The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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Classic YouTube: Testing Out BigFoot Fastrax In 1989…Make Way For The Tank!

Bob Chandler has had many variations of the BigFoot monster truck built over the years. From the first one to BigFoot 5 and it’s ten-foot-tall tires to the current fleet of race trucks that...

Dakar 2018: Bryce Menzies And Pete Mortensen Crash Out On Stage Two

The Dakar Rally is vicious and has no spot for error. Unfortunately, that isn’t what BFGoodrich Performance team member Bryce Menzies and Pete Mortensen wanted to experience in real life. Six...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Images Galore From All Over The Year In Motorsports

(Photos by David Whealon) – And the hits just keep on coming! In this installment of David Whealon images galore we take a look at everything from Lamborghinis to flame throwing nitro funny...

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...

If Diesel Isn’t An Option, What Engine Do You Choose For Your Tow Rig?

Since we just got a big block powered square body dually, equipped with the venerable Big Block Chevrolet, we have of course been thinking about engine mods, swaps, etc. And the number of people that...

Buy A Ready To Run Top Fuel Sand Dragster For Only $35,000!

I have done a lot of racing, but sand drags is one I’ve never tried. I think it would be fun as hell though, especially in something like this! A full fledged Top Fuel Sand Dragster complete...

Dakar 2018: The 40th Running Of The Brutal 14-day Rally Raid Run Kicks Off Today!

Today is the day that teams from around the world will start the 40th running of the Dakar Rally, without question a pinnacle point in automobile racing. It’s an endurance run, it’s a...

Money No Object: A Flip-Front, 426 Hemi-Powered Power Wagon!

The 2018 Barrett-Jackson auction is completely full-up. They have maxed out their docket for the Scottsdale, Arizona auction and there are some very neat gems in there that will give the enthusiast...

BangShift Road Test: 2018 Dodge Durango GT Blacktop AWD – Two Weeks With The Burrrrrango

As New England is in the middle of a historic and brutally cold stretch like much of the nation is, we were happy when Dodge threw us the keys to one of their more robust offerings over the holidays...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Picks His Favorites (Part 1)

(Images by David Whealon) – David Whealon has joined in the fun with a killer photo review of 2017. He has picked hundreds of his favorite snaps from the year and we arguing to be serving them...

The Cold, Hard No: Watch As This Rockbouncer Rolls Back To The Bottom Of The Hill

Being told “no” sucks. It’s one of the first things you learn as a child and it sticks with you as you grow up and grow old. No, you can’t have another piece of candy. No, you...

Snow Monster: The Dynamics Of A Kamaz Dakar Truck Flying In Frozen Russia

I don’t know how many words in Russian we all know between the three of us, but there is one we all know without question: KAMAZ. That stands for ten tons of Russian race truck that uses about...

Money No Object: The Convertible 1981 Jeep Wagoneer That You’ll Want This Summer

Is it too early to be talking about drop-tops? We just passed the Winter Solstice a couple of weeks ago and BangShift Mid-West is currently the land of frigid winds. It’s cold enough right now...

This 1920 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup Snowmobile Is For Sale And Totally Awesome

New Hampshire has brought many great innovations to the world over the last couple hundred years but we’re not sure if any of them can top the snowmobile, which was invented in the 19-teens by...