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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Watch the Mayhem of Early 24 Hours of LeMons Races

The 24 Hours of LeMons celebrates the 10th anniversary of its first race this weekend at Gingerman Raceway and while I’ll be there wearing the robes of the LeMons Supreme Court. While the endurance...

BangShift Previews: The Bathurst 1000, Australia’s Great Race

The Virgin Supercars Championship—formerly V8 Supercars—will tackle the daunting Mount Panorama Circuit this weekend for the 54th running of Australia’s Great Race, the SuperCheap Auto Bathurst...

It’s Over: Ford Production Of Iconic Falcon Model Ends In Australia – It Was Almost An American Cop Car

It is a scene that anyone who loves cars and knows anything about automotive history has seen before. Two auto workers fitting a sign onto the final production unit of a long running model. It...

A Big Block, Mint Interior, Professionally Painted Woodgrain, and AC – THIS Is The Wagon Master and It Could Be Yours

While we are certainly enthusiastic about station wagons around these hallowed halls, all wagons are not created equally. For example, this 1969 Dodge Coronet wagon is way cooler than an equivalent...

Racetech Introduces A New Seat Aimed At The Track Day Racer Based On Their Best Race Seats

Every time I see a Racetech seat we drool. It’s involuntary. I can’t help myself. Regardless of which seat you sit in, they all offer the latest in safety, comfort, and drivability. And...

Depending On How Much You Love Mopars, This Video Will Either Make You Laugh Or Cry

We show you funny Craigslist Ads and other stuff from time to time that people with our same sense of humor post. You know the ones with the car so rotted that it looks like a movie prop and it is...

The Duramax Camaro and the Cummins Charger – You’ve Seen Them In Print Now See The Video

Over the years I have been granted the good fortune to put lots of words on pages both electronic and paper about cool cars. I am not sure I will ever have the opportunity to introduce the world to a...

Do You Know The Twisted Tale Of The Chevy Iraqi Taxi Malibus? No Options, Three Pedals, Three On The Floor!

(By Greg Rourke) – There has been some discussion about manual transmissions in G body GM cars. BMcT recently showed us an Olds with a factory manual. Apparently, they aren’t as rare as...

German Formula Series Crash Leads to World’s Weirdest Non-Fight

When you’re used to seeing NASCAR shoving matches or…whatever it was…that happened in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway, other shouting matches can seem a bit tame....

This Corvette GT3 Lost a Championship With a Horrifying Crash

Germany’s ADAC GT Masters series is the only place in the world you’ll find a GT3-spec Corvette C7.R and with a championship seemingly sewn up in the final race of its debut season, this Callaway...

We Would Own And Drive This Honda Civic Wagon In A Heart Beat

That title got your attention didn’t it? Yeah, not the words you expect to see here at BangShift.com, unless there is a turbo LS or something weird under the hood of said Civic Wagon and...

This Barracuda Project Could Be Just What You Need. The Hard Work Is Done!

We know this Barracuda project well, because it is owned by our buddy Zak who’s dad is a major contributor here at BangShift.com. In fact Zak himself shoots photos for us at certain events, and...

DragonSpeed Become First American Team to Win European Le Mans Series Race

The “Star-Spangled Banner” is not a common sound on the overall podium in Europe. The continent is largely dominated by home teams, but last weekend, Florida-based DragonSpeed managed to become...

This ’86 Omni GLH Helped Bring America Out of the Automotive Dark Age

While Ford and General Motors both continued to build V8 pony cars in the 1980s as attainable sports cars, Chrysler instead tried to turn their econoboxes into their performance offerings. They did...