Merry Christmas From BANGshift! We Hope You Enjoy Christmas With Your Loved Ones And That Santa Is Good To All Of You!

Every year the message is pretty similar, and on behalf of the Reynolds family, along with our amazing BangShift.com sponsors, I’d like to wish all of our friends and readers a very Merry...

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MOONEYES Christmas Party 2025 Video: Classic Cars, Hot Rods & Models Together Celebrating 75 Years Of Mooneyes!

The Mooneyes Christmas Party is always one of our favorite events of the year, and I really do miss it now that I live in Texas. It was one of those annual shows that we really looked forward to each...

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Stop Telling Me How To Drive! They Might Be Good At Instructions, But What Happens When a Rally Co-Driver Takes the Wheel?

Have you ever been driving down the road and had a backseat or passenger seat driver telling you how you should be doing it better? Or telling you straight up that you are doing it wrong? Worse yet...

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Featured Products: KBS RustSeal Easily Stops Rust, Delivers a Beautiful Finish, and Stands Out with 11 Color Options

For Immediate Release: RustSeal Easily Stops Rust, Delivers a Beautiful Finish, and Stands Out with 11 Color Options RustSeal makes it easy for DIYers and professionals alike to permanently stop and...

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The One and Only Greg Biffle: A Fitting Tribute From His Friend, Fellow Racers, And Family Man, Cleetus McFarland.

The unfortunate and tragic death of Greg Biffle made news worldwide but for Garrett Mitchell, aka Cleetus McFarland, the news hit home much harder. Biffle and his family were on their way to Florida...

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Bad Parts? Wrong Oil? NEW Data Reveals WHY Modern Engines FAIL Prematurely! This Info Might Scare You.

New engines are significantly better than older engines in many regards, but not in all of them. And new engines being better than old engines doesn’t mean that old engines aren’t good....

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The Revival Of Dylan McCool’s 1969 Charger Continues! EFI, Radiator, Battery Upgrade and More!

It’s time for another installment in the saga that is Dylan McCool’s 1969 Dodge Charger. This thing is a basket case, but he’s plugging away at making it into something he can...

We Drive It: The 2024 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Ultimate Black Edition – Cutting Edge In Places, Aging Gracefully In Others

I have long contested over the now nearly 16 years of BangShift’s existence that large sport sedans are the perfect cars. Well, they are the perfect cars for me. As an admittedly chunky guy, I...

Crusty 2.0: Less Patina, Better Performance, Still Crusty. Original Paint, Modern Comfort, And Performance!

When building cars, Greg Heinrich isn’t all about massive horsepower, or flashy paint. What matters to him more than anything, is how drivable the car is. Not how fast it can go around a corner...

Newbern Is Taking His First Car On Power Tour, But Not Before Some Suspension Upgrades And A New Pair Of Shoes

In case you missed it, David Newbern got his first car back last year. He originally bought this 1964 Impala when he was 13. It still has the original 283 and Powerglide, and it’s still...

Fun Watch: This Look Back At The Maserati Quattroporte Is Informative and Convincing As To Just How Good It Was

It’s always fun to learn the stories behind the stories of cars that we either didn’t care much about when they were new or never knew they existed in the first place. In this case the...

This Video From The 1970 Can-Am Race At Road Atlanta Is Amazing – See The Chaparral Sucker Car In Action!

There are cool historic racing videos and then there are things so sublime that you cannot believe you are actually seeing them. This video is the latter. Featuring footage from the 1970 Can-Am race...

Holley Introduces Bluetooth Capability for Sniper 2 EFI Platform: Gauges And Data On Your Favorite IOS Or Android Device! No Dash Needed!

At the 2023 SEMA Show, Holley announced that Bluetooth was coming to Holley’s Sniper 2, and everyone was excited. I’ve been lucky enough to see it in action during testing and can tell...

This MotorWeek Retro Review of A 1988 Pontiac LeMans Is Hilarious And Telling Of 1980s GM Thinking

We’re pretty sure it went something like this in the meeting room. “Wilson we need a car name here at Pontiac that people remember, but one that we have not whizzed on yet.” Young...

A Legend In His Own Words: This Feature On Smokey Yunick Is So Awesome As He’s The One Telling The Stories

There’s few things more awesome than seeing old video of a legend telling their own stories. Yes, this is a relatively short clip, lasting a total of about five minutes but it’s fantastic...

DIY Tech: Custom Cables and Ends from Scratch or Fix Your Broken Cables – Throttle, Brake, Clutch, Choke, Whatever!

How many times have you been working on your mini bike, go cart, motorcycle, or whatever and you find that you have a broken cable end. You know, the kind of cable that actuates the clutch, choke, or...

EFI Conversion Explained: Everything You Need to Know In Order To Decide Whether An EFI Swap Is Right For You And Your Ride

With electronic fuel injection becoming so readily available, more and more hot rodders are asking themselves whether or not an EFI conversion is right for their hot rod, muscle car, or classic...

Trailer Tire Tech: Here Are Five Things You Should Know About Trailer Tires, Because They Really Do Matter!

You see folks posting all over social media about blowouts on their race trailers each week, and asking for advice on which tires everyone else uses. I can tell you that the majority of trailer tire...

Tuning 101: How To Read Spark Plugs, And What They Are Trying To Tell You. Powell Machine Is Sharing Knowledge.

Everyone is always talking about EFI nowadays, and for an entire generation of racers and hot rodders there seems to be a lack of knowledge on how to tell what your engine wants if you don’t...

BIG TIRES & BLOWERS – The Hot Rod Hoarder Hits Up The Spring Pigeon Forge Rod Run 2024 And Man There Were Cool Cars On Parade.

Pigeon Forge is a tourist destination, and home to several awesome car and truck events, in the Smokey Mountains of Tennessee. It’s a cool town full of restaurants, shops, hotels, Dollywood,...