Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 RACING ACTION

If you are new around there then you might not know that we seriously dig Formula Off-Road racing here at BANGshift.com. This is high flying, loud, and intense racing that involves what look to be...

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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom FJ40 Tailgate Mount + Jeep Beach Prep Begins With Shannon and Jess Campbell

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper and fender flares complete, it’s time to wrap up the rear with the tailgate mounts. But these aren’t just any flares, as they...

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Car Guy Confessions With Jeff Smith – Bangshift’s Chad Reynolds and LS Swap Book Author Jefferson Bryant Steal The Show!

This one was really fun. Our friends Marcel and Jason, the guys behind Auto Revolution and their Car Guy Confessions, Influence and Impact, and several other podcasts, invited me and our friend...

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How Much Horsepower Does An Engine Driven Cooling Fan Really Take From Your Engine?

We tested alternators, engine driven fans, and other accessories on the dyno years ago and I can tell you that most of the accessories on the front of your engine take very little power to turn under...

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Custom Coach: This 1975 Crown Bus Is Ready For An RV Conversion!

Does the average recreational vehicle have to be some fifty-foot long brick with a strange graphic pattern of blacks, tans and boat-sparkle silver? No, it doesn’t. We aren’t going to...

Money No Object: A 1952 Ford F5 Car Hauler With A Supercharged V-10 For Power!

This is pure indulgence. If you are in a position where you need a car hauler in your life to get your toys moved around, you’re already doing pretty well. You don’t need a monster...

Truck Feature: Dodd Bros. Wrecker Service 1941 Chevrolet Lives A New Life INSIDE A Children’s Hospital

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Vintage tow trucks register pretty high on cool factor, and while the first impression of this colorful wrecker might have you scratching your head,...

You Make The Call: Is It Cooler To Pull and Engine Or A Kid’s Tooth With A Helicopter? We’ve Got Video of Booth!

We enjoy, encourage, and openly celebrate overkill here. Killing flies with a bazooka is not only fun, it is entertaining for the rest of us to watch as well. Today’s bazooka is actually a...

The Letourneau Tree Crusher Is Possibly The Coolest Thing We Have Ever Seen (Video)

What weighs more than 40 tons, is powered by multiple Detroit Diesel engines making electricity, is capable of literally knocking down and pulverizing forests, and looks like something out of a...

Engine Video Bonanza: Big Boy Edition – Only 12 Cylinders And Up Need Apply!

Here’s a collection of videos featuring engines that all have a minimum of 12 cylinders. Most of these are found in old Grand Prix cars but there are some surprises in this group as well....

Get An Up-Close And In-Depth Look At The Trophy LTD – Mad Max, Eat Your Heart Out!

One vehicle that I don’t know I’ll ever get sick of is Jon Baker’s “Trophy LTD”, a Kibbetech-built 1990 Ford Crown Victoria LTD that fits somewhere between a desert...

Morning Symphony: Semi, Tractor and Mini Modified Pulls At The Watson Diesel Michigan Nationals 2018!

No television coverage or YouTube video will ever compare to the sounds and sensations of a truck pull in person. Liken it to being next to the track during a Top Fuel run versus watching it on a...

Classic YouTube: The “Dragon Fire” Pulling Tractor – 8,765 Cubic Inches Of Radical Overkill

Tractor pulls might be the last bastion of unhinged, “screw it, let’s see what happens” kind of power. This is the place where five engines best suited for a Top Fueler dragster are...

Holy Crap! The Landing On These Long Jumps Is Brutal! This Is What Sudden Stop Means

Watch this! Seriously, when you see a Mega Truck hauling ass and flying through the air, you know good things are sure to follow. And this video will not disappoint as there is plenty of carnage and...

Rescue Update: The “Wild Cherry” Chevy Van Has Come A Long Way In Half A Year!

Right at the tail end of 2017 we learned about a 1975 Chevrolet G10 van known as “Wild Cherry” that had lived one hell of a life. A true 1970s custom build, the Chevy had been built by...

This 1968 Subaru Sambar Mini-Truck Is Little, Bright, And Really Cool!

Up until about a year ago, I had viewed the little Japanese Kei trucks with a jaundiced eye. They were just little weird things that did not seem to have any guts of any real purpose. Trucks are...

Another One Being Revived: This 1977 Dodge D100 Is Being Rescued After Sitting For Over Two Decades!

I told you that I was all about automotive revivals this year! While I’m still plugging away at my own setup (and nursing a wound on my hand, thank you drum brakes), others are going the...

Want To Put A Beefed 4L80E In Your Ford, Mopar, Or BOP GM Product? TCI Has Your Handled With The 4x Four Speed!

TCI’s 4x Four-Speed is a 4L80E based performance automatic that has been a staple of many GM performance builds over the last few years. The good news that that TCI recognized that keeping all...