Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos
Random YouTube: Just How Insane Can You Get With A Run-Of-The-Mill Tractor?
It has been a long weekend of hard work at BangShift Mid-West’s HQ, and the better part of that time has seen yours truly attached to a John Deere garden tractor as I’ve been shuffling...
Big Daddy Caddy: The Acquisition Of A Droptop Cadillac Trar For Some Off-Road Adventures
Oh, my lord. A 1967 Cadillac is a jaw-dropper for many reasons on it’s own. Long, low, with the aggressive lines of a car brand that could do no wrong, the lines of a brand that knew without a...
Trick Flow Does Mopar: Watch This Pair Of CNC Ported 240cc Port Big Block Chrysler Wedge Heads Get Bolted On
It was not that long ago that Trick Flow came into the market with their big block Chrysler heads and people were super happy about it. The company with its long track record of high quality...
Shut Up And Take Our Money: This 1974 Datsun 620 Pickup Truck Is A Lil’ Green Dream On Slot Mags!
As the popularity of 1970s Japanese cars and trucks continue to skyrocket, we’re always surprised when we’re able to run into a machine like this 1974 Datsun 620 pickup truck. Why? Well...
How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!
This is an awesome video that shows us some amazing stuff about one of the aftermarket industry’s truly important names. Yes, we are going inside the COMP Cams factory in Tennessee to see how a...
Watch One Of The Most Intense Rock Bouncing Free Fall Wrecks We Have Ever Seen – Driver Is OK, Machine Pretty Beat Up
All forms of motorized competition are about evolution in one way or another. Drag racers constantly try to go quicker and faster within the confines of their rules and track lengths, stock car...
Video: Watch A Bad Ass Sand Drag Truck With Slicks On The Back Rip Mean Donuts At The 4-Wheel Jamboree
In our continuing effort to stoke the flames of the (friendly) burnout war between Australia and the USA, we’re lobbing a donut grenade at the land down under with this video, shot at the...
Classic YouTube: HEMTT Burnouts – Boredom And A Detroit Diesel Make For Some Downtime Fun
By far and wide the biggest vehicle I have driven to date is an Oshkosh HEMTT, in various forms. These 34 feet long, 20-ton 8×8 monsters are one of the most unsung workhorses of the military...
Kick The Pig: Stirring A Sitting 6.5L Diesel To Life In A Chevy 3500HD
You ever notice how you can pinpoint an engine just by it’s sound? A deep, almost rhythmic bassline with just a bit of pop to it sounds like a big-block Mopar at idle. That raspy rise through...
Listen Up: The Full Story of Operation Highball, A Land Clearing Operation That Mowed Down Forests Like Wheat Fields
For some of you, this may be old news. You perhaps read the feature I wrote on an ingenious land clearing method developed by two California contractors while working on a dam project in Montana...
Great Video: An In-Depth Discussion About Clutches and Torque Converters With McLeod and FTI Hosted By VMP
Soooo, a supercharger company hosting a clutch manufacturer and torque converter outfit on their weekly tuning show? Does this make any sense? Of course it does! It actually makes all the sense in...
The Threat and The Challenge: This 1970s Caterpillar Film Looks At A Changing Industry And Tries To Spur A Massive Company
This is a really interesting film because it’s an internal piece, highly produced, that clearly lays out the stakes for the Caterpillar company in a quickly evolving world more than 40 years...
10 Tons Of Fun: Watching This Massive Screw Clamp Get Restored Is Good, Clean, Gearhead Fun
This is one of the most interesting restorations we have seen the Hand Tool Rescue channel on YouTube perform because it’s one of the most brutally simple devices he has ever had on a video....
Happy 5/19: Let’s Take A Look At The 519ci Series 50 Detroit Diesel – Four Cylinders Of Hard Working Fun!
The Detroit Diesel Series 60 inline six is widely known among fans of big trucks and vehicles. It was the great family of engines that took Detroit Diesel to the next level with modern technology and...