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More Of Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and The Best Drag Race Action of 2025!
Here’s another great Photo Gallery from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the previous gallery, we’ve got a...
He’s Baaack! Steve Magnante Feature Videos From Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2026!
We’re so thrilled that our pal Steve Magnante is back out there crawling junkyards and sharing his automotive knowledge with the world. After a life threatening case of encephalitis, that...
A Barn Find Dirt Daily With 4XFred Williams: Watch Him Cleaning 8 Years of Bird Poop Off This Barn-Find Land Cruiser
Barn finds are awesome, and I love seeing videos of them being saved, but sometimes they don’t really cover what it is like to pull something out of a barn after a jillion years. After sitting...
Engine Teardown Nightmare! This Crankshaft Welded Itself To The Balancer! Watch How Peter At HED Get’s This Thing Apart.
Over the years I’ve pulled a few engines apart that surprised me because they had damage inside that you would think might keep it from running, or at least running as well as it seemed to in...
Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: More Of The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!
Here’s Photo Gallery #2 from Joe Grippo, as we’ve got even more to share from his Best Of 2025. Check them out below and if you missed the first gallery, we’ve got a link below to...
Joe Grippo’s 2025 Year In Review: The Best Street Cars, Hot Rods, Race Cars, Drag and Drive, and Drag Race Action of 2025!
Joe Grippo is one of BANGshift’s longest running contributors and has covered everything from junkyards to car shows and drag races to drag and drives, and so much more. He drags his lovely...
CHEAP 8.1L CAM TEST-HOW TO ADD 30 HP AND 30 LB-FT FOR TOWING. 8.1L DART CARB INTAKE VS EFI-WHO WINS?
I love me some 8.1 horsepower, and in the video below our friend Richard Holdener is back at Westech Performance doing some cam testing on his dyno mule 8.1. He also does some testing with a carb vs...
Big Truck Frame Repair: This Scania Truck Is Totaled. Can This Frame Be Straightened Out And The Truck Repaired?
Big truck frame repair is kind of mezmorizing sometimes. Whether it’s the guys in eastern Europe that take a completely pretzeled chassis and straighten it out so they can weld it all back...
Desert Racing Tech: The SCIENCE Behind BAJA 1000 Support Vehicles! Check Out The Optima Batteries, Ford, Steel-It, Polvoorde Racing Support Rig.
Having just finished watching all the racing action from the Dakar Rally, and their famed trucks, it’s cool to see what a BAJA 1000 support rig looks like. They aren’t the same, as the...
Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: It’s The Last Stage Of Dakar 2026! Dramatic Stage 13 Racing Action Is Below!
Here comes Stage 13! It’s the final stage of Dakar Rally 2026, and will determine who’s going to take home the win. These racers are still going to have to race in this stage, and there...
Installing a Two Post Lift Is Easy! With Just A Few Tools, You Can Install Your Own Two Post Lift At Home In A Couple Of Hours!
I bought my first Two Post lift from a friend of a friend in Southern California for just $800 but it had to be taken down, transported to my shop, and then installed again. I called a couple of lift...
Parker 400 Race Day Onboard With The Isenhouer Bros! These Dudes Slay, And Are Ultra Fun To Watch! Dirt Flying Off-Road Action!
The Isenhouer brothers, aka Chris and Nick, are pretty fun dudes. I got to know them from LSFest West in Las Vegas where they brought their awesome Heatwave Visual sponsored bumpside Ford F100 to...
Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: It’s The Second To The Last Stage Of Dakar 2026! Stage 12 Racing Action Is Below!
Here comes Stage 12! There is just one more stage after this, but that doesn’t mean Dakar 2026 is done. It may be getting closer and closer to the end of the 2026 Dakar Rally, but there is...
Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 11 Racing Action! Dakar Rally 2026 Is Nearly Complete! Will The Dunes Be Conquered?
Here comes Stage 11! How will it compare to the previous 10? Speed was key in Stage 10 because slowing down in the soft stuff will make a really tough stage even tougher. It may be getting closer and...