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Author Archive: Chad Reynolds

Wheels Up Stock And Super Stock Racing Action From Maple Grove!

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Well, if you are checking out BangShift.com we can only assume you are a fan of Muscle Cars and surely have heard of or even attended shows like MCACN, MusclePalooza...

FORGOTTEN Square Body Chevy Will It RUN AND DRIVE After Years?

Derek at Vice Grip Garage has a whole collection of relics sitting on his property that are just waiting for their chance to come back to life, and it is fun to hear the story behind them and see...

Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap: KUSTOM HOT RAT ROD MODERN BUILD!

It’s Part 4 of the 1965 Mustang chassis swap, and the front sheetmetal is starting to go together. Of course, this is where things are going to get more difficult because the old and the new...

Jackstand Jimmy Installs and Talks Through the Wastegate Merge – How To Twin Turbo, Gate, Merge

The best aftermarket companies are the ones whose products solve problems with great solutions. There are a lot of those kinds of products at Motion Raceworks and in this video you are going to see...

Flying Sparks Garage Is Road Tripping! Aaron and Emily Are Doing Power Tour In The Bronco

The good news is that they drive the Bronco a lot now, but they have never taken it on any long trips like the cross country trip that is Hot Rod’s Power Tour. So if they want to go next week,...

Video: When You De-Winterize An Old Boat, Don’t You Just Wonder If It Will Actually Start Sometimes?

If you live somewhere that freezes, which means a lot of the country, you need to make sure you winterize your boat so that the thing won’t freeze up and ruin stuff. If you leave the boat...

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Half Ass Kustoms 1951 Ford Pickup Project: Wiring Up The LS Swap And Trying To Make A Column Shifter Work

Here is Part 9 of the 1951 Ford Project. There is a bunch of wiring cleanup to do when swapping an LS using the factory harness and ECU. Because this engine is staying stock, the factory ECU will do...

Check Out Iron Trap’s New 1965 Ford F600 Hot Rod Hauler And Swap Meet Truck!

The Iron Trap boys travel all over the country and pick up parts, cars, and pieces on adventures that can only be described as awesome. In the last few months some of the collections and finds that...

2022 Holley LS Fest West Event Recap Video: All The Smoke, High Flying Action, And More From Vegas

Everyone that attended LS Fest West in Las Vegas knows that this is one of those events that has so much going on it is hard to keep up. Burnouts, drifting, off-road, drag racing, autocross, track...

Bello’s Kustoms Makes A Road Trip To Santa Maria With A Bunch Of Cool Hot Rods

Some of the best automotive events and adventures start so early in the morning that if you had stayed up the night before it would have been considered late at night, not early in the morning. But...

Abandoned Race Track Project: The Racetrack’s Fate Has Been Decided…

This race track has a future! A real future, that is more than anyone expected and more than was every thought possible. Want to hear all about it? Check out the latest video. There’s not only...

Going On Hot Rod Power Tour? Want To Win A 5 Or 6-speed kit?

Come by the Tremec and American Powertrain booth at the show.  Then enter to win and pick up a free pair of Blues Brothers sunglasses. Hit the image to learn more.  Our Memorial Day sale is still...

DOES A SMALLER LS CAM MAKE MORE TORQUE THAN A BIGGER LS CAM? AFR LS3 CAM TEST-STAGE 1 vs 2 vs 3!

Small cams are torque cams, bit cams are horsepower cams. Everyone knows that, so why is it that Richard Holdener is doing a Stage 1 vs 2 vs 3 AFR Cam test? Because testing is knowledge and makes it...

Best Gas Can? $140 Wavian vs Eagle, Surecan, Scepter, Briggs & Stratton, Midwest, VP Racing

Modern gas cans SUCK! With all the safety and weird locks and stuff it is so hard to actually use one that I often wonder whether they actually result in more spills and more danger for the user than...