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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Barrett-Jackson Preview: Forget The High-Dollar Stuff And Check Out This Knockout 1977 Ford!

All eyes are on the upcoming Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, mainly due to the Ron Pratte collection going across the block. But if you take the time and dig through the docket on the B-J...

Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Flying Trucks During Qualifying At The Neatest Short Course Truck Race In The World

Well, the first day of public coolness at Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 was pretty awesome. Yes, it was -15 degrees as Nutting and I were blasting photos of 900hp four wheel drive trucks hauling tail in...

The Legends Of Baja: A First Look At The 26 Episode Series You Won’t Want To Miss

On Tuesday we announced that SCORE International was going to have way more coverage of their races in 2015, and showed you a preview of one of their new web series called ROOST!. Well, today...

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This 1974 Jeep CJ7 Brush Buggie Is One Heck Of An Off Road Fire Fighting Rig And It Could Be Yours!

I’ve got to thank old school BangShifter Stiney for the tip on this awesome little firefighting rig called a Jeep “Brush Buggie”. Built by the company of the same name, it is a Cj7...

This Video Of Two Guys Drag Racing V8 Powered Lawn Tractors Will Crack You Up

This video was filmed at the Knox, Pennsylvania Horse Thief Days where they have all kinds of fun stuff that happens in downtown Knox, but the lawnmower drags are what caught our attention. Lots of...

Blog Fight: The Wagon Battle Escalates With This Sweet Ford Country Squire – FE Power, Patina, A Winner For Sure

Look, this station wagon fight that McTaggart started with me (as history will show, NOT the other way around) may rage on for days. This could turn into the station wagon equivalent of WWI with each...

Somebody Built A Honda Accord Dually And Now They Want You To Buy It

Every single person I know, plus relatives, and even a distant cousin we assumed had been eaten by cannibals sent me emails, texts, or carrier pigeon notes on the existence of this car and the fact...

SCORE Launches 104 Episodes Of Online Off-Road Coverage For 2015. Check It Out Here!

You know how much we dig off-road racing around here, and nothing is cooler than desert racing like the SCORE Baja 1000. Well in 2015 you are going to get to see even more SCORE Desert Racing, both...

Historic Seattle Ferry Kalakala To Be Scrapped – The Story Comes To A Sad End

The MV Kalakala story began in 1933, when the ship that made up most of the hull, the Peralta, was torched in an arson fire. The superstructure of the ship was a total loss, but the hull was fine,...

Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: This Trick Animation Shows The Track Layout, Jumps, Chicanes, And How The Trucks Will Battle Head To Head In The Snow

We’ve been beating the drum pretty hard on Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 only because we’re losing sleep at how neat this whole thing will be. It is not often that us New Englanders get to...

BangShift Project Files: Not One, But Two Ford Truck Projects! A 427 In One, An EcoBoost Swap In The Other!

There are professional builders. There are skilled craftsmen. There are amateurs…like myself. And then there are guys like “EcoBoostedF100” in the forum, who make all of us look...

Off-Roading Fail: Watch This Dodge Front-Flip Into A Mud Pit – Everyone Is OK

We just can’t get enough of the “mega”-trucks around here lately, and this Dakota fits the bill with it’s heavy-duty axles, tractor tires and an engine that would be right at...

Blog Fight: You Want A Cadillac Wagon? I Got An Eldorado Shooting Brake Right Here!

Fifty-seven thousand dollars is a lot of money to spend on a station wagon, Cadillac or otherwise. And while Brian was busy writing up the Castillian thinking he was going to bury the New...

Fun Video: Playing in the Snow with an Old Linn Tractor Half-Track, a BangShifty Toy We Need!

There’s lots of gearhead stuff that we have no real practical use for, but just really want. Count an old Linn half-track as one of the latter. The machines were made in New York from 1916-1952...