Tony Angelo Swaps An 800+ Horsepower NASCAR V8 Into His 1955 Chevy Street Car! Part 2: The Ultimate Header Fab Going ON Now!

Tony Angelo is back at it on his cool 1955 Chevy, and even if we weren’t Tri-Five fans around here we’d totally approve of the 800+ horsepower small-block NASCAR combo he’s got...

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Drag Racing 3,000HP Semi Trucks With 120,000 Pound Trailers! 1320Video Visited Michigan For These Epic Uphill Big Rig Races!

We’ve shared plenty of big rig drag race videos over the years, and in the last couple of years 1320Video has provided a few of them. I mean who wouldn’t want to check out 25,000 pound...

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HOW TO MAKE MORE BBC TORQUE FOR TOWING-454 VS 496 VS 496. DUAL PLANE VS SINGLE PLANE VS TUNNEL RAM!

I’ve been wanting to build a new big block for my square body Chevrolet Dually for the last couple years, and now that it has hurt itself I really need to get on it. Of course, like all car...

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NHRA News: PROCK, S. TORRENCE, J. COUGHLIN JR. & VAN SANT PICK UP WINS AT NHRA NORTHWEST NATIONALS

SEATTLE (July 21, 2024) – Funny Car points leader Austin Prock powered to his fourth win of the season for John Force Racing on Sunday at Pacific Raceways, defeating first-time finalist Paul Lee in...

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Engine Tech: Here’s How To Install A Distributor The Right Way, The First Time, Every Time. Here Are The Common Mistakes To Avoid

Installing a distributor is not hard. It just isn’t. But everything that makes it simple also makes it easy to do wrong. The good news is that most of the things you can do wrong when...

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Daddy Dave and the No Prep Kings Visit Empire Dragway, Which Is Almost Canada, And Dominator Wrecks His Stuff. Ugh.

This is a cool video because not only are Daddy Dave and the gang doing some racing, but also showing off a cool project. But not everyone had fun at Empire Dragway in New York, as poor Dominator had...

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Roadkill: How The Hemi 1955 Chevy Was Built – In All Of Its Sleep Deprived, Stop And Go Glory

Unless you live under a rock, surely you have heard of the 1955 Chevy build that Finnegan dreamed up decades ago and had begun to actually construct on Roadkill about a year and a half ago. The guy...

Road Trip Recap: A Soggy, Traffic Filled Slog To The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion…On Slicks

(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Last week, we posted a tech article regarding the cooling system and charging system for a hot rodded ’64 Corvette. The goal was to finish the car in...

Holley National Hot Rod Reunion 2014 Coverage: Historic And Just Plain Awesome Old School Race Cars On Display

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart/Charles Wickam) – As weird as it sounds because we are the 100% opposite of the park and polish mentality of hot rodding, we’re never more mentally engaged and...

TED PETERS WINS 2014 NOSTALGIA PRO STOCK “BLACK ARROW CUP” AT SIKESTON – Photo Coverage And Results HERE!

(Words: Bret Kepner – Photos: James Sisk) –  Chrysler fans gained a bit of revenge when Ted Peters wheeled his 1974 Plymouth Duster to a stunning holeshot victory over Chuck Weck at the...

Holley National Hot Rod Reunion 2014 Coverage: 30 Of The Coolest Engines We Found At Beech Bend

Photos by Charles Wickam and Bryan McTaggart – Know what happens when you get several hundred of the oldest school, hardest core hot rodders together and turn them loose on the drag strip with...

Top 11: Things Learned My First Day On The Job At The 2014 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion

The 2014 Holley Hot Rod Reunion is over and I’m sitting at my normal job, fully aware that this weekend was awesome…and that a retail job bites the big one. For three days I was bouncing around...

Andy Green Is Getting Ready To Drive 1,000 MPH And The Cockpit Of The Car Looks Like A Movie Spaceship

Andy Green is the guy who will drive the Bloodhound SSC land speed car in 2015 and 2016 with the goal of running 1,000-mph on land. Green has gone 763 mph previously as he was the driver of the famed...

2014 HOLLEY NHRA NATIONAL HOT ROD REUNION COVERAGE: CLICK HERE FOR ALL OF OUR PHOTOS

(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM AND BRYAN MCTAGGART) – This is the spot where you can find all of our 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion photo coverage. Bryan and Charles have been roaming the...

City Of Topeka To Buy Heartland Park Racing, Seek New Operator For Sprawling Facility

I recently had the chance to work at Heartland Park Topeka for the weekend when the NHRA tour rolled through town. I was struck by several things at the track. The first was the sheer size of the...

FREE LIVE Streaming Video Coverage Of The 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Today! CACKLEFEST TONIGHT!

RIGHT NOW WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SERIOUS CONNECTIVITY ISSUES AT THE TRACK – THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE VIRTUALLY NO SIGNAL TO WORK WITH AND WE’RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO FIX THAT. WE’RE...

2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage: Fisheye Friday Fotos!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – In an effort to bring you the coolest and most interesting 2014 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage possible, BangShift photo contributor Charles Wickam...

Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion 2014 Coverage: Wheelies And Only Wheelies

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – So far today we have showed you some crazy wheelie photo sequences, but not any real collections of wheelie photos that span the classes, makes, and models which...

Mike Bilina’s Bounding, Wheelstanding, Wild Luck Finally Ran Out At The Holley National Hot Rod Reunion – Wall Contact Wounds Skyward ’56

The so-called “announcer’s curse” is a real thing and here’s how I know. Moments before Mike Bilina launched off in his familiar wheelstanding, half way out of control,...

Road Trip Prep Tech: Freshening A Hot Rodded Corvette’s Cooling System And Charging System – Powermaster To The Rescue!

Some cars are born for road trips, and some cars don’t handle it so well. This is definitely put into perspective when you see hundreds of late model muscle cars partaking in the Hot Rod Power...