Book Review: Motion Performance, Tales of a Muscle Car Builder by Martyn Schorr
Motion Performance is rightfully known as the wildest of the specialty muscle car builders of the 1960s and early 1970s. With the infamous Phase III Camaros and Corvettes, Joel Rosen and company...
Ridetech’s SEMA 2009 Experience: Awards, Drama, and More!
Longtime BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech seems to be everywhere at all times, and the 2009 SEMA show was no different. Ridetech not only launched thier incredibly trick new line of Select Shocks and...
Video: The 40th Anniversary Ignition from MSD
Earlier in the week, BangShift.com showed you the new MSD 40th anniversary 6AL ignition box in a cool retro-style look. Power TV was also there in the MSD booth and got this video of our friend and...
Event Coverage: SEMA 2009 Friday Photo Bonanza
Here’s our last big gallery from the 2009 SEMA show. This one was shot on Friday and looks at some parts and lots of cars and trucks. One of the neatest parts of the show is the major traffic...
2009 SEMA Show According to Cherry Bomb
While we BangShifters were out covering the SEMA Show last week, so were all of our site sponsors. Wild man Matt Graves at Cherry Bomb had some cool projects in the works that we’re not going...
Breaking BangShift.com Project Junk News: Our 1966 Chevy C50 Comes Home
It’s been a wild weekend for us around here. First we winged home from the 2009 SEMA show on Saturday, then got all wound up for our trek on Sunday to officially score our new 1966 Chevy C50...
Carnage Video: Flaming Rollover Crash at Shakedown at E-Town
This video has it all: a half-track wheelstand, a rollover, a guardrail smash, and fire. The best part is that driver Joe Newsham walked away from this wreck that happened at the Shakedown in E-Town...
BangShift Approved: Holley’s new EFI
After spending three days at SEMA surrounded by the coolest cars and horsepower around, it’s not easy to be impressed by another speed part—but this new EFI from Holley gives us lumber....
BangShift Approved: RHS LS Block
We like big power, boost, and spray here at BangShift.com, and this new aluminum block from RHS is made to handle all of the above in spades. The 6-bolt head pattern, extra-thick deck, and clearance...
Bangshift Approved: New Parts from Detroit Speed & Engineering
Detroit Speed & Engineering is a one-stop shop for all your haul-ass American muscle-cornering needs. They build stuff that can launch you into the realm of complete Italian “super...
SEMA 2009 Parts Spotlight: Painless Performance
Painless Performance Products is known for having top-quality, easy-to-install parts, and at this year’s SEMA show they brought out several new products that continue that tradition. For...
Killer 1962 Corvette Is Goodguys Street Machine of the Year
As you’d imagine, we’re not the only members of the automotive blogosphere here at the 2009 SEMA show. The dudes from Autoblog.com are here as well, and their man Drew Phillips spent some...
Jeremy Mayfield To Auction House, Cars, Guns, Wife’s Jewelry
Thanks to a tip from Bangshift.com forum reader Wally, we found out that Jeremy Mayfield is set to auction off his home that sits on 475 acres, his car and gun collections, and his wife’s...
Bangshift Approved: The McLeod M-800 5-Speed Transmission
One of our favorite parts of the 2009 SEMA show is McLeod’s brand-new M-800 five-speed manual transmission. This thing has survived 800 ft/lbs of torque and enough torture that the guys...
