Dirthead Shed Tire Testing: Putting Avix Trailtek R/T Tires To The Test As Butter Jeep Takes On Tough Moab Trails

Dirthead Dave is back at it, with the newly LS Swapped and running Butter Jeep out on the trails in Moab for a bit of tire testing. Dave has been wheeling Jeeps and everything else under the sun for...

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AS SEEN ON TV Tools that Beat Yours: Are As Seen on TV Tools Better Than We’ve Been Giving Them Credit For?

AS SEEN ON TV! We’ve all fallen for the trap at some point or another and bought some kitchen gadget, tool, or “performance” part that had huge claims as to how wonderful it was....

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Here Are All The American Powertrain Shifter Fitment Options On TREMEC 5 & 6 Speed Transmissions For Your Project

Wondering if there is a way to get your Tremec transmission’s shifter to line up in your application? Have a weird one and want to move the shifter forward or back to make it just right? In the...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: How To Build A Custom Roll Cage For An FJ40 Land Cruiser

Shannon and Jess are back at it on the FJ40 this week and this thing is coming along nicely. If you like a Landcruiser, you’ll dig this one. But if restored to factory is your jam, this one might...

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HOW TO READ A TURBO COMPRESSOR MAP. WHAT IS THE MAX EFFICIENCY ISLAND? HOW MUCH BOOST & POWER?

Richard Holdener is back at it with even more fun turbo tech. While turbo sizes are pretty simple, compressor maps are not necessarily as easy to understand. If you have an engine that can use a 76...

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Will This 40 Year Old RV That Derek Bought SIGHT UNSEEN, RUN, DRIVE And CAMP 850 Miles Home?

Derek from Vice Grip Garage has had some pretty interesting adventures on the road behind the wheel and underneath some pretty interesting rides. He is the king of taking the gamble, but he nearly...

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Edelbrock Releases New Performer RPM CNC Heads For Pontiac 455 Engines

The mighty Pontiac 455 has long been a favorite plant of muscle car fans, drag racers, and guys who simply love ground pounding torque in spades. The engines have a devout following and even those...

Ford And Ram In War Of Words Over Towing Rating Of Their Heavy Duty Trucks: This One’s Gonna Get Ugly, Folks

Ford, GM and Ram all want you to believe that their heavy-duty model truck is the baddest mother on the planet. It can go anywhere, do anything, has enough power and structure to tow Rosie...

Sure, This Method Of Moving And Off-Loading A Huge Bulldozer LOOKS Terrifying, But It Works Seamlessly

We have showed you several videos highlighting some of the awesome equipment and methods employed to move said stuff in the mining business this year and we’re going to say that this is the...

Tired Looking, Haggard, But Totally Savable Denimachine Van Surfaces For Sale In Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

As much as many people want to forget it, vans were a huge part of the scene in the 1970s and they’re coming back with a vengeance now as people who were kids in that era want to recapture...

This Killer Old Doodlebug Is Based Off Of A 1929 Ford Two Ton Truck – Perfect Bonneville Push Vehicle

We’ve got to thank Powermaster’s Brady Basner for the tip on this Craigslist ad for the cool 1929 Ford doodlebug you see below. The machine started life as a two ton truck and was then...

“Scoop” Vessels’ 1972 Ford Baja Truck Going To Auction For Charity In Burbank, California On August 1st!

This 1972 Ford F100 Class 8 racer, the 1977 Baja 1000 winner formerly owned and driven by Frank “Scoop” Vessels, is going to be auctioned off by Auctions America on August 1, 2014, and...

Mad Max: Fury Road – The Trailer Is Released And It Looks As Insane As You Hoped It Would Be

There’s something almost fun and cornball about the original Mad Max movies that were made for like $14.00 and a Vegamite sandwich in Australia. Campy, a little weird, and full of wild sets and...

eBay Find: This 1957 Chevy Short Bus Is Window Lickin’ Good

Old school buses are a special kind of neat, but old short buses? Those things are in a league of their own and this one proves it. When you combine the classic looks of a 1957 Chevy truck and a body...

KABOOM! Watch This Tractor Suffer A Violent And Fiery Explosion While Dragging The Sled

When Jason Fuqua put the hammer down in the cockpit of his Tennessee Tracks tractor, things were looking up. The machine was moving ahead, the nose was coming up ever so slightly, and he looked to be...

NTPA Mule City 300 Pull – Action Photos From Galot Motorsports Park Where It All Happened

(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – We have been telling you about the heavy duty work going on at Galot Motorsports Park in regard to the drag strip the is being revived on the property but...

If You Have Ever Wondered What A Pulling Tractor On Asphalt Wearing Slicks Would Look Like, Here’s Your Answer

Being that it is Sunday morning and I am surfing the internet for fun videos of stuff that may entertain you, finding a mini-modified tractor on drag slicks, pulling a sled on asphalt and essentially...

Another Killer 1968 Dodge Power Wagon W300 For Sale – This One Is An Old School Expedition Unit – Cooler Than The Wrecker?

So this has turned into the Dodge W300 Power Wagon W300 weekend here at BangShift. Why? Well yesterday we showed you a 1968 W300 wrecker that was looking for a new home and today we’re showing...

Craigslist Find: A Rambler Wagon Trar That Means Muddin’ Fun For The Whole Family

BangShifter Matt Cramer was getting concerned and for good reason. It had been a while since a trar (truck/car mashup) had appeared on the site. Desperate to correct this ever growing problem, Matt...

CATASTROPHE VIDEO: Watch A Draw Bridge Lower On A Passing Ship – This Is The Definition Of Horror

Recently we reported on a tugboat going all submarine as it was washed under a bridge. Here we have another boat and another bridge, but very different circumstances. Not trying to turn this into...