Meet The Man Who Built A Replica Of An Audi Quattro S1 E2 So Well That Racer Who Drove It Got Goosebumps
In late 1985, Audi unleashed the Sport Quattro S1 E2. Or, in simple terms, the wildest, most violent form of the Audi Quattro rally car to be set loose in World Rally, period. After having endured a...
Intake Intensity Video: Watch Four Intake Manifolds Get Tested On A 600hp LS Engine
This video is a total model of speed and efficiency. You are going to see four LS intake manifolds run in about five minutes and all four of them have their performance data included from the dyno...
A Longer Long Block: The Hagerty Buick Straight Eight Gets A Head – One Step Closer
The saga of the Hagerty Buick Straight eight build is not over yet but it’s moving in that direction. This engine has been a protracted battle from the jump and the cool thing is that the...
The Race To Nowhere: This Footage From The 1927 Dole Air Race Is Creepy – The Last Flight For Many
The 1927 Dole Air race will forever live as one of the most tragic examples of bravado preceding technology ever. The event was funded by James D Dole of pineapple empire fame. After Charles...
Goodbye, Jim: Ride With Jim Pace At Road America In An Can-Am Car – We Remember A Racer Gone Too Soon
I never actually met Jim Pace. If you look back at the BangShift archive of stories you will see his name all over the place. We ran dozens and dozens of videos of Jim competing at places like...
Ratty Muscle Cars presents Mopar Vs. Brand X 2020: Welcome To A Day Full Of Surprises
Everything that occurred this past weekend in Alabama should not have happened. T-shirt weather with sunny skies is something that does not happen this late in the year. Postcard-worthy drives in...
Classic YouTube: “Autocrossing” At Alveringem – Small Cars, Muddy Field, Big-Time Fun!
Doing muddy laps in a farmer’s field sounds less like an actual race and more like something I may or may not be guilty of doing in some beater car, but apparently in Europe it is perfectly...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Does The Jeep Wrangler Actually Need A Hemi?
On November 17, 2020, at 12 noon Eastern, Jeep will unveil the Wrangler Rubicon 392 in its production form. A concept has been roaming around for a couple of months now, mostly as a teaser for what...
Back To The Workshop: More Restoration Work Inside Jay Leno’s Garage
The cool thing about Jay Leno is that this man routinely dredges up cars that we don’t think about in any form whatsoever, A Panhard, a Talbot-Lago, a Brough? Pretty much nobody thinks of...
Watch Race Driver Leh Keen Pound On His Custom Built Safari Porsche In The Woods
Leh Keen is an accomplished American race car driver who has been pounding road courses for the better part of a decade now as a professional racer. He’s also a car guy who races and loves...
BangShift Book Corner: Chrysler’s Motown Missile -Mopar’s Secret Engineering Program At The Dawn of Pro Stock By Geoff Stunkard
I’m not going to wait on the punchline here. If you love the history of pro stock, if you love the history of drag racing, or if you love the history of Mopar/Chrysler performance, stop right...
Incredible Video: Would You Run Headlong Into The Fog At 4AM To Win $50,000 At The Drags? These Guys Did!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – As most know, bracket racing is a tough game to conquer even under perfect conditions. From the focus on staging perfectly each time to the demand of hitting the tree and...
MAHLE Motorsport Celebrates a Century of MAHLE Automotive Innovation – Announces $100 PowerPak Piston Rebate
This is pretty awesome. MAHLE Motorsport is celebrating their 100th anniversary and they are doing by giving back to their customers. From October 15th through December 15th the company is offering a...
