BorgWarner Jumps Into the Performance Turbocharger Market
Automotive component giant BorgWarner has announced that it is entering the growing fray of performance turbocharging with their EFR series of turbos. BorgWarner has been supplying OEM turbochargers...
Auto Trader Classics Find: 1988 Buick Park Aveamino
One of the best parts of this gearhead universe we all live in is diversity. We all think differently and have different interpretations of what “cool” is. Due to that we all get to bask...
Caption This Photo: A Corvette Convertible in Abnormal Surroundings
We’re all about using our stuff all year long, and apparently the owner of this Corvette rag top is of the same mind. The more we looked at this photo the more we became more aware that...
Powercruise Events Coming to America in 2011
If you are a long time dilligent reader of BangShift, you’ve seen videos or photos from the famous Powercruise events in Australia and New Zealand. The events are held at race tracks and...
Racing Junk Find: A 1933 Ford Dump Truck That Proves We’re Not As Weird As We Think We Are
If we knew the guy who commissioned the building of this totally awesome 1933 Ford dump truck racer, we’d give him a bear hug. Why? Because it proves that we’re not the total freak job...
Snooky’s Vintage Originals Steps Up With Awesome Holiday Offer For BangShifters!
Proud BangShift sponsor Snooky’s Vintage Originals has stepped up to the plate with a kick ass holiday offer aimed squarely at BangShift.com members and readers! There’s not a cooler...
15-Minutes in Vintage NASCAR Heaven: Darlington 1972
Big blocks, big cars, high banks, wreckage, Junior Johnson with a rag on his head, there’s nothing this video doesn’t have. Taken at the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway in 1972, this...
Camaro Will Outsell Mustang in 2010, 5-600hp Z28 on Tap for 2012
When the 2010 chapter of the pony car book is written, Chevrolet will be crowned the victor of the round. The Camaro is on pace to outsell the Mustang by about 7,000 units through the end of the year...
BangShift Project Spotlight: A Serious V6 Firebird Build
The mere mention of a 2000 Pontiac Firebird conjures immediate thoughts of LS-series engines. In the case of BangShift member WarShrike, it doesn’t. Instead of going down the well worn path of...
Humongo Rally Crash Video With Bonus Fire!
This is some truly nutso in-car rally crash video. Like virtually all rally videos it shows two guys crammed into a little car driving way to freaking fast through the countryside. All goes...
Company to Develop Flying Humvee Chopper for Pentagon
A Massachusetts company called Terrafugia has been chosen by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) to lead the development of a bad ass flying 4×4 vehicle for the military. The specs...
Barnstormin’: In With the Outlaw
A recent trip to the Tampa, Florida area gave me the chance to visit a drag strip I had never been to before. The strip is Lakeland Dragway, an eighth-mile track that runs as an outlaw, or...
Cool Project: How to Build a Modern AMX in Your Home Garage
While wrenching on Goliath recently, a dude pulled up in a minto Lucerne blue Trans-Am and asked if we had any trim pieces on the Javelin in our backyard. We invited him back to take a look, but that...
