BANGshift.com Would Like To Wish All Of You A Happy And Safe Independence Day! We Hope You Enjoy The Celebration This 4th of July!

On behalf of myself, all our great BANGshift.com contributors, and all our families, BANGshift.com would like to wish you all a happy, healthy, and safe Independence Day. Happy Birthday to the United...

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Shop Tour Video: United by Trucks Visits Pennsylvania’s Hart Fab to Get A Look At What Makes Them Tick. This is UBT ON TOUR

I love shop tours. Who doesn’t? Seeing a hot rod or custom shop building cars and trucks is always fun to see, and when they do it right it is really fun to check out all their fabrication,...

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Laid On Its Balls! How This Custom NBS Went From Show To Scrap And Back To Life And On The Road!

This truck has got some interesting history and has lived a rough life but has been brought back to life in a big way. After being built, this truck lit the show world on fire as it was laid out on...

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Loren Healy and the El Bandito Ford Bronco Take First in Ultra4 USA at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb! Race Day Onboard 2026

Loren Healy is no stranger to going fast, no matter what he’s driving, but he’s most at home behind the wheel of his Ultra 4 Bronco in the dirt. So what made him want to take the El...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Making Fiberglass Doors Actually Fit, And Making The Steering Work Properly!

Doors that shut and wheels that turn might not sound super exciting, but they require fabrication and time in order to be right and that’s what we dig. This project has been fun to follow, and...

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A Train Wreck! How DO THEY CLEAN ONE UP?! Watch Them Move These Locomotives On Site! Insane Lifting.

While we were on Rocky Mountain Race Week a couple of weeks ago, we passed a train derailment that had happened in the not too distant past. The tracks were repaired, and some of the train wreckage...

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Survivor Excalibur Boogie Van FOUND at Auction!! Make It Kustom Risks It All To Buy And Save This Throwback

Custom vans are cool, and even if they aren’t all the style you like you have to appreciate the amount of work that went into these things in the 1970s and 1980s. These are much larger inside...

FJ45 Rock Crawler Project: Cutting And Wedging The Bed On This Unicorn Almost Makes Me Cringe…Almost.

If you know old Toyota Land Cruisers then you know that an FJ40 is an iconic off-roader. Like a Jeep CJ, it’s a short wheelbase little utility ride that can be built into anything. The FJ60 on the...

Five in A Row To Make It Go: This Video Looks At The Largest Five Cylinder Engines In The World

When we think about “oddball” engine layouts the inliners don’t typically enter the conversation. The W-style engines, the large displacement, small cylinder count V engines, and...

Radial Of A Different Kind: This Guiberson T-1020 Diesel Radial Is The Perfect Christmas Gift

The last several years it has been radial this, radial that, right? Well, that’s in the world of drag racing. In the world of engines, radials have been a thing for a long, long time. Radial...

2021 Through The Lens: Our Final Batch Of Fantastic David Whealon Images From The Racing Year That Was

(Photos by David Whealon) – Whether it was the wet Virginia countryside or the pastel colored Florida sunsets at Gainesville, David Whealon was there and armed with his picture taking machine...

JUNKYARD 6.0L LS CAM TEST-STOCK VS BTR TRUCK (STG 1-3) VS LS3 VS SLOPPY STAGE 2 VS (BIG) COMP 469

It’s cam testing time! I’ve been in the dyno cell with Richard on several occasions where all we were doing was testing camshafts, and I can tell you that when you get in the groove...

PRI Show Photos: More Photos From The Performance Racing Industry Show In Indy

We’ve got a lot of galleries from the show, so check them all out. And if you are just getting started with our coverage, don’t worry there is a link below to see everything we’ve posted so...

The Baja 1000: Ken Block Takes on Mexico’s Toughest Race W/ Jax Redline & Alan Ampudia!

The BAJA 1000 is one of the most epic races in the world and is most certainly the toughest in North America. Racers of all kinds dream of racing in the 1000 and for good reason. It’s not just...

LS VS BIG BLOCK! WHICH STROKER MAKES MORE TORQUE? 6.0L VS 408 LS, 454 VS 489 BBC THEN 408 VS 489 !

Stroker vs Stroker baby! LS or Big Block, which one will reign supreme? As the owner of a tow pig in need of a new torque monster, who’s not in the market for a diesel swap, I’m looking...

PRI Show Photos: Visiting The PRI Show In Indy Is Like Waking Up In Santa’s Workshop If All They Made Was Race Parts!

Yeah, this would be the best version of the north pole, that’s for sure. With nothing but race parts, cars, trucks, and the tools to make them it’s one of the coolest places on earth and...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Ford EcoBoost 1.6L Shelf Stock PowerPak Plus Piston Kit

The high performance aftermarket never ceases to amaze, right? It is a forward looking industry that works hard to meet the demands of an ever evolving customer base and an ever evolving world of...

Turbine Wheels For Square Body GM Trucks! These New Turbines From Halibrand Are Rad!

I’m a big fan of the square body GM trucks, and I also love Vector and Turbine Wheels. Of course Vectors were found on the General Lee and Turbines were found on the A-Team van. The difference...

PRI Show Photos: Nothing But Race Cars And Race Parts! PRI Is The Best Trade Show Ever!!!!

It’s December in Indy, and that means that while the rest of the country is trying to shop, decorate, and plan for the holidays, every racer, crew chief, car owner, and cool dude in the country...

LOW BUCK, JUNKYARD V8 TORQUE TEST-6.0L LS VS 7.4L 454 BBC-WHO MAKES MORE TORQUE? BETTER VS BIGGER!

For towing there is nothing that matters like torque. It’s why the current class of diesel engines coming from GM, Ford, and Ram are bigger and more powerful than ever before, and why older...