Long Time Coming: After 17 Years, Nissan Is Bringing Out A New Frontier – Redesign Or Refresh? You Be The Judge
Nov 06, 2020Brian Lohnes3
(By Tom Lohnes) – A whole 17 years after being originally introduced, Nissan has redesigned their small truck, The Frontier. Or have they? Riding on a chassis that is architecturally the same...
Rarely Seen Rocket: The 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T Was One Of The Fastest Sedans In America – No One Bought It
Nov 06, 2020Brian Lohnes4
How many “great ideas” in automotive history have been just unbeatable on paper and then financially made no sense? The answer is a very large number and weirdly the 1991/1991 Dodge...
The Beast Roars: Speedkore’s Carbon Fiber 1970 Charger Exercises A Hellephant Engine On The Chassis Dyno
Nov 06, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The name Speedkore is no stranger to BangShift readers as we have followed the company and its awesome innovations for years. The cars they have built, the carbon fiber work that they have created...
Quick Dyno Test: What Effect Do The Height Of Hilborn Injection Stacks Have On A 572ci Hemi?
Nov 06, 2020Brian Lohnes1
As we all know, the smallest changes all have a measurable impact on how an engine runs, how an engine performs, and ultimately how much power it makes and where that power is made in the range of...
Morning Symphony: An 11-second Ford Escort Whipping Up On Much Bigger Targets!
Nov 06, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: An 11-second Ford Escort Whipping Up On Much Bigger Targets!
I love seeing an underdog car kicking ass when it isn’t supposed to. This little white Ford Escort is one of those machines. On the outside, it’s a clean 1990s Escort GT. Other than being...
Close Enough: Here’s How Wicked Cars Are Put Into Video Games Accurately!
Nov 06, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Close Enough: Here’s How Wicked Cars Are Put Into Video Games Accurately!
From the moment that Gran Turismo got unwrapped, thrown into the PlayStation and I proceeded to whip ass with the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette 427, racing cars via a video game has been a natural motion...
Not The Grass: Wild Moments At The 2020 Goodwood SpeedWeek
Nov 06, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Goodwood might be the most unhinged thing to involve racing cars in England since the British Touring Car days of the 1990s. Whether you are at the race track watching the historical races filled...
New Parts: Ridetech Introduces Complete Suspension Systems For 1961-1965 Ford Falcon!
Nov 05, 2020Brian Lohnes3
The early Ford Falcon is a platform that many hot rodders have played around with over the years. The cars are neatly styled, they are light, and they are more than happy to take a hot little small...
2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World Finals Action Photos: The Unstoppable Spirit Of Drag Racers On Full Display
Nov 05, 2020Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday we showed you some amazing photos from Benoit Pigeon at the 2020 Brian Olson Memorial PDRA World finals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Today we’re...
Restoring The Beast: Watch This Man-Eating Swing Saw Get Brought Back From The Deadly Tool Scrap Heap
Nov 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Restoring The Beast: Watch This Man-Eating Swing Saw Get Brought Back From The Deadly Tool Scrap Heap
Saws were a part of growing up. Big, nasty, loud, screaming, chew you up before you knew about it, saws. When I would go to work with my dad on Saturdays at the pallet shop, those beast-like machines...
Breaking News: Your Briggs and Stratton Will Not Run So Great On Gunpowder
Nov 05, 2020Brian Lohnes3
The Warped Perception YouTube channel is pretty neat. This guy does some of the most weird, fun, and off the wall mechanical experiments that you can possibly dream up and some, like this one, we had...
The Class Of ’75! This Chevrolet Promotional Film Profiles Nova, Monza, and Vega In The Depths Of Despair
Nov 05, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Well the cars were not desperate, we think. Mostly because they are cars, but then again, maybe they just had a good disposition. 1975 was the pits and we’re trying to decide if 1975 was the...
Check Out Ryan Tureck Getting His 11,000 RPM Judd V10 Dyno Tested In England – This Is Going In A Supra!
Nov 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Check Out Ryan Tureck Getting His 11,000 RPM Judd V10 Dyno Tested In England – This Is Going In A Supra!
If you follow Ryan Tureck, you know the guy has always managed to build some cool and different cars in which to attack the drift course with. This guy has had multiple 1,000hp drift beasts and...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown and Erica Enders Talk Success In Vegas – The Big Finishers!
Nov 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Insider Podcast: Antron Brown and Erica Enders Talk Success In Vegas – The Big Finishers!
Antron Brown and newly minted four-time NHRA pro stock world champion Erica Enders join Brian Lohnes on the NHRA Insider Podcast. These are two awesome conversations with NHRA competitors who battled...












