Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Freiburger Takes Us On A DRIVING TOUR of HISTORIC HOT ROD SPOTS Around Los Angeles! Too Many To Count!

There are tons of historic spots around Southern California that impacted hot rodding, racing, and custom car building over the last 80 years or so, but no matter how many you can think of there are...

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Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Big Progress, Big Video, Engine & Transmission Mounted + Roll Cage Bracing Complete!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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This 1959 Chevy Oilfield Truck Is Awesome – A True Roughneck Of A Rig

It’s rough and it’s tough, and it has battle scars, rust and dents. It also has character for days and stories of a lifetime if it were only able to talk. This 1959 Chevy oil field truck...

This 1967 Ford F-100 Is Patina’d Shop Truck Perfection – Don’t You Agree?

I’m a Chevrolet guy to the core, but when I saw this 1967 Ford F-100 on Craigslist it just spoke to me. This is what a shop truck should be like. Lowered just a bit, rough enough not to care,...

Our Holley LSFest 2017 Photo Coverage Continues With More Greatness From Bowling Green

McTaggart described Holley’s LSFest 2017 as a Five Ring Circus, and I think he might be forgetting a few rings. What amazes me about LSFest,  is that even with everything going on, you can...

Aeromotive Diesel Lift Pump System For 2003-2007 6.0L Powerstroke Trucks

When Aeromotive entered the diesel market with their lift pump for Duramax powered GM trucks and there were a LOT of happy GM truck owners after that.  Aeromotive has donewhat the Ford guys wanted...

Epic Safety Fail Video: Watch These Workers Narrowly Escape Death When A Crane Fails While Holding A Massive Heavy Haul Truck

I despise the idea of being under anything heavy and when I say “heavy” and “under” I mean reaching below a small block Chevy on an engine crane. This video takes my fears and...

BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is Your Favorite Big Rig?

They roam the Interstates and highways of the country and truly, the world over, and they play in the dreams of little kids who look at the massive machines out of the windows as they roll on by....

Greatest Life Hack Ever? How To Turn An Angle Grinder Into A Legit Chainsaw – Video!

When it comes to necessary tools in the shop, an angle grinder is one of those “must have” things. Depending on where you live, a chainsaw should also be on that list. If you need to cut...

Incredible Video: Watch A 1978 Nuclear Waste Cask Test Involving Rocket Trains, Big Rigs, and Massive Carnage

Moving nuclear waste is no joke and the containers that the stuff moves in have to be some of the most robust on Earth. In this video you’ll see a 1978 test of a cask that was being developed...

Autobiography Of A Jeep Is A 1943 Film About How The Jeep Came To Be As Told By The Jeep!

This is must view BangShifty video. A 1943 film called Autobiography of a Jeep is a telling of the Jeep story with the twist being that the whole thing is narrated by the Jeep itself. It is at times...

Insane Video: Watch A Demo Derby Truck Shoot Its Driveshaft Into The Grandstands! No One Killed, Somehow

That speck hovering above the grandstand in the rear of the above image is the flying driveshaft which was launched out of a demolition derby truck that had been pushed over on its side. The shaft...

Classic YouTube: This Jeep CJ-7 Tough Truck Romps Through A Course Like It’s Not Even Bothered

There is something about the way a properly pissed-off AMC V8 sounds that, to my ears at least, is unlike any other V8 made. They are deep-throated engines, snotty, with a mid-range that sounds like...

Too Clean: This 1976 Jeep Cherokee Is Pure SUV – Four-Wheel-Drive And Three Pedals!

If you could use a time machine to show the designers at Kaiser-Jeep, GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC and International just what the sport-utility vehicles of the 1960s and early 1970s would become, would...

This Spectator Drags Video Is All Trucks And All Kinds Of Crazy – Lots Of Sideways And Smoke

Spectator drags are a phenomenon we can’t believe is a thing that is not only allowed, but encouraged. We can’t imagine the kind of waiver you must sign to run your own vehicle, and we...

Heady Business: We Take You Inside The Edelbrock Foundries Where Their Products Are Made In The USA

(Words by Stephen Kim – Photos by Manufacturer) – Horsepower: 2,500. Cubic inches: 430. Boost pressure: 45 psi. Cylinder pressure: Absolutely ridiculous. Running 6.80s at nearly 210 mph,...