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Piston Tech Video: MAHLE Motorsports Takes You Through Proper Piston Pre-assembly Clearance Measurements
There’s more than a couple things that seem like universal laws in the world. As carpenters like to say, “measure twice and cut once.” Engine builders would tell you that their...
The Dynamics of A Crash Is A Horrifying 1970s Look At The Passenger Side Of A Wreck- Buckle Up!
We know it is kind of a moot point these days but wearing your seatbelt in the car is important. Not only that, having the right belts in your race car is majorly important as well. This video called...
This 1968 Ford Commercial Promoting Their Big Car Lineup Is Awesome! (Why Are They In The Woods?)
So for starters you all know that we love the large barge cars produced by everyone in the late 1960s. These behemoths were designed to eat up miles of interstate and do so in an expedient fashion...
Video: Watch A Violent Lotus Exige Wreck On Germany’s Nurburgring – Oil On the Track and High Speeds Equal Disaster! Driver OK
We’ve showed lots of video from the Nurburgring over the years here on BangShift. The famed German race track is one of the few places on Earth that you can plunk down some money and take...
Killer Video: Dirt Modifieds Attacking the Road Course!
Like the Crown Vic wagon we showed you on the autocross earlier this week, putting dirt cars on asphalt is our kind of awesome. The cars normally spend their lives turning left only, so switching...
Ever Wondered What It Is Like To Race A Crazy Fast Can Am Car At Night? Watch This!
Road racing at night is one of the neatest things in motorsports, at least in my mind. As cool as it is to be at the drags and gawk at header flames, there’s something really neat about seeing...
Classic YouTube: Drifting The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, Japan’s Answer To The Zimmer!
Are you familiar with the Zimmer brand? They are one of those companies that repurpose a new platform…in their case, Ford-sourced setups…and drape it in a body that looks like it came...
Awesome Video: Check Out This 1963 Ad For The Gilbert American Flyer Auto-Rama Fly Over 8 Slot Car Track
When it comes to toys that really got our imaginations going as kids, slot cars stand pretty close to the top of the list. We had hours of fun racing cars, crashing cars, building tracks, and...
Nearly Legal: The Toyota Celica GT-Four That’s Best Remembered For The Perfect WRC Cheat!
1990s Japanese sports cars are undoubtedly the better offerings that came from that corner of the world. The Japanese manufacturers understood turbocharging and how to make “276...
20 Years Ago This Is What The Mustang vs Camaro Battle Looked Like – A Cobra And An SS Fight!
What a different 20 years can make, right? This video is cool because it is an accurate look back at the pony car war that Ford and Chevy were still fighting and would fight for a couple more years...
British Lawnmower Racing: Somewhere Between A Push Mower, A Go-Kart And A Quad!
Lawnmower racing is a great way to have a lot of fun on a little budget. The basic lawnmower only has so long to be useful before the wear and tear of mowing down that jungle you unashamedly call a...
Classic YouTube: A Brutal Street Stock Flip At Thunderhill Raceway In Tennessee
Ah, Street Stock…where many a 1970s and 1980s car have gone to live the life that fits somewhere between that of a NASCAR stocker and a gladiator. It’s budget racing if you want to get...
This 1955 Chrysler Promotional Film Touts The Famous $100,000,000 Look – Great Watch
1955 was a huge year for the auto industry in America and Chrysler needed it to be a good one. In typical Chrysler fashion, they didn’t completely slay it but they did make some hay while the...
