Category Archive: BangShift News, BangShift XL, XL Engine Tech, XL Tech Stories, XL Videos
The Mars Hot Rod: This Story About The Technology And Methodology Of The SpaceX Raptor Rocket Rules
Here’s a little bit of a reality check . Every paste eating moron you read about on social media, every Tide Pod eating kid that ends up getting their guts pumped, and every schmuck that seems...
The “WTF?!” Files: A Violent Mud-Bogging Camaro/HMMWV Hybrid
Chopped-up first-gen Camaro, check. LS swap, check. Mud tires on a Camaro trar that has the words “The Honky Donk” across the spoiler, check. Cue up the hate mail, today’s the day....
When You Build A Bitchin Truck And Crash It, Do You Rebuild It With Less Concern For Crashing It Again?
When our boy Marcel first built the C10 known as Foxy, it was amazingly clean and sexy. A real “show and go” truck that had a look all its own. In a land of a jillion C10 builds, this one...
Nitro Of Another Kind: This Hill Climb Bike Sounds Angry On A Full Load Of The Good Stuff
Drag racers kind of have the market cornered on nitromethane fueled excitement…or so they think. There are actually more an a few types of motorized fun that used the good fuel but the one that...
BangShifty Video: Watching This Old GMC 7500 Dump Truck Work Is Mesmerizing
(By Greg Rourke) – I’ve always been infatuated with big trucks and equipment. When I was 5, they were building a road near my grandparents house, and Grandpa knew a guy hauling gravel...
Here’s What It Looks Like When You Squash An Automotive Coil Spring With A Hydraulic Press
Just when you thought the guy at the Hydraulic Press Channel on YouTube would run out of ideas, he concocts his most genius test of potentially deadly strength yet! In this video you will see a coil...
This Turbocharged LS-Swapped Motorhome Rules – Plus Wild Footage From Cruisin’ Ocean City
Here’s one that should hit most BangShifters right between the eyes! This video captures a bunch of the action at the yearly cluster of horsepower known as Cruising Ocean City. This Maryland...
A Million Reasons To Pay Attention: Ford’s Train-Towing Video Has Some Very Real Implications
Electric vehicles are coming down the pipeline, that’s a given. There’s been a strong push for alternatives to internal combustion engine technology, and EVs are proving to be a fair...
Watch This Guy Take His Kid Through The Mud Bog Pit In His Mega-Truck!
Owning a mega-truck is pretty awesome but owning a mega-truck and taking your kid for a ride through the mud pit at full throttle is even better! This video is awesome and the safety nannies will...
SNAP: When An Oil Rig Anchor Chain Snaps No One Is Safe
Spending the majority of your time on the ocean is incredibly dangerous and not just because of the drowning risk. Typically large vessels, oil rigs, and other overgrown bath tub toys have systems...
Watch A Dump Truck Smash Into A House At Speed! Driver’s View
This is one of the most breathtaking videos we have ever seen and not for a good reason! What you are going to see is a truck driver’s worst nightmare coming to life. The driver of this big...
Flipped Off: A Double Backflip During Formula Offroad Competition!
Haukur Vidar Einarsson competes in Formula Offroad over in Iceland. Simple enough…the man is borderline insane, has no self-preservation function and is hell-bent on making a paddle-tired,...
This Super C Motorhome Is A Military Grade Giant That Would Be An Epic Off-Road Adventurer
I like RVs and I cannot lie! Of course my norm isn’t something this gnarly and huge, but I’ll take it! This is one of those things that pulls into the campground or out on the beach and...
1980s Toy Ad Greatness: This Collection Of SST Muscle Machines Commercials Brought Us Right Back To Childhood
There were few toys I loved more as a kid than my SST Muscle Machines and while I had not thought of them in a long, loooong time, when I ran into this YouTube video with a complete collection of ads...