Truck-Ology: Another Look Into The History Of Trucks – A Fresh Load Of 100 Year Old Photos!
(Photos: DPL Digital collection) – Since last week’s look into the history of trucks from the early 20th century was such a hit, I am going to make a regular thing of it and call the...
Budget Shop Truck: Squarebody Long Bed To Short Bed Conversion – 1976 GMC BUILD Gets A Low Mileage Engine, Overdrive, And Gears In A New Rear!
It’s been shortened, lowered, tuned up, spit shined, and the inside got some love before Puddin “finished” the shop truck project. But now it is getting some more love, in the form of a...
Huge Blower Explosion! This is bad! What Happened To Cause This Hemi To Blow Up In Grand Fashion? Thank God For Safety Gear!
If you haven’t been in a car on a chassis dyno or hub dyno, then the normal chassis dyno videos you see might seem very calm. The truth is that any car that makes even 400 horsepower at the...
Bill Martens, Special Programs Manager At Chevrolet Performance Is Talking About All Their Crate Engine Packages For 2024
Bill Martens is like the James Bond of Chevrolet performance parts. I say this because just like James Bond, who everyone knew was a special agent, everyone knows that Bill is one of the dudes with...
This 1988 Video Of Monster Trucks Racing On A Figure 8 Track In Louisville, Kentucky Rules
I’m definitely feeling the late 1980s flow today. From the quick eight drag racing video at Shuffletown to this 1989 footage from Louisville, Kentucky, I’m all over it. Anyway, this is a...
Piston 101: Cast Or Forged, Which One is Best for Your Engine? Should You Always Go For The “Full Race” Option?
As car guys and gals we are often guilty of going all in on every single thing we do to our hot rods and race cars. And sometimes this makes sense. I mean if we are going to be putting together a car...
Ultimate Off-Road Project: A Twin Turbo Lamborghini V10 Range Rover Prerunner | Morgan Clarke Design Dakar Prototype [ep.1]
Hard core off-road rigs are awesome. Whether they are for rock crawling, mud racing, hill climbs, or desert racing, they are awesome. I’m partial to desert off-road racing because so much of of...
WALMART Oil Showdown: Oil Expert Is Myth Busting Results! Testing Walmart Oil vs Name Brand Oil Using Science And The Engine Dyno
When I was a kid we always used Quaker State oil because my dad had a deal with them as a result of some partial sponsorship. And it was good oil, because we never had a single engine failure that...
Vaughn And The Funhaver Crew Took Over DuneFest And It Almost Went Real Bad. Which Means Plenty Of Real Good Fun Was Had!
Vaughn isn’t the first off-road racer to slap a set of paddle tires on an off-road rig and go full send over some sand dunes. Decades ago Robby Gordon did the same thing in a trophy truck and...
1940s Vide Zen: Using the Universal Jeep In Every Way You Have Ever Dreamed Of – Amazing Array Of Implements
Before WWII was over, the guys who ran the Willys Overland company were already thinking about how they could take their wartime mighty mite, the Jeep and turn it into a commercial seller across the...
12-Cylinder Detroit Diesel Drag Racing, In-Cab Video! Cornfield Corvette Destroys All
We have hurled some amazing sounds at your over the years here at BangShift but this could be the topper. We may as well just shut thing thing down and walk away with our heads high for dumping this...
A “V” Ain’t The Only Way: Watch This Built Chevy 250 Make 320hp On The Engine Dyno
Fans of old school inline six engines will love this video which shows a built Chevy 250 inliner making more than 300hp on the dyno without using boost, nitrous, and still having the crummy factory...
OG S10 – The Tailgate Class at Limpy’s Cash Days at the Hill! No Prep Racing Action Like None Other. Close Calls, Carnage, and Wheelstands.
It doesn’t matter whether you call it KD Motorsports Park, KD Dragway, or The Hill, everyone knows that some bad ass no prep races go on there and that it is one of the more unique drag strips...
