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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Watch The Dually From Hell Make Over 1,000 HP To The Tires On The Dyno – WOW

If there is a more aptly named vehicle than the “Dually From Hell” shown in this video we’ve never seen it. This truck is just flat nasty with a 555ci big block Chevy and an F2...

Viva Las Vegas 2015: Sweet Trucks From One Of The Coolest Shows In The Nation

It is Viva Las Vegas weekend baby and we’re in Vegas blasting photos like it is the end of the world. We’re going to cover this thing wall to wall and we need to because the show...

Need A V16? This Mammoth Marmon V16 Could Be Yours!

As the country was plunging into the Great Depression, automakers were still clinging to the idea that there was plenty of money floating around to buy ever bigger and more powerful cars. The fact...

The Story Of U-1206, The German U-Boat With The Worst Story In The Fleet – It’s The Toilet’s Fault

The German U-boat occupies a very dark chapter in history. Between World War I and World War II they were feared, a legitimate danger to practically any vessel plying through the Atlantic Ocean. Less...

Neat Video Bonanza: How Dudes in Bolivia Float Trucks Across the River with Two Canoes

BangShifty solutions to problems are born different ways. Creativity can be used to work around a limited budget, lack of proper tools, and in this case, lack of a bridge to cross a large river in...

Trucks, Trucks, and ONLY Trucks From The 2015 Carl Casper Show – Big Ones, Small Ones, Short Ones, Tall Ones

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I would consider this the utility group, but I’m not sure many of these could handle much of a load these days or be pressed into hard service.  The...

Nowhere To Go But Down During This Rockcrawling Event In Congress, Arizona

Congress, Arizona is situated between Prescott and Wickenberg, west of Phoenix and is right at the base of Arizona’s biggest geological feature: the Mogollon Rim, the 2000′ separation...

Buy Your Own Gamma Goat! A Rare Shot At Owning This Military Glorious Semi-Failure

If you like to own big, cool, noisy things than boy do we have a deal for you! This 1971 built Gamma Goat is for sale on eBay and since there are not many of them left around, you better act know and...

This Is A Thing? Speed Plowing In Sweden…”Let’s Get Ready To Cultivate!”

Early spring at BangShift Mid-West means many things…the trees are finally starting to leaf out, daffodils are blooming, my allergies are raging, and fields across the region are being torn up...

Truck Feature: This Hot Rodded Cummins Powered Lil’ Red Express Rips Low 10-Second Quarter Mile Times With 100psi Of Boost!

(Words and photos be Jacob Marshall) – When I first saw Max Kirtley’s Little Red Express truck it was buried in the staging lanes of Royal Purple Raceway surrounded by numerous Nissan...

Freak For Sale: Cummins 4BT Powered 1970 Nova Dually – Eight Lug Wheels And The Soul Of A Big Rig?

For the pure freak factory, this could be the weirdest single car I have ever posted on BangShift. Not weird in the sense that it is horribly ugly or looks like it was victimized by a bad plastic...

Busted Knuckle Video Has Released “Mega Trucks Gone Wild 2”: High Horsepower, High Flying Mud Truck Action

There aren’t many places that allow any owner of a vehicle with thousands of horsepower to exercise it freely. Land speed arenas, drag strips, and monster truck venues come to mind, but there...

Wreckage Video: A Weight Sled Failure Causes Major Impact At A Truck Pull

Forgive our strange fascination with wrecks at truck and tractor pulls, but we cannot help ourselves. In this clip we see all the right elements add up to a big thumping crash at the top end of the...

Epic Craigslist Find: Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford F-100 Shop Truck

Holman-Moody’s 1967 Ford shop truck is for sale for $14,000. Do you really need to know any more than that? Working with Ford products, Holman-Moody were the name in motorsports in the late...