Category Archive: Videos
Australian $2K Challenge: Building Up The Calais And Falcon XR6!
Sticking with a $2,000 build budget is a strong restriction when all you want to do is go as fast as possible. Two grand? Do you know just how fast you can blow through that budget? The struggle...
Plenty Capable: The Buick With The Handicap Plate Has Something For You!
For a few years, I ran a hustle that involved a 2001 Buick Regal GS. The car surprised the hell out of me when I first test-drove it. And if it surprised me, naturally, it would surprise the holy...
Rough Start: Hold Yer LS-Swappin’ Horses. This 1980 Ford Fairmont Futura Deserves An EcoBoost Four Instead.
Take note of any Ford Fairmont or Mercury Zephyr with that weird, JC Whitney-looking hood bulge on it…it means that there’s a good chance the 2.3L turbocharged four-banger was shoved...
Top 11: The Merger List – With FCA, Nissan and Renault Talking About Getting Together, What Models Should Stay?
So Renault and FCA are considering going together on a merger, and from what we’ve been seeing so far, Nissan is on board. While there will be a wait to see if this potential tie-up will...
Give It A Listen: Ron Capps and JR Todd Talk Pedaling Funny Cars and Craziness On The NHRA Insider Podcast
Ever wonder what it is like to try and pedal an 11,000hp nitro funny car? Ever wonder what goes through a driver’s head when he or she is sitting there watching the cars ahead of them blow the...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Automotive Vision Of The Future That Never Came To Be Are You Happiest Or Saddest About?
Designers and engineers are always coming up with new ideas that could represent the future of cars, personal transportation, and anything of that ilk. It has been this way throughout history and...
10 Questions With Bret Voelkel – Here’s A Great Look At The Past, Present and Future of Ridetech
There’s always something interesting about getting the backstory of the movers and shakers in the hot rodding industry straight from their ow mouths, right? In this case we have Bret Voelkel...
Big Dog Coverage: Results and Photos From The Spring 2019 Big Dog Shootout At Piedmont Dragway!
(Words and photos by Greg Burrow) – Competitors in the popular Big Dog Shootout at historic Piedmont Dragway have two complete seasons under a new rules package, designed to make competition...
Fun Video: Steel vs Aluminum, vs Carbon Fiber vs A Massive Hydraulic Press – Which Is Strongest?
It has been a while since we checked in on the fun at the Hydraulic Press Channel. As it tuns out, they are still squashing stuff to great acclaim and we had plenty of stuff to pick from in terms of...
Chicago Fire: Watch What Happened To Jeff Diehl When The Header Failed On His Funny Car
Just when you think you have seen it all. This video, taken several years back at the NHRA Rt 66 Nationals in Joliet, Illinois shows the effect of a funny car losing a header during a run. While...
Absolute Freakshow: The Wildest Thing On eBay Right Now Is A Rear Engine, Pusher, Burma Jeep Rat Rod
We’ve all but abandoned the phrase “rat rod” around here over the last few years but sometimes things pop up and we have no choice but to break that name back out again. This truck...
Van Go Wherever: This 1982 Ford Econoline Quadravan Beats An RV!
I don’t have a problem with a recreational vehicle per se…a mobile home-away-from-home has appeal. I would like a vehicle that has a small refrigerator, a place to sleep, and even a...
FCA And Renault, Together? The Breakdown Of The Potential Partnership Redux!
As of press time, the automotive world is digesting the announcement that came from FCA: On May 27th, 2019, FCA had delivered a non-binding letter to the Board of Groupe Renault that proposed a 50/50...
A Memorial Day Message From BangShift.com
(Photo: UPI) Today is Memorial Day, an important day of remembrance for our country that honors the people who have spilled their blood in order to defend our way of life. Memorial Day is dedicated...