Category Archive: XL Spotlight, XL Videos
Watch BJ Baldwin, And A Ferrett, Show Why 6 Wheel Drive Is Awesome
Okay, so the Ferrett is the 6-wheel drive vehicle, but still, it’s the first time we’ve remarked on a Ferrett here at BangShift.com, and it makes us giggle like we are 12 year old idiots....
This Turbo-Compound Radial Was Cutting-Edge 70 Years Ago, Is Still Amazing
Remember the 1980s when turbocharging first became prevalent in cars? Manufacturers—many of whom were not even building cars—were quick to slap “Turbo” on anything that was supposed to be an...
No Cheese With This Whine: The Blower On This Top Diesel Engine Sounds Extra Nasty
Not all superchargers are created equal and when you’ve got your blower sitting atop a diesel drag-racing engine, you really ought to make sure that it sounds capable of reversing the earth’s...
Dare To Be Different In The Dirt: Check Out This Mud Dragging Bradley GT!
Between the mid-1960s and the point in the late 1970s when the drugs ran out, there were a ton of kit cars made, most of which seemed adapted to giving the Volkswagen Beetle a look that didn’t...
We Can’t Get Enough Of The Twin-Turbo Allison V12 In This Hydroplane
While the majority of the hydroplanes in H1 Unlimited have installed helicopter turbines to propel their boats more than 200 mph, a few hold-outs have hung onto piston engines. Go 3 Racing from...
This Airliner Takeoff From the 1990s Teeters On the Brink of Disaster
For an airline pilot, most days see at least a couple of a takeoff and landing cycles. Nearly all of them are routine and fade to memory, but we’re guessing the pilots on this Continental Airlines...
Dirt Every Day Gets Ambitious: Cummins-Swap A TJ Wrangler, Then Drive It Underwater!
We have to give credit to Fred and crew for creativity…not that driving underwater is a new thing (it isn’t, the military was doing that decades ago) but simply because it’s...
Watch Bryce Menzies Jump A PRO 2 Truck 379.5ft – Incredible World Record!
We know that there have been some big scientific breakthroughs over the last year. Rockets taking off and landing vertically, the potential discovery of some sort of intergalactic communication, and...
Swedish Military Breadbox: Regular Car Reviews Checks Out A 1975 Volvo C303!
Military passenger vehicles have one real purpose: to move a designated amount of humans and their cargo from one point to another. That’s it. If you are looking for a cushy ride, any options...
Mat It And Hang On: Watch Danny Smith Throw His “Warfare” Rockbouncer Up A Very Slick Cable Hill!
Cable Hill at Grey Rock ORV Park in Alabama is one of the most infamous hills in the world of rock bouncer racing. It’s composed of mostly slate rock, usually wet and/or muddy, in layers that...
Watch This Duramax-Powered Former Ambulance Take Care Of Business On The Drag Strip
(By Greg Rourke – Video by VictoryRedColorado YouTube) – Something that has always fascinated me about drag racing is the variety of stuff you’ll see at the track. Yes, some...
Scared of Flying? This Turboprop Coming and Going From a Mountainside Grass Strip May Not be For You
The aviation world is full of small private airports, some in difficult-to-reach places. Those airports tend to draw mostly small general aviation planes like your standard Cessna 172s and Piper...
Russian Off-Road Racers Repurpose Old 3.5-Ton Trucks to Race Offroad and, Yes, It’s Awesome
Short-track offroad racing has been popular in Europe for many years and while there all kinds of classes in the United Kingdom (like rallycross) and the United States (like off-road truck racing),...
Like Low-and-Slow airplanes? Check Out the World’s Greatest Air Show Vantage Point
Air shows are great and while there are so many reasons to sit in the spectator area mid-airfield at a show like RAF Waddington’s “The Show” in eastern England. However, a few dedicated...