BangShift Project Car: Chad’s Reher Morrison Powered Nova Rebuild Starts Now
BangShift.com has two in-house Chevrolet Nova project cars, and they should be called Yin and Yang. You see, “Yin”, owned by Bob Lohnes, father of my intrepid partner in crime Brian...
BangShift.com to Undergo Major Forum Section Upgrade on Wednesday and Thursday
Over a year ago, we decided that our rapidly growing forum section needed to be upgraded and modified to better suit hardcore BangShift members. The time for that much needed upgrade his finally...
Chadmouth Poll: Road Tripping Your Hot Rod Rules! How many states have you hit?
With rare exception, your hot rod started out as a mode of daily transportation. I know, I know, some of you think they are ONLY there to look at and this realization may be a bit of a shocker for...
Event Coverage: 350 Photos from the 2011 Fabulous Fords Forever Car Show at Knott’s Berry Farm
Living in Southern California means there are car shows each and every week, regardless of the time of year. But when spring rolls around, the car show scene really starts jumping. Last weekend,...
Upcoming Car Show Alert: The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College Motorsports Association Car Show
I don’t run a lot, ok any, car show announcements here on the BangShift blog. I get deluged with them and would never be able to keep up. As in all parts of life though, there are exceptions....
Bastardized Dodge Challenger Sets NHRA Stock Eliminator Record…And We Don’t Approve
Whoops! We meant to say that a V10 Dodge Challenger set the NHRA AA/SA record at Atco a few days ago. The whole “Batardized” thing refers to the fact that this Challenger is equipped with...
Screaming Dyno Video: 660hp At Nearly 9,000-RPM!
We purposely omitted the fact that the engine in this video is a V8 that would have normally been found in a Titan pickup truck. As you’ll see in this video, the engine has been reworked to...
Project Spotlight: Gary Hart’s 1951 GMC, Turbo Jimmy 6 Power!
Gary Hart is a long time land speed racer and hot rodder. He’s decided to concentrate his considerable energies and skill on a truly bitchin’ 1951 GMC project that is 100% BangShift...
Lingenfelter to Bring Their Steamroller of a Camaro to Camaro5Fest at Firebird Raceway
Lingenfelter Performance Engineering’s 2010 SS Camaro is slightly warmed over. At full factory weight, which is pork city, the car has gone 8.997/158.8 mph. Not satisfied with that run, they...
Widow of Neal Parker Suing Old Bridge Raceway Park
Betsy Jo Parker, the widow of former drag racer Neal Parker has filed a “product liability” lawsuit against New Jersey’s Old Bridge Raceway Park, citing faulty safety equipment for...
Bangshift Mini-Feature Re-Run: Bigfoot
Every BangShifter out there has one vehicle that strikes at the heart of his gearhead self. For us, that vehicle is Bigfoot 1. Unbeknown to us, Bigfoot 1 and a 35th anniversary Bigfoot truck were on...
Racing Junk Find: The Only Blown Alky Jeep Cherokee on Earth
When an awesome idea gets fed to a professional that can execute it, great things happen. This Jeep is without a doubt the coolest Jeep we have ever seen. We know about the drag race Wranglers and...
Caption This Photo: So the Brakes Were Making This Odd Noise…
We’ve all been there. A friend, sometimes a girl, asks you to survey some issue they are having with their car. You do the good thing and take a look (remember, the road to Hell is paved with...
