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More In-Depth 3rd Gen Hemi Details From Uncle Tony, With A Focus On The Camshaft

If you remember back a few years, we made it to 126,xxx miles on our 2006 Chrysler 300C’s stock 5.7 Hemi before we pulled it out and did an upper-end build on the engine. I was very intrigued...

Trick Flow Does Mopar: Watch This Pair Of CNC Ported 240cc Port Big Block Chrysler Wedge Heads Get Bolted On

It was not that long ago that Trick Flow came into the market with their big block Chrysler heads and people were super happy about it. The company with its long track record of high quality...

Woosh Right Along: 1987 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – The Other Turbocharged American Coupe!

Is a Fox body the same across the board? I don’t think so. There’s “Mustang”, and then there’s “everything else”, it seems. Don’t get me wrong,...

Crossovers That Don’t Suck: Yes, They Exist and Here Are Three Options For You To Shop!

(By Tom Lohnes) – Some of the most boring, cookie-cutter vehicles in this world are crossovers. With plenty of practicality, it is easy to see why crossovers sell as well as they do. But what...

In 1967 Hurst Ran The Coolest Contest Ever For Members Of The Armed Forces – Free Trip To Daytona 500 AND A Date With Linda Vaughn!

I was recently given piles and piles of old magazines by a friend who needed to clean out his house because he’s moving. Among the treasures is a pretty cool swath of copies of 1966 and 1967...

This 1984 Eliminator Pickle Fork Is One Bad Ass 100 Plus MPH Boat! The Want Is Real!

I couldn’t afford this boat if you took a 0 off the end of the price, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want it bad! Maybe it is the fact that I’m going to be streaming Drag Boat...

Mid West Pro Mods, Top Alcohol Funny Cars, Dragsters, And More From The Lonestar Nationals at The Texas Motorplex

We told you we had a bunch of photos the the recent Lonestar Nationals in Ennis Texas! This event, held at the famed Texas Motorplex, was an awesome show the featured not only the Mid West Pro Mods,...

Insane: In Cockpit Video Of A Top Fuel Hydroplane Totally Submerging Itself At Full Throttle!

This is one of the most insane videos we have ever posted. The film was taken at a Lucas Oil Drag Boat event and it featured Top Fuel Hydroplane racer  Jarret Siilvey and his 8,000hp boat becoming a...

Watch A B-29 Get Its Nose Art Added By An Officer In 1944 – Was This The Same Deaner Boy B-29 That Crashed In 1945?

At first blush I thought this was just a bitchin’ video of a WWII scene where an officer was adding the classic nose art to the B-29 he flew in during the fierce Pacific fighting in the war. I...

Rough Start: 1978 Dodge Motorhome….Why Does It Look Bagged In This Picture?!

I’m almost embarrassed to admit it, but I had never noticed the little tab on Facebook Marketplace that allows you to scroll between just vehicles and categories like “Powersport”,...

Morning Symphony: Man And Bike Versus Gravity And The Earth

For the better part of the afternoon yesterday, all I could hear was the sound of a two-stroke weedeater going to town as I cleaned up the better part of the property that BangShift Mid-West sits on....

BANGshift Welcomes AllCollectorCars.com To The BANGshift Family Of Sponsors!

We’re excited to announce that AllCollectorCars.com is the newest sponsors here on BANGshift.com! With a ton of cool cars listed and for sale, from locations all over the country,...

Pulling Video: Four Weed-Whacker Engines Never Sounded So Mean

The world of remote control pulling fascinates us. That shouldn’t be much of a surprise, because virtually everything fascinates us. Whatever lunatic decided that the world needed a sport where...

Happy 6/4! To Celebrate Crank The Volume And Listen To This Blown 604ci Chrysler Wedge Make 1,800hp

While most of the world does not celebrate June 4th, we do around here because 604 happens to be a good displacement for stroker big block engines and rather than just show you come low compression...