Newbern’s Ramp Truck Project Continues: Tearing Into Two Builds! C50 Cab Off Plus A Fox Body Engine Gets Pulled!

Newbern is back at it with another installment on the C50 ramp truck build. He’s taking a couple of donor vehicles and putting them together to make his dream ramp truck and we can’t wait...

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Big Power, Small Engine: Double Or TRIPLE The Power Of Your Predator Engine For Go Kart And Mini Bike Fun!

I don’t know any car guys and gals who don’t like mini bikes and go karts, and in recent years there is no better engine than a Predator from Harbor Freight. Freiburger and I built mini...

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This Crew Cab Dually Trade Road Trip Goes South For Mortske! Did He Get TAKEN Or Is This Just Lowered Dually Life?

When you make enough trades, there is no doubt that occasionally you won’t end up making out exactly as planned. Doesn’t mean the car or truck you trade for sucks, but maybe it just...

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Tool Testing: Mustard vs Ketchup DeWALT says their 1st Right Angle Die Grinder is 1.5X As Powerful As Milwaukee!

We love tool tests around here, and while we know many of you out there are super loyal to mustard or ketchup, aka DeWalt or Milwaukee, we’re not really that particular. Yes I understand why...

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Vice Grip Garage Annual Father Son Trip! ATTEMPTING 3,000 Miles In A VINTAGE BIG BLOCK RV! Cooking, Fishing, Museums and more!

A couple of weeks ago we shared the video of Derek picking up this machine and getting it ready to drive 850 miles home. Seemed like a pretty stout trip in an unknown RV, but that was nothing when...

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Freiburger Takes Us On A DRIVING TOUR of HISTORIC HOT ROD SPOTS Around Los Angeles! Too Many To Count!

There are tons of historic spots around Southern California that impacted hot rodding, racing, and custom car building over the last 80 years or so, but no matter how many you can think of there are...

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THE REMATCH! TRUCK NORRIS VS CHOPACABRA VS PRO LS VS LIL HOT ROD. WHAT IS THE BEST LS TRUCK CAM?

It’s on! Richard Holdener is doing the ultimate truck cam shootout right here with a 5.3 on the dyno at Westech Performance Group and a stack of “Truck Cams”. He’s testing...

Rolling Thunder Video: This Highlight Reel Of Hot Rod Semi Truck Pulling Rigs Is Power Defined

When I took Freiburger to his first ever pull, we were in Northern Maine. He was there with the Turks and they were running the Hot Rod Special Camaro at the Loring Timing Association LSR meet. When...

Big Diesel Power Video: This Massive And Hot Rodded Cummins KTTA19 Engine Grinds Out Impressive Power On The Dyno

There’s just something about a big diesel engine, especially one that has been hot rodded, right? In this case we’re at Pittsburgh Power with their recently KTTA19 Cummins twin...

The 1955 Chevy Apache Pickup Rebuild: Customizing Custom Parts, Because Well, You Know.

It’s time to tackle the cab on this truck, and by that I mean it is time to make the controls inside it work the right way. The engine, trans, and all the chassis and suspension stuff have been...

Hot Rodding 101: Ford Flathead Ignition Buyers Guide – From Stock To Race Magnetos!!!

The guys at Iron Trap Garage started a Hot Rodding 101 series a couple of years ago that we’ve watched, but we never shared it with you guys until now. They just put up a new one today so we looked...

Victory Lap: This 1960s NASA Video Celebrates the Mercury Program’s Success And Is Awesome

We here at BangShift have never been quiet about our live for the US space program and the incredible magic it produced for decades. The famed Mercury Seven were perhaps the most brave and heroic...

Gallery: Vintage Truck Ads From 1966 

America was booming in the middle 1960s. There were massive construction projects going on all over the country, industry was consuming resources that needed to be cut, moved, or mined out of the...

American Powertrain Introduces Complete Square Body Chevy/GMC 4×4 TREMEC 4050 Transmission Kit for 1973-1987 Pickups

You know that we love our square body, 1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks around here, and that’s not only because they look awesome but also because there is so much aftermarket support for them...

CARBURETED HO 8.1L GEN 7 496 TEST. HOW TO RUN A CARB ON YOUR 8.1L EFI, GEN 7 BBC? WHAT IS IT WORTH?

It’s time for more Gen 7 Big Block 8.1 testing. This time it is a special setup where an 8.1L is getting an intake and carburetor, plus a distributor! Yep, a distributor. It’s going into...

Rebel With The Claws: Ram Dials Up Fun, Tech, and Rumble With The 2023 Ram Rebel G/T Pickup Truck

The modern age of the pickup truck is something even the most prescient automotive executive didn’t see coming a couple of decades ago. Not only are there a massive range of styles and sizes to...

Aaron and Emily From Flying Sparks Garage Go Off-Roading, Camping, And Cooking In Their New Bronco!

They are back at it! The dynamic duo at Flying Sparks Garage are off on more adventures, but this time they are doing it in their NEW Ford Bronco, rather than their vintage one. Since they actually...

Featured Product: Holley Low-Pressure Power Steering Pumps For Gen III Hemi Swap Vehicles

If you are swapping a late model Gen 3 HEMI into your hot rod or muscle car, you are going to need to do more than just bolt it in. When it comes to the accessory drive, there are some great options,...

Space Age Railroad: The Story Of The Rocket Sled Track At Holloman Air Force Base – Amazing History!

This is some wild mechanical history. You are going to watch “Space Age Railroad” which is the historic story of the rocket sled track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Started as...

FINNEGAN’S CUMMINS-SWAPPED SQUAREBODY CHEVY NOW MAKES 1,350 FT-LBS OF TORQUE!!!!

On more than one occasion I’ve thought that Cummins swapping my squarebody dually would be the wise choice, rather than putting together a bigger and badder big block for it. I hesitate to move...