Ford-Wagen: Ford and VW Are Teaming Up On The Next Generation Of Ranger – Built VW Tough?
(By Tom Lohnes) – With the new Maverick on the way, the next-gen Ford Ranger development hasn’t had the spotlight. Well, some interesting stuff is happening with the new US-market Ranger,...
Rolling Coal: 2021 Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge Uphill Semi Drag Racing Video
If you like high-powered diesel trucks, and big rigs in particular, then the Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge is an event you just don’t want to miss. With several uphill drag racing events, show...
Size Matters: When The World’s Largest Enclosed Ramp Truck Isn’t Enough, You Add A Big Trailer.
Because Finnegan and Newbern just keeping adding more and more and more and more vehicles to the fleet, there is a need to be able to haul more than one of them at a time and that has resulted in...
These Solid State Relays From MSD Will Cleanup Your Wiring, While Making It More Reliable, And Faster Acting
When MSD first came out with these solid state relays, I was in love. These blocks simplify wiring of relays by combining some of the wiring into one unit that effectively replaces four separate...
Prestige Motorsports Custom Crate Engines Now Available At American Powertrain
As if providing the best overdrive manual transmission systems in the world wasn’t enough, now you can add big power for your Ford, Chevy, and Mopar to the offerings from American Powertrain....
LS Turbo Tech: Stock Manifolds, Shorty Headers, Or Dedicated Turbo Headers – What’s The Real Difference?
Here’s the truth. If you connect the exhaust housing of a turbocharger to the exhaust on an LS engine, and the compressor side to the intake manifold, it will make boost and more power than it...
When You Build A Van With Armored Wheel Wells And 500 Horsepower It Must Be A Burnout Machine
I love wagons, vans, and Suburbans, and since I’m such a square body fan I just can’t not like this awesome tire-smoking machine right here. When I first saw it at Holley’s LSFest...
LS Fest West 2021: Meet “Hank” the High-Flying LS-Swapped Ford F100. Rad Doesn’t Begin To Describe This
What’s funny about LS Swaps is the reactions you do, and DON’T get from people with regards to certain swaps. For example, unless you are at an all-Ford event, nobody even gives an LS...
Lucas Oil Pro Pulling League Action Photos: Horsepower, Torque, and Competiton At GALOT Motorsports Park
(Photos by David Whealon) – If there is one thing that the last year has taught all of us that love racing, motorsports, and competition of all kinds it is that (a) it ain’t the same...
Historic Video: See the “Ball and Chain” Tree Clearing Method at Work! Plus Its Use In Vietnam As Well
One of the most unexpectedly popular stories I have ever penned here on BangShift was the tale of the land clearing operation that made way for the Hungry Horse dam. A pair of enterprising...
$1,000 Build: So Close To Done, And Ready To Be Raffled Off For A New Owner! Who’s Going Home With It?
It’s still “way” under budget, considering that the budget is just $1,000 and we love this thing. Love, love, love it. The idea behind this project is so good and we love Casey for...
Boomski: This Video Compilation Of Violent Nitrous Backfires Is Pretty Wild
Nitrous Oxide has been enhancing the horsepower of piston engines for decades now and by and large it does an awesome job. When we watch pro mods with huge engines snorting the stuff to win races and...
The 2022 F-150 Lightning Pro Is Designed For Job Site Life – Think It Will Deliver?
(By Tom Lohnes) – The reveal of the really cool but really weird Ford F-150 Lightning is in our recent memories, but it was missing something. Where is the commercial-oriented version that is...
