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Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Continue! Bitchin Hot Rods On The Salt!

Aug 09, 2020Chad Reynolds1320 Spotlight, Apex Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Land Speed Races, XL Spotlight

One of the ultra cool things about Bonneville are the number of cool old hot rods and customs that show up on the salt on Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend of racing action. It makes us cringe sometimes because we can’t stand the thought of bringing something cool out here and someday rusting out, but many of these dudes have been doing this for years and come out to hang out and be seen and then clean the hell out of the thing and get it back home. The variety is cool, the style is sometimes traditional and sometimes a bit weird, but always fun to check out. Lots of the these guys cruise the pits, hit the starting line area, and just cruise around the salt looking for anything fun and exciting to check out. Of course they are also there to show off these cool rides, so you’ll often times find groups of them parked together somewhere where everyone will see them and take pictures. Of course we’re ultra glad to oblige and think its pretty cool when we can bring something like this to you on such an awesome blank canvas.

We say blank canvas because the salt is arguably the best thing to shoot a car on ever. With very little shadows, amazing reflection of light, and such nice white to bring out the colors, it is unlikely you’ll find a nicer place to shoot a car that doesn’t involve a giant light box and a coved white room. This place is pure rad when it comes to photos.

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Next Level: MAHLE Motorsport Promotes Custom Piston Program for Gasoline and Diesel Engine Applications

There’s just something about getting custom made parts that’s really cool, right? There’s also just something about getting the perfect pistons for your engine build that’s really cool as well. MAHLE Motorsport, as they are want to do, has changed the game on the custom piston side of things with this new program for gasoline and diesel engines.

Why? You get to pick the alloy, the coatings, there’s a step by step approval process, and the list goes on and on. Other than standing there and looking over the machinist’s shoulder when the pistons are made, you’ll be insanely involved in the process.

Her’s the full story from MAHLE Motorsport. This is cool.

MAHLE Motorsport Promotes Custom Piston Program for Gasoline and Diesel Engine Applications

Fletcher, NC – MAHLE Motorsport, well known for their popular shelf stock PowerPak and PowerPak Plus piston assemblies, announces availability of a custom piston program for engine builders and professional race teams. Custom pistons for street, off-road or race applications can be developed at the company’s manufacturing facility in Fletcher, NC for both gasoline and diesel engines.

The custom piston program provides a choice of alloy options: 2618, 4032, M124 and M142P, or billet and numerous coatings with special protective properties including GRAFAL, Phosphate and Thermal Barrier Coating. GRAFAL^®, only available through MAHLE Motorsport, provides a unique cushioning property to absorb harsh contact between the piston skirt and the cylinder bore. Phosphate dry lubricant coating provides a layer of film in the pin bores and ring grooves for additional sealing until the oiling system of the engine reaches full operating temperature. MAHLE’s Thermal Barrier Coating is a ceramic coating applied to the piston crown that is durable and resistant to thermal shock. This new coating insulates the crown and reduces heat transfer to increase performance. Various high performance file fit ring options are also available specific to each piston’s application.

MAHLE Motorsport’s custom piston program allows customers to work one-on-one with the design engineering team for a truly custom-design experience. The process includes first filling out a Data Sheet which will be used to create the initial CAD drawing. At every step in the design process, there is an approval process until details are finalized for manufacturing. All pistons are manufactured in MAHLE’s race centered Motorsport division and held to the highest standards in the industry with the support of technological advancements MAHLE has developed over the last 100 years.

For more information about MAHLE Motorsport’s custom piston program visit www.mahlemotorsports.com, or call MAHLE Motorsport toll free at 888-255-1942. To download the 2020 application guide click here. To keep up with the latest on MAHLE Motorsport in social media, visit Facebook or Instagram or follow #mahlemotorsports.

If At First You Don’t Succeed Hammer Down Again: Ride Along In This Rock Bouncer And Claw Your Way To The Top!

Jun 10, 2020Brian LohnesBangShift News, BangShift XL, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos

Alex Sanders is the driver here and we’re all riding shotgun in his rig known as Ribcage. If you cannot figured out why it carries that name you’ve got some bigger problems in your life. Rather than an LS engine or a big block, this thing uses a tough as nails small block Chevy for power and as you will see, the only thing tougher than the bouncer itself is Sanders the pilot.

All racing and automotive competition requires tenacity. Whether it is the guts to drive a stock car or Indy car hard into a corner at full throttle or its the willingness to stand on the gas in an 11,000hp funny car, these things are all hard to do and to do well. In the case of rock bouncing like we are going to see here, its the idea that the hill is not going to beat you, no matter how hard it tries. Sanders is a veteran of this type of competition and as you will see, he adjusts his approach, his aggressiveness, and his steering inputs each time he nearly makes it up what seems to be about a vertical face before he succeeds.

The payoff here is not just making it up the hill it is seeing the whole course. Coming down is about as freaking as going up! Rock Bouncing continues to be immensely popular and after watching this, we know why. The machines themselves are bad ass, the stuff they are doing seems impossible, and guys like Sanders put on one hell of a show.

Press play below to ride shotgun in a rock bouncing rig known as Ribcage –

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Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock Radiator Cap Should Be Mandatory Equipment On Every Race Car

In racing we always talk about the big stuff. We talk about big tires, big horsepower, big numbers, and big performances but the reality is that the little things are what not only win you races but keep you safe. Take the Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock radiator cap. This device is a real world solution to a real world problem. I can give you at least a dozen examples of wrecks I have seen on the track due to people’s radiator caps failing, coming off, or otherwise letting them down. With the unique and awesome Safety Lock design, these problems are quite literally eliminated.

Made from billet aluminum and available in multiple pressures, the cap utilizes a roller pin design to contact and secure itself to the filler neck and then there’s the locking shell which is quite literally the lynch pin of the system. Once the shell is installed and the safety pin is inserted, that thing cannot come off.

There’s nothing worse than wrecking your stuff because of something like a radiator cap. Actually there is. There’s wrecking the track for your fellow competitors and potentially wrecking someone else’s car if they get caught up in your mess. This is a great solution to a problem that exists in the world and can be solved. We think every race car in the country needs one!

Press play below to see a great video on the Meziere locking safety radiator cap –

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