Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
When Nature Attacks: Watch As A Falling Rock Mauls A Ford SUV In Tibet!
You can control your speed, your distance to everything around you, and you can be as attentive as you possibly can be, but one variable that you cannot control behind the wheel is a random act of...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Would You Willingly Go To A Skid School?
Lately, I’ve been right back on my soapbox about how any moron can get a driver’s license, regardless of skill, willingness to learn, care behind the wheel, or even synapse functionality....
This 1960s Commercial For The International Scout Is Awesome…and From Australia!
The “International” part of “International Harvester” is not just there for kicks. The company sold their wares all over the globe and continues to today. Maybe some of you...
Classic YouTube: How NOT To Remove The Spring From A Strut
In order to work on a vehicle, you need to know how to not hurt yourself on a vehicle. There are many, many different and interesting ways that you can injure, maim or kill yourself with that...
This Ranger Gets Down The Strip With A Duratec 2.3L Four Making The Power!
The old 2.3L “Lima” four-cylinder engine, when turbocharged properly, are eye-opening little monsters that can take stunning amounts of boost and stay together under pressure....
Rough Start: A Pontiac Firebird Formula 400 That Has Been Dormant For Three Decades
When I put together the concept of Rough Start finds, one of the main things that I’ve rarely swayed from was the need for the vehicle in question to run and drive. Small repairs that were...
Money No Object: This 1974 Chevrolet K30 Stepside Fire Truck Is Too Cool!
It’s a given: at some point in their lives, a kid wants to be a firefighter. They want to ride on the trucks, put out the flames, and to be the hero. Certainly you remember that point of your...
Doing It Wrong Video: This Promotional Video For The 1977 Dodge Royal Monaco Is Proof Of How Tone Deaf Car Companies Can Be
It is weird to have such a clearly made picture of just how horribly wrong Detroit was looking at the automotive world than this promotion video for the 1977 Dodge Royal Monaco. They attack Ford for...
RacingJunk Find: This Ray Barton Hemi Cranks Out 1,200hp With Some Spray
When it comes to engines and the names associated with them, few are more entwined than Ray Barton and the Chrysler hemi. This is a guy who has been cranking them out of his Robesonia, Pennsylvania...
SEMA 2018 Preview: Chevrolet Performance Engine-Swap Display Vehicles Include This Sick 1973 Laguna!
(Photos: GM) GM usually brings an armada of vehicles to show off on the floor at SEMA. We’ve seen everything from the Chevrolet ZH2 military test vehicle to Hot Wheels edition Camaros to...
Morning Symphony: The Musclecars Of Finland! Get An Earful Of Expats Here!
We might be closing in on the weekend, but we aren’t there just yet. You still have to drag your hide out of bed and get cleaned up for another day of fun and excitement…or whatever...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your First High Performance Automotive Modification?
What was your first high performance automotive modification? The running theme when we ask most guys in the high performance industry tends to involve doing something that had no actual performance...
Dirt Drag Trucks In Michigan! Who Says Off-Roading Has To Be Slow?
You want to know the best thing about drag racing on dirt? You’ve lessened the likelihood of parts breakage! Maybe not in the engine bay, but think about it: outside of catastrophic engine...
Your Reminder That It’s Too Easy To Get A License: Chevrolet’s “Call Me Out” App Reminds Drivers To Leave Their Phone Alone
It’s not that I really needed another reason to worry about the state of humans. I have a list that is probably as long as the track at Beech Bend, and it keeps growing every day. And I...