Best of 2020: The Republic XF-84H “Thunderscreech” In Action
By nature, any aircraft is going to be loud on the outside. I’ve got a decade of experience in that world…APUs, turbines, propellors, rotorcraft, name it, it’s loud. Earplugs were...
Best of 2020: Racing Up The Derebasi Turns in Turkey!
It’s known as State Road D.915 and it’s a north-south route in northeastern Turkey, from Of, Trabazon to Askale, Erzurum. It’s 111 miles long and it crosses over some rugged,...
Best of 2020: Devin Taylor’s 2014 Cadillac CTS-V Wagon
It’s always fun to debate the merits of a street car that has performance numbers far and above what it should, isn’t it? Somebody says their car has “X” amount of horsepower,...
This 1969 Valiant Pacer Has A 380ci Stroker 340 with a Single Turbo And It Runs 9s At 8psi In Australia (W/Video)
Oh, we forgot to mention that it is a four door as well! How ’bout dem apples?! The 1969 Valaint Pacer looks a lot like a 1969 Dart but with a slightly different front end. It looks like this...
Cool Video: This Computer Recreation Of The Red Baron’s Last Dogfight Is A Neat Look Into Old School Military Aviation
Being that it is Saturday we thought it was OK to stretch the bounds of our normal wide scope a little and share with you this video that is a computer recreation of Manfred von Richthofen, better...
Happy New Year From Your Friends At BangShift.com!
Usually, we run our New Year piece on January 1st, but I think I speak for everybody in the room when I say that this year cannot be over soon enough. Look, let’s be very honest here for a...
Pocket Rocket: This Fiat 500 Has A V8 Made Of Two Hayabusa Engines, Fender Flares For Days, and We Want It!
There’s a certain awesomeness that we continue to discover and rediscover about the European hillclimb scene. The fact that it’s all a giant kind of run-whatcha-brung scene is so...
Horsepower Costs Money: Wrangler 392 Pricing Is Coming In Hot – Have $70,000+ For A Jeep?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The Ram 1500 TRX might be the craziest truck ever made, pushing 700 horsepower, doing the sprint from 0-60 miles per hour in 3.7 seconds, and being the single best factory...
Cool Old Video: Did You Know That GMC Worked With Lotus On Active Suspension For Trucks In The Late 1980s?
This is one of those, “wait…what?” moments for us. Apparently in the late 1980s General Motors and Lotus were working together on active suspension systems and the plan was...
Out Of Gas At 41,000ft: The Unbelievable Story Of The Gimli Glider – Bad Math and Incredible Pilots End In A Miracle
On July 23, 1983 a Canada Air 767 with 61 passengers and eight crew aboard ran out of fuel while flying over a remote area of Ontario, Canada at 41,000ft. The pilot and co-pilot were able to take the...
Unhinged Top 11: McTaggart’s 2020 Year In Review
I think that the best way I can summarize what 2020 means to me, in one simple sentence, is this: “Somehow, I managed to not start drinking again.” Holy hell, who pissed off what god?...
Knowledge Is Power: Check Out The ARP Product Guides Guides For LS/LT, Coyote, and Gen III Hemi Engines Here!
In today’s world of engine building you have no excuse for using substandard fasteners. ARP, the industry leader in high performance bolts and fasteners literally makes it so easy to get the...
Best of 2020: Getting Up-Close With The Period-Correct Pro Stock Dodge Challenger
What can I say…everything fell into place just right for this photo shoot to happen. After Kevin from Junkyard Digs tipped me off to a Marketplace ad for a 1971 Dodge Challenger that looked...
Best of 2020: This Swapped Honda Insight Dropped Jaws At Rocky Mountain Race Week!
In one lane, a red Shelby GT500. One of the first “new” Shelby Mustangs, the S197 hot rod was 500 horsepower of red-blooded Blue Oval that straight ripped. Forget all the Cars and Coffee...
