Author Archive: Chad Reynolds
Check Out This Home Built Two-Speed Go Kart Transmission. You Can Make This!
Mini bikes and go-karts are a dream of many children. Some are lucky enough to get one, and some of us kids never grown up and want one regardless of age. With the abundance of cheap overhead valve...
This Silverado Has A 22 Inch Lift, Duramax Power, Big Brakes, And 50 Inch Tires. Oh, And ALL The Attitude.
They may not be the most practical, but giant trucks on giant tires are cool as hell no matter who you are. If you drive around town in something like this there is nobody that will garner more...
A Blown 392 Hemi In A Boat? Hell Yes, This Makes Us Want It Right Now.
To be honest I am really more of a jet boat fan, mostly because of where the majority of boating happens here in SoCal and on the river near Havasu. With that said, I am all over this V-Drive 18 foot...
Stick Or Automatic? In A Land Where The Stick Is Hardly Available, Which Would You Prefer In Your Tow Rig?
Since the late 1980s less and less manual transmission equipped cars have been sold. And 1990 was the pinnacle of manual transmission truck production according to the EPA. Ever since, the numbers...
This Video Showing A Drop Forged Crankshaft Being Made Is Pretty Cool
Heat and pressure are required to forge steel, and lots of both. We all know that a forged crank is stronger than a cast crank and the reasons have to do with the grain of the material and the...
Here’s Our Last Blast Of Photos From The 2018 Tour de’ Orange Cruise In SoCal
(Photos by Cole Reynolds) Because they change the route and meeting places each year, we don’t know where the 2019 Tour de’ Orange will be held exactly, but if we’re in town we will...
You Want Smoke And Fire? Here Is Your Summernats Burnout Highlight Reel!
Watching the Aussies do burnouts like this at Summernats just makes us want to go out and practice! It is truly amazing the car control that some of these dudes have, that is for sure. It is also...
This 1994 F-150 Is High Flying Pre-Runner Greatness. Check Out The Air This Bad Boy Gets!
I’ve always wanted to go balls out across the desert, catching air like none other, and do it in something that will seat 3-4 people. This Ford F-150 fills that bill for any Ford fan. Big block...
Here’s The Latest Photos From The Tour de’ Orange SoCal Cruise
The cruise route was great, and had us cruising from Aliso Viejo over to Pacific Coast Highway and then up the coast through Laguna Beach and then up near Newport Beach. There we turned inland and...
More Photos From The First Donut Derelicts Cruise In Of 2018
Last weekend was the first Donut Derelicts show of 2018 and we got a couple galleries worth of photos to share with you. We showed you the first one on Sunday, but if you missed it then CLICK THIS...
We Would LOVE To Make This 1972 60 Series Chevy Cab Over Into One Hell Of A Ramp Truck
If you are any sort of regular reader here on BANGshift.com then you know we have a weakness for cool ramp trucks. They are after all really handy, and super cool looking. But they are also pretty...
Discovery Wants Your Car And The Story Behind It. Apply Now To Be On TV And Get A Free Trip!
This week we got an email from the folks over at the casting department for the Discovery Channel and they have a new show that they want you for! Well actually it is more about your car and the...
King Of The Hammers Origins: Here’s How All This Craziness Got To Where It Is Today
If you don’t know what King of the Hammers is, then you are missing out on one of the coolest forms of off-road racing known to man. It’s rock crawling. It’s high speed desert...
