eBay Find: This Aluminum Boss 429 Block, Awesome Heads, and Experimental Crankshaft Are Can-Am History!
Sep 02, 2020Brian Lohnes2
You are looking at Boss 429 valhalla. Seriously. This is the block, heads, and crank that would make up the major components of a 494ci Can-Am engine Aluminum block?! XE (experimental) marked crank?...
The Slog: Bashing And Creeping Through The Pipeline From Hell Mud Bog
Sep 02, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Slog: Bashing And Creeping Through The Pipeline From Hell Mud Bog
Thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Laura, which proceeded to turn the better part of Western Kentucky into utter swampland, mud is now a part of the daily routine and will be until things dry out....
Sound and Fury: Ride In and Watch Outside Of A Vintage Matra-Simca Sports Prototype Racer At Goodwood – Wild!
Sep 01, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Sound and Fury: Ride In and Watch Outside Of A Vintage Matra-Simca Sports Prototype Racer At Goodwood – Wild!
Maybe one of the finest compliments anyone can bestow upon a race car, especially one that runs in a “prototype” style category is that it’s look and sound at timeless. Not in the...
The Buick Strikes Again: Hagerty’s Buick Straight Eight Build Hits Another Roadblock
Sep 01, 2020Brian Lohnes1
There’s something really awesome about getting honest information, right? In today’s world of cloak and dagger, hide the flaws, and don’t let anyone know that you’re human...
Real Hustle Video: Watch The Quickest Stick Shift Coyote Mustang In The World Run 7.86 –
Sep 01, 2020Brian Lohnes4
Joel Steele is the man who can claim to own the quickest h-pattern shifted Coyote anything after this rip he recently made at Beech Bend Motorsports Park, in Beech Bend Kentucky. The run, as you will...
Fear No Swap: Hooker Blackheart Has Introduced A Bunch Of New Coyote Engine Swap Parts!
Sep 01, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Fear No Swap: Hooker Blackheart Has Introduced A Bunch Of New Coyote Engine Swap Parts!
Obviously when it comes to engine swaps by volume, the Ford Coyote engine is not a challenger to the LS for having the most non-original cars powered by it. There has been a fear and maybe some...
Audi Makes Changes To Performance Lineup – Goodbye R8 and TT, Hello RS6 Avant!
Sep 01, 2020Brian Lohnes2
(By Tom Lohnes) – Audi fans listen up, because there is some good (and bad) news coming at you right now. Starting off on the good news the new 600-horsepower, AWD, RS6 Avant station wagon has...
STROKER: This Amazing Documentary looks at the life and times of Tom Medley, one of Hot Roddings Great Story Tellers
Sep 01, 2020Brian Lohnes6
This is definitely the coolest thing you will see today, bar none. The 18-minute film below called, “STROKER” is a short documentary on the life of Tom Medley and his alter ego Stroker...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was The First Job You Helped Out On?
Sep 01, 2020Bryan McTaggart3
More often than not, our first tasking is best described as “gopher”…go for the wrench, go for the flashlight, go for a couple of aspirin because Dad just banged his head off of the...
Classic YouTube: Texas A&M Testing A New Truck-Resistant Barrier. Make No Mistake, It Works.
Sep 01, 2020Bryan McTaggart11
In a past life before BangShift, back when I was visiting locations that would require an up-front payment that even Bill Gates himself would choke to write out onto a check, we had a major problem:...
The Challenger Revival, Part 23: Engine In, Transmission In, And Electrical Going In!
Sep 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Challenger Revival, Part 23: Engine In, Transmission In, And Electrical Going In!
Dylan McCool has a date with destiny in a couple weeks. That’s his self-imposed mark to have the 1973 Dodge Challenger project build/revival that he’s been working on running and driving,...
Money No Object: 1997 Chevrolet Camaro SS 30th Anniversary LT4
Sep 01, 2020Bryan McTaggart1
Colors and stripe kits are open call-outs for performance cars. Rosso Corsa Red might be the international racing color of Italy, but tell me you don’t immediately think of a Ferrari. LimeLight...
Selling For The Pound: A U.K. Take On American Cars From 1977
Sep 01, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Selling For The Pound: A U.K. Take On American Cars From 1977
Until you’ve crossed the pond and have spent some time watching traffic patterns to see just what is going on, it is difficult to tell just exactly how out-of-place it is to see an American car...
Historic Video: Barnstorming IMCA Sprint Car Racing From The Early 1960s!
Aug 31, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Video: Barnstorming IMCA Sprint Car Racing From The Early 1960s!
Thanks to pal Don McGinniss, I have this truly cool video to share. What you are going to see is highlights from the early 1960s featuring racers in the IMCA. What’s the IMCA? Only the old...












