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LSFest 2021 Photos: Here’s Our First Gallery Of Pro Touring Machines On The Autocross At LSFest!

Sep 11, 2021Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER

LSFest 2021 Photos: Here’s Our First Gallery Of Pro Touring Machines On The Autocross At LSFest!

(Photos by Wes Allison) It’s on folks! Holley’s LSFest East 2021 is in full swing as we are starting day number two right now. But we had a rip-roaring time during day one, and Wes Allison was on sight shooting a jillion photos for all of you to enjoy. We’ve got a few hundred to share from day one, with more coming from day two as well. We’ll be sharing two galleries with you today and if you miss any of them, just use the link below to check out all of our LSFest coverage.

Holley’s LSFest shows celebrate all that is LS engine related, along with their newer LT siblings, and that means not only all the late model cars and trucks that came with them from the factory, but also every single swap you can imagine. And trust me, people imagine some pretty amazing things. Hell, there is a Dodge Daytona or Plymouth Superbird winged car here that is on a modern NASCAR chassis with an LS engine in it. No, seriously! It’s sitting in front of the QA1 booth looking all badass. It’s weird, and it’s cool, and it has an LS in it, which is all that matters.

Like I said, we’ll be bringing you all kinds of galleries from the event and they will include Drag Racing, Drifting, Autocross, Burnout Contest, Power Wheels Racing, and so much more. This is an event like none other and we can’t begin to tell you just how much we love it. This is the kind of event you want to be a part of. Check out the photos, and plan to be here next year!

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Awesomely Weird: This 1970s Chevrolet Parts Film Stars Evel Knievel And Literally Makes No Sense

Apr 24, 2021Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, FUNNY STUFF, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos

Awesomely Weird: This 1970s Chevrolet Parts Film Stars Evel Knievel And Literally Makes No Sense

We’re guessing someone lost their job for this one. You are going to watch this 1970s Chevrolet parts film which stars Evel Knivel and makes literally no sense at all. The theme of the film is “conflict” and it is illustrated by a series of scenes where animals eat other animals, black and white movies are shown, and Evel Knievel jumps stuff on his motorcycle, sometimes crashing, sometimes not. Throw in a dose of 1970s Anchoman-level hilarity with a bikini-clad woman, and you have yourself one of the most singular odd things we have ever seen.

Make no mistake, Knievel would never turn down a gig, especially one with Chevrolet that likely was a great payday for reading some cue-cards. The company definitely did not hire him for his suave acting ability because this dude is straight up stiff while narrating the action. By action, we mean the bizarre things we are shown on screen.

Oddly, while Chevrolet parts are mentioned a handful of times there’s barely (if ever) a Chevrolet car shown as a prop in the film. This whole thing is some weirdo theater of the mind that was likely schemed up by an executive’s kid. “Hey Johnson, get my son a job in the media department and let him run wild!”

Obviously, Knievel was majorly famous at this point and his star only grew bigger. Note that he mentions that someday, “I’ll jump a mile….” we all know how that quest ended.

You have to see this one to believe it.

Press play to see the weirdest Chevrolet Parts video ever made, starring Evel Knievel!

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Cleaning Up Your Act: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets Washed Up Before Heading To The Machine Shop

Feb 09, 2021Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, ENGINES, MISC, Videos

Cleaning Up Your Act: The Hagerty Cadillac 365 Gets Washed Up Before Heading To The Machine Shop

If there is one way to make friends with your local machine shop it’s by bringing them clean stuff to work with. We know that not everyone has the awesome washer that the guys in the Hagerty shop do, but if you take some extra time and bring in parts that do not look like they have lived at the bottom of a lake of grease for 50 years, you’ll earn some bonus points.

In this video we see Davin doing just that. He takes the disassembled Cadillac 365 and scrubs it all up before taking it to the machinist to be worked on. The value here is pretty high. One, you can get accurate measurements of stuff, two you can see if there are any fatal flaws in terms of obvious cracks and stuff, and three, it saves you some money! If you paid the machine shop to remove the rusted and seized studs from the manifolds and block you’d be paying real money for it. Getting that done at the shop before it goes to the pros is a win.

This engine is going to be a 100% stock rebuild and that’s been stated before. Davin states it again when dropping the parts off, basically cautioning the machinist not to go crazy. Reuse the stock valves if they can be used, stuff some new seats in the heads, and let ‘er rip. This is a fun engine. Maybe we’ll see the Honda mill toyed with next week!

Press play below to see the next installment of the Hagerty Cadillac 365 rebuild –

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Save Time and Get It Right The First Time With Borgeson – Here’s Why The “Jeep Box” Conversion Ain’t All That

Sep 03, 2020Apex Suspension Tech, Apex Tech Stories, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, SUSPENSION, Tech Stories

Save Time and Get It Right The First Time With Borgeson – Here’s Why The “Jeep Box” Conversion Ain’t All That

We’re all about saving money around here. We’re all about getting the most bang for the buck and making your hot rod do the most with the least. We’re also about working smarter and not harder and this is one of those stories. One of the popular “cheap” modifications people have been doing in recent years is swapping quick ratio Jeep steering boxes into their cars to make the steering more crisp and snappy. Sounds awesome, right? Well, maybe.

The Jeep boxes in question were made in loads of different ratios and when you go and buy one you’ll likely be a few “buys and returns” into getting the one you want. This story tells the tale of a dude who shopped TEN boxes before getting an actual quick ratio example. How much time was spent, and what’s that time worth to you? Big questions. Ultimately, the call was made to Borgeson and the correct, brand new, not used, not assembled off-shore, USA built steering box was shipped and installed with no hassles.

This right here is a great tale of spending far more than you “save” in headaches, time, and frustration. Borgeson, as always, for the win!

Hit the image of the Borgeson steering box below to check out the story-

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If You Aren’t Smiling After Watching These Citröen Dyanes Rally, Then You Are Probably Seasick From Watching The Suspension Work!

Aug 23, 2020Apex Video, BangShift APEX

If You Aren’t Smiling After Watching These Citröen Dyanes Rally, Then You Are Probably Seasick From Watching The Suspension Work!

Think of the Citröen Dyane as an upgraded version of the 2CV: in top-performance Dyane 6 form, there’s a 602cc flat-two engine driving the front wheels, a very light body structure, and after watching them go all-out at a rally, suspension travel that requires Dramamine to tolerate. We love an inappropriate car doing what it shouldn’t do, and with bicycle-wide tires and 32 horsepower on tap, rally racing is the last possible thing we would do with one. Alberto Miera, on the other hand, has absolutely no issue whatsoever wringing out his Dyane 6 on rally courses. The YouTube video description refers to Miera as the “brave pilot”, and watching the Dyane move around reinforces that statement. It might not be powerful, but anything past cruising speed brings out the suspension travel, and Miera isn’t afraid of the car at all, going so far as to induce oversteer. Watching the front wheels lay over in the corners makes us wonder just how many tie rod ends he goes through per race!

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(Courtesy: Jalopnik)

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