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BangShift Housing Advice: If You Can Afford It, Pick Up The House At Conrod Straight!

The one thing I will never, ever understand when it comes to racetracks versus the general populace is the amount of bitching that comes about from people who willingly move in next to an existing...

Morning Symphony: Monza Historic 2020 – The Choir Of The Legendary

If you are one of the few car freaks left in the world that has not seen Ford vs. Ferrari, then do yourself a favor. Watch it. Watch it as a movie, watch it as a rough reality of what took place...

Historic Video: Watch The Semi-Finals and Final Round Of Top Fuel At Indy 1967 – Iconic Garlits

Top fuel at the 1967 NHRA US Nationals represented a lot of things to people that loved the sport back then. Perhaps one of the biggest overtones of the weekend was the end of an era in the class....

Watch This 3D Printed Snow Blower Work Like A Champ On The Front Of An RC Truck

3D printers are amazing pieces of technology. Rapid prototypes, artwork, and other engineering innovations can be produced at an amazing pace with these wonders of the modern world. They can also be...

Historic Pro Stock Video: Southern Fried Pro Stockers From 1974

Pro Stocks circa the mid 1970s were really cool. Tube chassis were not the order of the day yet but there was all kinds of stuff going on beneath the surface of these cars to lighten them, stiffen...

Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest 2020: Blending The Old And The New Together

You couldn’t have two more polar opposites if you tried. Out in the show car fields sat one of my dream cars and a BangShift feature car, Jason McDaniel’s 1969 Shelby GT500. Curving...

It’s The FinalFinal Day Of FREE LIVE Streaming From The Spring Fling Million!$30k Saturday Spills Over To Sunday!

That’s right, the Spring Fling Million, normally held in Las Vegas, and streamed right here on BANGshift.com, that was moved to Bristol, is reaching its final day. It’s $30,000 Saturday...

Day 5: El Toro Update. Build An 8-second Car In 8 Days! They Are Jamming Now

Can they pull it off? An 8-second quarter mile capable car in just 8 days? I think they can and with 5 days down, the boys are making headway. With the talent and resources these guys have they...

Small Block Chevy Power Combos: 400-1000 Horsepower, We Got You Covered Right Here With 7 Different Combos.

I get asked all the time about combinations that will make certain horsepower levels. Whether it’s a small block, an LS, a big block, or whatever, everyone has some magic power number...

Historical Footage: Group A Rallying In The 1990s – Faster Than Group B And Just As Wild!

We tend to look at Group B Rally as the wild era of the sport, and for good reason: manufacturers were all but unchained from regulation, required only the barest minimums of homologated cars, and...

Bargain Racement Part 3: Can You Build A Race Car For The Same Money As A Racing SIM? Watch…

SIM Racing has been getting more and more popular, and the popularity has gone through the roof since COVID-19 came around, and I get why.  But wouldn’t you rather spend that money to go real...

Practical Application: Hydrolocking An Engine Under Load

It’s Engine 101: air compresses, water does not. If you are unlucky enough to have water go down the gullet of your engine and into the bores, your best hope in hell is that you shut the engine...

Bucket List Item: Get A Tour Of A Real-Live Locomotive In Action

Between me and a few friends from my Army days, I am probably the only one who misses railyard detail and working at the Yermo depot whenever we got to go play soldier in the beautiful visage of Fort...