Featured Product: Mazda Miata Coil Overs From Ridetech! One Of The Best Track Day Cars Ever Gets Some New Goodies From Ridetech!

Whether you love their 4 cylinder power, or not, it’s hard to argue with the handling prowess of the venerable Mazda Miata. The MX5, as it is known everywhere else in the world, is light,...

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Indianapolis 500 Movie – The 500: Immortality at Indy. The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.

The Indianapolis 500 will be run for the 110th time this Sunday as the green flag drops for the 2026 edition of this amazing race. Regardless of whether you are a hardcore Indy Car Series fan, or...

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OUCH! Racing at Goodwood Doesn’t Always Go To Plan… This 1964 AC Cobra Found Out The Hard Way At The 83rd Members’ Meeting

If you think that historic races like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Revival, and Members Meet are just for show, think again. I once talked to Vic and Cammie Edelbrock about their vintage road...

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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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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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SPARK PLUG HEAT RANGE TEST-JUNKYARD LS. HOT PLUG v COLD PLUG-DOES IT MATTER? TAPERED VS GASKET PLUGS

We recently shared a video from Richard Holdener where he tested spark plug gaps to see if a tight gap vs a normal gap vs a super wide gap made any difference in horsepower in an LS engine. The...

Happy New Year From BANGshift.com, And Here’s To A Great 2023!

On behalf of the entire BANGshift Family, I want to thank you all for being a part of our 2022 and hope that your 2023 is even better! After a couple of years without much racing, it is awesome to...

Happy Holleydays Deals End Tonight! SAVE NOW!

HOLLEYDAYS DEALS FOR 2022 END TONIGHT!!!! Here are this week’s sale items! USE THE LINK BELOW TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET FOR A KILLER DEAL THIS WEEK ONLY! Happy Holleydays are here! The sale has...

TEXAS CHRISTMAS CRUISE 2022 Santa Asked The MIKE HONCHO Malibu to Guide His Slay

Last year I went on an awesome Christmas Cruise with a great group of folks from the Fort Worth Area here in Texas. They had cars and trucks of all kinds that met up at one of their old cruise and...

Watch Sprint Car Racer Randy Hannagan Power Wheelie Out Of A Corner In His Winged Monster!

You hardcore Sprint car guys probably don’t even think twice about stuff like the video below featuring racer Randy Hannagan but us mere mortals sure do! In the video you will see some crashes...

Pro Touring Triumph GT6 Build: The Rust Needs Taken Care Of, And Then This Thing Is Going To Start Getting Good.

In the latest episodes of this build, the plans get explained, the parts are introduced, and the engine starts going in. So this project here has been going on for several years, and we kind of dig...

PRI Show Photos: Here’s Our Last Gallery Of Photos To Share, PLUS A Link To All The Rest!

Here it is, our last gallery of photos from the PRI Show in Indy this year. It was a good one, and hard to capture all of it, but it was fun and we got a lot. If you missed any of our previous...

Cold Start Education: This Video Tells The Tale Of Why Your Car Sounds and Acts Different On The Cold Start Cycle

The Jason Cammisa hosted series, “Know It All” has been one of the best additions to the Hagerty programming lineup this year. We have showed you previous episodes about stuff like AWD...

SHOULD YOU RUN YOUR JUNKYARD 5.3L LS HOTTER OR COLDER FOR MAXIMUM POWER? 116 DEGREES VS 180 DEGREES!

Over the past 50 years, automobile manufacturers have made a lot of changes to engines in order to make more power, more efficiently, and with fewer exhaust emissions. There are a lot of physical...

LOW-BUCK, AUTO PART STORE OIL VS VS HIGH $ SYNTHETIC! 0W-10 VS 20W-50. CAN YOU GET POWER FROM AN OIL CHANGE?

Does high-dollar oil make more power? We’re talking power, not longevity, as I am a believer that in certain applications there is an advantage to buying good oil. But I also know that most...

PRI Show Photos: The Rad Parts, Cars, And More Just Keep Going!

We were in Indianapolis for the 2022 PRI Show and man there was cool stuff going on. Thursday we got to the show, judged the featured products, saw some awesome stuff we’d never seen before,...

FAST LSXR INTAKE TEST-IS IT WORTH $1000? HOW MUCH HP DOES IT ADD? LSXR VS CHEAP, JUNKYARD TRUCK INTAKE

One thing that sucks about modern EFI engines like the LS, LT, Mod Motors, And HEMIs is that aftermarket intake manifolds for them tend to be really expensive. It’s understandable as there is a...

How It’s Made: How a Holley Carburetor Is Built, From Start To Finish

While Holley, and all their other brands of products, are constantly revolutionizing and evolving the technology that makes hot rods, race cars, and trucks better, some people may have forgotten that...

SEMA STATEMENT ON THE STATUS OF THE RECOGNIZING THE PROTECTION OF MOTORSPORTS (RPM) ACT

DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (Dec. 22, 2022) – SEMA and PRI must share that despite strong Congressional backing and extraordinary support from the racing community, the 2021-2022 Congressional session is...