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 1970 World Figure 8 Championship From Islip Speedway As Shown On Wide World Of Sports!

Figure 8 racing has been a staple at stock car tracks for many decades now and the reason it has survived is because it is exciting to watch, it is relatively cheap to participate in, and it keeps...

Watch This 1970s Can-Am Big Block Chevy Rip Out 750hp On The Dyno

Bruce McLaren was one of the most gifted, talented, driven, and respected men in the world of racing during his time on this Earth. His company, driven by the creative genius of its leader was a...

Holley’s Fall Into Power Sale Means Big Savings On Exhaust Components, Systems, And More! Plus Tuners, EFI, And Ignition Are On Sale Too!

Holley is back at it, with another awesome sale going on that highlights several of their top brands. If you are looking for exhaust components, systems, and upgrades, then this Fall into Power Sale...

The Bitter End: This Video Of Chrysler Turbine Cars Being Destroyed Is Hard To Watch

A while back I posted a video of a1960s Chrysler turbine car being road tested at the Chrysler proving grounds. The video was cool because we saw the car hauling around the track and rip roaring over...

Back To The Track: This Look Back At The 1990 Shelby Can-Am Shows A Program That Launched Careers

As much as we like to think we know stuff about racing around here, sometimes we are confronted by the fact that we don’t know as much as we’d like. Proof is this video below which shows...

DIY Paint Job: INSANE Results with Rattle Can Paint Job! – DIY, No Equipment Needed, And It Really Does Look Pretty Good!

I love DIY paint job videos, whether it is folks using cans of Rustoleum, cheap supplies, a cheap HVLP gun and compressor, or rattle cans. So when I saw this rattle can paint job and actual good...

Video From The 2024 RAC TT At Goodwood: Check Out This Awesome Battle Between V8 Cars For The Win! Is This Goodwood’s Greatest Finish?

When you can watch vintage TVR’s and Cobra’s going head to head for a win at Goodwood you know it’s going to be a good time. But when that battle turns out to be one of the most...

DIRT CHEAP TURBO LS CAMS-DO THEY WORK? HOW MUCH POWER ARE THE LOW $ LS CAMS WORTH? $179 LS CAM TEST!

Are cheap cams good cams? Well maybe not all of them, but how about this $179 cam that Richard Holdener got to do some testing with. He put it up against a known camshaft for testing, and not only...

Now Snap-On Copied Harbor Freight? A Better Ratcheting Wrench? Who Does It Better Though?

Well here’s one you don’t often see, Snap-On appears to have copied Harbor Freight’s ICON brand instead of the other way around like most folks usually think. I’m a fan of...

In the Aisles Podcast With Vice Grip Garage’s Derek Bieri And Special Guest Jared Pink From The Questionable Garage

You may not realize that Derek Bieri from Vice Grip Garage does a Podcast for the O’Reilly Auto Parts YouTube channel, but he does and the guests have been pretty good so far. I’ve...

2 x 4 Riser Wheel Stands – Why Do Most Professional Builders Use Them In Their Shops? Why Not Something Else?

Whenever you walk into a fancy pro builder’s shop you’ll find cars and trucks sitting on wheel stands made of 2×4 lumber. Sometimes there are race ramp stands, sometimes other...

The BEST Professional Guide to Painting Wheels! There Are Simpler Ways, But If You Want To Paint Wheels Like A Pro, Then This Is How You Do It.

There are lots of ways to paint wheels, and you can do some really great stuff with rattle cans, but if you want to put the toughest and smoothest finish on a set of painted wheels, so they survive...

Vice Grip Garage Garbage Camaro Build: Kevin Tetz And Kiwi Collab – They Will Save This Camaro Whether It Likes It Or Not!

The Garbage Camaro is back with another update. Like we’ve said before, it’s fixable, but man is it going to take some work. Kevin keeps saying he loves this car even though it is a ton...

Does Loctite Thread Locker Work The Way You Think It Does? I Bet You Don’t Know THIS About Loctite! Real Testing Results

Blue and Red are the most common threadlockers that we all use on our hot rods and race cars. There are other colors, but the reality is that those are actually categorized as retaining compounds...