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Under 850 Pounds: Meet The Light Car Company Rocket!
I’ve owned some pretty light vehicles. Currently, the Chevrolet Cruze is the smallest car in rotation at BangShift Mid-West at 3,100 pounds, but the Great Pumpkin Mustang is sitting near a curb...
SEMA 2019: Arrington Performance’s 1984 Dodge Rampage – All The Stops, Gone.
Apparently my tastes in cars are more well-known than I initially suspected. Within five minutes of getting my press badge and starting off my SEMA 2019 experience, I was pulled to the side....
Weatherford, Halsey, Montecalvo, Distefano and Gast Beat the Heat in PDRA Fall Nationals Qualifying
Race #7 of 8 is underway at the PDRA Fall Nationals at Darlington Dragway, and the qualifying was hot and heavy in all categories. With that said, only one guy can be the number one qualifier in each...
The Challenger Revival, Part Two: Yep, That 318 Is Without A Doubt Seized
Those that know me probably think that I grind my teeth every time I put up a Dylan McCool video. It’s an educated guess, given his selection of Mopars and ability to turn them from derelict...
Happy Labor Day From BangShift.com!
The end of summer and the arrival of autumn can be marked in many ways. There is the official method, which is the autumnal equinox, which occurs in the early morning hours of Monday, September 23,...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Tire Look? Big N’ Littles? Big Meat On All Four Corners? Huge Off Roaders? Pizza Cutters?
At the end of the day, tires have a huge amount of impact on the physical performance and also on the visual pizzazz of your car, truck, hot rod, or totally weirdo project. Everyone has a favorite...
What Are The Most Annoying Phrases Someone Can Put In A Craigslist Ad For A Car Or Parts?
Buying parts or cars on Craigslist can be the most rewarding or the most annoying experience of ones life, depending on just what you are buying and from whom. The number of frustrating moments...
The Dirty Cougar: The Final Installment Of Our $400 Revival Racer!
Three months ago, sick with a head cold, hating the automotive sickness like none other, I was laying in a muddy alleyway in Evansville, Indiana, wrenching, fighting, and cursing a 1987 Mercury...
The Dirty Cougar: Safety Is Our Number One Priority Around Here!
If you missed the last update on the Dirty Cougar project, click here to check it out! The 1987 Mercury Cougar LS dirt-cheap project is coming along nicely. The car was driving around a little bit...
The Dirty Cougar: The Real Adventures Have Begun – Break Out The Cleaning Gloves!
If you missed the last update on our 1987 Mercury Cougar LS known as the Dirty Cougar, click here! So we have a running, operable Aero Cat…nice! Even nicer, at the last update the total price...
The Dirty Cougar: The Beginning Of The Story Of Our $400 1987 Mercury Cougar!
This story starts off innocently enough: with the Cadillac limo on death row in a junkyard in Kentucky, there was a need for a replacement car to run at the King of the Heap winter racing series. And...
The 2019 BangShift Mid-West Project Car Assessment: Where Do We Stand Right Now?
Neither Christmas music by the truckload, nor New Year’s snacks, nor a cold that could level a bull moose on it’s best day will keep me down. It’s 2019, a brand new year, and as...
Best of 2018: Behind The Pit Wall For An American Endurance Racing Miata
Many decry the effects that social media has on culture today. Too many people see society as a whole developing a worsening ability to deal in person versus an online persona. Here’s the...
Rough Start: A Ratty Muscle 1979 Mustang Indy Pace Car
Today’s Rough Start find is more of a selfish move than anything, but here me out because this is a pretty good budget build recipe that could be duplicated in most any market in the United...