebraska Coming in July!
May 20, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We were recently tipped off to a huge by large auction happening in Maxwell, Nebraska during the mid-July time frame. The entire contents of a junkyard are being sold off piece by piece. The cars and...












