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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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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The ETL Overland 5.7 LMTV RV: Camp Out Wherever You Feel Like Parking For The Night!

I’ve made no bones about my love for the LMTV series of military vehicles…after all, for years, they were what I relied on while I was serving. They might look tall and awkward, but trust...

Video: Watch A Human Powered Helicopter Fly Beautifully And Crash Violently – Wild Stuff!

With headlines that love to talk about binge drinking, immoral activity, and other craziness at colleges and universities around the country, it can be easy to forget that there are lots of brilliant...

Crash And Burn: This Mud Racer Went Over Two Guardrails And A Fence After Losing Control

The waiver form you sign when you go to a track might as well be the “terms and conditions” you read when you go to download an update for a video game: instead of clicking the box and...

Think Trars Are Weird? How About Trucktors – The Newest Craze Sweeping The Nation

Ok, maybe not yet but we think that this trend has the potential to outstrip even the seemingly unending number of Trars that pop up for sale on various internet sales outlets. By trend we mean one...

This Chevrolet Colorado Rig Just Made One Hell Of A Debut At The 2016 Mountain Havoc Event – Nothing Can Stop It!!

Ok, so there is only a little bit of body left that identifies this purpose built rig as a Chevrolet Colorado. So what? This is one bad mother, and are in bonafide lust over it. Where do you start?...

This Monster Chevy Tahoe Is A Beast! ProChargers…They Aren’t Just For Drag Racers!

A tornado is one of Nature’s most fear-inducing phenomena, and for good reason: from beginning to end, there is no good news that comes out of the appearance of a funnel cloud. When the sky...

Video: Watch 12 and 13ft Tall Trucks Try To Make It Under An 11-Foot 8-Inch Tall Bridge – Carnage!

There’s a bridge in Durham, North Carolina that has been supporting rail road traffic for more than 10o years. The bridge has also withstood hundreds and hundreds of hits from box trucks,...

Check Out This Footage From The 2016 Croatia Trophy – Slogging Through The Endurance Test!

Ever have someone crow on and on about going off-road, only to find out that all they did was drive down a dirt road? I’m sorry, but there is a lot more to off-roading than leaving the safety...

Old School Huge: This 1978 Chevy Stepside Is The 1980s Pro Street Car Of Trucks And We Love It

I quite literally learned to read with National Dragster and honed my skills on Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off-Road. I still get that magazine delivered to the house today and have for more of my...

Project Hay Hauler: An Engine Swap Along With An Overdrive Trans You Didn’t See Coming!

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – If you have been following along on our Project Hay Hauler, ’67 GMC C1500 pickup, owned by our contributor Scott Liggett, you would have seen how he has...

Planes of Fame: A Look At The Awesome Machines Of The Chino Air Show

(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – There may not be anything more patriotic around this time of the year as is a local historic airshow. The yearly Airshow at the Planes of Fame Air Museum...

How Do You Even….What The…..Clearly This Chevy Truck Was Attacked By A Monster Of Some Sort

We’re at a loss here. Typically we can look at some of the stuff we find on the IAAI.com site and do some armchair forensic work on to determine what happened. Mashed a telephone pole? Easy....

This Australian Couple Got So Annoyed With Their Dodge Journey They Had Someone Drive A Tank Over It (Video)

We have all had a car that we hated so much we wanted to see it crushed, right? Well as many of us as have had those feelings few, if any of us actually acted on them. The same cannot be said for an...

Trar-Rod: This 1977 Nova Has Big Tires, A Cage, Lots of Horsepower, And A Spoiler

BangShifter Rob Miller sent us this hot off the presses tip yesterday and we thought that you’d want to see it today. Why? This is one of the more interesting trars we have ever seen because it...