Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 2 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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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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The Maine Snow Fighters Is A 1950s Film Full Of Great Cars, Trucks, And Man VS The Elements Footage

So I am on a snow kick, forgive me. This video from the 1950s was made by the state of Maine to promote their highway department and the hard work they put in every winter to keep the roads open and...

Last Minute Christmas Stocking Stuffer! Moroso Pro Series Tire Pressure Gauges

Are you still frantically searching for that perfect holiday gift for yourself or that performance fiend in your neighborhood?  Moroso Performance Products has an answer! When you’re drag racing,...

In-Truck Video: What It Is Like To Race A 900hp Pro-4 Truck On A Mountain In A Blizzard!

We covered the heck out of Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015. From action photos on the mountain at Sunday River, Maine to an awesome tire testing trail ride with the people at BFG, that was one heck of a...

eBay Find: Is This The First Ford Dump Truck Ever Equipped With A Hydraulic Bed? 1929 Ford Model AA

This dusty old 1929 Ford Model AA truck looks like lots of other old trucks that have been dragged out of bars and dark corners over the years but there’s a massive difference with this one....

Watch As The Crew Of An SR-71 Blackbird Prepare To Launch Out For Flight – It Was A Lot Of Work To Put One Of These Supersonic Marvels Into The Air!

It has been seventeen years since the last flight of the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” spy plane, and fifty-one years have passed since the spy plane first flew. Nothing since has touched...

This 1979 Ford F250 Is Large And In Charge On Boggers Which Rules!

Boggers are the finest off-road tires ever produced. Okay, so anyone who has actually owned something with them on knows that you pay a price for all that awesomeness, but they still rule. So it is...

Outlaw Mud Truck Fun – D.O.T. Legal Tires And A Heavy Right Foot Makes For Some Excellent Video!

Wide open throttle on a full-kill race vehicle isn’t something that is achieved often, and when it is the results are always spectacular. Mud trucks do a good job of converting the raw power of...

Chadmouth: If You Can’t Drive One Backwards You Have No Business Driving One Forwards!

So Ford came out with this new Pro Trailer Backup feature for the 2016 F-150 and all I have to say is “Thanks an F’ing Lot Ford!”. As if there weren’t enough lame ass...

Craigslist Find: It’s One Part Ford, One Part Deuce And A Half, And Completely Awesome!

Yesterday’s “bug out” Chevrolet Express van didn’t quite go over as well as we’d thought it would, but the reasoning is pretty sound: van guys have been tricking out the...

Lucas Oil To Launch Worldwide Racing TV Network!

Lucas Oil has announced the worldwide launch of LucasOilRacing.TV, the first streaming TV network dedicated solely to the world of motorsports – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The new network,...

Classic YouTube: A Look Back At The Early Years Of Monster Trucks! Bigfoot, USA-1, Awesome Kong, And More!

It seems long ago that monster trucks were something more than fiberglass and noise. Back when Bigfoot was without question a household name, but had other names following right behind: Awesome Kong....

Watch These Immense Liebherr Cranes Put On A Demonstration Of Strength By Lifting Each Other

(By Greg Rourke) – The boys over at Liebherr must be a fun loving bunch of guys. You’d think they would be just a bunch of engineering nerds, busy designing some of the biggest equipment...

Think The Snow Blower That Ate The Geo Was Cool? This Monster Makes It Look Like A Tonka Toy – Behold The Snow Wolf

Yesterday Chad showed us a cool video that had one of the more graphically awesome demonstrations of power we have seen in some time when a tractor mounted snowblower actually ate an automobile. Ok,...

Mini-Jeep Off Road Racing In The Netherlands Looks Like A Blast! (Video)

Like us, when you see this video you’re wheels will start turning and you’ll be trying to figure out how to build one of these bad ass little mini-Jeeps that are tearing around a dirt...