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Mazda Grows Up: New Rear Wheel Drive, 350hp Mazda6 Looks Like The Car American Companies Should Make

(By Tom Lohnes) – Since its launch in 2002 the Mazda6 has been a boring, cookie-cutter daily driver, serving normal people on normal days. Its 2.5-liter naturally aspirated Inline-four and...

Flat Six Muscle Parts: These Hardcore Corvair Heads and Weber Carbs Are Cool To Look At And Better On Your Engine!

We often forget to think of the Corvair as it was truly intended to be thought of and how it was truly used by many of its owners over the years. That’s as a sporty, capable, fast, and fun...

Want More Power From Your Jeep? COMP Cams Has Three New Jeep Cams, New Springs, and A new Timing Set To Check Out!

The 4.0L Jeep inline six is a battle-tested, tough as nails running power plant that has served millions and millions of Jeep owners through thick and thin. As of late these engines have been getting...

Ever Want To Hit A Beater With A Four-Ton Wrecking Ball? The Slow Mo Guys Show You What Happens When You Do!

Demolition work is a necessary evil in the world. In nature, trees get cored out by ants, water cracks rocks over the years, and various forms of scavengers and detritus consumers get rid of the...

Watch This 427FE Powered ‘Stang Destroy The Field At A Road Race

The Mustang was an incredibly important car, not just for Ford but for the entire aftermarket performance industry…twice. In the 1960s it was a widely used platform for all kinds of racing...

The Race To Death: This Is The Twisted, Crazy, Macabre, and True Tale Of The 1903 Paris To Madrid Race Disaster

It seems incredible by the standards of 2020, but the 1903 Paris to Madrid Race was such an incalculable calamity and had amassed such a loss of life that it was cancelled after the first day. In an...

QuarantinePiece Theater: The Entire 1971 Watkins Glen Can-Am Race Broadcast – Awesome Cars, Racing, and People!

It is Friday. It isn’t but in Quarantine-ville it is Friday afternoon. Let’s be honest with each other. You don’t want to be at the home office any more. Leaving isn’t an...

Romping A Jaguar XJS Around During Targa Tasmania Has To Be A Riot! Listen To That V12 Sing!

They appeared at the end of the first gas crisis, had a transmission borrowed from GM (the TH400 automatic was used after 1977) and because of the funky buttress shape of the rear glass area, Germany...

Ballin’ On A Budget: These Former Big Dollar Machines Are Now Selling For Family Sedan Prices

(By Tom Lohnes) – Depreciation is a beautiful thing to car enthusiasts. It lets them buy cool cars that were once over $100,000 from the factory, can now be in your hands for less than...

Learning New Tricks: Stainless Steel Welding Information From Finnegan’s C10 Build!

After a ton of work on his twin-turbo jet boat build that’s been years in the making, Finnegan has made a switch of priority and has gotten back to work on an even older project of his, a 1967...

Deal Of The Century: Buy This Entire Two Kart Racing Operation With Spares, Firesuits, and Even Fuel For Less Than $10K!

Ok, this might be the best deal we have ever found in the history of this website. There’s a guy on eBay selling an entire two kart racing operation that comes with everything from spare parts...

Classic YouTube: The 1953 Corvette Assembly Process – Hand-Built, All 300 Of Them!

If you want to know where the market for a car is going, a good way to learn what’s up is to hunt down military members with paychecks in hand. A bunch of young Joes with their first taste of...

We Are Replaying The Throwdown In T-Town, Featuring Mid West Pro Mods, Starting Again Monday At 7:45 AM Central Time!

We’ve been bringing you encore presentations of some of our favorite BANGshift.com live streaming video events, and the Throwdown in T-Town fits that bill for sure. With Pro Mods, Pro Street,...

Ride With Ron: Make A Roaring 300mph Pass In The Napa Nitro Funny Car At Bandimere Speedway With Ron Capps

In a world that has been forcibly separated over the last few months, the incredible technology of 2020 continues to keep us together, however far apart we may physically be. Case in point, this...