The American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is now LIVE! Save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit May 18-26!

That’s right folks, the American Powertrain Memorial Day Sale is on now through Tuesday the 26th, so if you want to save $150 off any 5 or 6 speed kit use the link below and tell them we sent...

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Turning This Old Farm Truck into a Killer Street Machine Using Scrapyard Ford Parts! Bumpside Ford Goodness!

I love donor vehicle builds like this one. What I mean by that is when you buy a car, or parts from the wrecking yard, to build something new and exciting in a way it never was before. My 1956 Chevy...

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EASILY Bend Rubber Hoses Without Kinking Them! Does The Hot Water Trick Actually Work Or Not?

I’ve heard about this trick a few times, but have never actually tried to form my own molded rubber hose using it. But this guy seems to suggest it is not only possible, but very very...

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Remembering Our Friend Kyle Loftis – The Man Behind 1320video Will Be Missed More Than He Ever Realized

It has taken me several days to be able to post something like this on BANGshift. Posting it the day we found out about the loss of our great friend would have been the smart thing for page views and...

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HIGH FLYING FORMULA OFFROAD RACING FROM ICELAND’s HELLA 2026! COURSE 3 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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Camden Murphy Sets Monster Truck World Speed Record at Monster Jam at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Monster Trucks are awesome machines, and the things they are capable of doing are mind boggling at times. But as fast, and crazy, and high flying as they are, top speed is not the thing you think of...

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Check Out Our Long Lost Chicago Auto Show Photos From Earlier This Year! Jim Hrody Got The Goods!

(Words and Photos by Jim Hrody) After going up and down in size a few times in the past few years, the 2024 Chicago Auto Show returned to a single hall at McCormick Place. Corporate support was...

We’ve Got Even More Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos! Seriously, Nobody Shares More Bonneville Coverage Than We Do!

Check out the latest gallery from our time at Bonneville below, and don’t forget that you can click on any photo to make it larger and to scroll through the entire slideshow. And if you...

Ryan’s Squarebody C10 Project: How To Restore Interior Plastics- Saving Money Never Looked So Good

Whether you are building a classic truck as something custom, or are restoring it to factory, there are always going to be some stock parts that are going to be needed. Door handles, knobs, dash...

The Capable Sloth: This Review Of The 1994 Land Rover Discovery Is Heavy On Praise And Glossy Over Shortcomings

Back in the 1994 Land Rover was still a fully British concern and the name had some real cache here in the USA. They had the hardcore Defender which was expensive and designed to be lacking in frills...

Going BIG: This Profile Of The Komatsu D575A-3 Super Dozer Shows Off The World’s Largest Bulldozer

This thing may have the worst power to weight ratio we have ever featured on BangShift but that’s not a really relevant stat. Why? When a machine makes more than 1,100hp it is impressive. When...

More Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos! If You Haven’t Gotten Enough, Don’t Worry We’ve Got Lots More To Check Out!

Check out the latest gallery from our time at Bonneville below, and don’t forget that you can click on any photo to make it larger and to scroll through the entire slideshow. This latest...

Halfass Kustoms 1949 GMC Roadster Pickup Custom: Body Work, A Bit More Fab, More Body Work, And Primer!

There has been so much metal fab already, and there will likely be some more, but in the two videos below you are going to see all the metal shaping pay off as the body work starts and primer gets...

Check Out Our Photos From Bonneville Speed Week 2024! We Got All Kinds Of Great Pics From The Salt!!

Check out the latest gallery from our time at Bonneville below, and don’t forget that you can click on any photo to make it larger and to scroll through the entire slideshow. Shooting photos at...

Custom Truck Show Video From The Havasu Meltdown 2024 – Custom Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes!

The summer show season is in full swing and that means Havasu Meltdown 2024, a show that draws folks from all over the southwest, with a huge crowd coming from Arizona and California. Havasu is a...

Tommy Lee Byrd Highlights Old School TREASURE at the Street Rod Nationals In Louisville Kentucky

Tommy Lee Byrd, The Hot Rod Hoarder and longtime BANGshift contributor, spent last weekend at the National Street Rod Association’s Street Rod Nationals in Louisville Kentucky and found all...

HOW TO MAKE JUNKYARD 5.3L LS POWER. BTR CAM FAMILY FEUD-L33 VS TRUCK NORRIS NSR VS TRUCK NORRIS VS HOT ROD VS RED HOT.

Making great power with a junkyard 5.3 LS is not hard, after all there are tons of parts available. But sometimes there are so many parts that it makes it hard to know which ones to choose. If only a...

The Worst Tank Ever: This Look At The WW2 Valiant Assault Tank Is A Study In Failure

Of all the rabbit holes I have gone down in the last year, studying old tanks may be the weirdest. Early on in the quarantine adventure of 2020 I found a series called “Age of Tanks” on...

Your Daily Dose Of Land Speed Racing Photos From The Salt : Our Bonneville Speed Week 2024 Photos Just Keep Coming!

Shooting photos at Bonneville is something special. The white salt makes every vehicle look even cooler, and you can get up close and personal with every racer! It’s so good to be back out at...

LT And Crew Are Attempting To Build The ULTIMATE Tow Rig And It Is NOT A Diesel. Big Block Power!!

We’ve recently shared a couple of videos from Richard Holdener that are all about building big blocks for big torque for a tow rig. If you missed them, I’ve got a link below you can use...