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SEMA 2017 Coverage: Wagler Competition Products Unveils Diesel Pro Mod, We Swoon

Ok look, I may be a teense jaded. I get to see awesome drag racing iron on a weekly basis around the country so it really takes something bad ass to get my attention. This got my attention. Wagner...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: House of Kolor – Just Because We’re Suckers For Great Paint

Many people deride the SEMA show as an overgrown car show…and they aren’t completely wrong in a couple of senses. There’s tons upon tons of modified, customized, and highly detailed...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: MAHLE Motorsport Brings Out New Pieces For Ford And GM, Plus An Early Look At New Gaskets!

MAHLE Motorsport focuses on your engine and everything internally that is taking the abuse of exploding fuel charges. When it comes to your rotating assembly, these guys have you covered with...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Currie Enterprises Has Two New, Lightweight Options For Your Rear Axle Build: The Turn 9 Housings!

When I think of Currie Enterprises, I normally think of off-road equipment. Blame years of reading off-roading magazines where pretty much every truck, Jeep, and rock buggy was packing Currie pieces....

SEMA 2017 Coverage: ECS Automotive Concepts’ Four-Door 1970 Barracuda In The Flesh

This is a car whose build I’ve genuinely followed for years. It’s a car that shouldn’t exist, a car that was a memory in the mind of a former Chrysler employee before being brought...

SEMA 2017 Poll: Cool Or Not Cool Utility Body C10 vs New Beetle

On the surface this is a no brainer for you fine BANGshifters out there. After all, the C10 Chevy pickup is an icon in the hot rodding and truck worlds, and this first generation is a pretty cool...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: A Cool Blast Of SEMA Photos On A Warm Las Vegas Day

So another run and gun blast of photos for you from SEMA 2017. Here’s what we can tell you about the show so far. It is packed with people, it may have more used floorspace than ever, the...

SEMA 2017 Vehicle Spotlight: The Hellcat Powered Prius From American Racing Headers Is Epic In Every Way

Not every car at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is designed to impress because of classic styling or epic performance. Some are there just to grab as much attention as possible using pure obnoxiousness,...

BangShift SEMA 2017 Central: Here’s Where You Can Find Every Piece Of SEMA Content We Post!

If you are looking to cut right to the chase all week and find ONLY SEMA 2017 content, this is the spot to do that. Yes, this is BangShift SEMA 2017 Central the one blog item that will be updated...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: This 1973 International Loadstar Is The Work Truck From Hell(cat)

I don’t expect you to understand. Hell, sometimes I don’t understand myself but I know one thing. Summit Truck Bodies out of Kansas understands. They get the fact that there are plenty of...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: New Product – Trick Flow Introduces R-Series Intake Manifold For Tall Deck Big Block Chevy Engines

Running or building a tall deck big block Chevy? Trick Flow has introduced a new R-Series intake manifold to take care of your needs. The company now offers two R-Series part numbers to take care of...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: OMIX-ADA Absolutely Slayed Us With This Amazing Collection of WWII Era Jeeps – Learn Stuff!

So each and every year in a corner nook of the upper south hall at SEMA a company called OMIX-ADA has a display of killer Jeeps. Not Jeeps parked on each other or Jeeps that are on 26″ wheels...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: New Product – The Edelbrock AVS2 Series Carb Is A New Generation Of An Old Favorite

If you are a company like Edebrock that has developed and marketed some of the coolest products in the history of the aftermarket, change can be a scary thing. After all, pieces like the simple and...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Original Parts Group’s New Restoration Pieces For Cadillac And GM G-bodies!

Restoration isn’t dead. Not by a long shot. Bringing a car back up to new or better is the dream of many who either want to spruce up their old car, and unfortunately, for most of the post-1972...