Project FatCad Update 4: The CTS-V Wagon Weighs In and Starts Shedding Pounds!
FatCad Installment 1 FatCad Installment 2 FatCad Installment 3 In order to make this as fair a test as possible, every time I weigh the car I’m going to fill up the gas tank...
eBay Find: The Titanium Basis for the Biggest and Coolest LSR Belly Tanker Ever!
While it wouldn’t be the most aerodynamic object to start with, this 15ft tall (or long) titanium tank would certainly be one of the coolest and most expensive pieces to start an LSR project...
Mexican Officials Raid Narco-Tank Factory, Seize Biggest One Yet
Since we first learned of the newest wrinkle in the Mexican drug cartel wars, the so called “narco-tanks”, we’ve been poking and prodding the interwebs for more info. Surely, the...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Fleetwood County Cruize-In – Ontario, Canada
Canadian BangShifter Ed Nicholson recently attended the 2011 Fleetwood County Cruize-In, which is one of Canada’s largest car shows. Junk weather surpressed some of the crowd this year, but...
Kill Video: Blown Z06 Vette Walks A Million Dollar Koenigsegg at Russian One-Mile Drags
Here’s a neat clip that has been making a hot lap around the internet over the last couple days. It features a crazed one mile long drag racing event, held in Russia. The event has been going...
Roadside Find: A Totally Bitchin’ 1962 Willys Jeep Truck
As cool as the 1971 Cougar XR7 was that we saw the other day, we nearly passed out from the coolness radiating from the 1962 Willy Jeep truck we found later that day. Sitting for sale at the end of a...
Video: The Most Violent and Painful Automotive Magic Fail Ever
We’ll warn you that this video is pretty violent and shocking. The dude playing the role of failed magician is lucky to be alive, although we’ve read that he suffered multiple injuries,...
Hot Rod Power Tour 2011 Guerilla Coverage: BS Member Photos From the Road
BangShift member Bishir has been sending in random photos from his week on the 2011 Hot Rod Power Tour and it looks like he and the rest of the BangShifters are having a riot (as usual!) on tour!...
Cool Video: The 1965 LA Times Grand Prix – Featuring Can-Am Action and Some of the Greatest Drivers Ever
We found a great piece of video to cap off today. The nearly 15-minute film is a look at the 1965 LA Times Grand Prix, held at the long dead Riverside Raceway in California. Riverside was a road...
Roadside Find: A 1971 Mercury Cougar XR7
While cruising to a family cookout last weekend, we spotted a pretty clean looking 1971 Mercury Cougar XR7 sitting on the side of the road. We pulled some Bill Caswell-esque rally moves to slide the...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Annaboda Classic Car Show – Sweden
Swedish BangShifter Jobergg recently attended the 2011 Annaboda Classic Car Show in his native Sweden and sent us an awesome dispatch of photos to share with you! The show was filled to capacity...
Crazy Photo: Steel Guardrail Makes Drag Car Into a Kabob
There was a time that steel guardrails were the cutting edge in vehicle retention devices at drag strips across the country and world. That time has long since passed and the newest standard are...
eBay Find: MSD Puts Their Totally Bad Ass ProCharged CTS-V Up on eBay!
Our pals at MSD are currently cruising with the rest of the crazed gearheads on the 2011 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour, and they are doing it in their kick ass 2005 Cadillac CTS-V. This will be the...
Incredible Wreckage Video: A Pro Mod Burnout Results in a Majorly Wrecked Pro Mod
If your Monday morning sucks like ours does, this video will give you some perspective on what a bad day actually is. Shot at Albuquerque Dragway, the footage shows the pre-race burnouts of two pro...
