NEAT! Ford to display 400hp Eco-Boost powered ’34 Ford at SEMA
This car just went straight to the top of the list of stuff we need to see upon our arrival at the 2009 SEMA show. It is a steel 1934 Ford packing a 400hp, 3.5 liter, Ecoboost V6. The car is a joint...
China May Impose Import Tariffs On American Made Cars
This should get your blood pressure kicked up a notch. China is “investigating” the possibility of putting import tariffs on vehicles made by GM, Ford, and Dodge. Experts believe that...
Video of the Week: Swedish Guys Review A Pro Street 1972 Lemans
We stumbled across this video over on Streetfire.net. It was made by guys calling themselves Getaway in Stockholm and it is an objective road test review of a gnarly Pro Street 1971 Pontiac Lemans....
Mother Mopar’s Monster 2009 SEMA display
Despite their horrific financial conditions, the big three are all coming to SEMA with cool stuff to display. Chrysler is going to showcase several cars and trucks that range from totally bad ass to...
Video: Chevrolet Pre-Event Teaser for 2009 SEMA Show Cars
It’s a good thing we have a true GM insider as a BangShift.com member, because we got tipped off to this latest Chevrolet teaser video on YouTube before hardly anyone had seen it. Check it out...
New Truck Class at Goodguys Street Challenge Autocross
Earlier today we announced the Goodguys 2010 show schedule, but then we were looking at the Goodguys web site and noticed more news. There will now be a class for pickup trucks at the Street...
New LS1 and LS2 Intake From Edelbrock
Edelbrock has a new, cool-seeming intake manifold for LS1 (cathedral) and LS2 (rectangle-port) GM V8 engines. This really looks like something we’d like to try! Watch for more Edelbrock news...
2010 Goodguys Show Schedule is Here
The Goodguys Rod & Custom Association has announced its 23-show schedule for 2010, and BangShift.com hopes to be there to cover as many of them as possible, especially the ones with the Street...
The Top 11 Largest Automotive Aftermarket Companies of 2009 by Global Sales
With SEMA approaching, we got to thinking about who the real players are in the car-guy aftermarket. Apparantly there’s an organization to answer that question, the Automotive Aftermaket Status...
Carnage Video: Six Minutes of Drag Strip Thrills, Chills, and Spills
This is one killer piece of video! It is non-stop action for more than six minutes and contains more wrecks, wheelies, and close saves than you could possibly imagine. It seems like the majority of...
GM Performance Parts Pre-SEMA Teaser Video: A Crate Engine that Changes the Industry?
BangShift.com has been invited to a 2009 SEMA unveiling where GM Performance Parts is showing a crate engine that they claim will make a huge impact on the entire hot rod industry for years to come....
BangShift.com Is Now on Twitter. Join Up!
BangShift.com is now on Twitter! We won’t be using it every day to tell you when we’re changing our oil or anything like that, however we will be sending messages when we have special...
Adam Carolla To Unveil Newest Creation from Ringbrothers
Comedian, radio guy, love life advice giver, and car guy Adam Carolla will be unveiling the newest creation from the Ringbrothers this year at SEMA. The car is a very much modified 1964 Ford...
Cash for Clunkers Crushing Deadline Hurts Recycling
Part of the law for the Cash for Clunkers program was that all the cars turned in for clunking had to be crushed within six months. Apparently that deadline was set in the first wave when only $1...
