Why Are There So Many Coolant Colors? How did it get to THIS? Green Is Not The Only Color Anymore!

Why the heck are there so many colors of engine coolant nowadays? I mean was there really a problem with green? And if the colors matter so much, why can you buy coolant that will work with any of...

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Lone Star Throwdown 2026 Photo Coverage Starts Right Here! We’ve Got Hundreds Of Awesome Truck Show Photos For You To Check Out Right Here!

(Words and Photos by Chad Reynolds) I hit the Lone Star Throwdown in Conroe Texas this weekend and as usual was blown away by the turnout of great trucks. When I arrived at the just after it opened,...

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Have You Considered Getting One Of Those Harbor Freight Overhead Gantrys For Your Shop? Watch This.

I can’t remember the last time I was in a Harbor Freight and didn’t look at the gantry cranes longingly. Sure, I cherry picker is a great thing that we all need in the shop, but man these...

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2026 SCCA Hoosier Super Tour LIVESTREAM From Buttonwillow Raceway Park- Sunday Coverage LIVE, Saturday Replay

It’s time for the 9-race Hoosier Super Tour to start and that means racing at Buttonwillow Raceway Park in central California. There is a lot of qualifying and racing both today and tomorrow,...

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FREE Boat Racing Livestream: Here Is Round 1 Of The IHRA F1 Powerboats At The Bradenton Area River Regatta

Boat racing is on! It might still be winter in a lot of places, but that isn’t stopping the International Hot Rod Association from running their F1 Boat Series in Bradenton Florida this...

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New Junkyard Inventory! Look At This Ragtop Chevy II Nova That Just Came Through The Gates!

Chad Ehrlich is back at it with more awesome finds and more awesome parts. His collector car wrecking yard is one of the finest in the country, and we’ve been there several times and taken home...

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Feature: A 1973 Chevelle That Personifies Working Man’s Pro Touring

There were some truly incredible rides at the 2012 Run to the Shore event held at New Jersey Motorsports Park in April. We oogled the likes of Billy Utley’s all conquering Nova and Jeff...

Actual NASCAR Dodge Charger Daytona For Sale On Ebay: One Of Less Than 10 Known To Exist, Raced By James Hylton, Only One To Suffer Fatal Wreck

Even road going Dodge Charger Daytonas are show stoppers. 45 years after they rolled off production lines as street versions of cars designed to dominate the high banks of NASCAR super speedways they...

BOOM Video! Watch This AMC Javelin In The Netherlands Explode Like It Is Packed Full Of TNT

So here’s a public service announcement to anyone who happens to find themselves in a mid 1970s AMC Javeling after it has caught on fire. RUN. Run like you are in a Jerry Bruckheimer movie...

Watching This 1969 Chevy C30 Flatbed On The Autocross Course Is Both Hilarious And Tiring – This Driver Was Working Hard!

As you know, we love hot rodders with a sense of humor, we also love old trucks, and we love when guys get off of their asses and beat the crap out of their projects. All three of those bases are...

1969 Chevelle Body + NASCAR Chassis + 700hp Small Block = One Of The Coolest Projects Ever

If you think that the 1969 Chevelle in the lead photo looks like a stock car, you’d be right…because it is. The body has been dropped over top of a 1999 Winston Cup chassis and will be...

This 1965 Galaxie Has A 500hp Cummins Diesel, Gets 30mpg, and Hauls The Family In Style!

As you’ll see more of today, the “diesel swap in a car” thing is gaining more and more steam by the week. From 1980s economy boxes getting smallish turbo diesels to cars like this...

Rough Start: There’s A Lot More To This Volvo Than What The Surface Shows…

I’m a sucker for a good sleeper. The less likely, the better, but it’s becoming more difficult to find a good sleeper anymore. Used to be, if you kept the engine quiet and didn’t do...

BangShift Readers, Do You Know Anything About The Lincoln Mark VII That Raced Trans-Am?

Alright, readers, I come to you requesting help. See, while doing research on Trans-Am cars for a different story, I accidentally slipped and entered “Trans Am L” into Google and the next...

Racing Video: Five Laps Of Tsukuba Circuit In Japan With Five Different Cars

Racing with snow on the ground might be the norm for rally, but for road courses it’s a bad combination. Low asphalt temperatures and high power combine to make for a challenging surface to put...

50 Photos of Pro Touring Style Cars!

What began as a fringe movement of guys who liked to make their classic cars turn corners has exploded into a major part of the car hobby, high performance aftermarket, and hot rodding world in...

Pro Touring Find: The RideTech Equipped Blackened 1973 ‘Cuda Is Up For Sale – Evil Looks, Late Model Hemi Power, Tough Suspension

The old “Lord Vader, your car is ready” joke is totally beaten to death at this point but we couldn’t help but think that as we gazed upon the evil glory that is this car. Called...

Random Car Review: The Peugeot 205 T16, The Winningest Group B Rally Car

Lots of love has been shared on BangShift for the Group B cars, a rally class so absolutely mental that it ended up banned in the matter of a couple of years. We all know and love the better-known...

Monday Morning Soundtrack: Vintage Trans-Am Racers At Watkins Glen

Lohnes is freaking out over the Can-Am series and for the most part, I’m on board with it as well. What’s not to love about a big-block Chevy-powered car taking to road courses like...

Going Fast With Class: Watch The Evolution Of This Pro Touring Buick From Lowered Stocker To Hardcore Cornering Machine

Hot rodding is about evolution and like evolution in people it is a bunch of small stuff that ends up leading to big changes to the species. That’s kind of the story with this great looking...