Ebay Find: Buy the World’s First Funny Car……… Cheap!
Jan 05, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Ebay Find: Buy the World’s First Funny Car……… Cheap!
Which car truly inspired the term Funny Car, and ultimately the creation of the most popular class in Drag Racing, is a topic of much debate. We don’t really care which one gets the credit. But...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Television Car?
Jan 05, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Television Car?
Well lots of you decided to share your opinion as to which movie featured car or truck is the coolest yesterday. We now need you to fire up your collective memory bank and choose the stars of the...
Video: Wheels Up Aussie Drag Racing Excitement
Jan 05, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Wheels Up Aussie Drag Racing Excitement
We are always entertained by the Aussies and their penchant for killer horsepower and burnouts. We also love their willingness to turn any flat piece of asphalt into a dragstrip. One of the best...
Craigslist Find of the Week: Budweiser Rocket Car Transporter
Jan 05, 2011Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Craigslist Find of the Week: Budweiser Rocket Car Transporter
We were really excited to get the tip on this Budweiser Rocket Car trailer, even though it clearly doesn’t meet the standards of race transporters today. None of that matters when you consider...
Racing Junk Find: A Built to the Hilt Chevy Even Goliath Would Bow To!
Jan 05, 2011Brian Lohnes1
This is one bad ass Chevy. Packing the best of the best in parts and construction this mud racing monster has a full roller 496ci big block Chevy that cranks out 600hp. That power gets sent through...
Junior Johnson Starts Race Team For Son
Jan 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Junior Johnson Starts Race Team For Son
Junior Johnson, one of the great figures in NASCAR history is stepping back into the sport, albeit not at the top level, just yet. Junior has fired up Junior Johnson Racing, a team that will support...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Movie Car?
Jan 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Question of the Day: What’s Your Favorite Movie Car?
With the Green Hornet movie soon to hit theaters with the iconic Chrysler Imperial playing a central role, we got to thinking about our favorite movie cars of all time. There have been lots of great...
Engine Project Update: Tearing Down the 1960s Pontiac OHC Six
Jan 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Engine Project Update: Tearing Down the 1960s Pontiac OHC Six
When we heard that our OG BangShift pal Randal was looking for an old Pontiac overhead cam six engine we got excited because we knew he’d find one and start a neat project. Our instincts were...
Neato: Ilmore Engineering Develops 5-Stroke Concept Engine
Jan 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Neato: Ilmore Engineering Develops 5-Stroke Concept Engine
England’s Ilmore Engineering has long made their bones developing engines for Indy cars, Formula One teams, and other really high end racing applications. The company also does awesome work on...
Caption This Photo: An Automotive Crime in Progress
Jan 04, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Caption This Photo: An Automotive Crime in Progress
Ladies and gentlemen, what we have here is photographic evidence of an automotive crime being committed. As we say in the business, this is a 264 or, donk construction in progress. We don’t...
Open Track Day Wreckage: How To Crash Your Evo While Not Wearing Any Safety Gear
Jan 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Open Track Day Wreckage: How To Crash Your Evo While Not Wearing Any Safety Gear
Open track days are riotous fun. They are the type of events that allow people who have always wanted to road race a shot at the track to test their mettle. In the case of this video, which shows a...
Epic Road Trip Thread: Turk and Three Lunatics Cruise to Mexico on Old Hondas
Jan 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Epic Road Trip Thread: Turk and Three Lunatics Cruise to Mexico on Old Hondas
You’ve probably heard the name Keith Turk before. If you read Hot Rod Magazine, you’ve seen his ugly mug racing at Bonneville, Loring, Maxton, and anywhere else dudes and dudettes strive...
eBay Find: An S-10 Hot Rod Creation Thing
Jan 03, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: An S-10 Hot Rod Creation Thing
There’s an expression car guys use, “You can’t put lipstick on a pig.” There will soon be another expression that they’ll use. It will be something along the line of,...
Project Car Update: Stage1Scott’s Sublime ’67 Fairlane Sedan Gets the Mighty FE Engine Installed
Jan 03, 2011Chad Reynolds1
BangShifter “stage1scott” has been building his killer Sublime 1967 Ford Fairlane Sedan for the past 22 months and is getting really close to big smokey burnouts. Scott started with...












