Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FIA World Endurance Championships Highlights From TotalEnergies 6 Hours of SPA – Wheel To Wheel Racing Action

Round 2 of the FIA World Endurance Championships was held at SPA, aka Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, and did not disappoint. This is an epic race track, and the action here is always great,...

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Capturing Car Culture With Larry Chen: First Cameras Allowed in Toyota’s GR Factory: Minimal robots & More Humans

This is a cool episode of Capturing Car Culture if you are like us and love to see factory and how its made videos. I’ve been on several automotive assembly plant tours and can tell you that...

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Randy Pobst’s Randit Suspension Overhaul: Episode 1 of 5 – His Bandit Trans Am Needs Some Love!

Randy Pobst can wheel a race car, and on too many occasions to count we’ve seen him do it. But he also enjoys a quick and fast street car which means that upgrades are often in order. In the...

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LIVE Road Racing: Sebring International Raceway GT America powered by AWS 2026

We’ve got more racing action from Sebring to share folks, so buckle up if you want to watch GT America presented by AWS. We’ll have both Saturday and Sunday’s races, so check them...

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Free Livestreaming Road Racing: The 2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit – FULL WEEKEND Coverage LIVE!

Last weekend at Hallett Motor Racing Circuit, in Jennings Oklahoma, the SCCA ran two days of Hoosier Super Tour races and we’ve got the livestream replay right here! These are some fun SCCA...

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Poor Kitty…”Hello, Kitty!” Liveried McLaren Gets Wadded Up During A Blancpain Endurance Series Race At Monza

Even in a sea of colorful and notable race cars, a white McLaren 650S Blancpain GT car painted white with pink “Hello, Kitty!” graphics is going to stand out like a sore thumb. Maybe the...

Proof That New Englanders Are Lunatics: Watch This Ariel Atom Drag Race A Snowmobile On An Ice Runway In New Hampshire

So there are a few things here that you need to be made aware of. First, Ace Performance Systems is the New England region Ariel Atom dealer and they are located in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. They...

The Ugly American: This Hotchkis Built 1976 Dodge Dart Lite Was Completed To FIA Specs Because It Is Going To Need Them

The name Kevin Wesley is no stranger to BangShifters. Wesley is the guy who owns and drove the famed “Autocross Taxi” 1970 Plymouth Satellite. The car has transported hundreds of...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Last Week’s Mystery Block Identified

Nothing seems to escape the long arm of the BangShifter knowledge vault. Last week I posted a bunch of photos that I shot at Custom Auto Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts of an old block and...

This CTS-V Coupe Review From Consumer Reports Isn’t The Yawn Fest You Expect – They Just Drift It!

The only way I ever thought I’d put a Consumer Reports video on BangShift is if it involved a late-model vehicle that was prone to random and catastrophic explosions or was recalled to within...

Behind The Scenes Video: Great Footage From The Making Of The Pennzoil Hellcat Tires Shredding Drift Film

We recently got tipped off to some cool behind the scenes, “making of” video that shows just how Pennzoil and the crew that made the film pulled off the awesome drifting scenes that we...

Feature: Here’s How A 2015 Hellcat Charger Gets Broken In The BangShift Way – Photos, Video, Smoke!

(Words and photos by Kaleb Kelley) – Everybody has been talking about the Hellcat since it was first announced last year. Everybody is getting to see the car they’ve been drooling over on...

Big News: Auto Meter Acquires Palmer Performance Engineering – New Technology Brought Into Fold

In the ever evolving world of aftermarket performance, new technologies are emerging almost weekly. It is always cool when two innovative companies can hook up and work together to the benefit of...

TCI® AUTO-X GM LS 4L60E Transmission Package Gives Autocross And Road Racers A New Option

Evolution is a cool thing, especially when it comes to the mechanical end of hot rodding. The new TCI® AUTO-X GM LS 4L60E Transmission Package represents some of that evolution and it does so with...

Awesome Video: This Go Pro Footage Shot During The Making Of Fast And Furious 7 Shows The Insanity Of The Car Stunts

Love them or hate them the Fast and Furious series of movies are based around wild cars and have produced some of the highest grossing films of all time. We would run down the list of the other movie...

Classic YouTube: Carl Edwards Shoving Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. Across The Line At Iowa

Would you rather be lucky, or good? If you were in Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.’s shoes at the U.S. Cellular 250 at Iowa in August 2011, you probably walked out of the track that night thinking...

This Four Door 1965 Buick Wildcat Was Saved – But Do You Agree With How? We’d Rock It!

So here’s one of those questions. Is it better to have an old car on the road with a different combo than its manufacturer ever offered or is it just wrong to swap in some stuff that no one...

Total Control Products Adjustable Panhard Bar Is A Great Handling Solution For First Generation Mustangs And Cougars

Rigidity and control are two things that are essential in any good handling car. The car needs to be stiff and tied together to make sure that the suspension is doing its job and the thing...

Somehow Pennzoil Managed To Make One Of The Coolest Hellcat Videos Yet – What Has Gotten Into Those Guys?

There was a time when Pennzoil was a pretty cool brand. They were in all kinds of motorsports and had a good high performance image. For whatever reason, that promotional direction changed and they...