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SEMA 2011 – A Couple of Cars That Triggered Our YIKES Reflex
When the week is done and we have probed every dark corner of the massive convention center here in Las Vegas, we’ll run our annual “Worst of” list. That being said, some of this...
SEMA 2011 – COPO Drag Race Camaro From GM Performance
As we said last week (and were widely questioned about!) GM Performance has unveiled their Copo Camaro drag race package concept car here at SEMA. Like the drag packages from Ford and Mopar, this car...
SEMA 2011 – Spectre Performance is in the House!
BangShift sponsor Spectre Performance is here at SEMA 2011 in a big way…literally. Spectre has what we believe to be the fourth largest display at the show, trailing only OEM manufacturers...
New Product: Optima Releases High Performance Digital 1200 Battery Charger
Optima Batteries announced yesterday that they have developed and will begin selling a high performance battery charger and maintainer specifically designed to enhance the performance of Optima and...
Flaming Wreckage Video: Shawn Davis Suffers A Massive Pro Mod Crash at State Capitol Raceway
Shawn Davis made a name for himself as one of the hardest running Pro Mod racers down in bayou country. His red 1957 Chevrolet, with 481ci of screw blown Alan Johnson wedge motor was regularly seen...
Holley Unveil’s NEW Ultra HP Dominator and Cathedral Port Hi Ram
Anyone who doesn’t get excited about a Holley Dominator topped powerplant should consider themselves officially removed from the hot rodding brotherhood. As the biggest and baddest carb on the...
Optima Batteries to Step Up as Primary Sponsor of Dave Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Dragster in 2012
Great news from SEMA today as Optima Batteries announced that they are going to be the primary sponsor on David Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel Dragster in 2012. Grubnic, the fan...
Ooga Booga: Mopar Pulls the Wraps Off 800hp V10 Crate Engine
To quote the great Ace Ventura, “Holy testicle Tuesday!” Mopar ripped the veil off the nastiest factory crate engine of all time, a fire breathing 800hp V10 that cranks out almost 700...
BangShift SEMA 2011 Coverage: 350 Plus Photos
Day 1 of SEMA 2011 is over, and we are already tired. With a jillion square feet of all the coolest the aftermarket has to offer, our feet have only just begun to realize pain. After making the...
Crazy Like a Fox? Evan Knoll To Appear in Court November 9 – Fires Attorney – Requests Public Defender
Evan Knoll, the one time drag racing super sponsor, who has been undergoing a pre-trial mental evaluation at the behest of both the government and his own attorney since June is slated to be in court...
Pyro Video: A Nine Second Diesel Truck Melts A Turbo and the Driver Never Lifts!
The incredible power that guys wrench out of modern turbo diesel truck engines presses every part of the motor to the limit. Pushing big six and seven thousand pound trucks down the strip in single...
BangShift SEMA 2011 Coverage: Monday Gallery
Chad hit the ground running Monday at the 2011 SEMA show and made a quick lap of the convention center zapping nearly 200 photos of display cars. As we go through the week, look for featurettes and...
Video: Big SEMA News: MSD Releases Atomic EFI – Self Tuning System Requires No Lap Top
We told you about a week ago that MSD was going to expand the scope of their business far beyond the bounds of ignition systems and here’s the first bombshell and it is Atomic, literally! MSD...