Historic Video: Watch The Semi-Finals and Final Round Of Top Fuel At Indy 1967 – Iconic Garlits
Oct 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Video: Watch The Semi-Finals and Final Round Of Top Fuel At Indy 1967 – Iconic Garlits
Top fuel at the 1967 NHRA US Nationals represented a lot of things to people that loved the sport back then. Perhaps one of the biggest overtones of the weekend was the end of an era in the class....
Watch This 3D Printed Snow Blower Work Like A Champ On The Front Of An RC Truck
Oct 05, 2020Brian Lohnes1
3D printers are amazing pieces of technology. Rapid prototypes, artwork, and other engineering innovations can be produced at an amazing pace with these wonders of the modern world. They can also be...
Historic Pro Stock Video: Southern Fried Pro Stockers From 1974
Oct 05, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Pro Stock Video: Southern Fried Pro Stockers From 1974
Pro Stocks circa the mid 1970s were really cool. Tube chassis were not the order of the day yet but there was all kinds of stuff going on beneath the surface of these cars to lighten them, stiffen...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Blending The Old And The New Together
Oct 05, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
You couldn’t have two more polar opposites if you tried. Out in the show car fields sat one of my dream cars and a BangShift feature car, Jason McDaniel’s 1969 Shelby GT500. Curving...
It’s The FinalFinal Day Of FREE LIVE Streaming From The Spring Fling Million!$30k Saturday Spills Over To Sunday!
Oct 04, 2020Chad Reynolds1
That’s right, the Spring Fling Million, normally held in Las Vegas, and streamed right here on BANGshift.com, that was moved to Bristol, is reaching its final day. It’s $30,000 Saturday...
Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now
Oct 04, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now
Can they pull it off? An 8-second quarter mile capable car in just 8 days? I think they can and with 5 days down, the boys are making headway. With the talent and resources these guys have they...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Welcome To The Blue Oval’s Burndown!
Oct 04, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
LS Fest came and went. MoParty had it’s first showing. That means that it’s time for Mustangs, for Cobras, for Broncos, and every other thing that wears the legacy of Henry Ford on...
Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.
Oct 04, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.
I get asked all the time about combinations that will make certain horsepower levels. Whether it’s a small block, an LS, a big block, or whatever, everyone has some magic power number...
Historical Footage: Group A Rallying In The 1990s – Faster Than Group B And Just As Wild!
Oct 04, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Historical Footage: Group A Rallying In The 1990s – Faster Than Group B And Just As Wild!
We tend to look at Group B Rally as the wild era of the sport, and for good reason: manufacturers were all but unchained from regulation, required only the barest minimums of homologated cars, and...
Bargain Racement Part 3: Can You Build A Race Car For The Same Money As A Racing SIM? Watch…
Oct 04, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Bargain Racement Part 3: Can You Build A Race Car For The Same Money As A Racing SIM? Watch…
SIM Racing has been getting more and more popular, and the popularity has gone through the roof since COVID-19 came around, and I get why. But wouldn’t you rather spend that money to go real...
Practical Application: Hydrolocking An Engine Under Load
Oct 04, 2020Bryan McTaggart2
It’s Engine 101: air compresses, water does not. If you are unlucky enough to have water go down the gullet of your engine and into the bores, your best hope in hell is that you shut the engine...
Bucket List Item: Get A Tour Of A Real-Live Locomotive In Action
Oct 04, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Between me and a few friends from my Army days, I am probably the only one who misses railyard detail and working at the Yermo depot whenever we got to go play soldier in the beautiful visage of Fort...
Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!
Oct 03, 2020Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Engin Swap How To: Swap A Gen-3 HEMI Into Your B-Body Mopar With Bolt On Parts!
When engine swaps first started in the early days of hot rodding they were a rarity to see anywhere in public. They were done to race cars and the random hot rod, but not to normal street cars. Over...
Motion Raceworks Is Building An 8 Second Car In 8 Days!!! Meet El Toro!
Oct 03, 2020Chad Reynolds1
I’ve been part of a team that built a car in just 48 hours, and I’ve been part of a team that twice built an 8 second car in 10 days, and both required a lot of planning. The task of...












