Best of 2019: Watch This Crusher Bound Detroit Diesel V-16 Two Stroke Go Out With Its Boots On
Dec 30, 2019Brian Lohnes6
Many of you are going to hate this video because it involves the destruction of an engine and a cool engine at that. Many of you will be disgusted by seeing a crusher bound Detroit Diesel V-16 two...
This Two-Door Tahoe Would Be An Epic Daily Driver, You Never Find Them This Clean
Dec 29, 2019Chad Reynolds13
Two-Door Tahoes are something you don’t see every day. I still think of them as a “Blazer” and wish that is what Chevrolet had called them, but regardless of the name they are cool...
Best of 2019: The Union Pacific #4014 Big Boy and #844 Steam Locomotives In Action
Dec 24, 2019Bryan McTaggart8
I don’t know of any little kid that isn’t fascinated by trains. Whether it was listening to the freight trains of the Illinois Central line rip past the backyard of my stepmother’s...
Best of 2019: Big Mess Video: Watch A Huge Crane Topple When The Earth Under It Gives Way!
Dec 23, 2019Brian Lohnes3
(By Greg Rourke) – Having worked on a few job sites with big cranes on them, I have to say they scare the crap out of me. The biggest piece of equipment on the site lifting stuff that seems...
Best of 2019: The Marmon-Herrington Rhino, From Back When Creativity Could Get Weird Fast
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggart3
Picture this: it is a nice, sunny day in 1954. All is quiet and peaceful…right up until the ground starts to rumble with the the pulsations of something heavy coming close. Soon, you see...
Mark Williams Enterprises Expands Off-Road Offerings With A GM 14-Bolt 30-Spline Pinion Flange Yoke
Dec 23, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Mark Williams Enterprises Expands Off-Road Offerings With A GM 14-Bolt 30-Spline Pinion Flange Yoke
Every rig on the trail or the rocks has an achilles heel. Maybe its a weak axle, maybe its a weak transmission, or maybe it is lurking in a place that you are not considering like the the yoke on...
Dreamtime For Lohnes: Rtech’s Custom Trucks Visit Jay Leno!
Dec 23, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Dreamtime For Lohnes: Rtech’s Custom Trucks Visit Jay Leno!
We’ve seen both of the trucks you will see here at SEMA. Both of these trucks gathered a ton of attention, both of these trucks stand tall and broad, both of these trucks were the perfect...
Best of 2019: Transmission Tech Video: American Powertrain Explains Why A Junkyard 6-Speed May Not Be Your Project’s Best Friend
Dec 23, 2019Brian Lohnes4
There’s a lot of stuff in life that seems really, really good on the surface but going a little bit deeper than that reveals that there are hidden costs. Such is the case with scoring a...
Project Hay Hauler Update: We Raced It, Broke It, Fixed It, Lowered It, And Yet We Still Can’t Leave It Alone!
Dec 21, 2019Chad Reynolds4
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) It’s been over a year since I last updated you on the progress of my ’67 GMC pickup. I do have to apologize for my lack of updates. A lot has...
Watch This 4.6L Jeep Stroker Engine Make Solid Power That Would Have Your Jeep Roasting Mudders
Dec 20, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This 4.6L Jeep Stroker Engine Make Solid Power That Would Have Your Jeep Roasting Mudders
We all get hung up on engines that makes a zillion horsepower or are made of solid billet and cost as much as a small aircraft. The nature of this stuff is to zone in on the shiny stuff that makes...
Save BIG At OPGI With The HOLIDAY19 Promotion Code! Do It Now And Save On 2-Day Shipping!
Dec 19, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Save BIG At OPGI With The HOLIDAY19 Promotion Code! Do It Now And Save On 2-Day Shipping!
Listen, we know. It is crunch time for gift buying as we’re about a week away from Christmas. Maybe you have stumbled upon BangShift because you have a gearhead family member that needs to be...
Video: Check Out These 10 Amazing Engines From The 2019 PRI Show – Horsepower!
Dec 19, 2019Brian Lohnes3
The 2019 PRI show was packed to the rafters with new parts, cool race cars, industry celebrities, and activity galore, but the most important thing it was packed with? Awesome engines! This video...
Video: Check Out The Aeromotive 10 GPM Brushless Pump and True Variable Speed Controller In Action On The Test Stand!
Dec 17, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Check Out The Aeromotive 10 GPM Brushless Pump and True Variable Speed Controller In Action On The Test Stand!
We told you yesterday that we would be back with video showing the monster 10 gallon per minute Aeromotive brushless pump in action and here we are. The test stand that this pump was on got slap wore...
Racer and Racing Safety Titan Bill Simpson Has Died At Age 79 – Human Force Of Nature Reshaped Racing
Dec 16, 2019Brian Lohnes11
(Photo: IMS Motorsport Museum) – Bill Simpson’s headstone will document 79 years of life when it is carved but the truth is that Bill Simpson lived 800 years. The man who reshaped the...










