Project Car Spotlight: A Killer Stripper 1967 Chevelle 300
One of the neatest project cars in the BangShift.com universe is the 1967 Chevelle 300 of forum member 67pete300. The car is ultra clean, straight, and nice. We dig it more for what it isn’t...
Austin Coil Resigns From John Force Racing
Austin Coil, the mechanical mastermind behind every single one of John Force’s NHRA National event wins and championships has resigned from the team for unspecified reasons only days after he...
Video and Photo Updates: Cherry Bomb’s Disturbing the Peace 1968 Camaro
Click here to jump down to the most recent update, with photos! ABOUT THE “DISTURBING THE PEACE” CAMARO BangShift.com sponsor Cherry Bomb Mufflers is building a cool 1968 Camaro....
Crazy Race Video: Swedish Tractor Racing With Plows in the Ground!
Those crazy Swedish guys seem to find the best way to occupy themselves with cool mechanical mayhem. We were tipped off to this video featuring a race where tractors compete. The twist? The tractors...
New Product Alert: The Killer B Turbo From BD Performance Diesel
Back in 2003 when the venerable Cummins B-series diesel engines found in Dodge trucks switched to common rail injection, performance diesel guys cried. They were afraid that the days of big and easy...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Pair of 2002 Cadillac Endurance Racers
Cadillac was in the beginning stages of a rebirth in 2002. The brand turned 100 years old that year and continued a racing program that many scoffed at when it was introduced but stopped scoffing...
eBay Find: Jungle Jim Liberman’s Documented 1975 Monza Funny Car
Every year it seems that there is a “new” Jungle Jim Liberman Funn Car out and about with an owner claiming it to have been owned and raced by the legend himself back in the day. Most...
Harley Show Off Fail Video: Best Surprise Ending Ever
People never learn, plain and simple. We’ll say it slowly, but no one will listen. If you own a race car, racing motorcycle, racing mini-bike, racing anything, do not ever put it on a public...
New Product Alert: Eagle Specialties Stroker Kit for the Ford 3-Valve Engine
One of the things we noticed at the 2010 SEMA show was an increase in the number of hard parts for Ford’s 3-valve V8. Obviously it was nothing like the onslaught of stuff for LS engines, but...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Goodguys Autumn Get Together
Now we’re just rubbing it in. The Goodguys 21st annual Autumn Get Together went down November 13-14 and since there was an autocross as part of the event, our man Chad was there as the...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Surf City Beach Cruise
While junk weather and cold temperatures have ended car show season in most parts of the country, hot rodders in California are still having fun every weekend. We recently attended the first Surf...
BangShift Interview Video: We Catch Up With Bill Caswell at SEMA 2010
We’ve been keeping you abreast of the latest news and information regarding our rallying pal Bill Caswell as he prepares to attack the Baja 1000 in a BMW Baja buggy of his own construction....
Cause and Effect: Hard Stick Shift Launches and Tweaked Splines
Stick shift drag race cars are glorious in our book. They are also quirky, can be hard on parts, and are (on the whole) less consistent than automatic cars in the sportsman ranks. During a recent...
BangShift Video Bonanza Question of the Day: Sheriff Roscoe P. Coltrane or Sheriff J.W. Pepper
The era of the “Southern Sheriff” as a television and movie character peaked in the 1980s. Seems like they were growing on trees for a while, but when pulled off correctly, they made for...
