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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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 2 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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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND! THIS IS HELLA 2026, COURSE 1 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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It’s Not Cheap, But You Couldn’t Build This Bitchen 1956 Chevy Pickup For Less

It is no surprise that my favorite 1950’s Chevy pickup is a 1956, just like my favorite year of Tri-Five Chevy cars. I like them low, I like them simple, and I have always wanted one. This...

The “WTF?” Files: It’s A Monte Carlo! It’s A Boat! …wait a minute…

A wide swath of BangShift readership are into older American cars, so I’ll ask the question: ever catch hell from someone because they perceive your car as a boat? Whether you own a big-body...

Want To Play In The Mud Properly? BFGoodrich Introduces The Mud-Terrain T/A KM3!

When BFGoodrich brings out a new off-road tire, the first thing they do even before they go public with it is they torture-test them. In the case of the new Mud-Terrain T/A KM3, that torture test...

Morning Symphony: Climbing The Moffat Route With A Freight Train

I don’t care who you are, what age you are, what you are into or anything else…if you don’t get excited when you get to be anywhere even close to trains, have your head checked....

Money No Object: This Lingenfelter-Modified 1999 Chevrolet Suburban Packs 9.9L Of Eff-You Power!

Nine-point-nine liters of engine, normally sourced for a marine application, plopped into the most typically 1990s Chevrolet Suburban you’ve ever seen in your life. You know how there are...

If Small, Tough, and Weird, Are Buying Requirements, This 1991 Mitsubishi Delica 4×4 Star Wagon Is Your Jam

There are some things you literally never expect to see on eBay and this is one of them. You are looking at a Japanese market 1991 Mitsubishi Delica 4×4 Star Wagon that has been imported into...

Got Soot? This Compound Turbo Equipped Cummins Powered Ford Rips 10s!

There’s nothing freaky about diesel performance anymore, right? Seeing trucks with a column of soot coming out the exhaust flying down the drag strip is kind go a normal thing these days. In...

The Hydraulic Press Channel Delivers Again! A Helmet, A Piston, and A Running Engine?!

If you are slowing shaking your head at our simpleton nature, beware that the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube has 1.3m subscribers. Hell, we don’t even subscribe to it, we simply pop in...

Wow, This Unmolested 1976 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Is Amazing And We Want It!

Can’t you see yourself driving this thing every day? It’s not new, but so amazingly original that people would think you must have bought it new or inherited it from Dad or Grandpa. There...

This 1971 Ford Econoline Van Is A Weekend Away From Cruiser Perfection!

If you cruised into the Mooneyes XMas Show, your local Cars and Coffee, or any Goodguys show in the country, with this van, lowered, on these US Mags or a different set of big and littles, everyone...

Desert Off-Road Testing Right Next To The Public Road In Plaster City!

Plaster City is a place that almost nobody outside of the off-road world, and most certainly Southern California, needs to know about. It’s desert, and not particularly pretty desert at that,...

This Awesome Tilt Shift Video From King Of The Hammers Makes Them All Look Like Toys

You might not be familiar with the term Tilt Shift Photography, but it is a style of time lapse if you will. Think Claymation and them from back in the day, but with real subjects that are actually...

This 1983 GMC C7000 4×4 Fire Engine Brush Truck Could Be The Ultimate Off-Road Machine

Every kid loves a fire truck. And everyone at some point has wished they could drive one. Well now is your chance, and this one could actually be turned into one hell of an off-road machine. We can...

Ow, My Spine: Watch These XJ Jeeps Go For Height In The Woods!

AMC might be most fondly remembered for the AMX, but credit really needs to be given to the XJ Cherokee. Conceived as one of American Motors’ last major projects before being purchased by...