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Shag Nasty: Watch This 1,000 Wheel Horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda Get Dyno Tuned For Full Throttle Shifting!

This is insane. You are going to Watch This 1,000 wheel horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda get dyno tuned for full throttle shifting. The car actually runs on two dynos in this video. The first is a Mustang...

BangShift Question Of The Day: When Was The Last Time You Were Impressed With A Car’s Power?

Of all the times I was shocked with what a vehicle could possibly be, there’s one that stands out over all others. And shocker, it’s not a Camaro, it’s not anything I’ve...

The Skid Factory Take On An Early Toyota MR2 Restoration Project…Begrudgingly, It Seems!

Not too long ago, during a competition for a mid or rear-engined vehicle, Marty from the Mighty Car Mods started working on an SW20-era Toyota MR2 and by the end of it, his absolute disdain for the...

The Half-Dead Hornet Road Trip: The Conclusion? Or The Jail Time?

We’re all about anybody going out, finding some car that was earmarked for death, and bringing it back to life. We love that enthusiasm. It’s probably the biggest and best thing our hobby...

The Grunt: 1986 Chevrolet M1008 CUCV – Working From Day One

In the world according to me, the AM General HMMWV would’ve been a dedicated wartime machine, kitted up as a kind of fast-mover or gun platform vehicle, and would not have become the...

The Mongrel Project’s Paint Job Is Finished! Now Its Time To Put It Back Together!

We’ve been following along as Urchfab put together the Mongrel, an English Ford 100 on a MX5 Miata chassis, and have been truly inspired and entertained. We really do like this thing and love...

This Is It! Our Final Photos From The Omaha Autorama That We Got Before They Shut Us Down For The Coronavirus!

Sometimes it pays to be lucky, and when our man on the street Scott Liggett hit the Omaha Autorama on day one, the day before they started shutting down all public gatherings, he grabbed photos of...

The Brightening, Part 3: The Barn-Find Camaro Gets Polished Up For It’s Upcoming Sale

I love second-generation Camaros. I do not like the 1978-81 Camaro. It’s not for a styling perspective so much, but instead it’s due to several rubber-nosed cars that showed up and gave...

Classic YouTube: 1972 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway

The heat has finally made it’s way to BangShift Mid-West. Today wasn’t nuclear hot, but it’s the first day of the year that western Kentucky’s infamous humidity made an...

CLOCKS ON! Murder Nova Runs 4.0 At Throwdown In T-Town

The Street Outlaws guys are often super secretive about what their cars actually run, since they are always trying to hustle a race, but not this weekend in Tulsa! Both Murder Nova and Daddy Dave...

Random Car Review: A Couple Of Brazillian Ford Oddities For You To Enjoy!

Right now, in one of the Facebook groups I follow, there’s a big showing of Brazil-market vehicles that the masses are eating up. Brazil is an interesting vehicle market…they have some...

Richard Holdener Dyno Tests Ford’s Highest Horsepower Small Block, And Then Makes It Make Even More!

When Richard Holdener decided he was going to be testing what he refers to as “The Other Guys”, meaning engines that aren’t GM LS or Big and Small Block Chevrolets and Windsor...

All 4 Wheels Off The Ground And Yet Maybe The Smoothest Save Ever! Wild Nitrous Nova Ride

When we were at the Throwdown in T-Town this past weekend there was tons of great drag racing, great performances, and plenty of wheelstand action. In fact there were a couple of pretty good saves as...

The Banana Boat: 1973 Pontiac Grand Am 455, Proof That Power And Comfort Could Exist

I’ve held a belief for years that somewhere around 1972, a civil war erupted within Pontiac. On one side you had Herb Adams and everybody who idealized power, performance, a bit of flash, and a...