Cherry Bomb Voted Into the Speed Parts Hall of Fame and You Helped
A short time ago we asked for your help in voting for one of our fine sponsors, Cherry Bomb Exhaust. The original Cherry Bomb muffler was on the list of nominees for the class of 2009 inductees into...
Carnage Video: Nastiest Engine Explosion Ever, Part Two
One of the most popular video blogs ever here on BangShift.com is the one with the tractor-pull rig exploding its engine is such spectacular fashion that the tractor drives over the cylinder head....
New Models Allowed for Bathurst 12 Hour Event
The Bathurst 12 Hours is one of the neatest production car road races in the world. The Bathurst course itself is the stuff of legend and most of the world’s great racers have made laps on the...
Legal Manuvering Continues in Mayfield Case
There have been some small developments in the saga of NASCAR versus driver Jeremy Mayfield for his alleged use of methamphetamine. Now we’re seeing some interesting stuff starting to happen...
2010 Camaro Body in White
It was announced in February that GM Performance Parts is offering 2010 Camaros as a body in white (just the sheetmetal, nothing else, including the main body, doors, fenders, hood, and trunk lid)...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: Bone Stock 1955 Willys CJ-3B Jeep
Flat-fender Jeeps are coveted by collectors and off-roaders alike. They are iconic American vehicles, and in the case of this 1955 CJ-3B for sale in the Chicago area, direct descendants of the Jeeps...
Icons of Speed Auction to Showcase Historical Drag Machinery
The epic “Icons of Speed and Style” auction to be held at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles this Saturday by RM Auctions will feature a lot of stuff, we’re drooling over the...
Power Tool Drag Racing is Huge in England
We see power tools and think home improvements. A bunch of wacky gearheads in England see power tools and think drag racing. We love stuff like this and these guys and girls have taken it to the next...
Amazing Canadian Car Collection
The Internet has done a lot of stuff for the car hobby, but most importantly it has shown the gearhead world that there are amazing cars in all corners of the globe. Thanks to a tip from BangShifter...
ARP Main Studs for LT1 Small-Blocks
The newst stuff from the fastener guys at ARP includes parts for Audis and Lancias and junk like that. The company does everything. But the new parts we care about most are the new main studs for...
Bitchin’ Video: Full Tilt Fly Bys From the Silver State Challenge
The Silver State Classic Challenge is a bad ass automotive competition that you’ve had to have been living under a rock not to have heard of. It takes place on a 90 mile stretch of desolate...
Craigslist Find: Sweet Van
CraigsList has shown down upon us once again, this time in the form of a fully customized 1976 Ford van. How fully customized? There’s multiple windows of various shapes and sizes, a roof wing,...
Blown Camaro Z/28 Confirmed for Production
Oh Hell yes! There will be a Camaro Z28 after all and it will be packing the blown, 6.2L, 550hp motor that is currently found in the Cadillac CTS-V. We thought that the Z28 was a totally dead player....
Video: Killer ‘Vette Autocrosser
C4 Corvettes have been slowly growing on us around here. They are a capable platform to build a hot rod off of and can be made to do lots of stuff well. Braking and handling were good from the...
