Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Videos

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...

Insane Video: Watch A Container Ship Wipe Out A Gantry Crane And More At A South Korean Port

The good news is that your bad day ain’t got nothing on this one. In some of the most stunning video we have seen in a while, you are about to see a massive container ship take out a large by...

The Blackbirds Are Flying: This Promotional Film For The SR-71 Blackbird Is Absolutely Awesome

We’re still of the strong opinion that the SR-71 Blackbird was one of the most bad ass airborne hot rods ever. The speeds, altitudes, and accomplishments of these planes are so impressive...

Don’t Like Getting Shot At? The New Armored 2020 Lincoln Navigator L Built by INKAS Is Your Solution!

(By Tom Lohnes) – If you want to haul your five kids around and still have enough room in the back for their bikes an extended-wheelbase full-size, truck-based SUV is basically your only...

Engine Tech Video: Watch This Little 302 Receive A Trick Flow 11R Top End Kit – Installing The Upper End Of The Valevtrain

One of the neatest things to happen for people who love making horsepower over the last ten years has been the emergence, explosion, and acceptance of the “top end kit”. It was a...

Cylinder Head Tech Video: Watch Five Different Heads Get Dyno Tested On A Stroker Jeep Inline Six!

A couple of weeks ago we showed you a great video that explored the question of roller rockers making horsepower on a modified engine. This time we’re back with the same Jeep stroker inline six...

A Mighty Unicorn: This 1957 Dodge Town Wagon Power Wagon Is Incredible! 315ci Hemi, Factory Power Steering

One of one. One of bloody one ever made! That’s what this 1957 Dodge Town Wagon Power Wagon is. The only truck ever known to have been built with power steering, it has a 315ci Power Giant...

Piston Tech Video: Learn All You Ever Wanted To Know About Piston Coatings With MAHLE Motorsport

When it comes to piston coatings, there’s lots of stuff that people think they know and lots of stuff that’s just flat out wrong. In this video you are going to learn all you ever wanted...

Video Bonanza: 1960s and 1970s Vintage Dodge Truck TV Commercials With Don Knotts Action!

We have run lots of ads for 1960s and 1970s Chevy and Ford trucks but admittedly we have been lax in the Chrysler department, so that changes now! Throughout their history, the...