So Much Trucking Sense: The Nissan Navara PRO-4X Warrior Is Tailor Made For The American Truck Market…And Is Not Sold Here
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Nissan Navara is essentially the Toyota Hilux to the Frontier’s Tacoma. It’s the cooler, better, global truck Americans don’t get because of the stupid chicken tax....
Walking The Walk: McLeod Racing’s Joe Macasero Goes to the Finals at Import Face Off
It’s always cool when the people who work in the high performance aftermarket do it because they love the scene, love cars, and love competition. Such is the case with Joe Macasero of McLeod...
2021 Carlisle Ford Nationals Photo Coverage: Over 3,200 Cars Showed Up And We Did, Too!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Three thousand two hundred forty one. That is how many examples of Ford Motor Company products showed up at the Carlisle Fairgrounds on the first weekend of...
NHRA New England Nationals Action Photos: Gear Jamming Pro Stockers On The Strip At Epping
(Photos by Wes Allison) – This coming weekend the NHRA heads for one of the largest tracks on the entire tour. Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park. This cavernous place in Ohio is quite...
It’s Not A Malibu Grand Prix Car, But It’s Still Adult Go Kart Fun For Cheap. We Want This!
The Malibu Grand Prix mini open-wheel cars from the 1980s and 1990s were epic. They were big Go-Karts, with suspension, slicks, and some power because they ran on a much larger track than a normal...
How Good Is Good: Comparing The Acura TLX Type S To It’s Fellow Segment Competitors From Around The World
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Acura TLX Type S is a cool car, but is it worth $54,000? Well, let’s compare it to some competitors and see. Starting with the most obvious choice, the BMW M340i has...
Teaser Peek: Here’s What The Next Generation Toyota Tundra Will Look Like
(By Tom Lohnes) – Well, that’s a look. After a few images of the all-new Toyota Tundra surfaced, Toyota decided to release two official images of the new Tundra to the public prior to its...
Is This The Sketchiest Trail Repair EVER? Flex, Rocks, And Rollovers Brings Us Crawlers, Carnage & Chaos at the Sand Mines!
We just finished Rocky Mountain Race Week, and there is a ton of carnage on events like it that require creativity to fix so you can make it down the road. People are always looking at some of the...
Stadium Super Trucks High Flying Action From Darwin in Australia. Wheel To Wheel, Sideways, In The Air, And More!
If you are a regular here at BANGshift.com then you know that I dig the Stadium SUPER Truck races. These trucks make 650 ish horsepower, are all equipped with nearly identical components, and that...
4.3 V6 vs 4.2 Inline 6 – NA And Under Boost The Small Block Based VORTEC V6 Tries To keep Up With The Ameri-Barra
When GM came out with the 4.3 V6 it was a VERY popular upgrade in smaller trucks like the S10 and S15 lineup and was the base engine in full-size trucks as well. Considering the previous 2.8L V6 was...
Into The Mind Of The Master: This Look Back On Smokey Yunick Is Awesome!
What if you had a sport controlled by a family? What if that sport had a legacy that included one of the most colorful people in motorsports history? What if the family hated that guy so much that...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Been Your Worst Warranty Nightmare Car or Truck?
Yes, we want to know what the worst engineered factory junk pile you ever had was. Warranty claims can really vary. Sometimes you get something that has been recalled and those are probably the...
A Tucker On The Dyno?! Watch Tucker 1044 Make A Pull With Its Franklin Helicopter Engine!
Not that we’re breaking any news here but Bob and Rob Ida are two of the most amazing automotive craftsmen in the world today, certainly among the top one tenth of one percent in the USA. These...
Rad Dads: Chad and Brian Salute Walt Reynolds and Bob Lohnes
There’s a reason that Chad and I will forever be obsessed with straight line competition on the quarter mile…our dads. The good sense that we got came from our moms but the gasoline in...
