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1320Video Visits The Tokyo Auto Salon: Check Out The Cool Cars Kyle And Matt Found To Drool Over!

I’m a die hard muscle car and truck guy, but there is something ultra cool about some of the JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) rides of all eras. And what better place to check them out than the...

American Powertrain Introduces TREMEC® Magnum XL 6-speed Transmission Conversion Kit for the 2010-2015 5th Gen Camaro V8

“Designed for firm crisp shifting, improved gearing and power capacity” this new kit from American Powertrain is just what you need if you are making big power or are driving your 5th...

Steve Magnante Is Back! He’s Recovering From A Bad Health Scare With Truck Week Videos!

Our friend Steve Magnante has been out of commission for a few months as he’s literally been fighting for his life from a bad brain infection, but he’s back! You may know Steve from all...

New Years No Prep Photos: Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! Wheels Up Action And More.

We’ve got our third batch of photos from the New Year’s No-Prep at The Grove, and want to thank Joe Grippo as always. If you missed any of the previous photos, we’ve got a link...

Kyle Voss From The Fab Forums Builds A Dual Sided Shop Clock, And You Can Make One For Yourself!

Kyle is back at it with some cool fabrication content but instead of it being on a car or truck it’s something to hang up in the shop that looks pretty damn cool. It’s a wall hanging...

Awesome Engine Video: Watch This Vintage Packard V12 Get An Incredible Rebuild – First Class All The Way!

We often talk about a situation where a car is restored and in the end the thing is actually better and nicer than it would have been brand new. It is not often that we talk in such a way about...

American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ride Down The Strip In This 327ci Chevy Powered, Muncie M-22 Roaring Nova!

This is not an American Powertrain Parting Shift that’s chock full of tricky shifting, some gazillion dollar car, or a big rig with six shift levers coming up through the floor. Nope, this is...

Want To See Real No Prep? Top Fuel Dragsters On A Bare RAF Runway In England At Fulbeck Circa 1973

There have been many locations in the UK where drag racing’s taken place over the years. This video captures another of them that no longer exist. This was the RAF bomber base at Fulbeck,...

Incredible: Watch The 1970 Ferrari 512S Pininfarina Modulo Concept Car Run and Drive Around The Track!

There are times when rich guys do annoying things with cars, right? They do stuff that might not fit our taste or they do stuff that’s just lame and bad for their own edification. Well as the...

Pounding Pontiac: Watch This Brutal 1963 LeMans Crank Off 9-Second Pure Poncho Elapsed Times

Yes, yes we know. There are easier ways to go 9s than to build a bad ass, multi-carb, tunnel ram, 482ci Pontiac V8 with a bunch of compression, and all the camshaft. There are easier ways but...

Mechanix Illustrated’s 1962 Highway Kart Is Nuts And They Encouraged You To Build It And Drive It On The Street!

No fooling, no kiddin’, we’re not joshing you, leading you on, or exaggerating a damned thing. In 1962, the famous Mechanix Illustrated Magazine actually published a story with complete...

Big Trucks Wheels Up: These Lifted Pickups Are Fun To Watch Hooked Up To The Sled!

Truck and tractor pulling are sports that we take seriously here at BangShift but even stuff we take seriously can have a fun side. This video is proof of that. Sometimes it is not about making the...

BangShift Tune Up: Spirit Of America – The Beach Boys (1963)

If there’s a cooler car song out there, let us know. As the only known song every written about a Bonneville car, this is about the best thing ever and it was performed by the Beach Boys! Of...

New Years No Prep Photos: More From Maple Grove Raceway’s New Year’s No Prep Race! People And Racing Action!

We’ve got our second batch of photos from the New Year’s No-Prep at The Grove, and want to thank Joe Grippo as always. If you missed any of the previous photos, we’ve got a link...