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Pro Touring Tuesdays: 90 Days To Build A 1975 Pontiac Trans Am

“Pro Touring Tuesdays” is all about bring you guys and gals the best of the Pro Touring builds and videos that we uncover while on our endless search for all things Bangshifty. Some are more...

What Happens When The Pace Car Causes Problems? This Video Shows You What Happens When Things Go Wrong For The Safety Car

The pace car, the safety car…whatever you call it, it’s job is to keep the drivers safe when things aren’t all right on the track. Whether it’s a NASCAR track or a road...

Ebay Find: This 1977 Dodge Aspen Wagon Seems Nicer Than New But Has Never Been Restored

I’m fascinated with survivors, the cars that are still tooling along thirty, forty, fifty or more years along pretty much as they were. They usually aren’t perfect, only some are pretty,...

Event Coverage: The Champ Performance And Fabrication Open House/Car Show in Tucson, Arizona

(All photos by Joe Haber) If you get the opportunity to check out an “open house” car show at a shop in your local area, do yourself a favor and make the time to go. Unlike a lot of shows...

Buford T Justice Engine Build Project: The Parts That’ll Make Our Fat Boy Run

So last week I told you about the plan to really crank the wick up on our Buford T Justice Caprice by building a 388ci stroker small block for the car. For those of you playing at home, a 388 is a...

Unhinged: The Satisfaction Of Vindication…or, Thank You, Regular Car Reviews, For Showing What A 1999 Blazer Really Is

Shortly after joining the Army in 2001, I had come to the conclusion that I needed to focus on saving the money I was making and to become more a more responsible adult than I had been prior to...

Carlos Lago Tests Out The Mercedes-Maybach S600 By Chauffeuring A Celebrity Around In Luxury. Take A Guess Who Rode In Luxury…

When Mercedes sent the new Mercedes-Maybach S600 to Motor Trend to test out, surely they knew the kind of clientele that the Motor Trend staff would put into the car. The new Maybach, although at...

Huge Speed: Watch A 1,078hp 2JZ Powered BMW Run 197 On A Frozen Lake In Sweden

This is a wild video, not because of a crash or something bad happening but because of something good happening. What you are about to see is an E30 BMW packed with a really healthy 2JZ inline six...

This Holden V8-Powered John Deere Mower Is A Wicked Little Burnout Machine!

Never before has 253 cubic inches looked more “overkill” than in this package. Yes, you’re looking at a Holden V8-powered John Deere riding mower. Created simply to burn off tires,...

This Thai Turbo Diesel Canal Boat Is Insanely Fast And The Driver Is A Boss – Can You ID The Engine?

Hot rodding takes all forms across the globe. People work on and work up whatever they have at their disposal and in the case of these guys in Thailand it was a canal boat. These boats are long and...

Big 3 Swap Meet 2015 Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Cool Junk You Have Not Seen Yet

Well our well of awesome photos from the 2015 Big 3 swap meet has finally run dry. Over the last week we showed you all kinds of cool cars and trucks from the massive swap, show, and hang out in San...

This 1967 Buick Skylark GS400 Is A True Buick From Front To Back And 100% BangShift Approved – Buy It!

Oh man is this car good. This is one of those cars that we find on eBay and then nervously scan the photos for some sort of horrifying gaffe in the build, the engine choice, a stray limb poking out...

New Parts: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Now Offers Forged LSA Pistons (with rings)

If there is one part of a late model engine that sees more abuse than a piston we’re not sure what it is. Guys make so much horsepower with simply bolt ons, nitrous kits, turbo kits, and other...

Will This Chevy Sink Or Swim? It Tries A Little Bit Of Both At A Mudhole In Texas

It might not be one of the “mega trucks” we’ve featured, but make no mistake, the Chevrolet that’s about halfway to China in the picture is a beast. Brian Briggs, also known...