Tool Tech: Mythbusting! Putting 20 Myths About Using An Impact To The Test! Which Do’s And Don’t Actually Matter?

Opinions are like belly buttons, meaning everyone’s got one, but that doesn’t mean they are based on facts. It is absolutely insane how many people have opinions on how to use a tool...

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This Show is PACKED with RARE Muscle Cars & Cool Corvettes! It’s Corvette Expo And Chevys In The Smokies!

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder, is back at it with another great video of some insanely rare and awesome muscle cars. These cars were all on hand at the Corvette Expo and Chevys in the Smokies...

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BluePrint Engines Tech: Compression Testing The Right Way. Check Out The Simple Tools And Techniques You Need!

Doing a compression test on an engine is pretty straight forward, and only requires a couple of tools. And only one of those is a “specialty” tool, and you can either rent one from your...

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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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Bimmer Kart: This V12 Powered Rig Looks Fun! Why Has No One Made A Race Series Yet?

Ok we can’t stand it any longer. After watching this video of something that have dubbed the “Bimmer Kart” we’re demanding that someone out there make a racing series for...

Home Grown Dukes Of Hazzard Fun: It’s Amazing What Fun A $200 Beater Can Be!

For years I’ve been saying that I want to get a few buddies together and have each of us buy a $200 car and then go out and thrash it in the dirt. Or on the dragstrip. Or… well you get...

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Winter Rally Madness: The Action And Carnage From The Jari-Pekka Junior WRC Rally In Finland

As I type this, snow is dumping on BangShift Mid-West HQ for the third time in two weeks, and just as the last of the second storm had melted off. It’s no secret that I’m not a winter...

Roadtrippin’: Being In The Moment And Nearly Missing It… My Day With The Unsers

(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) One of the car shows I went to this past summer was the Goodguys “Day In The Hay” that was held in Lincoln, Nebraska in July. I found out about the...

Another Ice Racing Camaro: 454 And Spiked Dual Tires At All Four Corners!

Apparently mid-1970s Chevrolet Camaros are the vehicle of choice to blast around the frozen lakes of Finland. Who knew…around the U.S. they are either the poor man’s split-bumper Camaro...

Racer Scott Tucker Arrested – Made Billions, Plowed 67-Million Into Racing, Charged With Nine Counts In Federal Court

The high flying, fast living, live on the edge lifestyle of racing attracts a certain type of person and over the years these “certain types of people” have (on occasion) proven...

This Buick Regal RS Is The Only T-Top Equipped, Corduroy Interior, GM A-Body We’ve Ever Seen

This just might be the strangest GM A-Body we’ve ever seen. When Chris Todd sent us the link to this one on Craigslist, he said that he’d never seen one before and hoped we would dig it...

Watch This Ford Fiesta Rally Car Jump Half A Football Field At Rally Sweden! Woah Mamma!

(By Eric Rood) – Ah, Rally Sweden, the world’s best snow rally. When not contending with mixed ice and snow conditions on the country’s back roads, drivers are fighting the difficulty of...

This 1970 Dodge D100 May Be The Neatest Pickup Truck We’ve Seen – Awesome In Every Way

There was flood of words that come to the tip of my tongue when I saw this truck and none of them are printable. I unabashedly love every inch of this rig and what’s even better than the looks...

Swapped Freak: This Caddy 4.9L V8 Powered 1981 Citation X-11 Has A Four Speed – Want It?

All swaps are not created equal. Some are weird for the sake of being weird. Some are entertaining because they are so wrong, and some, like this one are just plain interesting and different. The car...

Check Out This 1940 Studebaker Six Making Some Dyno Pulls – Low-Po Cool!

What kind of person sticks an old Studebaker flathead on an engine dyno? What kind of person builds a pretty awesome tubular intake and header for it? The same type of person who wants to make sure...

SCCA Track Night In America Driven By TireRack Returns For 2016! 7 Venues Added – This Rules!

  The best program that the SCCA has ever created returns for 2016! Track Night in America is greatness because it is a no hassle, all fun way for you to get your street car onto a road course...

This 1955 Imperial Newport Is A 331ci Hemi Powered Survivor That We’d Cruise As Is

In our fair opinion, there are few things cooler than a legitimate survivor car. Not something that has been dragged from a barn on its last legs and about to break in half but a car that has...

Last To First In One Lap! This Spec Miata Racer Schools The Field IN A HURRY!

(by Eric Rood) – We’re always big fans of last-to-first charges here at BangShift, but this one might take the cake. Spec Miata racing pits identical Mazda roadsters against each other in a...