Historic Video: 1950s Stock Car Racing In Pomona Is Awesome To Watch
Pomona, California has been a hot bed of racing for nearly 70 years, and it’s more varied than you think. Since 1953 there have been drag racing events at the place and while that is the type...
Engine Video: A Look At The 1992 Chevy LT5 Small Block Assembly Line And Machining Process
There was nothing as exotic as the 1992 Chevy LT5 small block coming from a domestic manufacturer during that time period. The Lotus designed heads, the Mercury Marine connection for building them,...
Happy New Year From BANGshift.com! Here’s To A Happy, Safe, Lucrative, And FUN 2024!
On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2023 and hope that your 20234 is even better! We are super thankful for such a great year of racing in 2023...
Derek Bought A LAMBORGHINI Made Of WOOD! Will It RUN AND DRIVE 300 Miles Home After Many Years Of Sitting?
Who builds a car out of wood? It’s nuts to think that someone might, but we’ve seen a few over the years. But this is most certainly the first time we’ve ever seen a Lamborghini...
The Greatest Pontiac Never Made? This Epic Machine Never Saw The Light Of Day But Was Something Truly Special
Pontiac is often credited for being the brand that started the muscle car movement, and they continued to be cutting edge designers within the GM family for decades. But one project that most folks...
Retro Review: This MotorWeek Review Of The Then New 1991 GMC Syclone Is Awesome
In today’s world when we hear of a company launching model with a turbocharged V6 engine, everyone shrugs. Its the way of the world these days. Turbochargers are everywhere and even lame little...
Racing In The Rain: Watch This 1958 Sadler-Chevrolet Mk3 Attack The Road Course In The Wetness
If you are a race car driver in England, it seems like you should be pretty versed in wet competition, right? The country is known for being slightly more than damp at times and racing in the rain is...
Fantastic Video: This Old Ad For A Fiat 127 Features One Of The More Incredible Driving Sequences Ever
The Fiat 127 was one of those cars that people instantly ate up. Fiat sold ’em like they were free beer from the early 1970s right into the 1980s with little more than cosmetic upgrades. The...
They Hit The Walls, And Each Other Trying To Win What Has To Be One Of The Most Epic Winged Sprint Car Races You Will EVER See!
I grew up in Northern California in a drag racing family. We went to Fremont Dragstrip quite often when I was growing up, and drag racing was what we did. We didn’t autocross, or road race, or...
Weird No More: The Saab 900 Turbo Wasn’t An Oddball In The 1980s, It Was A Window Into The Future
Before General Motors got their hooks into Saab and drove it straight into an iceberg, the Swedish auto manufacturer was an unlikely and awesome success story in the industry. An airplane...
CHEAP $89 JUNKYARD M90 SUPERCHARGER MAKES 537 HP! HOW TO RUN A CHEAP V6 SUPERCHARGER ON A 4.8L V8!
Less than $90 for a supercharger that bolts onto your LS engine? Sounds too good to be true, and of course there is more to it than that, but yeah it actual works! Without the blower on it, this LS...
A Car Is Born: This 1960s Film Showing Life In The River Rouge Plant Is A Jaw Dropper
It has been said by people far smarter than I ever will be, that Ford’s River Rouge plant is the greatest factory ever built. At its height, ore and raw materials would enter one end cars would...
Listen To A BRM V16 Scream Up The Hill At Goodwood, Best Sounding (Non-Nitro Burning) Race Engine Ever
BangShift reader Jack Church sent us the tip on this cool video that was made at the 2014 Goodwood event and it is really awesome for two reasons. The first reason is the fact that we get some fun...
