Holley Swap Essentials: Holley’s Complete LS & LT Swap Kits for GM Cars & Trucks Make Installs A Sure Thing

It’s never been easier to LS or LT swap something, and there are a ton of companies making parts. Engine mounts, gotta be 100 companies making them. Headers, probably 100 as well. Brackets,...

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More Run to the Sun 2026 Car Show Photos: The 37th Annual Event Did Not Disappoint! Check Out All The Cool Photos That Mike Brooks Got Us!

Here’s gallery #2 from Mike Brooks coverage of the Run to the Sun car show in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. If you missed gallery #1, use the link below to check them out too. (Photos by Mike...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Big Progress, Big Video, Engine & Transmission Mounted + Roll Cage Bracing Complete!

Shannon and Jess are moving right along on the FJ40 and things just keep getting better. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might not...

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The TRUTH About Oil Additives Revealed, With Real Test Results From The Motor Oil Geek

There are too many Oil Treatments and Additives to count nowadays, and many of them make claims that are hard to believe. Over the years there have been so many of them and while some have good...

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Aftermarket Gossip: Is a Manual C8 Corvette Actually Happening? TREMEC’s Aftermarket Chief Tells All!

I realize the numbers are small, but there are people out there that would like a C8 Corvette with a clutch pedal. And as a guy who drives a stick shift car most days, I understand the allure. But I...

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First Drive Video: Westen Champlin’s Cummins Swapped Rolls Royce Is Something Special. Absurd, But Special.

I like a good Cummins as much as the next guy, but this is a bit over the top. Of course it won’t surprise you since it is coming from Westen Champlin, but at the same time it is taking the...

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This 1953 Chevy Wrecker Is A Runner, A Driver, And An Old School Worker You Can Own

Hey, a wrecker on BangShift? We never do stuff like this! Ok, we probably do stuff like this too much but can you blame us? This 1953 Chevy tow truck is really cool and it is something you can hop...

See What It Took For Robby Gordon To Get Ready For The Dakar Rally 2015

We’re huge fans of the Dakar Rally around here, and I started watching back in the day when the entire thing was first televised here in the United States. I remember drooling over the Kamaz...

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Doing It Wrong Video: How Not to Crane a Boat Into the Water

We’ve often thought that being a crane operator would be a pretty kick ass gig. Commanding such a powerful piece of machinery and completing tough jobs that require skill and a steady hand...

Punjabi Tractor Pulling Delivers Again: YOU Make The Call – How Does This Video End?

Ok if you have gotten this far, the image on the video player below kind of telegraphs my punch but look, Punjabi tractor pulling is probably the highest stakes motorsport on Earth. How is that...

Ohio Mile Coverage: Trucks And ONLY Trucks From The First Meet Of The 2015 ECTA Season

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Trucks…?!!!  What the….   Well, here’s proof they can haul more than hay.  Each one of these is unique in its own way and I suppose that’s my...

The Range Rover SVR Is A Snotty Muscle SUV That Will Take Flight And Drift – This Is How You Review A Car!

Range Rovers fit into two normal groups for us: the ones that are the take-no-prisoners British off-roaders we know and love from Camel Trophy and other such events, and the sport-utility of choice...

Rough Start: A Rough But Running 1982 Jeep J20 Calls Our Name

We like our trucks useful. They don’t have to be pretty, they don’t have to have all of the power in the world, but they had better be able to start, run, and work everyday. You can...

This 1980 AM General M934 Expansible Van Is What You Need If A Big Military Truck Is Missing In Your Life

So Lohnes wants to compare apples to oranges by going after a nice, clean SJ Wagoneer with…of all things…an M35A2 Deuce that has been chopped and converted into a bright yellow oversized...

This Tough Truck Ramcharger Makes A Hard Run, But Does It Survive The Knox County Fairgrounds Track?

Tough Truck races are, as far as I’m concerned at least, a Viking funeral for a truck that has worked long and hard, and is at the end of it’s road. Pushing the truck well beyond the...

Buy This Turbine Powered, Thrust Driven Jet Ski – Why? Because It Would Make For A Good Story On Your Tombstone

Virtually everything is better with turbines. We say “virtually” because we’re not sure a thrust driven jet ski is actually better than one propelled by the water jet propulsion...

Pulling Action! Wheels Up, Dirt Flying, Awesome Texas Truck and Tractor Pullers Association Photos

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam was our man on the scene last weekend at the Texas Truck and Tractor Pulling Association event. We showed you some of his images yesterday and...

Managed To Get Your Kenworth Stuck? Call In A Cummins Dodge!

A typical tow rating for a 1990s Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins truck is somewhere between 10,000lbs and 12,000 lbs, depending on such options as four-wheel-drive and axle ratios. Not bad at all. We are...

Need A Sensible Family Ride To Use In The Takeover Of A Small Country? This 1978 Kaiser Jeep Truck Is Your Rig!

So my highlighting of the former Governator’s Duramax Wagoneer went over about as well as Pickett’s Charge yesterday and McTaggart came at me today with a better option. Being the mean...

Truck and Tractor Pulling Action Photos From Texas! Gassers, Diesels, Tractors, Work Trucks, More!

(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – Talk about a schizophrenic gearhead weekend! Charles Wickam spent one day among some of the most rare, beautiful, and expensive machines in Texas and the next...