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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Blog War: This 1972 Ford Country Squire Dually Station Wagon Is The Best Of About 50 Worlds

McTaggart was spittin’ mad after his public defeat during our station wagon blog war last week so he started yelling over the fence at me about duallies and how he was really going to take me...

Blog War: The First Strike Is Delivered By A B-1…This Restomodded 1949 Dodge B-1

Just because the Wagon War wound down doesn’t mean that I agreed to a ceasefire. Watching Lohnes slide the pocket ace that was that L72 Kingswood drag wagon was like pouring jet fuel on a tire...

Watch This Naked Mud Truck Wreck At The Mud Down In T-Town – Crazy Stuff

While you may know Tulsa Raceway Park as one of the best strips in the country and the beginning and ending point of multiple Drag Weeks, the place has evolved and captured a big mud racing crowd as...

Ebay Jaw Dropper: The World’s Only 33 Window VW Bus Is For Sale In Hawaii And The Price Is As Long As The Thing Itself

I am not a “VW person” per se. I like cool old VWs as much as the next guy but I don’t live and die by them. That being said, I was blown away by this cool VW bus which has been...

Chaos: Watch What It Looks Like When Two Dakar Rally Participants Wreck HARD In The Bolivian Desert

We’ve often talked about the risks and dangers associated with races like Baja, Dakar, and others of their ilk. That being said, we’ve never seen a more stark representation of what...

This 1962 Willys Station Wagon Is Cool, Needs Work, And In Stock Form Would Lose A Drag Race To A Steam Tractor

So McTaggart and I have essentially agreed to end the station wagon blog war that we have been engaged in over the last couple of weeks. Much like the Korean War, we have not declared a truce or...

The Camaro TRAR Or The Kids In The Photos? Which Is Cooler?

When BangShifter Tyler Garrett, who drives a 4000 horsepower Coast Guard Cutter by the way, sent us this Craigslist ad for a 4th Gen Camaro TRAR (Truck Car), the email just said “Welcome to...

Will The New 5.0L Cummins Diesel V8 Save The Nissan Titan? We’re Dying To Drive One!

With compound turbos, dual overhead cam heads, loads of Cummins engineering behind it and 555 lb/ft of torque to churn the ground with, the new Cummins 5.0L V8 which made its world debut in the...

A British Airways Boeing 777 Set A New Speed Record Across The Atlantic – Just Barely Under The Speed Of Sound!

A British Airways Boeing 777-200 just set a speed record on the New York-London route by using the jet stream to bring the wide body jet to within 16 mph of the speed of sound. BA114 completed the...

Blog War Secret Weapon: An Immaculate 1939 Ford Woody Wagon 4×4 – This Thing Is AMAZING

Look, we’ve both rolled out wagons with crappy fake woodgrain on the sides but I’m the first to actually drop the woody hammer in this blog war and I am dropping it HARD. My choice for...

Watching Kelderman’s Bed Lift System For Medium Duty Trucks Work Is Pretty Awesome – One Strong Arm

So you may be wondering a few things after seeing that lead image. The first thing you may be wondering about is why anyone would need a bed lift. The fact is that there are LOTS of medium duty and...

2015 Dakar Rally: El Martillo Racing Durango Flips, Crashes And Becomes A Fireball (Everyone Is Ok)

Yesterday I said something about how big crashes happen frequently at Dakar Rally. It’s no surprise that they do, Dakar sincerely the ultimate torture test for man, machine and the physics...

Must Be Hard Work: Watch Two Remote-Control Bobcats Fill In The National Corvette Museum’s Sinkhole!

Work is progressing on that little car-eating hole in the center of the Skydome’s floor at the National Corvette Museum. Scott, Murphy and Daniel, LLC., the construction group that is...

Tractor Gallery: 2015 Western Kentucky University’s Antique Tractor Show

If there is one thing that BangShift Mid-West has in spades, it’s access to agricultural equipment on a scale that would leave Lohnes drooling. And since it’s a new year, why not lead on...