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More Shop Tips and Tricks From QA1: Quick and Easy Ways To Make Your Project Cooler and Wrenching More Fun
The last time we checked in with the crew at QA1 they were passing long helpful shop tips to help with your wrenching enterprises. That video was cool and successful so they’re back again with...
The Big Boy: Going In-Depth In Ryan Anderson’s “Son-uva Digger” Monster Truck!
Monster trucks of today are the closest thing there is to a cartoon in the real world. They weigh as much as four average cars and are pushing well over a thousand horsepower. The tires are just...
Looking To Build A Roll Cage In Your Project? This Dirt Lifestyle Video Shows You How!
Building roll cages can be incredibly intimidating and can require various levels of skill depending on the style and size of what you want to build. Of course how intricate it is going to be, and...
The Skeleton Of The Past: The Story Of The S.S. America, From Ocean Liner To Beach Wreck
Generally speaking, a cruise ship has a useful life of about thirty years. That’s a bit surprising to someone who isn’t involved with ships on a daily basis, but it’s true. Outside...
Stunning Video: This Cinematic Look At The 2020 BFGoodrich Tires Mint 400 Is Beautiful and Breathtaking
The guys at Mad Media are up to their old tricks again. The Martelli Brothers have made some of the coolest off-road videos we have ever posted on BangShift (and we have posted a few!) but this time...
Old School Monster Truck Video: Watch Bigfoot 8 Take Care Of Business At The Houston Astrodome In 1991
Today feels like a good day to take a trip back into the early 1990s and go monster truck racing at the Houston Astrodome. I never got to see a game, event, or monster truck race inside the Houston...
Classic Equipment Video: This 1950s International Harvester Film Featuring The 4-Way Drott Bucket Is Cool
You all know that I am a total freak for old equipment. I found this old film made by International Harvester featuring their crawler tractors and more importantly the then-revolutionary Drott...
This Footage From the 1995 Camel Trophy Shows Just How Grueling The Trek Was For Mundo Maya
The Camel Trophy series was a brutal test of man and machine in some of the most challenging terrain ever found on the Earth. Starting with three German teams driving Ford U50s (a Jeep CJ built under...
The Incredible Story Of A B-58 Landing With Busted Gear, 14 Hours Of Continuous Flight, And 8 Mid-Air Fuelings
Pilots are a special breed of human. The more of them I get to know especially the military guys it becomes ever more evident to me that they operate a little differently than the rest of us. This...
Morning Symphony: 20,000 Pound Hot Rod Semi Pulling Trucks
The interstates are loaded with semi trucks hauling weight across the country, everything from chemicals and commodities to food and fuel. The entire purpose of these big rigs is to move weight...
Trophy Truck Testing In And Around The Office Park Is Super Awesome With Robby Gordon
I’ve been lucky enough to visit Robby Gordon’s race shop, and can tell you that the street out front, and the parking lots around it, lend themselves to truck jumps and testing and it is...
Engine Tech: How To Check Piston To Valve Clearance Two Different Ways – Using Clay or Using A Dial Indicator
It’s kind of funny. Lots of our lives are spent in a rush, right? Trying to make time for the stuff we want to do after finishing the stuff we have to do. If there is one thing we know...
Project Escargot, The Ultimate RV And Race Car Hauler, Gets A New Rear End And Some Serious Floor Removal
When the guys at Bad Obsession Motorsport started building Project Binky, their all-wheel drive turbocharged Mini, I was immediately a fan. And when they decided they needed something cool to haul...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Eight Speeds, Two Sticks, and Fun – This Guy Walks Us Through This Cool Setup In His F-150
This week’s American Powertrain Parting Shift is cool because it is not only different, it’s educational! You are going to see a dude diving and explaining the custom transmission setup...