Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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How to Start a 1990s Formula 1 Engine: You Mean You Don’t Just Pump It Twice And Then Turn The Key?

I’ve been fortunate enough to be around a lot of cool race engines over the years, and a handful of them have had very particular startup procedures. A Dodge NASCAR R5P7 for example that came...

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1972 Chevrolet Crash Test Video: Watch A 1972 Chevrolet Vega Crash Head On Into A 1972 Chevrolet Impala For Science

Everyone thinks of a Vega as being super small, because it was a compact car back in the day, and that an Impala is super huge because at the time they really were and especially when compared to a...

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Build Your Own Vapor Blaster At Home With A Harbor Freight Blast Cabinet, Including a Full Parts List!

Vapor blasting, or wet blasting as many people call it, is a media or sand blasting method that uses water and sometimes an added detergent. The water and abrasives combine to clean and slightly...

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LIVE RACING ACTION | Sepang | GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS 2026 Race 1 and 2

Here we go again! We’ve got GT World Challenge Racing going on live right here, and we dig road racing and who doesn’t love the World Challenge series? This weekends racing is coming to you live...

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Free Livestreaming Road Racing: 2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour at VIRginia International Raceway – FULL WEEKEND Coverage LIVE

It’s time for another SCCA Livestream, but this weekend it is coming to you LIVE from Road Atlanta where the SCCA Hoosier Super Tour is in full swing. There is a lot of great racing action going on...

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Now THIS Is A Period Correct Hot Rod – Old School Pre-War Ford Is A Fantastic Glimpse Into History

In today’s hot rodding world, making stuff “period correct” is a hot trend. Guys have been tracking down seemingly impossible to find parts to make cars look and run as they did 50,...

Morning Symphony: Listen To The Mercedes AMG GT RR Rip It Up At Okayama International Circuit!

If there is one thing I enjoy about Mercedes-Benz’s touring car efforts, it is the fact that they make some of the most aggressive noises to ever come from a V8. They aren’t screamers,...

eBay Find: This 1933 Olds Sport Coupe Is An Amazing Window Into The Past – Awesome Car!

It is a rare thing for us to point your attention toward an old car that has not been modified but in the case of this 1933 Olds Sport Coupe we know that you’d appreciate the total package that...

Six State Attorneys Join Fight Against Proposed EPA Legislation – MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD HERE

The battle against the proposed changes to the Clean Air Act has taken a new turn recently as seven states have sent letters to the agency asking that they stop pursuing the proposed changes. State...

This 1974 Torino Was Factory Ordered By The Feds With A 460, Locker, and More – Cool!

While we cannot say for sure, we think you are probably looking at the fastest car one could have ordered from Ford in 1974. We’re not kidding. This 460 powered Tornio was ordered (according to...

At Least It’s Not LS Powered: Watch This Honda K20-powered Mazda RX-7 Run Laps At The Track!

We’ve heard just about every possible position that involves General Motors’ LS series of engines and swap hatred. For an engine that makes stupid power cheaply, there is a lot of...

Morning Symphony: Vaughn Gittin, Jr.’s New Drift-Spec RTR Mustang!

The dark-colored Mustang with the lime-green accents and the V8 screaming to high heaven can be the property of only Vaughn Gittin, Jr. The accomplished drifter has wheeled Ford Mustangs since 2005...

Autocross Video Action From The Goodguys Del Mar Nationals 2016: Sunny Weather And Fast Cars!

This past weekend we spent three straight days standing next to the Goodguys Autocross course at Del Mar as I was announcing and Daphne was running the computer systems. That means we say every...

Train Wreck Tuesday: Because Sometimes Twin Turbos Are Just The Beginning Of The Fun

It just so happens that we not only got one tip on a crazed rat rod truck creation but we also had a second and since it is Tuesday and we like trains, you know the rest. Brian Blackstone sent us...

Train Wreck Tuesday: A Rat Rod Truck Build That You Really Have To See To Believe

There are times when we get tips from BangShifter out there that read the site every day, run across something, and just have to tell us about it. There are other times when guys that we know through...

A Mad Max Mercedes And A Mangled Porsche From Last Weekend’s Action At The Nurburgring – Wild Video

(By Eric Rood) – The VLN (Don’t ask us to type out the incredibly long proper German name for which that is an abbreviation) hosts endurance races 10 times a year on the fabled Nurburgring...

eBay Find: This 1985 Buick Somerset Trans-Am/IMSA GTO Car Is Flippin’ Awesome!

Want to know what the most BangShift approved road racing car for sale in America is RIGHT NOW? You’re looking at it, baby. This 1985 Buick Somerset has all kinds of racing history from when it...

The RideTech Report: New Products, A Survey, Videos, And A KILLER New Tool To Check Out!

…annnnnd we’re back! The latest issue of the RideTech report has been published and this one is a must read. Why? Beyond the cool customer car profiles, the shop information, the new...

The Greatest Yugo Ever? Someone Converted This One Into A Little Panzer Tank!

(By Eric Rood) – The magical land of CraigsList delivers today, as it so often does, with a heavy dose of WTF sprinkled and a liberal seasoning of “Just…why?” The notorious econobox...