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Holley Carb Tuning Tips And Tricks With Steve “The Carb Whisperer” Brule From Westech Performance!

Steve Brule is the smartest dyno operator and tuner I’ve ever seen or heard about. There, I said it. Are there other incredibly talented tuners and operators out there? Of course! Are there...

Barn Find Startup: Here’s What Happens When A Car Guy Just Can’t Stop Himself From Getting Something Old Running

All the “Will It Run” videos that have become so popular lately have spilled over into all kinds of stuff, and they certainly are fun to watch. I’ve been involved in making...

Got A Duramax? Plug In For 150 More Horsepower And 300 Pound Feet Of Torque!

Diesel performance is absolutely nuts nowadays, as the manufacturers keep making more and more power with their diesel-powered pickup trucks, but there is still plenty more to be had with simple...

SEND IT: High Flying Sand Dunes Jumping Trucks Take Over Pismo Beach! Watch This!

Every time I see a video featuring high flying desert race style trucks or prerunners I want to build one. Then when I’m actually around them I want to build one even more. As a responsible...

Stadium Super Trucks Invaded Mid-Ohio And The Racing Was Awesome!

Stadium Super Trucks are always fun to watch and nothing says America more than seeing them hauling ass around Mid-Ohio in July. Here is race number 1 of 2 during the weekend’s festivities, and...

Too High? Holley Hi-Ram VS Mid-Rise VS Stock LS Truck Intake. Which Is Best For Which Engine?

Nobody, and I mean nobody, has done more LS engine intake manifold testing than Richard Holdener. You might have seen some of his videos on the subject, but know that this is a fraction of those...

Watch This: Video Of A Dude Restoring An Old Lathe In Time Lapse Is The Coolest Thing You’ll See All Week

There are few things more awesome in our book than old machine tools being saved and restored. We don’t often see videos of people rebuilding stuff like mills or lathes but the fact is that...

Ride Along With Robby Gordon For The Entire BAJA 500 In Mexico! Man We Want To Do This!

Ever since I first went to the BAJA 1000 back in 2007 I have been ate up with the thought of someday doing this. In fact, I’ve had some opportunities over the years to do some pre-running and...

Exotica Americana: Check Out This Build of A Modified RY45 V8 By Wilkins Racing Engines 958hp The Hard Way!

As we have often talked about here, there are engine assemblers in this world and then there are engine builders. Sandy Wilkins falls in that second category as you will see in the video below....

Watch The Old School Lon Ranger and Showtime Monster Trucks Throw Down 1980s Style In The Modern Day

They were impressive not for their limber nature, not for their ability to fly, and not for their incredibly advanced chassis. No, the classic monster trucks were impressive for their sheer size and...

Wild Video: Watch The Hydraulic Cylinder In A Dump Truck Explode Under Pressure – Insane!

(By Greg Rourke) – Dump trucks…my old nemesis. I hauled all sorts of stuff one might put in a dump truck for many years. Usually drove junk, such as ancient R Model Macks until my...

Is This The Sketchiest Trail Repair EVER? Flex, Rocks, And Rollovers Brings Us Crawlers, Carnage & Chaos at the Sand Mines!

We just finished Rocky Mountain Race Week, and there is a ton of carnage on events like it that require creativity to fix so you can make it down the road. People are always looking at some of the...

Stadium Super Trucks High Flying Action From Darwin in Australia. Wheel To Wheel, Sideways, In The Air, And More!

If you are a regular here at BANGshift.com then you know that I dig the Stadium SUPER Truck races. These trucks make 650 ish horsepower, are all equipped with nearly identical components, and that...

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QA1 Project Corkscrew Update: This Video Shows The First Pre-Build Drive Of The 1969 D100 Truck!

You don’t know where you are going if you don’t know where you came from, right? That’s the point of this QA1 Project Corkscrew update video. You are going to see this virtually...