New Product: Zex 2010 Camaro Nitrous Kit
Out of the box, the LS3 powered 2010 Camaro is a pretty tough customer. That being said, any gearhead worth his weight in gear oil can only be happy for so long with factory performance. ZEX has...
Roadside Find: A 1948 Hudson Double Front-Ender
Our buddy Paul was really on his stuff the other day. He tipped us off on the V8 Miata web site that we ran earlier in the day and he also sent this photo of what appears to be a 1948 Hudson double...
Photo Gallery: A Tour of Ross Meyer’s 3 Dog Garage
Our roving photographic rogue agent Joe Grippo is back with another bitchin’ photo gallery. Joe recently went on a tour of Ross Meyer’s incredible 3 Dog Garage in Hershey, Pennsylvania,...
LS Powered Miatas: We Want
For a long time, the small world of V8 Miata engine swaps was dominated by use of the small-block Ford powerplant. More than one company was bolting little 302s into the front of the small Mazda...
Carnage Video: Watch the Rear Axle Get Ripped Clean Out of a Pulling Truck!
Carnage is something that happens with regularity in all motorsports. Truck and tractor pulling is no exception. With motors and drivetrain parts being worked to within an inch of their lives under...
Barnstormin’: The Problem with Town Forest Committees
I recently had occasion to attend a board of selectmen’s meeting at a local town hall. I was not a resident of the town I was in, but had to attend the meeting for a business matter. While...
Party-Time: The First Ever YellowBullet.com Nationals Will be Held at Cecil County on Labor Day Weekend
YellowBullet.com, the 900-pound gorilla of drag racing message boards, and pal of BangShift.com, has announced that it will be running a drag race on Labor Day Weekend at Maryland’s Cecil...
Neat Video: Buddies Horsing Around With Their Jag-Powered Slingshot, Dry Hops Included
This video struck us as very cool in a subtle way. It’s basically a few guys tuning on a vintage slingshot dragster powered by a DOHC Jag engine. The thing sounds cool as hell, and the fact...
Columnist Wonders Why Pony Cars Don’t Get Raced, Seems Unaware That They Do
Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Austen recently penned a column lamenting the fact that none of the Big Three’s pony cars get raced like they did in the old days. He has apparently missed the...
Cool Video: A Huge Custom Unimog Struts Its Stuff
Unimogs are bad ass 4x4s, and modified Unimogs are even better than that. This video shows a totally tricked out Unimog built by Couch Off Road Engineering for the firearms company Magpul Industries....
New Products: TCI Master Overhaul Kit for Ford 1980-1993 AOD Transmissions
More and more Ford guys are running the venerable AOD transmission behind their blue oval motors in high performance applications. The folks at TCI have introduced a neat master overhaul kit that...
eBay Find: A Wooden 1950’s Sports Car
We were stopped dead in our tracks when we laid eyes on their weirdly amazing car. It is a completely wooden sports car, powered by an odd-ball motorcycle engine, and sitting on a Citroen suspension...
Party at Big Daddy’s House and Everyone is Invited
We got wind of a cool car show coming up at the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing in Ocala, Florida and figured we’d pass the word along to anyone that can attend. It’s free to check out...
Announcing The First Speed by Spectre 341 Challenge, a High Speed Hillclimb
We love the guys and girls at Spectre Performance. They’re proud sponsors of BangShift.com and more than that, they are as hard core as they come in the gearhead world. They ran 330 mph with a...
