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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Best of BangShift: The Most Powerful Snow plow Ever?

We think we’ve located the most powerful snow plowing apparatus in the world. If you know of something with more grunt than two locomotives hooked together, please share. Keeping the tracks...

Best Of BangShift: The Twisted Tale of the Great American Truck Racing Series

Our quest for answers regarding a long-forgotten race series that featured massive big-rig trucks on asphalt and dirt ovals started with a thread on the Bangshift.com forum section. One of our...

Best of 2014: An Ohio Scrap Yard Owner Bought A Bunch Of WWII Era Planes In The Late 1940s To “Save” Them – They’re Now All Rotting In The Woods – Amazing Photos

Walter Soplata must have been an interesting dude. After all, the guy went on a pretty amazing buying spree in the late 1940s, buying old warplanes that had participated in WWII in an effort to...

Off-Roading Fun: This Early-1950’s Chevy Goes For A Romp In An Off-Roader’s Playground

It has an alcohol-swilling 540ci Chevy with a 12-71 blower under the hood that’s good for 1,300 horsepower. It has 2.5 ton axles front and rear hooked to a tube frame. It has beautiful black...

This Kelderman Equipped Monster F-450 Harley Davidson Edition Could Be Yours – Bug Out In Style…While Towing Your House

While we knew that Ford’s upscale Harley Davidson edition package extended through most of its truck line we did not know that it was available on the F-450 truck that the company sells. The...

BangShift Holiday Shopping Guide: Furniture From Vintage Aircraft Parts And Official Pictures, By Boeing!

Ever wonder what happened to all of the older aircraft that have been retired? Sure, there’s plenty of them sitting in dirt lots in southern Arizona, and quite a few of them are on their fourth...

This 1960 Chevy Wagon Has An Exhaust Stack, A Cummins Diesel Engine, And Not A Lick Of Paint – We Love It

McTaggart thought he was pretty tough stuff he found and posted the Cummins swapped Chevy truck the other day. In an effort to keep the man in his place, I offer you this 1960 Chevy wagon which has...

Historical Video: Monster Tanks And Trucks At the 1989 USHRA Anahiem Show

Monster trucks and monster tanks. How much more do you need to read? Considering the limitations that monster trucks had in the 1980s (read: backbreaking suspensions) it only made sense to try and...

Combining Elements Of A 5-Ton Army Truck, An Air Cooled V12 Turbo Diesel, And A Snow Plow Gets You This Creation And It Rules

BangShifter Gene Stauffer has been around since before this place was even called BangShift. He’s a great guy who shares many of my own proclivities when it comes to trucks and tractors....

Video: Here’s What It Was Like To Ride Along With Ricky Johnson In A Torc Pro 2 Truck Through The Snow And Slop In Maine

A couple days ago I told about about my experience riding along with Ricky Johnson in a Torc Pro 2WD off road truck during a preview day for the upcoming Red Bull Frozen Rush event at Sunday River...

Playing In The Snow: Diesel Trucks Dance Together In A Snowy Parking Lot

Donuts in the snow…is there anything better in the winter? It doesn’t take effort, or even a lot of power to look like a pro when enough of the white stuff is on the ground. However,...

Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Identify This Monster Cylinder Head We Spotted At PRI

We hope you have not gotten too deep into the egg nog this weekend because we’ve got a little quiz for you in the form of this monster cylinder head that we spotted at the Serdi booth at PRI...

The Oshkosh Multi-Mission Recovery System Is A 10-Wheel Drive Wrecker That Is The Most Capable And Awesome In The World

When big, heavy vehicles are damaged on the field of battle, trucks capable of recovering them are necessary. Because wars don’t tend to happen in the best or most friendly driving...

Craigslist Find: Hey, Fat Man In The Red Coat! This 1974 Cummins-Swapped Dodge Needs To Be In My Driveway Now.

Listen, Kringle. We haven’t seen eye-to-eye since I was fourteen and got a PlayStation and Gran Turismo for Christmas. I spent the last decade not asking for much, so humor me and leave this...