Insuring Your Junk; Shop Around
Having insurance on your junk is pretty vital. One stupid guy on a cell phone or an inattentive teenager can take your hot rod and turn it into a mangled mess of steel. Not having insurance is...
Paxton Supercharger for Carbureted Small-Block Mopars
This really isn’t that new, but it’s just so bitchin’ that we wanted to remind you that Paxton makes blow-thru-carburetor systems for small-block Mopars. Boost is good, and it can...
Video: Wheelstanding, Semi-Truck Street Racing
There’s an event held up in Quebec, Canada called the Rodeo du Caminos. Translated, that means “The Truck Rodeo.” It’s a huge celebration of big rigs that draws tens of...
Fontana, California’s, Auto Club Speedway Not Following Upgrade Proposal
Auto Club Speedway, formerly known as California Speedway in Fontana, California, has become known as one of the most boring racing venues on the NASCAR circut. In order to combat that, the president...
Dart Adds EFI Bungs to Its Bitchin’ Tunnel Ram
Dart has announced a tweaked version of their big-block Chevy tunnel ram intake manifold. The new version of the Dart tunnel ram has the fuel injector housing cast directly into the manifold,...
Charlotte Truck Driver Has Gone 3.5 Million Accident Free Miles; Wins National Championship
Professional truck drivers, truly professional truck drivers, should be admired for their dedication to safety and their skill at wheeling big rigs through all situations. Mick Simpson is one of the...
Fail or Win: English Knight Rider Convention and TVR Rally
Fail or Win? That’s the question when it comes to one of the more interesting automotive event mashups we’ve ever heard of. The event, held in England, was half Knight Rider convention...
Canadian Spitfire Restoration Faces Further Delays
Restoring airplanes is not for the faint of heart or the impatient. The story of a Canadian effort to restore a mighty Supermarine Spitfire from WWII has been a start and stop project from its...
British Company Claims to Have Electric Supercharger Ready for Market
Controlled Power Technologies, a British engineering outfit claims to have developed and tested an electric supercharger which is now ready for production. The company is making heady claims as to...
Worst Tire Fire In English History May Burn For More Than a Month
A massive tire fire in Cambridgeshire, England, which has already been burning for three weeks, may burn for another month according to local officials. There is no mention given as to what started...
Site of the Week: The All Harley Drag Racing Association
The All Harley Drag Racing Association has been rattling windows, burning tires, and showcasing V-twin power for more than 30 years. It is one of the few single-make racing organizations that has not...
Win a Free Exhaust System from Cherry Bomb!
BangShift.com sponsor Cherry Bomb has a great promotion going on over at StreetFire.net. Just sign in on the form provided and you could win one of two grand prizes, which are complete Cherry Bomb...
Prime Source for Fabrication Parts and Tools
Here’s a tip to a check out a company we’ve used multiple times when making stuff from scratch. It’s Chassis Shop, a great source for little brackets, tube bends, tabs, cables, rod...
Great Read: A Maryland Man and His Vintage Mack
It is always cool when we hear stories of guys who worked for a particular car or truck company, and who have such deep affection for the stuff that they were working on that they bought one for...
